Jaan Valsiner

Jaan Valsiner
Jaan Valsiner (in the middle) at the reception of Hans-Kilian-Award (2017)

Jaan Valsiner (born June 29, 1951, in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian-American professor of developmental and cultural psychology, the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1995) for his interdisciplinary work on human development[1][2] and 2017 Hans-Kilian-Award winner,[3][4] the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences[5] and the former Niels Bohr Professor[6] of Cultural Psychology (in 2013–2018),[7] currently, a professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.[8]

  1. ^ Oxford University Press: About the Editor: Jaan Valsiner
  2. ^ Jaan Valsiner's profile at Humolbdt Foundation
  3. ^ The list of Hans-Kilian-Award winners
  4. ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation: Niels Bohr Professor Jaan Valsiner receives prestigious European research award, 02. June 2017
  5. ^ Valsiner, the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
  6. ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation, What is a Niels Bohr Professorship: "The Niels Bohr program has the distinct purpose of enriching Danish research communities with top-class researchers from abroad. This includes excellent international researchers, but the program is also an opportunity for outstanding Danish researchers who have chosen an academic career abroad to return to Denmark."
  7. ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation: Former Niels Bohr Professorships
  8. ^ Jaan Valsiner's home page at Aalborg University