Frederik Carl Windfeld

Frederik Carl Windfeld is a Researcher at the European University Institute in the Department of Political and Social Sciences. His work explores intersections of International Relations, Critical Security Studies, and Visual Politics, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Technologies in global governance contexts.

• Nationality: Denmark (2022 cohort)
• Email: frederikcarl.windfeld@eui.eu

His research interrogates the epistemic struggles surrounding Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and examines visual representations of security issues through lenses like Gothic Aesthetics and Media Framing. Recent publications include analyses of LAWS governance, visual politics in Aleppo, and bureaucratic dynamics in OECD internships.

Windfeld's academic work connects broader themes of Global Ordering and Security Norms with specific methodological approaches to Visual International Politics and Technological Diplomacy. His thesis Artificial Agency and International Security is supervised by Stephanie Hofmann and Stefano Guzzini.