Ishmael Bhila

1

Article

0

Comments

A researcher and lecturer in the area of international security, focusing on autonomous weapons systems and the Global South.

My research lies at the intersection of technology, international security, and war. I am interested in Global South perspectives, experiences, and agency.

As such, I focus on emerging technologies and international security, autonomy, autonomous weapons systems, and algorithmic warfare. I also research postcolonial subjectivity, the Global South, and postcolonial theory. My other interests include global governance, multilateral processes, in/exclusion, and in/equality.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Research associate, Paderborn University

Education

  • 2025 
    Paderborn University, PhD (International Security)
  • 2022 
    Midlands State University, MSc International Relations
  • 2017 
    University of Portsmouth, PGCert International Development Studies
  • 2016 
    Great Zimbabwe University, BSc Honours Sociology

Publications

  • 2025
    Investigating the kill cloud: information warfare, autonomous weapons & AI, Digital War
  • 2024
    Putting algorithmic bias on top of the agenda in the discussions on autonomous weapons systems, Digital War
  • 2024
    Strained missions: The diplomatic dilemmas of small states from the Global South in the area of autonomous weapons systems, Small States & Territories
  • 2024
    Autonomous Vehicles: Threats, Risks, and Opportunities (with Peter Lee and Alison Wakefield), ASIS International (Report)
  • 2023
    Informal Street Vending in Harare: How Postcolonial Policies Have Confined the Vendor in a Precarious Subaltern State, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies

Contact Ishmael for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision