Henry Farrell
Born (1970-06-30) June 30, 1970 (age 53)
Ireland
NationalityIrish-American
Academic background
Alma materGeorgetown University (Ph.D.)
University College Dublin (B.A. and M.A.)
Academic work
School or traditionPolitical scientist
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
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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.

Career

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? – discuss] Washington Times[3][relevant? – discuss] and the National Journal[4][relevant? – discuss] 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]

Farrell taking part in a BloggingHeads.tv conversation.

Books

References

  1. ^ Tom Regan Berlusconi: 'I tried to get Bush to not invade Iraq', (October 31, 2005) Christian Science Monitor
  2. ^ Robert Collier. Opinion: Seeds of leak scandal sown in Italian intelligence agency (October 30, 2005), SF Gate.
  3. ^ Unfiled. Opinion: Merlot Democrats, Google Republicans (December 27, 2005), Washington Times
  4. ^ K. Daniel Glover. Blogroll: The Rise of Blogs, National Journal, January 2006
  5. ^ Daniel W. Drezner, Henry Farrell. Web of Influence, Foreign Policy, November 2004
  6. ^ Farrell, Henry. The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2005 (reprinted in The Australian, December 2005)

More references

  1. ^ Simon, Scott (January 29, 2005). "When Web Rumors Run Amok". NPR.
  2. ^ Farrell, Henry (September 9, 2014). "Blog: Why Reddit sucks: some scientific evidence". Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Farrell, Henry (December 12, 2023). "AI's big rift is like a religious schism, says Henry Farrell". The Economist (By invitation). ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  4. ^ Farrell, Henry; Shalizi, Cosma (June 21, 2023). "Artificial intelligence is a familiar-looking monster, say Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi". The Economist (By invitation). ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

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