About
AT A GLANCE:
Associate Professor, University of Stockholm
RESEARCH AREAS:
• Technology
• Conduct of War
BIOGRAPHY:
Matthew Ford, PhD is an Associate Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence
University in Stockholm. Matthew’s research is focused on technology and the conduct
of war.
Ford was previously a strategic analyst at the at the UK Ministry of Defence and worked
in the management consulting divisions of PwC and IBM. He has a PhD from the Department
of War Studies at King’s College London.
CONNECT / FOLLOW:
Twitter: @warmatters
Bluesky: warmatters@bsky.social
PUBLICATIONS:
Smartphones: The Crisis in the Palm of our Hands
Oxford Academics
From Innovation to Participation: Connectivity and the Conduct of Contemporary Warfare
Oxford Academic
Ukraine, Participation and the Smartphone at War
Brill
Grand Strategy ir Grant Strategy? Philanthropic Foundations, Strategic Studies, and
The American Academy
Taylor and Francis
Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century
Oxford Academic
Weapon of Choice: Small Arms and the Culture of Military Innovation
Oxford Academic