Sean Costigan
SEAN S. COSTIGAN
sean_costigan@post.harvard.edu
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Researcher
November 2008 - Present
Graduate Program in International Affairs | The New School | New York, NY
• Researched security concerns on technology, terrorism and energy
• Produced products on integrated systems thinking and forecasting
• Managed staff of research assistants
• Raised funds from the U.S. Department of Energy and other institutions
• Developed online crowdsourcing utilities to capture and extend public knowledge and debate
• Authored reports and articles on strategic intelligence, cybersecurity, energy security and the global effects of the economic crisis
• Created and taught courses in science, technology and security
Director of Strategic Initiatives, North America
June 2005 - November 2008
Center for Security Studies | ETH Zürich | Switzerland
• Conducted research in international affairs, including studies of IT and collective problem solving, terrorism, security education, early warning, energy and the environment, technologies and knowledge management
• Raised funds and developed partnerships with U.S. and European governmental and academic centers of excellence in international affairs
• Authored articles and other timely products, including works on the economics of terrorism, information technology, foresight and international security
• Created popular online research services for the international affairs community (www.isn.ethz.ch)
Executive Editor
May 1998 - June 2005
Columbia International Affairs Online | Columbia University Press | New York, NY
• Developed major online international affairs research service and university profit center
• Researched and wrote articles and analyses of trends; brokered deals with and aggregated international affairs research from over 250 institutions worldwide
• Raised funds from major foundations and partnered with leading information services
• Tracked international affairs and information technology trends and fostered new initiatives to include key faculty at Columbia University and other leading universities
• Developed with the Mellon Foundation and the American Historical Association an online history service, working with publishers, new scholars and established academics
Research Associate for Science, Technology and Industrial Policy
November 1995 - May 1998
Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY
• Developed multi-year study group efforts on information technology, emerging disease, energy, R&D, and other policy concerns
• Authored reports and books on information technology, R&D and defense policy
• Administered grant-based programs on science, technology and policy
• Worked with major foundations to develop initiatives in policy research
Program Associate
June 1994 - June 1995
Center for International Affairs | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
• Supported start up program in international conflict resolution
• Developed database to track conflicts
EDUCATION
Master's Degree, History of Science
1993 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Bachelor's Degree, History,
1992 | Augsburg College | Minneapolis, MN
SKILLS
MS Office
Linux
LANGUAGES
French (Intermediate)
German (Reading)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Partnership for Peace Consortium
SELECTED PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
Costigan, Sean and Kenneth Estes. Encyclopedia of International Security. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean. “Climate Change and International Security.” Encyclopedia of International Security. Eds. Costigan and Estes. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean. “Information Technology.” Encyclopedia of International Security. Eds. Costigan and Estes. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean and David Bray, and Keith Daum. “Creating an Energy and Environmental Ecosystem to Information International Policy.” Environmental Practice. (2009, forthcoming).
Costigan, Sean S. and Christopher Pallaris. "Communities in International Security: A Study of Online Knowledge Ecosystems." Presented at the International Studies Association annual conference. 2009.
Costigan, Sean. "Rethinking Security Education in the 21st Century" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California, Feb 22, 2008. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p245699_index.html
Costigan, Sean and David Gold. Terrornomics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
Costigan, Sean S. "Terrorists and the Internet: Crashing or Cashing In?" Terrornomics. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and David Gold. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
Costigan, Sean S. and Christopher Pallaris. "Shared Knowledge, Joint Pursuits: International Relations Beyond the Age of Information." Presented at the International Studies Association annual conference. 2007. http://www.wikigpia.info/images/f/fd/2007-02.pdf
Costigan, Sean S. "Dual Use Technology." Encyclopedia of United States National Security. Ed. Richard J. Samuels. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2006.
Costigan, Sean S. and Meagan H. Cooke. "Making Your Way Through Grey: Metadata, MARC and User Tools." Publishing Research Quarterly 21.1 (2005): 10-18.
