David Gaunt

David Gaunt is a Professor at Södertörn University since 1999, specializing in History & Archaeology. He has been a Docent at Uppsala University since 1987 and holds memberships in the Academy of Europe (section: HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY) and various academic boards including the International Center for the Study of Russian and East European Jewry (Moscow) and the Workshop for Armenian Turkish Scholarship.

• B.A. (honors), Kenyon College (1966)
• M.A., Washington University (1968)
• Ph.D. in history, Uppsala University (1975)

His research spans social history, demographic history, and genocide studies with a focus on Swedish population dynamics, Armenian genocide, and aging in European contexts. He has supervised 20 PhD students and conducted guest research at institutions including Cambridge University, University of Edinburgh, and Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte.

Notable awards include the Woodrow Wilson National Scholarship, Thord-Grey Fellowship, and Rockefeller Foundation postdoctoral scholarship. He has contributed to interdisciplinary research on minorities and aging, with recognition in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and North America.