Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Dr Sibylle Bauer (Germany) is SIPRI’s Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, with responsibility for SIPRI’s work on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation; dual-use and arms trade control; emerging technologies; and the arms production, arms transfer and military expenditure databases.

She is also the Chair of the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. Dr Bauer has published widely on arms control, non-proliferation and export control issues, and has managed numerous export control capacity-building projects, in particular in legal and enforcement areas.

Dr Marta Bo is an Associate Senior Researcher within SIPRI’s Armament and Disarmament research area. Marta is also researcher at the University of Amsterdam-Asser Institute in The Hague. In July 2022, she completed a 4-year post-doc at the Graduate Institute Geneva (LAWS and War Crimes Project). Her research focuses on state and criminal responsibility for unlawful conducts in the use and developments of autonomous weapon systems; war crimes; AI and criminal responsibility; automation biases and mens rea; disarmament and criminalisation.

Marta leads, designs and implements capacity-building training projects for judiciaries in international and transnational criminal law, international humanitarian law, and human rights law. She has published on international and transnational criminal law (especially, piracy and migrant smuggling), theInternational Criminal Court, complementarity, law of the sea and human rights, artificial intelligence and criminal responsibility, autonomous weapons, self-driving cars, state responsibility.

Marta is member of the Steering Committee of the Antonio Cassese Initiative for Justice, Peace and Humanity and editor of the international criminal law section of the Leiden Journal of International Law.

Dr Vincent Boulanin (France) is a Senior Researcher at SIPRI. He joined SIPRI in 2014, where he works on issues related to the production, use and control of emerging technologies, notably artificial intelligence, autonomous weapon systems and cyber-security technologies.

He received his PhD in Political Science from École des Hautes en Sciences Sociales in Paris in October 2014. His dissertation looked at the diversification of the European arms industry into the security realm. His other research interests include the impact of military and security technologies on the practice of security and military professionals and the social construction of threats and risks.

Kolja Brockmann (Germany) is a Researcher in SIPRI’s Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme. He first joined SIPRI as an EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium Intern and has been working at SIPRI since 2017. Kolja conducts research in the fields of export control, non-proliferation and technology governance. He focuses on controls on emerging technologies, in particular Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing), and intangible transfers of technology (ITT). He works on export control compliance in industry, research and academia.

In addition, Kolja contributes to the mapping of cooperation and assistance activities relevant to the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in SIPRI’s Arms Trade Treaty database.

Mark Bromley (United Kingdom) is the Director of the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme. His areas of research include international, regional and national standards in dual-use and arms export controlsand efforts to combat the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Further expertise includes the transparency of international arms transfers; the financial value of the global arms trade; the arms export policies of EU member states; EU engagement in arms export policies; the Arms Trade Treaty; and controls on the trade in cyber-surveillance systems.

Laura Bruun is a Research Assistant working on emerging military and security technologies. Her focus is on how emerging military technology, notably autonomous weapon systems, affects compliance with – and interpretation of – International Humanitarian Law. She has a background in both Middle Eastern Studies and International Security and Law and wrote her thesis on remote warfare’s implications for protection of civilians by analysing the US’ targeting cycle in its aerial campaign against ISIS.

Before joining SIPRI, Laura worked with Airwars in London, where she monitored and assessed civilian casualty reports from US and Russian airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Laura has previously lived in both Egypt and Jordan, working with human rights issues in the MENA-region.

Dr Tytti Erästö (Finland) is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme. Her recent and current research focuses on the Iran nuclear deal, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the U.S./NATO-Russia dispute over missile defence, international efforts at establishing a WMD free zone in the Middle East, as well as other issues related to nuclear arms control.

Previously she has worked at the Ploughshares Fund in Washington D.C., Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, and the Tampere Peace Research Institute in Finland.

Vitaly Fedchenko (Russia) is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI European Security Programme, responsible for nuclear security issues and the political, technological and educational dimensions of nuclear arms control and non-proliferation. Previously he was a visiting researcher at SIPRI and worked at the Center for Policy Studies in Russia at the Institute for Applied International Research in Moscow.

He is the author or co-author of several publications on international non-proliferation and disarmament assistance, the international nuclear fuel cycle and Russian nuclear exports.

Justine Gadon (France) is a Research Assistant with the Arms Transfers Programme. She collects and analyses data on the arms industry to support SIPRI publications and externally funded projects.

