---
id: "aiethics:lecture/ethics-in-ai-for-peace"
type: "AI Ethics course lecture"
title: "Ethics in AI for Peace"
url: "https://aiethicscourse.org/lectures/ethics-in-ai-for-peace"
authors: ["Branka Panic"]
summary: "How is AI being leveraged in the peacetech ecosystem? How can its applications be better aligned to ethical AI principles?"
source: "AI Ethics: Global Perspectives (aiethicscourse.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Ethics in AI for Peace

A lecture of the course [AI Ethics: Global Perspectives](https://aiethicscourse.org/).

## Lecturer

- Branka Panic, Founder and Executive Director, AI for Peace

## About this lecture

With rapid developments of data science, the greater availability of data and increased computer processing power, algorithms have become part of many spheres of our lives and work, including in peacebuilding and conflict prevention work. The “algo age” brought with it many technical, legal, and ethical questions that exceeded the scope of existing peacebuilding and peacetech ethics frameworks. This module raises awareness about these risks, and advises on how to apply tools to mitigate them by transferring ethical principles into practice to ensure that “AI ethics by design” is a first step and not an afterthought in AI for peace projects’ development and implementation.

## Video and transcript

- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVs0HFovVL0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVs0HFovVL0)
- Transcript (PDF): [https://aiethicscourse.org/img/13e575f0-88ec-4cc5-803e-47d47c6394b2.pdf](https://aiethicscourse.org/img/13e575f0-88ec-4cc5-803e-47d47c6394b2.pdf)

## Read, watch, and listen

- [Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Path to Creating a Community of Practice](https://cic.nyu.edu/publications/data-peacebuilding-and-prevention-ecosystem-mapping-state-play-and-path-creating), Panic, Branka. "Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Path to Creating a Community of Practice." Center on International Cooperation, 2020.
- [Can Emerging Technologies Lead a Revival of Conflict Early Warning/Early Action? Lessons from the Field](https://cic.nyu.edu/publications/can-emerging-technologies-lead-revival-conflict-early-warningearly-action-lessons-field), Panic, Branka. "Can Emerging Technologies Lead a Revival of Conflict Early Warning/Early Action? Lessons from the Field." Center on International Cooperation, 2022.
- [The OCHA Data Responsibility Guidelines](https://centre.humdata.org/the-ocha-data-responsibility-guidelines/)
- [The ICRC Data Protection Framework](https://www.icrc.org/en/document/icrc-data-protection-framework)
- [DSEG Ethical Framework](https://www.hum-dseg.org/dseg-ethical-framework)