Issues

We currently focus on four main issues: disarmament and security, climate change and energy, questions of who controls science and technology and issues surrounding new and emerging technologies. You will also see that we work on some other issues too. You can explore these with the menu on the left of this page and with the search function. Material in this section includes all SGR's main outputs since 2005, with a selection of the more important material from before then.

Behind Closed Doors - report launch

Press release, 12 June 2008
 

Military R&D 85 times larger than renewable energy R&D

Stuart Parkinson and Chris Langley outline SGR’s latest research whose revelations include statistics from across the industrialised world showing the massive imbalance between government R&D spending for military purposes and that for social and environmental purposes.

Article for SGR Newsletter, No. 35, winter 2008
 

Could one Trident submarine cause 'nuclear winter'?

Philip Webber, SGR, analyses the latest research on the potential climatic impacts of nuclear war and demonstrates that the firepower of just one of the UK's Trident submarines could be devastating for the whole planet.

Article from SGR Newsletter, No. 35, winter 2008

 

The employment benefits of *not* replacing Trident

Steven Schofield argues that investing the billions earmarked for Trident replacement in alternative sectors would more than offset the job losses in the nuclear weapons sector.

Article from SGR Newsletter, No. 35, winter 2008
 

The grim reality of robots at war

Noel Sharkey, Sheffiled University, gives a stark warning about the potential for a robot arms race.

Article from SGR Newsletter, no. 35, winter 2008
 

Measures of success: two steps closer to ending the arms trade

Beccie D’Cunha describes two recent, important victories.

Article from SGR Newsletter no.35, winter 2008
 

US 'missile defence' in Europe: who needs it?

David Webb suggests current US plans for missile defence may cause more problems than they solve.

Article from SGR Newsletter, no. 35, winter 2008
 

Universities, the military and the means of destruction in the United Kingdom

Article by Chris Langley, SGR

The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Vol. 3; No. 1, p.49-55, January 2008

Nuclear Power - Information resources from Scientists for Global Responsibility

Press release, 7 January 2008
 

Military involvement in science and technology - and some alternatives

Presentation by Dr Chris Langley, SGR, in the European Parliament under the auspices of the Quaker Intergroup for Peace Initiatives, Nov 2007