Henry Farrell is an Irish-born political scientist at Johns Hopkins University. He previously taught at the University of Toronto and earned his PhD from Georgetown University. His research interests include, trust and co-operation; E-commerce; the European Union; and institutional theory.
Henry Farrell | |
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Born | Ireland | June 30, 1970
Nationality | Irish-American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Georgetown University (Ph.D.) University College Dublin (B.A. and M.A.) |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | Political scientist |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Farrell is a member of the Crooked Timber group blog. In this connection, he has been quoted in mass media, including NPR[1] and the Christian Science Monitor.[1] He has also been quoted in opinion pieces in SF Gate,[2][relevant? ] Washington Times[3][relevant? ] and the National Journal[4][relevant? ] on topics including Italian involvement in the Yellowcake forgery scandal and his work with Daniel Drezner on the political impact of blogging. He has written articles on blogging for Foreign Policy[5] and The Chronicle of Higher Education.[6] He has written for the Washington Post blog, Monkey Cage.[2] He published a piece in The Economist in 2023 on the "religious schism" seen among AI engineers,[3] and another piece on the similarity of AI models to older forms of knowledge integration.[4]
Farrell has organized several on-line seminars on recently published books, including Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner as well as Iron Council by China Miéville. He is also frequently on BloggingHeads.tv in discussions with other media personalities.[citation needed]