Tuesday 26 May, 15.00
Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building
Please note the earlier start time
The Illusion of War at the Speed of Light: The Reality of Decision-Making and Command and Control in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Sarah Chapman Trim
Sarah Chapman Trim is the Royal Air Force Slessor Fellow at SST-CCW. She is a Military Psychologist focused on the readiness to fight. After commencing her career as an academic psychologist and statistical consultant, Sarah became the first dedicated Submarine Psychologist to serve in uniform in any naval force in the world and the first military psychologist to serve in combat operations in the maritime environment when she served as Maritime Task Group Psychologist during Gulf War II.
Sarah is a keynote speaker and published author of over twenty articles and book chapters on the science of human behaviour, culture change and performance in the military, She specialises in performance optimisation of individuals and teams in Isolated, Confined and Extreme (ICE) environments, with expertise in leadership and influence in multidomain, multiagency and multijurisdictional environments; psychosocial resilience; decision-making; and individual differences predictive of resilience and performance under pressure.
A former Non-Executive Director of Standing Joint Forces Command, Sarah routinely consults to the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO and industry, delivering keynotes, lectures, workshops and providing policy advice on delivering personnel capability at scale. She is a Visiting Lecturer at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Baltic Defence College and the NATO Defense College. As a Royal Air Force Slessor Fellow, Sarah will be examining critical incident and ‘least worst’ decision making in a digital age characterised by autonomy, speed and the use of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on the nuclear context.
All are welcome, no need to book.
