Robert Axelrod (political scientist)

Robert Axelrod
Axelrod in 2019
Born	Robert Marshall Axelrod (1943-05-27) May 27, 1943 (age 81) Chicago, Illinois
Awards	Johan Skytte Prize (2013) National Medal of Science (2014)
Academic background
Alma mater	Yale University University of Chicago
Thesis	Conflict of Interest: A Theory of Divergent Goals with Applications to Politics (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Hayward Alker
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Sub-discipline	Policy studies
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan

Robert Marshall Axelrod (born May 27, 1943) is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation. His current research interests include complexity theory (especially agent-based modeling), international security, and cyber security. His research includes innovative approaches to explaining conflict of interest, the emergence of norms, how game theory is used to study cooperation, and cross-disciplinary studies on evolutionary processes.^[1]