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1/2026: No game. Wargaming and serious gaming in the age of AI
Can war be learned through play? Is it ethically justifiable to train how to fight enemy units in a gaming scenario? Does the presentation of realistic training as a 'playful simulation' carry the risk of blurring the categorical distinction between simulated scenarios and real conflicts?
These questions are not merely theoretical, but reflect existing practice. Military and civilian organizations around the world are increasingly relying on game-based learning and serious gaming to train complex and critical skills without taking real risks. This development raises ethical questions that affect peace policy, military, technological and civil society aspects in equal measure and require interdisciplinary discussion.
The contributions in this special issue can focus on considerations of the moral quality of technology ethics as well as on the epistemological, phenomenological or ontological status of such simulations. Equally, military and peace ethics as well as civil society considerations on the possible blending of reality and simulation are expressly welcome. We welcome interdisciplinary, empirical studies as well as contributions from military practice, the games industry and games research.
Editors: Kathrin Bruder, Lukas Johrendt, Gerhard Schreiber
2/2026: Potenziale und Grenzen des Pazifismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart
The volume explores the potential and opportunities of pacifist approaches with a view to the past and present, particularly in light of the political situation worldwide. To this end, areas of discourse will be opened up by academics and peace practitioners who will jointly define the topic area.
›No more war!‹ - This pacifist demand can also be found time and again in the Christian discourse on war and peace. The question of the possibilities of pacifist convictions and non-violent conflict resolution strategies has taken on a new urgency, especially in view of the many and varied armed conflicts currently taking place; just think of Ukraine or the Middle East.
This volume on pacifism pursues a twofold goal: on the one hand, the field of pacifism is to be further explored ecumenically and interdisciplinarily, and on the other hand, the networking of academics and peace practitioners can be further strengthened. Pacifism offers the ideal subject area for this. After all, basic pacifist convictions can be one of the motivators for a corresponding commitment to peace work or civil conflict transformation.
The interdisciplinary conference therefore aims to analyse the origins of pacifism on the one hand and to examine the relevance of the concept for the present day on the other. In particular, the challenges, opportunities and limits of civil conflict transformation in the present will be analysed.
Editors: Benedikt Brunner, Gabriel Rolfes, Sarah Jäger.
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