Benjamin E. Goldsmith is a Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. His research is in the areas of international relations, global public opinion, and atrocity forecasting. His articles have appeared in leading journals including American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Political Psychology, and World Politics. His research has been featured in popular media including The Economist, The New York Times, Scientific American, and The Washington Post (Monkey Cage). He has received several major research grants including an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. He is the founding President of the Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science, and a member of the executives of the Pacific International Politics Conference and the Asian Political Methodology meeting. He is an editor of the Japanese Journal of Political Science and on the editorial boards of International Relations of the Asia-Pacific and the Journal of East Asian Studies.