Working Groups
The working groups are understood to be communities of research interest, with a lead institution responsible for managing the dissemination of knowledge within the community, and liaison with the larger association and other interested parties. Working groups chairs are understood to be responsible for organizing seminars at the annual conference.
| Working Groups | Subject area examples |
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1. War studies |
Military strategy, operational art and tactics, contemporary operations, conflict, future warfare, asymmetrical warfare, psychological operations, peace support ops, COIN, military support for civil authority, doctrine development, military theory and practice, lessons learned and identified, terrorism and counter-terrorism, organized crime, intelligence, military policing, international police operations, regional approaches, privatization of security, special forces. |
| Chronological, geographical, component (army, navy, air force), thematic, military biography. | |
| Information systems, systems testing, impact of technology on operations, weaponry, interaction with human dimension, R&D agendas, industry connections, life cycles and defense acquisition, network centric warfare and network enabled capabilities. | |
| Sense-making, trust, stress, group cohesion and resilience, case studies, cultural awareness, gender, communication skills, mediation & negotiation, self-reflection, organizational culture, diversity management, temporary units, physical and psychological characteristics, human factors analysis, cognitive abilities, recruitment and selection, education and training, post-traumatic stress, military medicine. | |
| International law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, rules of engagement, jus in Bello, jus ad bellum, jus pos bellum, status of forces agreements, pre-emptive action, moral dilemmas, values and transmission of values. | |
| International organizations, actors-factors-threats, cooperation, security regimes, alliances and coalitions, interests, risk evaluation and management, international relations, scenario development, crisis management, security complexes, armed suasion and influence strategies, coercion, deterrence, compellence, modeling, game theory, comprehensive approaches, defence diplomacy. | |
| Nation-building, institutional gaps, military sociology, armed forces as societies, armed forces in society, civil military relations, conscription and professional armies, gender-ethnicity-identity and minorities, military families, unions and soldier associations, social experimentation and social activism with armed forces, media, public opinion, democratic control of armed forces, security sector reform, international cooperation, privatization, sports. | |
| Resource management, change management, transformation, cost-benefit analysis, logistics, defense acquisition, strategic personnel policy, accounting, defense administration, military industrial complex, measures of effectiveness, benchmarking, outsourcing, privatization, base closures, infrastructure issues. |
| Working Groups | Chairman / contact |
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1. War studies |
Dr. David Last (CAN) e-mail: last-d@rmc.ca |
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Dr. James Corum (EST) e-mail: james.corum@bdcol.ee |
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Prof. Dr. Hannu H. Kari (FIN) e-mail: Hannu.Kari@mil.fi |
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Prof. Gerry Larsson (SWE) e-mail: gerry.larsson@fhs.se |
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Dr. Ingeborg Mongstad-Kvammen (NOR) |
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Brig Gen Dr Walter Feichtinger (AUT) |
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Dr. Rene Moelker (NLD) e-mail: R.Moelker.01@NLDA.NL |
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Dr Robert Beeres (NLD) e-mail: rjm.Beeres@NLDA.NL |