James Der Derian

Who is James Der Derian?

James Der Derian is the Michael Hintze Chair of International Security Studies and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies at The University of Sydney, having taken up his appointment in January 2013. His research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory and documentary film.

Prior to his appointment, Der Derian was a Watson Institute research professor of international studies and professor of political science at Brown University. In July 2004, he became the director of the Institute’s Global Security Program. Der Derian also directed the Information Technology, War, and Peace Project in the Watson Institute’s Global Security Program.

Der Derian was educated at McGill University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College at Oxford University, where he completed a M.Phil. and D.Phil. in international relations. At Balliol, one of his primary tutors was Hedley Bull.

He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was also tenured at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.