Bio
Tim Sweijs is the director of research at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and a senior research fellow at the War Studies Research Centre of the Netherlands Defence Academy. He is the scientific advisor to the Secretariat of the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain, an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For close to two decades, Tim has advised international organizations, governments and defence departments across the globe. He has provided expert testimony to the United Nations Security Council, the European Parliament and the Dutch Parliament, as well as to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Parliamentary Assembly.
At HCSS, Tim is responsible for the overall research portfolio of the entire institute. He is also a research affiliate in the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. He holds degrees in war studies (Ph.D., M.A.), international relations (M.Sc.) and philosophy (B.A.) from King’s College London and the University of Amsterdam.