Invited Talks + Interviews

“The Broken San Francisco Promise: The Rationale, Politics, and Processes for Updating the United Nations Charter” Northeastern University, Boston, MA (January 29, 2024)

“Inclusive Global Governance: The Policies and Politics of United Nations Reform” Rising Power Coalitions: Reimagining Global Governance? The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA (December 1 – 2, 2022)

“Youth Stand on 21st Century Intergovernmental Institutions” Young European Federalists, Expert Meeting Series - Global Solutions for Global Problems (November 11 – 12, 2021)

“Great Decisions Speaker Series: Artificial Intelligence and Data” Foreign Policy Association, Linden Ponds, Hingham, MA (November 19, 2020)

”Environment and Local Politics” Expert Interview for NU News (September 6, 2020) Link to interview.

“Teaching Before and During COVID-19” Northeastern University College of Social Science and Humanities, Outstanding Teaching Award Honoree’s Panel (April 15, 2020)

“Participatory Democracy at the Local Level: Motivations, Process, and Experience Serving in Local Political Office” Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA (December 5, 2019)

Research in Media

A selection of the ungated, English language media articles and reports referencing my research.

Medium: “Arms Race Dynamics of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems” (February 23, 2022)

BBC News: “Agents of Doom: Who is Hastening the Apocalypse and Why” (October 14, 2021)

World Bank: “Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Maximizing Opportunities, Managing Risks” (February 16, 2021)

Wikipedia: “Artificial Intelligence Arms Race” (January 30, 2021)

The Independent: “Lethal Weapon: Why the Threat of ‘Killer Robots’ is Closer than you Think” (October 21, 2020)

Yahoo News, The Conversation: “The Threat of ‘Killer Robots’ is Real and Closer than you might Think” (October 15, 2020)

Forbes: “The Arms Industry Is Racing To Create Killer Robots: Does Anybody Care?” (December 15, 2019)

My work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Bellingham Herald, Gizmodo Australia, Tech Xplore, Spektrum, and Foreign Affairs New Zealand.