John Finbarr "Jack" Jones (29 March 1929 – 20 February 2013) was a researcher and scholar of social development, Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver from 1987 to 1996. He served on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development. As director of the social work program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong between 1976 and 1987, he helped recreate the social work field in China. He wrote or edited more than a dozen books on social development, focusing on human security, international conflict resolution, and transitional economies.