Conference Organisers:

Dr Femi Omotoyinbo, Queen’s University Belfast

Professor Fiona Magowan, Queen’s University Belfast

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous weapons presents profound ethical challenges for global peace and security.   As warfare evolves, Christian ethical traditions offer crucial perspectives on justice, morality, and peace-making in this new technological era.

This conference invites scholars, faith leaders, policymakers, and technologists to explore how Christian ethics can inform responses to AI-driven warfare, autonomous weapons systems, and efforts for peacebuilding.   Through theological reflection, interdisciplinary engagement, and practical solutions, we seek to advance discourse on the role of faith-driven ethics in shaping global policy and peace efforts

Keynote speaker

Speaker:  Professor Peter Lee – University of Portsmouth

Lecture Title:  Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Future of Air Warfare

Professor Peter Lee

Peter Lee is Professor of Applied Ethics in the University of Portsmouth Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.   His research has spanned the ethical, operational and other human aspects of UK Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (Reaper) operations, the ethics of AI and autonomous systems, and moral injury and mental harms in military and police personnel.   In April 2023 he commenced a collaborative EPSRC-funded project to create a Trustworthy Autonomous Robotic Drone System to Support Battlefield Casualty Triage, while in 2024 I was part of an ASIS-funded collaborative project entitled, ‘Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges.    He taught at RAF College Cranwell from 2008-2017, and is a member of the UK Ministry of Defence Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy Ethics Advisory Panel.    He served as a Royal Air Force chaplain from 2001-2008.

Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for this Conference is now open.

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Important Dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 January 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 30 January 2026
• Conference Date: 3^rd March 2026