Peter Turchin
American quantitative historian (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Valentinovich Turchin (/ˈtɜːrtʃɪn/; Russian: Пётр Валенти́нович Турчи́н, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈtɕin]; born 22 May 1957)[1] is a Russian-American complexity scientist, specializing in an area of study he and his colleagues developed called cliodynamics—mathematical modeling and statistical analysis of the dynamics of historical societies.[2]
Peter Turchin | |
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Born | (1957-05-22) 22 May 1957 (age 66) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Contributions to macrohistory and historical dynamics (cliodynamics) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | New York University, Duke University |
Thesis | The effect of host-plant dispersion on movement of Mexican bean beetles (Epilachna varivestis) (1985) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Cliodynamics (historical dynamics), mathematical modeling of long-term social processes, construction and analysis of historical databases |
Institutions | University of Connecticut, Evolution Institute, Complexity Science Hub Vienna |
Website | www |
Peter Turchin, Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut in the departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, and Mathematics, is a project leader at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna and a research associate at the School of Anthropology of the University of Oxford. He was Editor-in-Chief and remains member of the editorial board at Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution. Turchin is a founding director of the Seshat: Global History Databank. He was a director of the Evolution Institute. In 2021 he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[3]