Gregory M. Reichberg
Research Professor
Email: greg.reichberg@prio.org
Work phone: +47 22 54 77 53
Mobile phone: +47 40 28 62 22
Twitter: @GregReichberg
Research Interests
Military ethics, artificial intelligence, religion and politics
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, forthcoming); "Applying AI on the Battlefield: The Ethical Debates" (with Henrik Syse), in Robotics, AI, and Humanity (Springer, 2021); and "Scholastic Arguments for and against Religious Freedom," (inThe Thomist, 2020).
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.
Over the last fifteen years he has been engaged in religious dialogue on social/political issues in Iraq and other settings.
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.
Applying AI on the Battlefield: The Ethical Debates
Book Chapter in Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Edited Volume
Scholastic Arguments for and against Religious Freedom
Journal Article in The Thomist: a Speculative Quarterly Review
Human Nature, Peace, and War
Book Chapter in A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age, 800-1450
Restrictive versus Permissive Double Effect: Interpreting Aquinas
Journal Article in Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Large-Scale Investment Management: The Peace Potential of a Sovereign Wealth Fund
Book Chapter in Business, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development
Thomas Aquinas on Battlefield Martyrdom
Book Chapter in Chivalrous Combatants? the Meaning of Military Virtue Past and Present
Prudential War in the Utopia
Book Chapter in Thomas More’s Utopia, 500 Years On… and Counting
Reframing the Catholic Understanding of Just War
Journal Article in Journal of Religious Ethics
Threats and Coercive Diplomacy: An Ethical Analysis
Journal Article in Ethics and International Affairs
Greg Reichberg Speaks on Panel with PM Mario Draghi at Vatican Conference
PRIO Research Professor Greg Reichberg spoke at a Vatican conference on "The Family as Relational Good".
NORM Project Kick-Off Meeting
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.
The Ethics of Military Artificial Intelligence – Conference at the U.S. Naval Academy
PRIO researchers Greg Reichberg and Henrik Syse spoke last week at the United States Naval Academy's annual McCain Conference on military ethics.
Warring with Machines Conference Held in Kolkata, India
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."
Workshop on Ethical Issues in Peace Negotiations and Mediation
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.
Greg Reichberg Appointed Consultor to Holy See Dicastery
Last January, Pope Francis appointed Greg Reichberg as consultor to the Holy See's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
NORM: New Project on the Digital Silk Road
The NORM project aims at finding out how China’s Digital Silk Road shapes the digital world order and its norms, and the agency that recipient developing countries exercise in response. This is one out of five PRIO projects that today have received funding from the Research Council of Norway.
New Book “Robotics, AI, and Humanity” Co-Edited by Greg Reichberg
PRIO Research Professor Gregory M. Reichberg has co-edited a new volume titled "Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy".
PRIO Joins EU Network of Non-Proliferation and disarmament think tanks
PRIO has now joined the European Network of non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks, established by the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. The Network gathers researchers who wish to share their work with their academic colleagues, as well as with both European authorities and the key decision-makers within EU Member States.
NORHED II funding for global network on Peace and Conflict and Human Rights research
Norad has awarded funding through its NORHED II scheme for a six-year project to strengthen higher education institutions' ability to produce high-quality research and teaching. The project was initiated by The Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in partnership with five leading institutions in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Warring with Machines: Meeting of the Philosophers
Digital Brains: Neuroscience, Philosophy and Law in Conversation
Iran and Saudi Arabia: Between Enmity and Amity
Trustbuilding in Iraq: Current Challenges and Opportunities
Norway and the Nuclear Weapons Ban: What Comes Next?
Human Rights and Inclusive Citizenship - Conditions for Co-Existence in Conflict-Ridden Societies
How Can Improved Food Security Alleviate Conflict?
Nuclear Security: Current Challenges and Opportunities
Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism
Life After Syria
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
Digital Competence for Defense (DigiComp)
The Role of Dual-Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology in the Current International “Arms” Race
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)
Warring with Machines: Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Relevance of Virtue Ethics
