Neil Renic

I am a lecturer in ethics at the University of New South Wales, a fellow at the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen, and member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC). I am also the Associate Director of the Military Ethics Research Lab and Innovation Network (MERLIN). I specialise in the changing character of war, the ethics of killing, and emerging military technologies.

I am the author of “Asymmetric Killing: Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos” (Oxford University Press 2020). The monograph was positively reviewed in prestigious journals, as well as The Intercept and The New Yorker. My work has also featured in journals such as the European Journal of International Relations, International Affairs, Ethics and International Affairs, Survival, and the Journal of Military Ethics.

I hold a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Queensland and have advised government bodies in Australia, Germany and Denmark. Originally from Wales, I have lived and worked in Brisbane, London, Oxford, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, and currently reside in Canberra.