Jacques Hymans

Jacques E.C. Hymans is a full professor of international relations at Hiroshima City University and an adjunct associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on international security and on national identity in various world regions. Hymans' most recent book, Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation (Cambridge University Press, 2012) was awarded the $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, the American Political Science Association Don K. Price Award for best book on science, technology and environmental politics, and the National Academy for Public Administration Louis Brownlow Award for best book on public administration. His first book, The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2006) was awarded the International Society of Political Psychology Alexander L. George Book Award for best book on political psychology and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for best first book on national and international security. Hymans has also published articles on nuclear and other issues in many publications including Foreign Affairs, International Security, and European Journal of International Relations, and he has been an editorial board member of International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Korean Journal of International Studies, and The Nonproliferation Review. He has received grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and other research funding organizations. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D degrees from Harvard University.