Alexander Wendt
Alexander Wendt (born 12 June 1958) is an American political scientist who is one of the core social constructivist researchers in the field of international relations, and a key contributor to quantum social science. Wendt and academics such as Nicholas Onuf, Peter J. Katzenstein, Emanuel Adler, Michael Barnett, Kathryn Sikkink, John Ruggie, Martha Finnemore, and others have, within a relatively short period, established constructivism as one of the major schools of thought in the field.
Alexander Wendt | |
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| Born | 12 June 1958 Mainz, West Germany |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota, Macalester College |
| Known for | Constructivism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | International relations |
| Institutions | Ohio State University, University of Chicago, Dartmouth College, Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Raymond Duvall |
| Doctoral students | Erik Ringmar |
A 2006 survey of US and Canadian international relations scholars ranks Wendt as first among scholars who have "been doing the most interesting work in international relations in recent years. A 2011 survey of international relations scholars worldwide ranked Wendt first in terms of having "produced the best work in the field of IR in the past 20 years".