Costigan, Sean S. "Alliances in the Spanish Civil War." History in Dispute: The Spanish Civil War. Ed. Kenneth W. Estes. Clayton: Gale Group, 2004.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. "The Military Industrial Challenge." Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and Ann R. Markusen. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. "Policy Choices in Arming the Future." Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and Ann R. Markusen. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan Sean S., Benedicte Callan and Kenneth H. Keller. "The Globalization of Research and Development." New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. 1998.
sean_costigan@post.harvard.edu
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Researcher
November 2008 - Present
Graduate Program in International Affairs | The New School | New York, NY
• Researched security concerns on technology, terrorism and energy
• Produced products on integrated systems thinking and forecasting
• Managed staff of research assistants
• Raised funds from the U.S. Department of Energy and other institutions
• Developed online crowdsourcing utilities to capture and extend public knowledge and debate
• Authored reports and articles on strategic intelligence, cybersecurity, energy security and the global effects of the economic crisis
• Created and taught courses in science, technology and security
Director of Strategic Initiatives, North America
June 2005 - November 2008
Center for Security Studies | ETH Zürich | Switzerland
• Conducted research in international affairs, including studies of IT and collective problem solving, terrorism, security education, early warning, energy and the environment, technologies and knowledge management
• Raised funds and developed partnerships with U.S. and European governmental and academic centers of excellence in international affairs
• Authored articles and other timely products, including works on the economics of terrorism, information technology, foresight and international security
• Created popular online research services for the international affairs community (www.isn.ethz.ch)
Executive Editor
May 1998 - June 2005
Columbia International Affairs Online | Columbia University Press | New York, NY
• Developed major online international affairs research service and university profit center
• Researched and wrote articles and analyses of trends; brokered deals with and aggregated international affairs research from over 250 institutions worldwide
• Raised funds from major foundations and partnered with leading information services
• Tracked international affairs and information technology trends and fostered new initiatives to include key faculty at Columbia University and other leading universities
• Developed with the Mellon Foundation and the American Historical Association an online history service, working with publishers, new scholars and established academics
Research Associate for Science, Technology and Industrial Policy
November 1995 - May 1998
Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY
• Developed multi-year study group efforts on information technology, emerging disease, energy, R&D, and other policy concerns
• Authored reports and books on information technology, R&D and defense policy
• Administered grant-based programs on science, technology and policy
• Worked with major foundations to develop initiatives in policy research
Program Associate
June 1994 - June 1995
Center for International Affairs | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
• Supported start up program in international conflict resolution
• Developed database to track conflicts
EDUCATION
Master's Degree, History of Science
1993 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Bachelor's Degree, History,
1992 | Augsburg College | Minneapolis, MN
SKILLS
MS Office
Linux
LANGUAGES
French (Intermediate)
German (Reading)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Partnership for Peace Consortium
SELECTED PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
Costigan, Sean and Kenneth Estes. Encyclopedia of International Security. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean. “Climate Change and International Security.” Encyclopedia of International Security. Eds. Costigan and Estes. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean. “Information Technology.” Encyclopedia of International Security. Eds. Costigan and Estes. Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming 2010.
Costigan, Sean and David Bray, and Keith Daum. “Creating an Energy and Environmental Ecosystem to Information International Policy.” Environmental Practice. (2009, forthcoming).
Costigan, Sean S. and Christopher Pallaris. "Communities in International Security: A Study of Online Knowledge Ecosystems." Presented at the International Studies Association annual conference. 2009.
Costigan, Sean. "Rethinking Security Education in the 21st Century" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California, Feb 22, 2008. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p245699_index.html
Costigan, Sean and David Gold. Terrornomics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
Costigan, Sean S. "Terrorists and the Internet: Crashing or Cashing In?" Terrornomics. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and David Gold. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
Costigan, Sean S. and Christopher Pallaris. "Shared Knowledge, Joint Pursuits: International Relations Beyond the Age of Information." Presented at the International Studies Association annual conference. 2007. http://www.wikigpia.info/images/f/fd/2007-02.pdf
Costigan, Sean S. "Dual Use Technology." Encyclopedia of United States National Security. Ed. Richard J. Samuels. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2006.
Costigan, Sean S. and Meagan H. Cooke. "Making Your Way Through Grey: Metadata, MARC and User Tools." Publishing Research Quarterly 21.1 (2005): 10-18.
Costigan, Sean S. "Alliances in the Spanish Civil War." History in Dispute: The Spanish Civil War. Ed. Kenneth W. Estes. Clayton: Gale Group, 2004.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. "The Military Industrial Challenge." Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and Ann R. Markusen. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan, Sean S. and Ann R. Markusen. "Policy Choices in Arming the Future." Arming the Future: A Defense Industry for the 21st Century. Ed. Sean S. Costigan and Ann R. Markusen. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999.
Costigan Sean S., Benedicte Callan and Kenneth H. Keller. "The Globalization of Research and Development." New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. 1998.