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Thomas J. Biersteker

political scientist
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Thomas J. Biersteker
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
May 2, 1950
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
political scientist, university teacher
Employer
Brown University, Geneva Graduate Institute, University of Southern California, Yale University, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[14]
Field of work
international relations, administrative history, history of international relations, economics and politics, international organization, diplomacy, terrorism, international sanction, state-building[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Educated at
University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[15][16]
Doctoral advisor
Hayward Alker[17]
Doctoral student
Ka Lok Yip, Roxana Radu[19][20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Academic degree
doctorate[21]
Academic thesis
Multinational investment in underdeveloped countries[24]
Family name
Biersteker[22]
Given name
Thomas[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Biersteker en Thomas J. Biersteker ja トーマス・ビアステーカー uk Томас Бірстекер
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
000000010923811X
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8176-0914
VIAF cluster ID
90799557
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n78048754
GND ID
138514232
BIBSYS ID
90278884
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12359008x
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10513221
CiNii Research ID
1140000791748925696
Freebase ID
/m/05x3r7l
IdRef ID
032589182
J9U entity ID
987007424741305171
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Libraries Australia ID
35839331
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01189412
NL CR AUT ID
xx0305645
NSK (VIAF) ID
000751289
NSK ID
981005747385109366
NUKAT ID
n97086990
National Library of Latvia ID
000136186
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812480336605606
National Virtual Library of India ID
390266
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073606774
Parsifal cluster ID
407177
Prabook ID
1432745
RERO ID (legacy)
A003006027
SBN author ID
UFIV092380
SHARE Catalogue author ID
299381
SNSF person ID
557512
Scopus author ID
7801647811
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmHCWTbcCJRHgdGBHC4v3
Yale LUX ID
person/ac403dc5-7f94-4cb4-ab3c-609a4aaa5d89

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Summary

Thomas J. Biersteker was born on May 2, 1950[1]. He has worked as a political scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

FAQs

What did Thomas J. Biersteker do for work?

Thomas J. Biersteker worked as a political scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Thomas J. Biersteker go to school?

Thomas J. Biersteker was educated at University of Chicago[15] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . graduateinstitute.ch. graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . graduateinstitute.ch. graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . graduateinstitute.ch. graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . repository.graduateinstitute.ch. repository.graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . repository.graduateinstitute.ch. repository.graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . graduateinstitute.ch. graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . graduateinstitute.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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