Peter Hedström (sociologist)

Peter Hedström (born 14 July 1955 in Norsjö, Sweden[1]) is one of the founders of the field of analytical sociology.

In 2003, he assumed a position as Official Fellow and professor at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, which he left in 2011 to become the director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm.

During the 2008/2009 he was dean of the School of Social Sciences at the Singapore Management University.

Together with Peter Bearman, Hedström edited the foundational Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology published in 2009.

[4] In 2014, Hedström started the Institute for Analytical Sociology at Linköping University.