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Robert Axelrod (political scientist)

American political scientist

Field	Value
name	Robert Axelrod
image	Professor RobertMAxelrod.png
caption	Axelrod in 2019
birth_name	Robert Marshall Axelrod
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
awards	Johan Skytte Prize (2013)
National Medal of Science (2014)
education
thesis_title	Conflict of Interest: A Theory of Divergent Goals with Applications to Politics
thesis_url	https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9847950
thesis_year	1969
doctoral_advisor	Hayward Alker
discipline	Political science
sub_discipline	Policy studies
workplaces

National Medal of Science (2014) Robert Marshall Axelrod (born May 27, 1943) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation. His current research interests include complexity theory (especially agent-based modeling), international security, and cyber security. His research includes innovative approaches to explaining conflict of interest, the emergence of norms, how game theory is used to study cooperation, and cross-disciplinary studies on evolutionary processes.

Biography

Axelrod received his B.A. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1964. In 1969, he received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University for a thesis entitled Conflict of interest: a theory of divergent goals with applications to politics. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1968 until 1974.

Among his honors and awards are membership in the National Academy of Sciences, a five-year MacArthur Prize Fellowship, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences for an outstanding contribution to science. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985. In 1990 Axelrod was awarded the inaugural NAS Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War from the National Academy of Sciences. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Recently Axelrod has consulted and lectured on promoting cooperation and harnessing complexity for the United Nations, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Defense, and various organizations serving health care professionals, business leaders, and K–12 educators.

Axelrod was the President of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for the 2006–2007 term. He focused his term on the theme of interdisciplinarity.

In May 2006, Axelrod was awarded an honorary degree by Georgetown University. In 2013, he was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Axelrod with a National Medal of Science. On May 28, 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Harvard University.

Bibliography

Books

Journal articles

Axelrod, Robert; Atran, S, Davis, R (2007) Sacred Barriers to Conflict Resolution, Science (317)

References

Glenn H. Utter, and Charles Lockhart, eds. ''American Political Scientists: A Dictionary'' (2nd ed. 2002) pp 11–14, [https://www.amazon.com/American-Political-Scientists-Dictionary-Second/dp/031331957X/ online]
"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
"NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War". National Academy of Sciences.
"Robert Axelrod | Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP)".
"Remarks by the President at National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation Award Ceremony". White House.
(May 28, 2015). "Ten to receive honorary degrees".
(2007-08-24). "Sacred Barriers to Conflict Resolution". Science.

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