Thomas Rid (born 1975) is a political scientist best known for his work on the history and risks of information technology in conflict. He is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he was a professor of security studies at the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Rid grew up in the rural region of the Hegau, close to Lake Constance and the Germany–Switzerland border. In 1994 he graduated (Abitur) from the Nellenburg Gymnasium in Stockach. From 1997 to 2002 he studied social and political science (with Herfried Münkler) at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and for one year at the London School of Economics. From 2003 to 2005 he was a Fritz Thyssen Foundation Scholar with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany’s major government-funded foreign policy think tank, where he wrote his dissertation and first book. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2006. More information...
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