J. David Singer (December 7, 1925,

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– December 28, 2009,

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) was an American professor of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

at the University of Michigan. Singer was a pioneer in the application of quantitative methods to puzzles in the field of international relations. His major contribution was the

Correlates of War The Correlates of War project is an academic study of the history of warfare. It was started in 1963 at the University of Michigan by political scientist J. David Singer. Concerned with collecting data about the history of wars and conflict among s ...

project, which he began in 1964 at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. It is a major database of statistics relating to war and its causes. He was born in Brooklyn on December 7, 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He held a bachelor's degree from

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and obtained a doctoral degree from

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in 1956. He was an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1958.

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J. David Singer personal website

J. David Singer C.V.
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