James R. Flynn

James R. Flynn (2007)

James Robert Flynn (* 1934 in Chicago , Illinois ), also known as Jim Flynn known is an American Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin , New Zealand .

Flynn became known through studies in the field of intelligence research and through the Flynn effect named after him . This describes the continuous increase in the intelligence quotient in large parts of the world. His main research interests outside of intelligence research include human ideals, ideological debates, and classical and political philosophy.

Flynn is from Chicago and went to New Zealand in 1963.

Fonts (selection)

• Race, IQ and Jensen . Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1980. ISBN 0-7100-0651-9
• Humanism and Ideology . Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1973. ISBN 0-7100-7442-5
• Asian Americans: achievement beyond IQ . L. Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ 1991. ISBN 0-8058-1110-9
• How to defend humane ideals . University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska 2000. ISBN 0-8032-1994-6
• What is intelligence? Beyond the Flynn effect . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-88007-7
• Where Have All the Liberals Gone ?: Race, Class and Ideals in America . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-49431-1
• The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books . Awa Press, New Zealand 2010. ISBN 978-0-9582916-9-9
• Are we getting smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-60917-4

Web links

• Professor James R. Flynn . Department of Politics - University of Otago , archived from the original onOctober 23, 2013; accessed on January 13, 2016(English, original website no longer available). 
• AWA Press
• Interview , Focus , November 12, 2012