Dan Smith (British author)

Professor
Dan Smith
Director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Assumed office
2015
Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo
In office
1993–2001
Preceded byHilde Henriksen Waage
Succeeded byStein Tønnesson

Dan Smith OBE (born 17 September 1951) is a British author, cartographer and peace researcher. He is currently the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Smith was Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo from 1993 to 2001, the Secretary General of the independent peacebuilding organisation International Alert and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester.