Ondřej Rosendorf

Junior Researcher

Ondřej Rosendorf is a junior researcher at Peace Research Center Prague and a Ph.D. student at the Institue of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

He is also a research fellow at Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.

Research focus

In his research, Ondřej Rosendorf focuses on preventive arms control and military innovation, with an empirical focus on autonomous weapon systems, and international cooperation, with an empirical focus on strategic partnerships.

Selected publications

Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2023). Algorithmic aversion? Experimental evidence on the elasticity of public attitudes to “Killer robots.” Security Studies, 1–31.

Smetana, M., Vranka, M., Rosendorf, O. (2023). The “Commitment Trap” Revisited: Experimental Evidence on Ambiguous Nuclear Threats. Journal of Experimental Political Science, pp. 1 - 14, https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2023.8.

Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2022). The lesser evil? Experimental evidence on the strength of nuclear and chemical weapon "taboos". Conflict Management and Peace Science, 40(1), pp. 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942221124515

Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2022). Autonomous weapons and ethical judgments: Experimental evidence on attitudes toward the military use of "killer robots". Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 28(2), pp. 177–183. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pac0000601

Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2021). Disarming arguments: Public opinion and nuclear abolition. Survival, 63(6), pp. 183–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2021.2006454

Rosendorf, O. (2020). Predictors of support for a ban on killer robots: Preventive arms control as an anticipatory response to military innovation. Contemporary Security Policy, 42(1), 30–52.

Contact

Email address: ondrej.rosendorf@fsv.cuni.cz