This report is a companion to one published earlier this year by CAAT and Demilitarise Education (dED), Weaponising Universities: Research Collaborations between UK Universities and the Military Industrial Complex. This report discussed the background to the growth of the “Military-Industrial-Academic Complex” (MIAC) in the UK, and the key technologies for which the government and the arms industry are seeking academic partnerships, along with case studies of three universities: Imperial College London, Southampton University, and Lancaster University.
The current report provides a case study of Strathclyde University. It is intended as a stand-alone report, but readers seeking more background on some of the concepts discussed in this report, such as the MIAC, Emerging & Disruptive Technologies (EDTs),
Militarised Environmental Technologies (METs), or ideas such as General and Complete Disarmament (GCD), are encouraged to read Weaponising Universities.
The University of Strathclyde has extensive financial, research, and academic links to the military-industrial-academic complex (MIAC). Previous investigations revealed that UOS has invested in arms companies such as BAE Systems and Thales to the sum of £514, 200, and £615, 853 respectively. Demilitarise Education’s (dED) research reveals that UOS has also received considerable research and academic funding from the military, military-serving laboratories, and arms companies since 2016.
This report discusses these links and the key military research partnerships the university is pursuing in collaboration with the UK military establishment and with several major UK and overseas arms companies.
