Welcome!




I'm a Research Fellow at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) in La Jolla, where I am a member of the Project on the Study of Innovation and Technology in China. I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I was a member of the Security Studies Program and the Program on Emerging Technologies. I also have an M.S. in Computer Science and B.S.in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, and I have served in the U.S. Navy in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

My research examines the impact of the information revolution on international relations, with a focus on cybersecurity, the political economy of information security in China, and unconventional warfare.

To escape from all this technology, I like to run through the mountains and climb rocks (where, admittedly, some technology is decidedly useful).

Email: jrlindsay [at] ucsd [dot] edu
Office: San Diego Supercomputer Center E296
Voice: 858-534-5123
Mail: IGCC, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0518
La Jolla, CA 92093-0518