Jan-Erik Lane (born 1946) is a social scientist and professor emeritus at UNIGE, with residence in

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Life

Jan-Erik Lane has taught

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

at many universities around the world. He has been a member of many editorial boards of political and social science journals. He has published more than 700 books and articles. In 1996 (and 2009), he received the Humboldt Award by the Humboldt Stiftung, receiving also a

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at the Hebrew University in 2006 and also 2012, as well as honorary medals from Kairo University and the university o of Qatar. He has been full professor in 3 universities like Umea and Oslo universities and visiting professor at many more. He also taught at The University of South Pacific.

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