Jake Shapiro is John Foster Dulles Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. Shapiro co-founded the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, a multi-university consortium that studies politically motivated violence in countries around the world. He leads Princeton’s Accelerator Initiative, which is working with partners on four continents to build infrastructure for scientific research on the information environment.
Shapiro has published more than 50 articles on conflict, economic development, security, and technology in a wide range of peer reviewed journals, as well as more than 100 policy articles, reports, and book chapters. He is author of The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations and co-author of Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict. Shapiro has conducted field research and large-scale policy evaluations in Afghanistan, Colombia, India, and Pakistan. He received the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association, given to a scholar younger than 40, or within 10 years of earning a Ph.D., who has made the most significant contribution to the study of international relations.
Shapiro has advised government agencies, NGOs, and technology companies on a wide range of topics. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science and M.A. in Economics at Stanford University and a B.A. in Political Science at the University of Michigan. Shapiro is a veteran of the United States Navy.
Jake Shapiro is John Foster Dulles Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. Shapiro co-founded the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, a multi-university consortium that studies politically motivated violence in countries around the world. He leads Princeton's Accelerator Initiative, which is working with partners on four continents to build infrastructure for scientific research on the information environment. Shapiro has published more than 50 articles on conflict, economic development, security, and technology in a wide range of peer reviewed journals, as well as more than 100 policy articles, reports, and book chapters. He is author of The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent…