Jake Shapiro is John Foster Dulles Professor in International Affairs and Vice Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. 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 building infrastructure for scientific research on the information environment.

Shapiro has published more than 50 articles on conflict, economic development, security, and technology policy 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 the scholar 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 is nonresident scholar in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 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.
 

Selected Publications

Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict

The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations

Selected Honors and Awards

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.