University of Leicester
The School of History, Politics and International Studies at the University of Leicester is home to a number of scholars and research students working in the field of nuclear politics, deterrence, non-proliferation and disarmament. It is also home to the ERC-funded Third Nuclear Age research project, which examines the technological, geopolitical and normative changes in the current global nuclear order (https://thethirdnuclearage.com).
Contact information
School of History, Politics and Interantional Relations (HyPIR),
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester, UK,
Website: https://le.ac.uk/hypir & https://thethirdnuclearage.com
Tel.: +44(0)116 252 2587
Contact: [email protected]
Social media handle for Linkedin and Twitter if applicable: @thirdnuclearage
Point of contact
Dr Andrew Futter (primary)
Professor in International Politics, PI on the Third Nuclear Age project
Dr Bleddyn Bowen (please CC on significant correspondence/events)
The team
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Dr Andrew Futter. Professor in International Politics, PI on the Third Nuclear Age project |
Professor of International Politics |
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Dr. Bleddyn Bowen |
Associate Professor of International Politics |
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| Dr. Joshua Baker | Lecturer in International Relations |
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Ms Ludovica Castelli |
Doctoral Researcher on the Third Nuclear Age project |
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Publications:
Josh Baker, ‘The empathic foundations of security dilemma de-escalation’ Political Psychology, 40:6 (2019) pp.1251-1266.
Bleddyn Bowen & Cameron Hunter, ‘We’ll never have a model of an AI Major-General: Artificial Intelligence, Command Decisions, and Kitsch Visions of War’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 2023.
Bleddyn Bowen Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space (Hurst, 2022)
Ludovica Castelli & Olamide Samuel, “Justifying attacks on nuclear facilities”, Non-proliferation Review, (2024).
Andrew Futter, Hacking the bomb: Cyber threats and nuclear weapons, (Georgetown, 2019)
Andrew Futter & Benjamin Zala, “Strategic conventional weapons and the onset of a Third Nuclear Age”, European Journal of International Security, 6:3 (2021), pp.257-277.
Andrew Futter & Olamide Samuel, “Accommodating Nutopia: The nuclear ban treaty and the developmental interests of global south countries”, Review of International Studies, (2023).