Jon Schmid

Jon Schmid serves as a Lecturer at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) and holds the position of Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. His academic profile centers on technology-policy intersections with emphasis on defense innovation and military technological advancement.

He earned his Ph.D. in International Affairs, Science, and Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where his dissertation examined military technology innovation and diffusion determinants.

His research portfolio spans:

• Defense innovation systems analysis
• Emerging military technologies assessment
• Technology competition dynamics
• Defense industrial base evaluation
• Scientific progress measurement methodologies

Schmid's scholarly contributions appear in leading interdisciplinary journals including International Studies Quarterly, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Science and Public Policy, Defense and Peace Economics, Journal of Contemporary China, Development in Practice, and Review of Policy Research.