Jon Schmid
Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology
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5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Jon Schmid is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. He specializes in the measurement and assessment of technological innovation and scientific progress, with a particular focus on emerging and military technologies. Schmid's current research focuses on technology competition, defense innovation, and the defense industrial base. Journals in which his research has been published include International Studies Quarterly, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Science and Public Policy, Defense and Peace Economics, Journal of Contemporary China, Development in Practice, and Review of Policy Research. He received his Ph.D. in International Affairs, Science, and Technology from Georgia Tech where his dissertation focused on the determinants of military technology innovation and diffusion.