Visiting Fellow Erin Simpson

Erin Simpson is a senior advisor in industrial base policy at the US Department of Defense, and served as a Perry World House visiting fellow until March 2022. She has lectured widely on the future of war, defense innovation, and the role of intelligence in irregular warfare. As CEO of Caerus Associates, she worked closely with the defense R&D community, military services, and deployed commands on topics ranging from megacities and emerging technologies, to cyber-warfare and machine learning, to conflict assessments in Syria and Afghanistan. Simpson previously served as the Strategic Advisor on ISAF’s Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team from 2009 to 2010. Before deploying, she served as an assistant professor of national security affairs at the US Marine Command and Staff College in Quantico, VA from 2007 to 2009. Simpson holds a PhD in political science from Harvard University and a BA in political science and international studies from the University of Kansas.