J. Rogers Hollingsworth

Joseph Rogers Hollingsworth (July 26, 1932 – October 23, 2019) was an American historian and sociologist and emeritus professor of history and sociology at the University of Wisconsin, known for his work on the governance of capitalist economies,[1] especially the American economy.

At the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences he was Torgny Segerstedt Chair.

On June 2, 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden[4] He was appointed fellow at the American Philosophical Society, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

[3] Hollingsworth's later research interests were described as "an attempt to explain the reasons for variation among countries, over time, and in different research organizations in the rate at which major discoveries in biomedical science occur.

He is also engaged in a cross-national and historical research project that examines why countries varied in their capacity to be innovative in science-based industries during the twentieth century.