Johanna MÖHRING | MaCI - Université Grenoble Alpes

Johanna MÖHRING

is a political scientist researching European defense and security, as well as military power in the 21st century. Prior to joining UGA, she was postdoctoral DGRIS "Ambassadeur" visiting fellow at the Graduate Institute in Geneva exploring nuclear deterrence conceptions of France, the United Kingdom and Germany. Holding a PhD from Paris Panthéon Assas (2022), she is Chercheure associée at the Centre interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux stratégiques (CIENS), École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and associate fellow at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn.

Project at the MaCI

Commanding the 21st century. Imaginaries and practice of AI-enhanced military decision-making

October 2025 - September 2027

How will military command and control evolve under the impression of artificial intelligence (AI)? Adopting AI at the command level could not only change the character of war as with every technological innovation, but possibly the very (human) nature of warfare. This postdoctoral project researches French imaginaries of military command and AI, as well as perceptions of French, British and German military practitioners who will increasingly be supported by AI in command decision-making. It mobilises a mixed methodology combining quantitative and qualitative elements: Quantitative, such as logometric and algorithmic analysis of French strategy documents, as well as of journal articles relating to AI and to military command. Qualitative, deploying scriptwriting and scenario exercise techniques to assess how military personnel might appropriate themselves this new technology.

This post-doctoral project aims to contribute to the crucial interdisciplinary and international reflection on how the penetration of every aspect of our lives by digital technologies is shaping the futures we are imagining, and how pre-existing human expertise and skills could be mobilised and valued. It hopes to contribute to ongoing exchanges on how AI and other digital technologies could provide ethical and sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges.

Johanna will be affiliated to the Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes (CESICE) and will work closely with Dr. Delphine Deschaux-Dutard. This post-doctoral project benefits from support from the Multidisciplinary Institute in Artificial intelligence (MIAI) and Innovacs (Fédération de recherche Innovation, connaissances et société).

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Supported by the GATES project (Grenoble ATtractiveness and ExcellenceS), funded by the French government's Programme d'Investissement Avenir and implemented by ANR France 2030