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Security & Defence PLuS – Seed Grant Video Series – Check it Out

by SWJ Staff

01.15.2025 at 03:08pm

Security & Defence PLuS (S&D+) is the flagship program of the PLuS Alliance, a global partnership which combines the strengths of three leading research universities on three continents – Arizona State University, King’s College London, and the University of New South Wales – to solve global challenges.

Security & Defence PLuS deepens this partnership, advancing research, education, and policy to support statecraft in the spirit of the 2021 AUKUS trilateral agreement between the governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Last year, S&D+ supported innovative research collaborations between ASU, King’s, and UNSW to address critical challenges in security and defence. The selected projects encompass a diverse range of research areas, including emerging norms in space governance, ethical training for military personnel, cybersecurity strategies in the Indo-Pacific, material science advancements for defence applications, and the integration of climate change considerations into defence industrial strategies.

S&D+ has produced eight videos spotlighting these projects, featuring insights from the academics driving them. The videos are now live and accessible via: