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Emmanuel Todd | |
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| Born | 16 May 1951 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Pantheon-Sorbonne University Paris Institute of Political Studies Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Predicting the fall of the Soviet Union |
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| Fields | History, anthropology, demographics, sociology, political science |
| Thesis | Seven peasant communities in pre-industrial Europe: A comparative study of French, Italian and Swedish rural parishes (18th and early 19th century) (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Laslett |
Emmanuel Todd (French: [ɛmanɥɛl tɔd]; born 16 May 1951) is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. His research examines the different family structures around the world and their relationship with beliefs, ideologies, political systems, and historical events. He has also published a number of political essays, which have received broad coverage in France.