Pere Brunet
Doctor and retired professor of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he has been teaching and supervising students for 45 years. Heis interested in the social implications of science and engineering and in the analysis of militarism and terrorism from a scientifically inspired perspective. He is a scientific disseminator and is interested in the applications of science in the field of peace. He has participated in the coordination of the GCOMS 2017 campaign. He is the author of the fractal blog (Ara).
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Publications:
Report 65: “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”
Report 61: “The argument against and alternatives to war. On the War in Ukraine” Working Paper “Analysis of the first R&D projects of the European Defence Fund” Report 57: “The need and possibility of banning explosive weapons. International Humanitarian Law and precision in old and new explosive weapons” Report 55: “Transnational corporations, warmongering and the climate emergency” ENAAT and TNI’s report: “Fanning teh flames. How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race” Report 46: “A Walled World, towards a Global Apartheid” Report 39: Novel weapons against ethics and people. Armed Drones and Autonomous Drones Security policies for peace. Another security is possible and necessary “Is it a war? Jihadism and terrorism” Armed robots, autonomous weapons and ethical issues Report 35: Building Walls. Policies of fear and securitization in the European Union Treinta preguntas sobre la OTAN. Treinta años después del Referéndum Report 16: Other violence in Latin America