On 27 August 2025 Pugwash organized a webinar with the Åland Islands Peace Institute on Outer Space Governance: WMD and Arms … More
Category: Science and Security
A foundational concern of Pugwash is the ethical imperative in the practice and development of science to prevent malign or harmful effects. Pugwash works to strengthen scientific responsibility by promoting risk awareness, ethical norms, and effective science–policy engagement in areas with security implications.
Autonomous Armageddon: Nuclear Weapons and AI
On 26 January 2025 Pugwash co-hosted a webinar to explore the alarming dangers posed by the integration of artificial intelligence … More
Pugwash summary of the cyber OEWG meeting
Between 8-12 July 2024, Pugwash lead on cyber activities, Dr. Gian Piero Siroli (Bologna University and CERN), participated at the … More
Pugwash participation in the Cyber Open-Ended Working Group
11 June 2024 As part of its portfolio of work on cyber security and warfare, Pugwash was accredited to the … More
Pugwash Workshop on cyber security and resilience against emerging national and international threats
On March 31st – April 1st 2022 Pugwash hosted an online workshop on Cyber security and resilience against emerging national … More
Pugwash document on cyber security and warfare
November 2020 The document below is the result of several discussions inside Pugwash, including three specific workshops in 2018 (Geneva), 2019 … More
Geneva workshop on Cyber Security and Warfare
On 30-31 January 2020, Pugwash held its second workshop on the theme of cyber security and warfare at the Palais … More
Geneva Workshop on Hypersonic Weapons
On 9-10 December 2019, the Pugwash Conferences held a workshop in Geneva on hypersonic weapons. The meeting, organized by the … More
Bariloche workshop on cyber security in Latin America
On 4-5 October 2019 Pugwash organized a workshop on “Cybersecurity in Latin America,” with the participation of experts from Argentina, Brazil, … More
Council member Karen Hallberg wins prestigious award
14 February 2019: Pugwash Council Member Prof. Karen Hallberg of Argentina was awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science for … More
Geneva workshop on Cyber Security and Warfare
On 19-20 December 2018 Pugwash held a workshop in Geneva, co-sponsored and hosted by the Geneva Center for Security Policy … More
ICRC Commemorative Conference on the use of certain weapons in war
On 30 November 2018 the Pugwash Council member and Director of the Geneva Office, Amb. Sergey Batsanov, participated in the … More
An appeal from the Pugwash Council to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
Avoiding threats to human civilization Since the middle of the 20th century, scientists have consistently raised alarm about the risks … More
Geneva killer robot side event
Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala joined the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots delegation to the Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting of experts … More
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs 