About the lecturer

Gösta Esping-Andersen is professor of Sociology at University of Pompeu Fabra, Spain. Esping-Andersen’s scientific work centres on life course dynamics, social stratification and comparative social policy. Before coming to Pompeu Fabra, he taught at Harvard University, the University of Trento and the European University in Italy. Among his major academic publications are numerous books, including The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (translated into Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Spanish) for which he was awarded the APSA’s Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award in 2005; The Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies (translated into Italian and Japanese); and, most recently, Trois Lecons sur L’Etat Providence (Paris, Le Seuil). He is currently working on a new book, How Women Changed the World. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Doctor Honoris Causa at Roskilde University, and honorary professor at the University of Aalborg.