High-Impact Tech: Tool or Threat for Environmental Peacebuilding?

Date & Time
Jun 19, 2026 | 9.00 - 10.30

Location
CRX 440

Participants
Chair: Daphne Duruoha, Carleton University (Canada)
Pranusha Kulkarni, Goa Institute of Management, India (India)
Ann Le, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Jochen Schubert, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute (United States)

Emerging technologies are increasingly shaping environmental governance, climate action, and post-conflict recovery, yet their implications for environmental peacebuilding remain deeply contested. This session examines the dual role of high-impact technologies as both enablers and potential sources of injustice and conflict. Together, the presentations invite critical reflection on how technological innovation can be governed to advance environmental justice, support peacebuilding, and avoid reinforcing existing social and geopolitical inequities.

Unpacking the Justice Dimensions of High-Tech Trade Securitization: A Perspective on Integrating International Trade Justice with Just Energy Transition Imperatives

Pranusha Kulkarni, Goa Institute of Management, India (India)

Localizing Environmental Peacebuilding: Leveraging the Power of Artistic Infrastructure for Digital Inclusion

Ann Le, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Jochen Schubert, University of California, Irvine (United States)

Use of AI for Post-conflict EIAs: Exploring Needs, Risks, and Opportunities

Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute (United States)