Jack R. Williams grew up on the south coast of England before studying Politics with International Relations at the University of York. He moved to Switzerland to complete an MA in Political, Legal and Economic Philosophy at the University of Bern before going on to obtain a PhD in Political Philosophy at the University of Zurich, during which time he was a visiting researcher at Princeton University. Jack has worked as an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Acting Dean of the College of International Studies at the American University of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq where he continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor.

He is the founding President of the Institute for Global Negotiation based in Zurich. Jack has written two full-length plays Life for Life and The Shrink's Cabinet the latter of which was selected for the FriScenes International Theatre Festival. His first short film Train of Thought has been shown at a number of international festivals.