Jim Flynn (academic)

James Robert Flynn ( born 1934 in Chicago, Illinois), also known as Jim Flynn, is an American professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Flynn was known by studies in the field of intelligence research and by the Flynn effect, named after him. This refers to the continuous increase in IQ in many parts of the world. His research interests outside the intelligence research include human ideals, ideological debates, as well as classical and political philosophy.

Flynn comes from Chicago and went to New Zealand in 1963.

Writings (selection )

  • Race, IQ and Jensen. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1980. ISBN 0-7100-0651-9
  • Humanism and Ideology. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1973. ISBN 0-7100-7442-5
  • Asian Americans: achievement beyond IQ L. Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, 1991 ISBN 0-8058-1110-9.
  • How to defend humane ideals. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2000. ISBN 0-8032-1994-6
  • What is intelligence? Beyond the Flynn effect. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-88007-7
  • Where Have All the Liberals Gone: Race, Class and Ideals in America. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-49431-1
  • The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books. Awa Press, New Zealand, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9582916-9-9
  • Are we getting smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty - First Century. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-60917-4
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