Jon Elster

Jon Elster
Jon Elster in 2010
Born (1940-02-22) February 22, 1940 (age 84)
Oslo, Norway
Parent(s)Torolf Elster
Magli Elster
AwardsJean Nicod Prize (1997)
John von Neumann Award (2002)
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2016)
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Jon Elster (/ˈɛlstər/; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.

He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984.[1] Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University, as well as being professor of social science at the Collège de France since 2005.[2][3]

Elster has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory. He is also a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds. In 2016, he was awarded the 22nd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for his contributions to political science.[4]

  1. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav (2020-02-26), "Jon Elster", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-02-03
  2. ^ "Jon Elster | Political Science". polisci.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav (2020-02-26), "Jon Elster", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-02-03
  4. ^ Engelstad, Fredrik (2020-02-25), "Jon Elster", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2022-02-03