faculty

Abraham Newman

Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Service
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2005

Professor Newman's research focuses on European international relations, with a special interest in digital technologies. He is currently completing a project on European global leadership in the area of data privacy. His work examines the intersection of comparative political economy and international political economy, specifically how domestic institutions shape international affairs.

Professor Newman has been a Fulbright fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany as well as a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. He has received grants from the American Council on Germany and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society.

Recent publications include How Revolutionary was the Revolution? National Responses, Market Transitions, and Global Technology in the Digital Era (Stanford University Press, 2006).

Professor Newman will teach the MAGES course on Europe and International Relations starting January 2006.

For more about Professor Newman including his recent publications, see http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/aln24/.