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Dominic Johnson | |
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| Alma mater | University of Derby(BSc) University of Oxford(MSc, D.Phil.) Open University(B.A.) University of Geneva(D.E.A., PhD) |
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| Fields | Evolution, Politics |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Website | dominicdpjohnson |
Dominic D. P. Johnson is an Alistair Buchan Professor of International Relations atSt Antony's College, Oxford.[1]
He received a D. Phil. in biology from theUniversity of Oxford in 2001 and a PhD in political science from theUniversity of Geneva in 2004. Drawing on both disciplines, he researches and writes on the role of human biology and evolution in understanding the behaviour of individuals, groups, organizations, and states.
Johnson held several post-doctoral fellowships in the United States prior to being hired at Edinburgh. He was a National Security Fellow at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies atHarvard University 2002–2003, a Science Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation atStanford University 2003–2004, a visiting Fellow in the Global Fellows Program of the International Institute at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles 2004–2006, and a Fellow in the Society of Fellows atPrinceton University, 2004–2007, where he was also a lecturer at Princeton'sWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He was also a Society in Science Branco Weiss Fellow from 2004 to 2009.
In addition to over forty articles published in academic journals and edited books, he is the author of three books. "Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions" (Harvard University Press, 2004),[2] argues that the widespread human tendency to maintain overly positive images of ourselves, of our control over events, and of the future (positive illusions), play a key role in the causes of war. "Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics" (Harvard University Press, 2006), with Dominic Tierney, explores how common psychological biases generate powerful misconceptions about the success and failure of political events, altering the lessons that people learn from history. "Failing to Win" won the 2006 Best Book Award from the International Studies Association.
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