Alexander Wendt

Alexander Wendt
Born (1958-06-12) 12 June 1958 (age 66)
Mainz, West Germany
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, Macalester College
Known forConstructivism
Scientific career
FieldsInternational relations
InstitutionsOhio State University, University of Chicago, Dartmouth College, Yale University
Doctoral advisorRaymond Duvall
Doctoral studentsErik Ringmar

Alexander Wendt (born 12 June 1958) is an American political scientist who is one of the core social constructivist researchers in the field of international relations, and a key contributor to quantum social science. Wendt and academics such as Nicholas Onuf, Peter J. Katzenstein, Emanuel Adler, Michael Barnett, Kathryn Sikkink, John Ruggie, Martha Finnemore, Erik Ringmar and others have, within a relatively short period, established constructivism as one of the major schools of thought in the field.

A 2006 survey of US and Canadian international relations scholars ranks Wendt as first among scholars who have "been doing the most interesting work in international relations in recent years.[1] A 2011 survey of international relations scholars worldwide ranked Wendt first in terms of having "produced the best work in the field of IR in the past 20 years".[2]

  1. ^ Susan Peterson et al. "The View from the Ivory Tower: TRIP Survey of International Relations Faculty in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-12-29. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg. February 2007.
  2. ^ "TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: Teaching, Research, and Policy Views of International Relations Faculty in 20 Countries" (PDF).