Peter Hedström#
Full CV and list of publications
Education
- Harvard University, Department of Sociology, Ph.D. 1987.
- Harvard University, Department of Sociology, M.A. 1983.
- Stockholm University, Fil.kand. (B.A.) 1978.
Research, Teaching, and Administrative Experience
- Official Fellow and Professor, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 2003 –
- Distinguished Global Visiting Professor, NYU-AD, 2010 -
- Visiting Research Professor, Singapore Management University, 2009-2010
- Dean, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 2008 – 2009.
- Chair, Sociology Group, Nuffield College, 2006 – 2008.
- Professor, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, 1989 – 2003.
- Chairman, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, 1990 – 1993.
- Member, Board of Directors, Metrika Consulting AB, 2007-.
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Engelska Skolan AB, 1993-1997.
- Member of the Social Science Faculty Board, Stockholm University, 1992 – 1999.
- Deputy Chairman, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, 1993 – 1999, 2001–2002.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1987 – 1989.
- Research Associate, Institute for Social Research, Harvard University, 1986 – 1987.
- Research Associate, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, 1981–1987.
- Research Associate, Joint Center for Urban Studies of Harvard and MIT, 1983 – 1986.
- Instructor, Harvard University, Department of Sociology, 1983.
- Research Fellow, Joint Center for Urban Studies of Harvard and MIT, 1980.
- Research Assistant, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, 1978 – 1980.
- Chairman of the student union at Socialhögskolan, Stockholm University, 1978.
- Survey Director, Huddinge University Hospital, 1977.
Other Academic Activities and Honors
- Author-meets-critics session on Dissecting the Social at the ISA World Congress, Gothenburg, 2010.
- 2009 Brettschneider Visitor, Cornell University.
- Elected Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2008.
- Elected member of the Sociological Research Association, 2007.
- Member of the European Research Council’s Advanced Grant Evaluation Panel, 2007-.
- Secretary General of the International Institute of Sociology, 2005 –
- Research Associate of Groupe d'Etude des Méthodes de l'Analyse Sociologique à l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), 2005 –
- Permanent Non-Resident Fellow of the Swedish Collegium for the Advanced Studies, 2004 –
- Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, April 2007.
- Recipient of the James S. Coleman Book Award from the American Sociological
- Association for Dissecting the Social: On the Principles of Analytical Sociology, 2006.
- President of the European Academy of Sociology, 2004 – 2008.
- Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology, 2000.
- Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies, 1994, 2001– 2003.
- President of the Swedish Sociological Association, 1998 – 2000.
- Member of the Advisory Board to the Social Studies Faculty, Oxford University, 1999 – 2003.
- External member of Committee to Review Sociology at Oxford University, 1997 – 1998.
- Member of the international expert panel of the Norwegian Research Council’s program for labor market and working life research, 2001 – 2003.
- Member of the Scientific Board of the Swedish Crime Prevention Council, 1999 – 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Council of Statistics Sweden, 1992 – 1995.
- Member of the Research Committee on Sociology, Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, 1993 – 1995.