Jaan Valsiner (born June 29, 1951, in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian-American professor of developmental and cultural psychology, the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1995) for his interdisciplinary work on human development[1][2] and 2017 Hans-Kilian-Award winner,[3][4] the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences[5] and the former Niels Bohr Professor[6] of Cultural Psychology (in 2013–2018),[7] currently, a professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.[8]
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 Jaan Valsiner (in the middle) at the reception of Hans-Kilian-Award (2017) |
Life
editJaan Valsiner is the son of the Estonian educator Aleksander Valsiner (1903–1972).[9] Jaan Valsiner worked as a professor of psychology in Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1997.[10] Between 2013 and 2018, Valsiner was a Niels Bohr Professor, since then a professor at Aalborg University in Denmark.
His early studies were in the field of developmental psychology, specifically in the analysis of mother-child interaction patterns and ever since he identifies himself as "cultural psychologist with a consistently developmental axiomatic base".[11] His later studies and research focus gradually shifted into cultural psychology and cultural organization of human cognitive and affective processes throughout life-span. He has also considerably contributed to the fields of the history of psychology as well as methodology of psychological research. His other major research interest is the intersection of and interconnections between psychology and semiotics.
He has been a visiting professor in Brazil, Japan, Australia, Estonia. Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.[12] On February 22, 2008, he was announced an Honourable Doctor of the Tallinn University.[13]
Jaan Valsiner is the editor-in-chief of Culture and Psychology (SAGE Publishing;[14] as a founding editor in 1995 and until now[15]), Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (Springer Publishing, from 2007),[16] and of The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2012).[17] He is also the editor of several book series, such as Advances in Cultural Psychology[18] and Annals of Cultural Psychology' '[19]' with Information Age Publishing (IAP), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; History and Theory of Psychology with Transaction Publishers, USA (sold to Taylor & Francis in 2016 and merged with its Routledge imprint); Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation with Routledge in UK;[20] and one of the founding editors of the IAP Yearbook of Idiographic Science (since 2008)[21]
Awards
edit- 1995 – Alexander von Humboldt Award for research in social sciences[1]
- 1995–1997 – Senior Fulbright Lecturing Award in Brazil
- 2001 – 4th Class Order of the White Star[22]
- 2008 – Honourable doctorate at the Tallinn University[13]
- 2010 – Honourable doctorate at the University of Valle, Colombia[23]
- 2017 – Hans-Kilian-Award[3]
- 2017 – the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences[5]
Selected works
edit- 1987 – Culture and the development of children's action (2nd ed. in 1997). Chichester: Wiley.
- 1988 – Developmental Psychology in the Soviet Union. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- 1991 – Understanding Vygotsky. A quest for synthesis, with René van der Veer. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
- 1994 – The Vygotsky Reader, with René van der Veer. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
- 1998 – The Guided Mind. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- 2000 – The social mind: Construction of the idea. With R. van der Veer. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- 2007 – The Cambridge Handbook of Socio-Cultural Psychology, with Alberto Rosa.
- 2007 – Culture in minds and societies. New Delhi: Sage.
- 2012 – A Guided Science: History of Psychology in the Mirror of Its Making. Transaction Publishers/Routledge.
- 2014 – Invitation to Cultural Psychology. London: Sage.
- 2017 – From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology. Springer VS. SpringerBriefs in Psychology.
References
edit- ^ a b Oxford University Press: About the Editor: Jaan Valsiner
- ^ Jaan Valsiner's profile at Humolbdt Foundation
- ^ a b The list of Hans-Kilian-Award winners
- ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation: Niels Bohr Professor Jaan Valsiner receives prestigious European research award, 02. June 2017
- ^ a b "Valsiner, the Foreign Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation, What is a Niels Bohr Professorship Archived 2020-04-01 at the Wayback Machine: "The Niels Bohr program has the distinct purpose of enriching Danish research communities with top-class researchers from abroad. This includes excellent international researchers, but the program is also an opportunity for outstanding Danish researchers who have chosen an academic career abroad to return to Denmark."
- ^ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond/Danish National Research Foundation: Former Niels Bohr Professorships Archived 2020-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jaan Valsiner's home page at Aalborg University
- ^ Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon, vol. 4. Tallinn: Kirjastus. 2013. p. 1066. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Jaan Valsiner's home page at Clark University
- ^ Jaan Valsiner's scientific credo
- ^ Jaan Valsiner at SAGE Publishers
- ^ a b Honorary Members of Tallinn University
- ^ Culture and Psychology web site
- ^ Jaan Valsiner, the founding (1995) and current editor-in-chief of Culture and Psychology at SAGE Publishing
- ^ Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Editorial Board
- ^ Oxford Handbooks Online: The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology
- ^ IAP Book Series: Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development
- ^ IAP Book Series: Annals of Cultural Psychology
- ^ Routledge Books Series: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation
- ^ IAP Book Series: Yearbook of Idiographic Science
- ^ Estonian State Decorations: Jaan Valsiner, 30.03.2001
- ^ Clark University Campus Digest, October 21, 2010. Faculty and Staff Notes Prof. Jean Valsiner awarded honorary post at University of Valle, Colombia