Peter A. Hall

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Peter Andrew Hall (* 1950 in Montréal , Canada ) is a Canadian political scientist and Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at the Department of Government at Harvard University and at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Hall is best known for his work in the field of institutional and European research as well as economic policy.

Academic career and research

Hall graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science in 1972 and then moved to Balliol College at Oxford University , where he received his M. Phil. In Political Science in 1974. This was followed by an AM degree in political science from Harvard University (1978). Hall also received his PhD from Harvard University in 1982.

With the publication of the book Varieties of Capitalism , together with the economist David Soskice , Hall coined the term Varieties of Capitalism . This explanatory approach goes back to a large extent on Soskice's research since the late 1980s and bundles the discussions about neo-corporatism , neo-institutionalism and new institutional economics into a stringent overall model for the first time.

Between 2001 and 2006 he headed the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. 2006 received an honorary doctorate from the renowned Institut d'études politiques de Paris . In 2009 he was a fellow at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and in 2010 received a fellowship from the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst. Hall has been a fellow of the British Academy since 2017, and received a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for 2018/19 . In 2019 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Works (selection)

Peter Hall has published numerous works in the field of institutional and European research, 70 scientific articles alone can be traced back to him. The following is a selection of his works.

  • with Wade Jacoby, Jonah Levy and Sophie Meunier (Eds.): The Politics of Representation in the Global Age: Identification, Mobilization and Adjudication . 2014.
  • with Michèle Lamont (Ed.): Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era. 2013.
  • with Michèle Lamont : Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health. 2009.
  • with Pepper Culpepper and Bruno Palier : Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make. 2006.
  • with David Soskice : Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. 2001.
  • with Alain Guyomarch , Jack Hayward and Howard Machin : Developments in French Politics 2. 2001.
  • with Jack Hayward and Howard Machin: Developments in French Politics. 1st edition. 1990.
  • with Victor Perez-Diaz : Public Policy-Making in Spain. 1990.
  • The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations. 1989.
  • European Labor in the 1980s. 1987.
  • Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France. 1986.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter A. Hall: Curriculum Vitae. In: Harvard University. Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Peter A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Peter; Hall Peter Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Canada