Prénom de l'expert

Laure

Nom de l'expert

de ROUCY-ROCHEGONDE

Director, Center for Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri

Research Areas:

AI governance
International negotiations
Ethical and legal issues of emerging technologies
Military applications of artificial intelligence

Center for Geopolitics of Technology

Dr. Laure de Roucy-Rochegonde is the Director of Ifri's Center for Geopolitics of Technology since February 2024. She was previously a researcher at Ifri's Center for Security Studies starting March 2020, where she worked on military applications of technology. artificial intelligence, normative conflict and arms control. A Doctor in Political Science, she is also an associate researcher at the Center for International Research (CERI, Sciences Po/CNRS).

In parallel to her research activities, she teaches the ethics of war and arms control at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas. She also holds a master's degree in public policy and a bachelor's degree from Sciences Po Paris, during which she spent a year in the War Studies department at King's College in London.

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Publications

Visuel article Ferey Rochegonde PE3-2024

From Ukraine to Gaza: Military Uses of Artificial Intelligence

10 September 2024

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza show us the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI) has become integral to battlefield operations.

Amélie FÉREY Laure de ROUCY-ROCHEGONDE

Memos

Des piles d'argent et un réservoir devant un globe symbolisant l'armement et la finance mondiale

“Don’t Bank on the Bombs” New European Standards Affecting the Defense Industry

22 September 2022

While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has underlined the need to upgrade the European armed forces, the urgency of the fight against climate change—as illustrated by reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—requires the political mobilization of the European Union (EU) to carry out the transition to climate neutrality.

Amélie FÉREY Laure de ROUCY-ROCHEGONDE

Studies

Artificial Intelligence, Adam and the Hands of God by Michelangelo in the modern style with Robot

Deus ex machina : les enjeux de l’autonomisation des systèmes d’armes

24 May 2022

While the automatization of machines is part of an already long historical, conceptual, and technical trajectory, the exponential progress of artificial intelligence techniques, robotics and their military applications suggest the emergence of systems that integrate more autonomy. Indeed, despite campaigns calling for a moratorium on autonomous weapons, most military powers are developing programs focused on autonomy.

Laure de ROUCY-ROCHEGONDE

Studies