Henry Farrell (political scientist)

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Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell
Farrell taking part in a BloggingHeads.tv conversation.
Farrell taking part in a BloggingHeads.tv conversation.

Henry Farrell is a political scientist at George Washington 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.

Farrell is a member of the Crooked Timber group blog. In this connection, he has been quoted extensively in mass media, including the Christian Science Monitor[1], San Francisco Chronicle[2],Washington Times[3] and the National Journal [4] on topics including Italian involvement in the Yellowcake forgery scandal and his work with Daniel Drezner on the political impact of blogging.[5]. He has written articles on blogging for Foreign Policy and The Chronicle of Higher Education [6]

Farrell has organized several on-line seminars on recently-published books, including Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner and Iron Council by China Miéville. He is also frequently on BloggingHeads.tv in discussions with other media personalities.

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  1. ^  Berlusconi: 'I tried to get Bush to not invade Iraq', Christian Science Monitor
  2. ^  Seeds of leak scandal sown in Italian intelligence agency, San Francisco Chronicle
  3. ^  Merlot Democrats, Google Republicans, Washington Times
  4. ^  The Rise of Blogs, National Journal, January 2006
  5. ^  Web of Influence, Foreign Policy, November 2004
  6. ^  The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2005 (reprinted in The Australian, December 2005)

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