212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

While the military use of drones has been the subject of much scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse on drones, dedicated to developing and publicizing the endless... Read more

 

Introduction: Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

What Does It Take to Be Good?

Chapter 1: Susanne Krasmann

Targeted ‘Killer Drones’ and the Humanitarian Discourse: On a Liaison


Chapter 2: John Karlsrud and Frederik Rosén

Lifting the Fog of War? Opportunities and Challenges of Drones in UN Peace Operations

Chapter 3: Kristoffer Lidén and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

Poison Pill or Cure-All: Drones and the Protection of Civilians

Chapter 4: Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Creating the EU Drone: Control, Sorting, and Search and Rescue at Sea

Chapter 5: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

The Public Order Drone: Proliferation and Disorder in Civil Airspace

Chapter 6: Brad Bolman

A Revolution in Agricultural Affairs: Dronoculture, Precision, Capital

Chapter 7: Serge Wich, Lorna Scott, and Lian Pin Koh

Wings for Wildlife: the use of Conservation Drones, challenges and opportunities

Chapter 8: Mareile Kaufmann

Drone/Body: the Drone’s Power to Sense and Construct Emergencies

Biography

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik is Associate Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, and Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). She holds a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert is Senior Researcher at PRIO and the Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. She holds a PhD from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, SciencesPo Paris.