About the IAPP

Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, sponsored by Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

He researches great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific and technological capabilities. His book, “Technology and the Rise of Great Powers” (Princeton University Press, 2025), investigates how past technological revolutions influenced the rise and fall of great powers, with implications for U.S.-China competition in emerging technologies like AI. Other work has been published or is forthcoming in European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of International Security, Foreign Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Political Economy, and Security Studies, and his research has been cited in The Washington Post, The Financial Times, and other outlets. He regularly briefs government leadership on issues at the intersection of technology and national security, including testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Ding received his doctorate in 2021 from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Previously, he worked as a researcher for Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology and Oxford's Centre for the Governance of AI. Growing up in Iowa City, he became a lifelong Hawkeye fan and attended the University of Iowa for his undergraduate studies.