Prior to joining SIPRI, Justine worked at MBDA as an Offset Contract Officer. She also interned at the French Embassy in Angola, where she prepared a background report on military cooperation between Russia and Angola. She holds a Master’s degree in international relations from Sorbonne University.

Lauriane Héau (France) is a Research Assistant in the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme. She currently undertakes research on projects focusing on dual-use export controls in the Middle East, risks of diversion and misuse following arms exports, as well as post-shipment controls. As part of her work, Lauriane also follows cooperation and assistance activities on the ATT and other SALW control instruments.

Prior to joining SIPRI, Lauriane worked on the implementation of EU-funded projects on non-proliferation, disarmament and European security at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS). In this capacity she worked for the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, on a project on the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) and Ballistic Missile Proliferation, as well as on several Horizon 2020 projects. Previously, Lauriane also worked as a Research Assistant at Clingendael, and as a Research Intern on SALW transfers and controls at GRIP.

Dustin Lewis (USA) is an Associate Senior Researcher in SIPRI’s Armament and Disarmament programme. Dustin is the Research Director for the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC). With a focus on public international law sources and methods, he leads research into several wide-ranging contemporary challenges related to securing peace, protecting civilians, regulating hostilities, safeguarding the environment, and ending armed conflicts. Dustin has served as a principal organizer for a series of senior workshops — on detention at Guantánamo Bay, military activities in outer space, artificial intelligence in war, partnered warfare, and urban sieges — co-convened by HLS PILAC, the International Committee of the Red Cross Washington Delegation, and military institutions.

Dustin regularly briefs governments, U.N. system actors, scholars, members of the media, and non-governmental organizations. In addition to conducting peer review for academic and policy publishers, he also takes part in select expert initiatives. Dustin’s previous positions have included serving as a Visiting Professional in chambers at the International Criminal Court, as a project manager and technical lead at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and as a program associate at the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR).

Giovanna Maletta (Italy) is a Researcher in the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme at SIPRI. Her research interests include issues related to arms transfers and SALW controls; export controls; EU non-proliferation and disarmament policies and EU engagement with arms export policies. Giovanna’s work also involves mapping cooperation and assistance activities in the field of arms transfer and SALW controls and relevant to the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN Programme of Action on SALW (UNPOA).

Additionally, Giovanna acts as a Project Coordinator for activities related to SIPRI’s participation in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. Prior to joining SIPRI, Giovanna worked as a Blue Book Trainee in the Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and as an Intern in the International Cooperation Branch of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Dr Petr Topychkanov (Russia) is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme. Petr works on issues related to the nuclear nonproliferation, disarmament, arms control, and impact of new technologies on the strategic stability. From 2006 to 2017 Petr Topychkanov was a fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Nonproliferation Program.

Prior to joining SIPRI in 2018, Petr held the position of senior researcher at the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council since 2014.

Nivedita Raju (India) is a Researcher with the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. She conducts research on space security and gender issues. Additionally, she coordinates research activities for SIPRI’s participation in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), including the EUNPDC Policy Paper series.

Nivedita was previously a Research Fellow at Open Lunar Foundation, and a Research Assistant on various projects at McGill University, including the Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS).

Lorenzo Scarazzato (Italy) is a Research Assistant with the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme. His research is mostly focused on the European arms industry. He collects and analyses data to support SIPRI publications and externally funded projects. Prior to joining SIPRI, he participated in the first NATO Policy Hackathon as a representative of his university. He also interned with the Industrial Cooperation division of the Ministry of Defence in Prague and collaborated with Czech and Italian think tanks.

Dr Lora Saalman (USA) is a Senior Researcher within SIPRI’s Armament and Disarmament and Conflict, Peace and Security research areas. She also serves as a Member of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) and as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the East-West Center (EWC). Her research focuses on China’s cyber, nuclear and advanced conventional weapon developments in relation to India, Russia and the United States.

Formerly she served as vice president of the Asia-Pacific Program at the EastWest Institute and as director of the China and Global Security Programme at SIPRI. She has also worked at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Tsinghua University, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, Observer Research Foundation, and Center for Nonproliferation Studies from which she earned a one-year fellowship at the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Dr Saalman was among the first batch of recipients of the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Chicago, her master’s degree with a certificate in nonproliferation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and her Ph.D. with an outstanding graduate student award and dissertation award from Tsinghua University, where she was the first American to earn a doctorate from its Department of International Relations, completing all of her coursework in Chinese.