Gender, Global Cyber Governance, and Risks of Carceralism with guest speaker Katharine Millar.

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Bio:

Katharine Millar is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Her research interests lie in examining the gendered cultural narratives underlying political violence and the modern collective use of force.  Her on-going research examines gender, race, sexuality and the transnational politics of death in the context of Covid-19; and gender, technology, and cybersecurity. Dr Millar has also published on female combatants, gendered representations of violent death, military and civilian masculinity, and critical conceptions of militarism.  Dr Millar's award-winning first book, Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community, was published in 2022 by Oxford University Press. Dr Millar is an Editor at the journal Security Dialogue and an associated researcher with the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics. She has participated in consultation processes regarding the UN's Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and gender and cybersecurity for various state governments, armed forces international organisations and international non-governmental organisations.

This seminar leverages the Capability-Intent Matrix (Singer, 1958) and Agency Theory (Jensen & Meckling, 1976) to examine conditions under which misalignment between principals (governments) and agents (3D printing firms) leads to opportunistic behavior, such as sanctions evasion. We test our proposition through three interrelated studies:

• Capability study: Closed-loop supply chain design for spare parts with remanufacturing and 3D printing. - Dr. Kai Huang
• Intent study: Predicting sanctions evasion modes via a combination of graph and game theory. - Dr. Patrick Beeson
• Matrix study: Defence procurement adoption—aka marketing: A persuasion experiment. - Dr. Sash Vaid

This event is free to attend, and open to all. Registration is required.

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*Snacks and refreshments will be offered.

Speaker Bios:

Dr. Sash Vaid is a tenured Associate Professor of Marketing at the DeGroote School of Business and an Affiliate Faculty with the School of Computational Science and Engineering at McMaster University. He is also a Research Affiliate at the University of Michigan. Dr. Vaid has extensive expertise in econometrics and quantitative marketing of ubiquitous industrial and cyber technologies, many with dual-use applications. His research interest in marketing interfaces can be visualized as a “Vaid Venn Diagram” with three circles intersecting across: (1) Political economy of marketing – Attending to the regulatory and institutional contexts impacting firms, as well as dual-use industrial and cyber technology supply and acceptance. (2) Dual-use industrial and cyber technologies – Investigating marketing’s interfaces with a range of ubiquitous technologies originally developed for defense applications (e.g., AI, cybersecurity, imaging, and geodata) and related industrial markets (e.g., sales lead nurturing, sales lead generation, marketing automation systems) that are now used for commercial use and consumer engagement. (3) Exogenous shocks at macro (regulatory) and micro (firm) levels – Exploring how these shocks influence marketing interfaces, which often lie along two dimensions that are somewhat intrinsic and extrinsic to the firm, specifically – functional and technological.

Dr. Kai Huang specializes in the optimization under uncertainty and data-driven optimization techniques with applications in business analytics and supply chain management. His recent research interests include data-driven inventory management, electric/autonomous vehicles, humanitarian logistics, and food supply chain safety. He teaches courses in operations management and supply chain management.

Dr. Patrick Beeson began his military career as a naval reservist at His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) PREVOST in London Ontario before enrolling in the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC). After graduation, Patrick served for several years in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) aboard multiple ships including HMCS GLACE BAY, HMCS WINNIPEG, HMCS OTTAWA, HMCS MONTREAL and HMCS VILLE DE QUÉBEC. In the RCN, Patrick served as a bridge watchkeeping officer and later as an above water warfare director/officer. In the latter capacity, Patrick planned and oversaw the execution of various events such as live gunnery and air defence exercises. Patrick also participated in counter-narcotics/terrorism patrols in the Caribbean theater, supervising the fusion of Electronic Warfare (EW) and other sensor data with a view to detecting cartel surface vessels and aircraft. Patrick subsequently transitioned into the pharmacy officer occupation, ultimately becoming the pharmacy team leader at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) KINGSTON. Notably, Patrick oversaw the local coordination of medical logistics at CFB KINGSTON in support of Canada's deployment of personnel participating in the evacuation of Syrian civil war refugees. Patrick's military career was cut short in 2016 by a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) related medical release. Educationally, Patrick holds bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and pharmacy. Patrick also possesses a Masters of Business Administration and a doctorate in Operations Research (OR). Patrick's doctoral thesis focused on flight path optimization for military, medical evacuation helicopters in anti-aircraft threat environments as well as the determination of optimal deployment locations for helicopters and field hospitals. Patrick is currently working with Dr. Sash Vaid and Dr. Kai Huang applying OR as well as graph and game theoretic concepts to the study of dual-use technology procurement chains. Patrick's work focuses on predicting sanctions evasion behaviour via a game on a network approach. Outside of his OR work on dual-use technologies, Patrick has launched an independent Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) development project. Should this project be successful, the resulting AUV will be capable of entering enclosed underwater spaces (e.g. shipwrecks, flooded caves, flow channels in hydroelectric plants...) and generating high resolution, 3D models of these internal environments for scientific, archeological, repair and maintenance, salvage, and defence purposes. Incidentally, this project relies heavily on dual-use technologies. Patrick now lives on the windswept north shore of New Brunswick with his wife and teenage child on a small hobby farm. The peace and quiet of this lifestyle is conducive to the clear thinking and mental well-being Patrick relies upon to work on his research

While previously known as a region of low geopolitical tensions, security challenges in the Arctic are increasing.  The Canadian Arctic in particular sees climate change facilitating growing international interest for both transit and mineral exploitation. Our domain awareness in the north is inadequate mainly due to neglect and we have seen increasing incidents of foreign shipping in our waters of which we were completely unaware. After an overview of some Intelligence basics, we will look at the Arctic through the Intelligence process, concluding with how some evolution of our system may prove beneficial for Canada.

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Bio:

Robert Martyn is a former member of the Canadian military, having divided service between the Air Force and Army. He served in Armour and Search & Rescue before being commissioned as an Intelligence officer, where he worked in NDHQ, Brigade HQ, and within Special Operations Forces Command. He has operational deployments to Cyprus (UN), Bosnia (NATO), Kosovo (NATO), and two tours in Afghanistan (Special Operations Command). He retired as a Reserve Infantry Officer.

After receiving a BA in Politics (Manitoba) and a MA in War Studies (RMC), Robert completed his PhD in Military History (Queen’s) in 2004, with a dissertation on Intelligence Support to Peacekeeping. This was followed by Post-Doctoral research in Terrorism (William & Mary) and Intelligence (Carleton/Norman Patterson School of International Relations).

The CIDP is pleased to present its discussion on Defence for January on Military Psychological Operations led by one of our Visiting Defence Fellows, Col Nicolas Gauthier.

This event offers undergraduate students the opportunity to learn from fellows as part of our mentorship program, engaging them in the defence and security community.

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This panel explores the critical intersections of the politics of gender, emerging technology, and international security. The discussion also highlights opportunities to align gender-responsive approaches with technology policy, ensuring that future security frameworks are inclusive, ethical, and resilient. Participants will gain insights into building more equitable and strategically sound governance systems for a rapidly evolving technological landscape. The panel is hosted by the CIDP's Technology and Security Cluster, and made possible by the MINDS project Q-WPS: Quantum Technology and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.

Speakers:

• Dr. Luna K.C., Assistant Professor - UNBC

• Joanne Archibald, Founder & Principal Consultant - Livy Consulting