Jon Elster#
| Membership Number: | 422 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1995 Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science, Columbia University
- Since 1984 Research director, Institute for Social Research, Oslo
- 1984 - 1995 Professor of political science and philosophy, University of Chicago
- 1975 - 1985 Associate professor of history and philosophy, University of Oslo
- 1973 - 1977 Associate professor of sociology, University of Paris VIII
Fields of Scholarship
- Rational choice theory
- Philosophy of social science
Honours and Awards
- 1981 Member, Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1995 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Valencia
- 1998 Doctor Honoris Causa, Stockholm University
- 2002 John von Neumann award, Budapest University
