Email: greg.reichberg@prio.org
Work phone: +47 22 54 77 53
Mobile phone: +47 40 28 62 22
Twitter: @GregReichberg
International ethics, artificial intelligence, religion and politics, moral philosophy in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas
Gregory M. Reichberg is Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
He leads Warring with Machines: Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Relevance of Virtue Ethics, a four-year project funded by the Research Council of Norway's Research Programme on the Cultural Conditions Underlying Social Change (SAMKUL).
His writings include a monograph Thomas Aquinas on War and Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2017), named an "Outstanding Academic Title 2017" by Choice magazine.
He has also published several co-edited volumes, including Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy (Springer, 2021); Religion, War, and Ethics: A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions (Cambridge University Press, 2014); World Religions and Norms of War (United Nations University Press, 2009); and The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Blackwell Publishing, 2006).
His recent publications include a co-authored book chapter "AI in Cyber Operations: Ethical and Legal Considerations for End-Users (in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, Springer, 2023); "Applying AI on the Battlefield: The Ethical Debates" (with Henrik Syse), in Robotics, AI, and Humanity (Springer, 2021); "Philosophical Debate on Deterrence," in Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons (Georgetown University Press, 2023), and "From the Nuclear Family to the Family of Nations: Exploring the Analogy," in The Family as Relational Good: The Challenge of Love (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2023).
From 2012-2020 he headed the Oslo-based Research School on Peace and Conflict, and from 2009-2012 he was director of the PRIO Cyprus Centre in Nicosia, where he coordinated research and dialogue activities on the search for a political settlement to the island's division.
In 2021 he was appointed consultor to the Holy See's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, headquartered in Vatican City. His contribution focuses on disarmament, the ethical implications of new military technologies, and broader issues of war and peace.
Book Chapter in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Theory and Applications
Journal Article in La Revue Thomiste
PRIO Paper
FAIR Case Brief
Report - External Series
Edited Volume
Book Chapter in Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Journal Article in The Thomist: a Speculative Quarterly Review
Book Chapter in A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age, 800-1450
Journal Article in Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
PRIO Researchers Greg Reichberg and Samar Abbas Nawaz attended a recent summit on Responsible AI in the Military domain.
This FAIR Case Brief examines the role of threats and sanctions between the key parties and how they
impacted on trust between the various sides as
well as on perceptions of fairness in the negotiations.
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
A select group of philosophers recently gathered to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence.
PRIO Research Professor Greg Reichberg spoke at a Vatican conference on "The Family as Relational Good".
The NORM project ('Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia') was officially launched with a kick-off meeting on 4 May.
PRIO researchers Greg Reichberg and Henrik Syse spoke last week at the United States Naval Academy's annual McCain Conference on military ethics.
The Warring with Machines Project co-organized a conference with PRIO Global Fellow Kaushik Roy of Jadavpur University in Kolkata. The conference was titled "AI and the Transformation of Warfare: Perspectives from South Asia and Beyond."
The DigiComp project, led by Research Professor Greg Reichberg, has received funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Defense. The project aims to map how digital competence supports Norwegian military readiness. The project will examine what norms (moral and legal) are emerging in this domain, and how a consensus regarding best practices for procurement, development, and use of digital technologies is developing internationally.
On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation. The workshop was part of the PRIO project 'On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation' (FAIR) and included both PRIO researchers and researchers from across the world.