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J.P. Singh is Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University (USA), and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnership (CAHMP) at George Mason. Previously, he was Chair and Professor of Culture and Political Economy, and Director of the Institute for International Cultural Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Singh has authored five monographs, edited five books, and published over 100 scholarly articles. Many of these books and articles are on international trade and development, technology and cultural policies, and international negotiations and diplomacy. His books include Sweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Negotiations (Stanford 2017), Negotiating the Global Information Economy (Cambridge 2008), and Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity (Columbia, 2011), which won the American Political Science Association’s award for best book in information technology and politics in 2012. His current book project is Development 4.0: How Technologies Can Foster Inclusivity in the Developing World (Oxford, forthcoming). Professor Singh has advised international organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, played a leadership role in several professional organizations, and served as Editor from 2006-09 and dramatically increased the impact of Review of Policy Research, the journal specializing in the politics and policy of science and technology. Professor Singh currently edits Stanford's book series on Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy, and serves as Editor of the Political Economy, Markets and Institutions section of the journal Global Perspectives (University of California Press). Recent awards include Awards in 2022 include a $1.39 million grant from the Minerva program (as Principal Investigator), a Fulbright-Nehru Professional Excellence award, the Outstanding Scholar Award from Schar School, and being named the distinguished scholar in international communication from the International Studies Association. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California. He grew up in the Himalayas such as the Dhauladhar range in the cover photo above.
J.P. Singh is Professor of Global Affairs and Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He specializes in global political economy, cultural economics, global governance and development, socio-economic impact of information technologies, and global diplomacy and deliberations