Torsten Hägerstrand
Stig Torsten Erik Hägerstrand (born October 11, 1916 in Moheda , Alvesta municipality ; † May 3, 2004 in Lund ) was a Swedish human geographer at the University of Lund , who gained importance primarily through his research in the field of contemporary geography .
Life
After studying in Lund (including with Edgar Kant ), he wrote his doctoral thesis on waves of innovation in 1953 . This was translated into English by Allan Pred in 1967 under the title “Innovation Diffusion as a Spatial Process” . In 1969, on the occasion of his presidency of the Regional Science Association, he gave the address "What about people in regional science?" , Which was published the following year in the journal Papers of the Regional Science Association . In it, Hägerstrand defined regional science as a social science discipline.
He continued to conduct research in the area of so-called "diffusion waves" and finally developed his four-stage model of innovation waves .
Awards and honors (selection)
Hägerstrand was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering (1969), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1971), the Norwegian Academy of Sciences (1972), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978), the British Academy (1985) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science , History and Antiquities , founding member of Academia Europaea (1988), and recipient of the Finnish Academic Science Award (1980). He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow (1971), the University of Bristol (1974), Ohio State University , the University of Edinburgh (both 1985), the University of Bergen (1986) and the Technical University of Norway (1997 ) awarded. Furthermore, Hägerstrand u. a. with the North Star Order (1961), the Charles P. Daly Medal of the American Geographical Society (1966), the Vitus Bering Medal of the Royal Danish Geographical Society (1970), the Anders Retzius Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and geography (1973), the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1979), the August Lösch Ring of Honor (1986) and the Prix Vautrin Lud des Festival international de geographie (1992).
See also
literature
- Anne Buttimer: Torsten Hägerstrand (1916–2004) . In: Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies . tape 26 . Continuum, London, New York 2007, pp. 119-157 (English).
- Peter Haggett : Torsten Hägerstrand, an obituary: the geographer who revolutionized the study of population movements . In: Geographical Journal . tape 91 , no. 1/2 , 2004, p. 1-4 , JSTOR : 27818995 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hägerstrand, Torsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hägerstrand, Stig Torsten Erik (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish human geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moheda , Alvesta municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 2004 |
| Place of death | Lund |