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We are happy to announce that the consortium consisting of The Police Academy of The Czech Republic, RCE systems, and Brno University of Technology led by The Department of Security Studies was awarded an interdisciplinary research grant.
DetailSocial norms can be understood as the grammar of social interaction. Like grammar in speech, they specify what is acceptable in a given context. But what are the specific rules that direct human compliance with the norm? This paper presents a quantitative model of self- and the other-perspective interaction based on a ‘quantum model of decision-making,’ which can explain some of the ‘fallacies’ of the classical model of strategic choice.
DetailWe are glad to note that our security programs manifest a steady growth in numbers and diversity of students.
DetailDisengagement from militant groups has often been related to individual level explanations like battle fatigue or desire to re-join family and friends. We seek to empirically examine which other factors, beyond individual level determinants, influenced disengagement processes among militants belonging to different types of Chechen militant organisations.
DetailThe debate on and around “killer robots” has been firmly established at the crossroads of ethical, legal, political, strategic, and scientific discourses. Flourishing at the two opposite poles, with a few contributors caught in the middle, the polemic still falls short of a detailed, balanced, and systematic analysis. It is for these reasons that we focus on the nitty-gritties, multiple pros and cons, and implications of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) for the prospects of the international order.
DetailPetr Špelda, a member of Periculum's research project on Artificial Intelligence, just published a new paper which synthesises statistical learning theory with philosophical inquiries into the nature of representation offering new insights regarding inductive reasoning and reliability of generalisations.
DetailThere are two kinds of often intertwined arguments accounting for innovative appraisals of the current developments in scientific landscape. The first maintains that science is not in any way different from other social realms and can be characterized by unprecedented dynamization (or acceleration) observable on various levels and in different dimensions that constitute scientific activities. The second position, often stemming from the first, is exemplified in our analysis through critical engagement with Dick Pels’s notion of ‘unhastening science’.
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