J. P. Singh

J.P. Singh is Chair and Professor of Culture and Political Economy, and Director of the Centre for Cultural Relations at the University of Edinburgh. He focuses on issues of global governance and development, cultural economics and policy, socio-economic impact of information technologies, and global diplomacy and deliberations.

Professor Singh is author of Sweet Talk:  Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Relations (Stanford, 2017), Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity (Columbia 2011), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Creating Norms for a Complex World (Routledge, 2011), Negotiation and the Global Information Economy (Cambridge, 2008), and Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring (1999). Edited volumes include Globalization, Culture and Development (Palgrave 2015) and International Cultural Policies and Power (Palgrave 2010).  

J.P. Singh’s current book project is Development 2.0:  How Technologies Can Foster Inclusivity in the Developing World (Oxford, forthcoming). He has authored over five-dozen scholarly articles and book chapters and published in journals such as Information Technology and International Development, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Review, and Telecommunication Policy.

His research has won awards and recognitions from the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, and Choice Editors’ Picks. He is also the recipient of several teaching awards and recognitions, most recently the 2016 award for Excellence in Research Mentorship at George Mason University. 

Professor Singh is heavily involved in editorship and mentoring roles. He currently edits and helped to create the journal Arts and International Affairs, and edits Stanford's book series on Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy.  He served as Editor from 2006-09 and dramatically increased the impact of Review of Policy Research, the journal specializing in the politics and policy of science and technology. 

Professor Singh has advised international organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, played a leadership role in several professional organizations, and served as Editor and dramatically increased the impact of Review of Policy Research between 2006 and 2009. He has been a visiting scholar at the World Trade Organization in Geneva and at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC. He was Co-Principal Investigator for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A People Looking Forward, a 300-page report submitted to the U.S. President William J. Clinton in 2001.

J.P. Singh holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California.