Jeffrey Ding, professor of political science at George Washington University, is an expert on great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific and technological capabilities. Ding will discuss how past technological revolutions influenced the rise and fall of great powers, with implications for U.S.-China competition in emerging technologies like AI.
Jeffrey Ding teaches in the Political Science Department at George Washington University. He was previously a fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, part of Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. He has also conducted research at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology and Oxford's Centre for the Governance of AI.
Ding received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He is an expert on great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific and technological capabilities.
Professor Ding will deliver the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies' 2025 Arthur Adams Family Distinguished Lecture on International Affairs.
