Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Parentage: son of Eric Jackson and Mary Jacqueline Jackson (née O’Hagan)

Family: civil partner, Jacqueline Rodger; daughters, Erika Jackson, Taylor Jackson, Eva Jackson; son, Cameron Jackson

Education: MA, History, University of Calgary 1991; PhD, History, University of Cambridge 1996

Career: Peter Jackson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He joined the Department in 1997 after teaching and holding research fellowships at the University of Cambridge and at Yale and Carleton Universities. His research interests include: the origins of the two world wars, the relationship between intelligence and policymaking (‘intelligence studies’) and the history of modern and contemporary Europe. He has published widely in the fields of intelligence and strategic studies and twentieth century international history and the history of modern France. He is Chercheur Associé at the Centre d'Histoire de l'Europe du Vingtième Siècle at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris and an Extraordinary Fellow of the University of London Institute in Paris. Peter Jackson is co-editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security (see url below).

Honours and awards: Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship 1991–95, NATO Doctoral Fellowship 1992–94, Canadian Centennial Scholarship 1993–94, John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Security Studies, Yale University 1995–96, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship 1996–97

Publications include: France and the Nazi Menace: Intelligence and Policy-making, 1933–1939 2001, Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century 2004, Intelligence and Statecraft: The Use and Limits of Intelligence in International Society 2005; numerous articles in professional journals and chapters in edited collections

Contact details: Address: Room 1.01, Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FE, Wales; Tel: +44 (0)1970 621771; Fax: +44 (0)1970 622709; Email: ptj@aber.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~inpwww/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02684527.asp/ .