Shepard Forman is Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Prior to founding the Center, he directed the Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs programs at the Ford Foundation, where he also was responsible for developing and implementing the Foundation's grant making activities in Eastern Europe, including a field office in Moscow.

Dr. Forman received his Ph.D. in anthropology at Columbia University and did post-doctoral studies in economic development at the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, England. He served on the faculty at Indiana University, the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan; conducted field research in Brazil and East Timor; and authored two books on Brazil and numerous articles, including papers on humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction assistance. He is co-editor, with Stewart Patrick, of Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid to Countries Emerging from Conflict, and Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement; and with Romita Ghosh, of Promoting Reproductive Health: Investing in Health for Development. He has also edited, Diagnosing America: Anthropology and Public Policy, which examines the application of anthropological studies to social problems in the United States.

Professor by courtesy, New York University, Department of Politics.

Selected Publications:

• Cooperating for Peace and Security: The evolution of multilateral security arrangements since the end of the Cold War. Cambridge (Forthcoming). Co-editor with Bruce Jones.
• Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement.  Lynne Rienner Publishers (Forthcoming). Co-editor with Stewart Patrick
• "Trends and Challenges in Peace Operations." Discussion Paper, Conference on Multidimensional Peacekeeping organized by the Norwegian and People's Republic of China foreign ministries, March 2007.
• "The High-level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change Recommendation to Establish a Peacebuilding Commission." Discussion Paper, Meeting Hosted by the Governments of Denmark and Tanzania, January 2005.
• "Building Civilian Capacity for Conflict Management and Sustainable Peace." Discussion Paper, Copenhagen Seminar on Civilian Crisis Management, June 2004.
• Good Intentions:  Pledges of Aid for Postconflict Recovery.  Lynne Rienner Publishers (2000).  Co-editor with Stewart Patrick.
• Promoting Reproductive Health – Investing in Health for Development.  Lynne Rienner Publishers (1999). Co-editor with Romita Ghosh.
• Diagnosing America: Anthropology and Public Engagement. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1994).

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