Jan Lust

Jan Lust has a PhD in Development Studies. He is Researcher and Professor at the Postgraduate School of the University Ricardo Palma in Peru and forms part of the Board of Directors of this University's Research Centre. He is the author of Lucha revolucionaria. Per�, 1958-1967 , a book on the history of revolutionary struggle in Peru in the 1960s, and of Capitalism, Class and Revolution in Peru, 1980-2016 , a book that analyzes the political, economic, and social reasons why the Peruvian...See more

Jan Lust has a PhD in Development Studies. He is Researcher and Professor at the Postgraduate School of the University Ricardo Palma in Peru and forms part of the Board of Directors of this University's Research Centre. He is the author of Lucha revolucionaria. Per�, 1958-1967 , a book on the history of revolutionary struggle in Peru in the 1960s, and of Capitalism, Class and Revolution in Peru, 1980-2016 , a book that analyzes the political, economic, and social reasons why the Peruvian socialist left has not been able to carry out its revolutionary project of social transformation. His academic interests encompass international political economy, Peruvian political, economic, and social development, labor issues, class, social movements, and guerrilla struggle. See less