Henry Farrell is an Irish

Ireland

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-born political scientist at George Washington University

George Washington University

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. He previously taught at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 and earned his PhD from Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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. His research interests include, trust and co-operation; E-commerce; the European Union

European Union

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; and institutional theory

Institutional theory

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.

Farrell is a member of the Crooked Timber

Crooked Timber

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 group blog. In this connection, he has been quoted extensively in mass media, including the Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

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, Washington Times and the National Journal

National Journal

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  on topics including Italian involvement in the Yellowcake forgery scandal

Yellowcake forgery

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 and his work with Daniel Drezner

Daniel Drezner

Daniel W. Drezner is currently a professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, the author of several books, the author of many Op-Ed pieces in major publications, a blogger, and a commentator.In 2005, he was denied tenure by the University of...

 on the political impact of blogging.. He has written articles on blogging for Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

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 and The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Farrell has organized several on-line seminars on recently-published books, including Freakonomics

Freakonomics

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by Steven Levitt

Steven Levitt

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 and Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner is an American journalist who has written four books and numerous articles. Dubner is best known as co-author of the pop-economics book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and its 2009 sequel, SuperFreakonomics.-Background:His parents were...

 and Iron Council

Iron Council

Iron Council is China Miéville's fourth novel and his third set in the Bas-Lag universe, following Perdido Street Station and The Scar , although each can be read independently of the others...

by China Miéville

China Miéville

China Tom Miéville is an award-winning English fantasy fiction writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" , and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party...

. He is also frequently on BloggingHeads.tv

Bloggingheads.tv

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 in discussions with other media personalities.

External links

• Henry Farrell's website
• When Web Rumors Run Amok, NPR
  NPR
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• Regarding Henry, National Journal Blogometer, January 2006
• Video interviews/conversations with Farrell on Bloggingheads.tv
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