Peter Turchin
Peter Valentinovich Turchin (/ˈtɜːrtʃɪn/; Russian: Пётр Валенти́нович Турчи́н, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈtɕin]; born 22 May 1957) 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.
Peter Turchin | |
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| Born | 22 May 1957 |
| 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.