Emmanuel Todd

Emmanuel Todd
Born	(1951-05-16) 16 May 1951 (age 73) 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
Scientific career
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.