Jonathan A. Chu
Welcome to my webpage. I am an Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. I research democracy and humanitarianism in international affairs, focusing on the role of political institutions, norms, identity, and opinion.
My research articles appear in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Journal of Conflict Resolution, among other outlets. My book, Social Cues: How the Liberal Community Legitimizes Humanitarian Wars, theorizes and demonstrates a novel mechanism to explain how international organizations like NATO legitimize foreign policy and was published by Cambridge University Press, Elements in International Relations series (2025). This research has received grant funding and recognition from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, International Studies Association (Finkelstein Paper Prize, International Organization), American Political Science Association (Weber Paper Prize, Religion and Politics), and other organizations.
My experience in research and academic leadership includes serving as lab manager of the Stanford Survey Lab, Director of Research at CivicPulse, and currently, Assistant Dean of Research at the LKY School at NUS. I am on the editorial board of Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and Journal of Experimental Political Science. I am also the Leonard Davis Fellow at the Simon-Skodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (2025-26). More generally, I teach, consult, and speak on issues of international affairs, democracy, and survey methodology.
I received a B.A. in political science from UC San Diego, and a Ph.D. also in political science from Stanford University. I completed my postdoctoral work at Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. Outside my work, I'm always on the hunt for good places to hike, eat, and listen to classical music.
Welcome to my webpage. I am an Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. I research democracy and humanitarianism in international affairs, focusing on the role of political institutions, norms, identity, and opinion.
My research articles appear in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Journal of Conflict Resolution, among other outlets. My book, Social Cues: How the Liberal Community Legitimizes Humanitarian Wars, theorizes and demonstrates a novel mechanism to explain how international organizations like NATO legitimize foreign policy and was published by Cambridge University Press, Elements in International Relations series (2025). This research has received grant funding and recognition from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, International Studies Association (Finkelstein Paper Prize, International Organization), American Political Science Association (Weber Paper Prize, Religion and Politics), and other organizations.
My experience in research and academic leadership includes serving as lab manager of the Stanford Survey Lab, Director of Research at CivicPulse, and currently, Assistant Dean of Research at the LKY School at NUS. I am on the editorial board of Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and Journal of Experimental Political Science. I am also the Leonard Davis Fellow at the Simon-Skodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (2025-26). More generally, I teach, consult, and speak on issues of international affairs, democracy, and survey methodology.
I received a B.A. in political science from UC San Diego, and a Ph.D. also in political science from Stanford University. I completed my postdoctoral work at Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. Outside my work, I'm always on the hunt for good places to hike, eat, and listen to classical music.
