Jan Nederveen Pieterse


Jan Nederveen Pieterse is a Dutch-born scholar whose work centers on global political economy, development studies and cultural studies. He currently serves as the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Jan received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Amsterdam in cultural anthropology, and completed his Ph.D in social science at the University of Nijmegen in 1988. He has previously held professorships at Maastricht University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; University of Cape Coast, Ghana, the University of Amsterdam and Malaysia National University. In addition, he has served as visiting professor at universities in Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and Thailand.
Jan is on the editorial boards of Clarity Press and Global-e, and is associate/advisory editor of Development and Change, Third World Quarterly, European Journal of Social Theory, Ethnicities, Third Text, Journal of Social Affairs, Journal of Global Studies in Education, Sociological Analysis, Global Applied Sociology, and Encounters. He also edits book series with both Routledge and Palgrave MacMillan.

Scholarship

A highly productive scholar, Nederveen Pieterse is author of 10 single-authored books and 14 co-edited books, several of which have been translated into more than five languages. Jan works on a variety of themes, ranging from development and globalization to cultural studies. His work concerns multiple regions of the world including Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, Europe and North and Latin America. Jan's current work focuses on new trends in 21st century globalization and the rise of emerging economies. His most recent books are Multipolar Globalization and Coming Home to the Global.

Selected Books

The JC Ruigrok Award of the Netherlands Society of Sciences, 1990
He co-organized 7 international Global studies conferences across the world, which led to publications co-edited with local scholars.