Stefan Hedlund
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Stefan Peter Hedlund is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies
/Russian studies
, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University
(since 1990). He has published extensively on the Soviet economic system, Russian economic reform and the attempted transition to democracy and market economy.
He earned his PhD in economics
at the University of Lund in 1983, where he served as Lecturer of Economics from 1978. After a short stint as a Senior Analyst at the Bureau of Soviet and East European Affairs in 1983, he was a research fellow at the Lund University Department of Economics, until being appointed Assistant Professor of Soviet and East European Studies at Uppsala University in 1984. He was an Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University 1985-1990, and became Professor of Soviet and East European Studies at Uppsala University in 1990.
Soviet and Communist studies
Soviet and Communist studies is the field of historical studies of the Soviet Union and other Communist states, as well as of communist parties, such as the Communist Party USA, that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, inside or outside the former Soviet Bloc...
/Russian studies
Russian Studies
Russian studies is a field of study first developed during the Cold War. It is an interdisciplinary field crossing history and language studies. It is closely related to Soviet and Communist studies...
, and Professor of East European Studies at Uppsala University
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
(since 1990). He has published extensively on the Soviet economic system, Russian economic reform and the attempted transition to democracy and market economy.
He earned his PhD in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at the University of Lund in 1983, where he served as Lecturer of Economics from 1978. After a short stint as a Senior Analyst at the Bureau of Soviet and East European Affairs in 1983, he was a research fellow at the Lund University Department of Economics, until being appointed Assistant Professor of Soviet and East European Studies at Uppsala University in 1984. He was an Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University 1985-1990, and became Professor of Soviet and East European Studies at Uppsala University in 1990.
Selected publications
- Russia since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization (Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2008), with Steven RosefieldeSteven RosefieldeSteven Rosefielde is a Professor of Comparative Economic Systems at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.. He is also a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.-Selected works:... - Institutionell teori: ekonomiska aktörer, spelregler och samhällsnormer (Studentlitteratur, 2007)
- Russian Path Dependence (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2005) - Århundradets brott: historien om hur Jeltsins män plundrade Ryssland (Fischer, 2001)
- Russia's “Market” Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism (UCL Press, 1999)
- Rysslands ekonomiska reformer: en studie i politisk ekonomi (SNS, 1996), with Niclas Sundström
- The Baltic States and the end of the Soviet Empire (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1993), with Kristian GernerKristian GernerKristian Gerner is a Swedish historian, author, expert on Eastern Europe and Professor of History at Lund University . From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at Lund University... - Hur många Ryssland efter Sovjet? (Fischer, 1993)
- Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model. A Legacy for Gorbachev (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1989), with Kristian GernerKristian GernerKristian Gerner is a Swedish historian, author, expert on Eastern Europe and Professor of History at Lund University . From 1994 to 2002, he was Professor of Eastern European History and Culture, also at Lund University... - Private Agriculture in the Soviet Union (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1989) - Öststatsekonomi (Dialogos, 1986)
- Crisis in Soviet Agriculture? (1983)