Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin
Born	(1957-05-22) 22 May 1957 (age 66) Obninsk, Soviet Union
Nationality	American
Known for	Contributions to macrohistory and historical dynamics (cliodynamics)
Academic background
Alma mater	New York University, Duke University
Thesis	The effect of host-plant dispersion on movement of Mexican bean beetles (Epilachna varivestis) (1985)
Academic work
Discipline	Cliodynamics (historical dynamics), mathematical modeling of long-term social processes, construction and analysis of historical databases
Institutions	University of Connecticut, Evolution Institute, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Website	www.peterturchin.com

Peter Valentinovich Turchin (/ˈtɜːrtʃɪn/; Russian: Пётр Валенти́нович Турчи́н, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈtɕin]; born 22 May 1957)^[1] is a Russian-American complexity scientist, specializing in an area of study he and his colleagues developed called cliodynamics—mathematical modeling and statistical analysis of the dynamics of historical societies.^[2]

Peter Turchin, Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut in the departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, and Mathematics, is a project leader at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna and a research associate at the School of Anthropology of the University of Oxford. He was Editor-in-Chief and remains member of the editorial board at Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution. Turchin is a founding director of the Seshat: Global History Databank. He was a director of the Evolution Institute. In 2021 he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[3]