Johan Heilbron - Biography#

Johan Heilbron is a historical sociologist, trained at the University of Amsterdam and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Currently Director of research emeritus at the Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CNRS-EHESS) in Paris, and emeritus professor at the Erasmus Center for Economic Sociology (ECES) in Rotterdam. He has been affiliated with a variety of academic institutions in Europe and the US. Current research concerns the development of the social sciences, economic organizations and institutions, and transnational exchange and cultural globalization.