Dominic D. P. Johnson is an Alistair Buchan Professor of International Relations at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Drawing on both disciplines, he researches and writes on the role of human biology and evolution in understanding the behaviour of individuals, groups, organizations, and states.
Johnson held several post-doctoral fellowships in the United States prior to being hired at Edinburgh.
"Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics" (Harvard University Press, 2006), with Dominic Tierney, explores how common psychological biases generate powerful misconceptions about the success and failure of political events, altering the lessons that people learn from history.
"Failing to Win" won the 2006 Best Book Award from the International Studies Association.