Anna-Katharina Ferl

Associate Fellow

Anna-Katharina Ferl is an Associate Fellow at PRIF’s International Security Research Depart­ment and the research group “Emerging Disrup­tive Techno­logies”. Her research interest focuses on the regulation of auto­nomous weapons systems and military Artificial Intelligence.

Anna-Katharina Ferl
 Press photo

CV

| since 2024
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Inter­national Security and Co­operation, Stanford University

| since 2024
Associate Fellow at PRIF

| 2024
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) (Political Science) at Goethe University Frankfurt/M.

| 2023
Visiting Fellows at Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University (01/23-05/23) and at the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (10/23-11/23)

| 2019–2024
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| 2016
Visiting Student at the Depart­ment of Inter­national Politics, Aberystwyth University, Wales

| 2015–2019
Master of Arts “Inter­nationale Studien/Friedens- und Konflikt­forschung” at Goethe University Frankfurt/M. and at TU Darmstadt

| 2015–2018
Student Assistant in the research project “Norm Disputes: Contes­tation and Norm Robustness” at PRIF

| 2015
Intern at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Depart­ment for Foreign Trade Promotion

| 2013
Visiting Student for Peace and Develop­ment Studies, Linnaeus University Vaxjö, Sweden

| 2012–2015
Student Assistant at the Chair for Inter­national Relations and Sustainable Development at University of Münster

| 2011–2015
Bachelor of Arts “Politik und Wirtschaft” at University of Münster

Projects

Highlights

Beyond the Code

Image from a surveillance camera in a hall with several groups of people looking at screens. In the foreground, two female figures are recognizable New PRIF Spotlight on gender dynamics in AI and cybersecurity

Publications

  • Imagining Meaningful Human Control
    | 2023
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina (2023): Imagining Meaningful Human Control. Autonomous Weapons and the (De-)Legitimisation of Future Warfare, Global Society, 38: 1, 139–155. DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2023.2233004
  • Ein Schritt vor, zwei Schritte zurück?
    | 2020
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina (2020): Ein Schritt vor, zwei Schritte zurück?. Zum Stand der Genfer Gespräche, Wissenschaft und Frieden. Dossier, 90.
    Publication

  • Beyond the Code. Unveiling Gender Dynamics in AI and Cybersecurity for International Security
    | 2024
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina; Perras, Clara (2024): Beyond the Code. Unveiling Gender Dynamics in AI and Cybersecurity for International Security, PRIF Spotlight, 2, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2402
  • Die rüstungskontrollpolitischen Initiativen Deutschlands – eine Erfolgsgeschichte?
    | 2023
    Lurz, Alexander; Baldus, Jana; Daase, Christopher; Ferl, Anna-Katharina; Jakob, Una; Lambach, Daniel; Lehmann, Tobias; Perras, Clara; Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth; Reinhold, Thomas; Schmidt, Hans-Joachim; Schörnig, Niklas; Tkocz, Maximilian; Wisotzki, Simone (2023): Die rüstungskontrollpolitischen Initiativen Deutschlands – eine Erfolgsgeschichte?, Greenpeace-Studie.
    Publication
  • Für eine umfassende, globale und aktive Abrüstungs- und Rüstungskontrollpolitik
    | 2022
    Meier, Oliver; Brzoska, Michael; Ferl, Anna-Katharina; Hach, Sascha; Bayer, Markus; Mutschler, Max M.; Prem, Berenike; Reinhold, Thomas; Schmid, Stefka; Schwarz, Matthias (2022): Für eine umfassende, globale und aktive Abrüstungs- und Rüstungskontrollpolitik, 49security.
    Publication
  • Rüstungsdynamiken: Keine Rüstungskooperation ohne europäische Rüstungsexportkontrolle
    | 2021
    Bales, Marius; Brzoska, Michael; Ferl, Anna-Katharina; Hansel, Mischa; Jakob, Una; Kütt, Moritz; Mutschler, Max M.; Meier, Oliver; Schörnig, Niklas; Silomon, Jantje; Wisotzki, Simone; Wulf, Herbert (2021): Rüstungsdynamiken: Keine Rüstungskooperation ohne europäische Rüstungsexportkontrolle, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2021, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 94-115.
    Publication
  • A New Hope? The U.S. Election and Prospects for Arms Control
    | 2020
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina; Hach, Sascha (2020): A New Hope? The U.S. Election and Prospects for Arms Control, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Digital diplomacy: The debate on lethal autonomous weapons systems in Geneva continues under unprecedented circumstances
    | 2020
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina (2020): Digital diplomacy: The debate on lethal autonomous weapons systems in Geneva continues under unprecedented circumstances, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Yet another targeted killing?
    | 2019
    Ferl, Anna-Katharina (2019): The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Yet another targeted killing?, PRIF Blog.
    Publication

Further Activities

| 2021–2022
Co-speaker of the PRIF PhD student colloquium