Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt received the 2025 prize in Economic Sciences. This profile brings together the official award record and attributed background on the economist’s work and career.
Personal and professional profile
- Name
- Peter Howitt [1]
- Full name
- Peter Howitt [2]
- Birth date
- 1946-05-31 [2]
- Birthplace
- Canada [2]
- Education
- University of Western Ontario; Northwestern University; McGill University [3]
- Fields / occupation
- economist; university teacher [3]
- Prize
- Economic Sciences · 2025 [2]
- Research recognized
- for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction [2]
- Prize share
- 1/4 [2]
- Affiliation at the award
- Brown University [2]
- Institutions in career record
- Brown University; University of Western Ontario [3]
Research, education and career background
Peter Wilkinson Howitt (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian economist and the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Brown University. He is best known for his collaborative work with Philippe Aghion on endogenous growth theory, the concept of creative destruction in modern macroeconomics and the Aghion–Howitt model. In 2025, Howitt and Aghion were jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction." [4]
Selected introductory text by Wikipedia contributors — Peter Howitt (economist), under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official facts are cited separately.
Award and academic affiliation
The official Nobel record dates the Economic Sciences award to 2025 and lists Brown University as the affiliation at the time. [2]
An affiliation attached to an award describes that point in the person’s career; it does not establish a current appointment. [2]
Education and career timeline
Source-supported connections
Frequently asked questions
When did Peter Howitt receive the prize in Economic Sciences?
The official award record gives the year as 2025. [2]
Which institution was Peter Howitt affiliated with at the time of the Economic Sciences award?
Brown University. This is the award-time affiliation. [2]
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Sources and review dates
- Nobel Prize — official biography and award record ↗
- Nobel Prize — official biography and award record ↗
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- Wikipedia contributors — Peter Howitt (economist) (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Historical dates and award-time affiliations retain their original context. A review date is not an event date. Background sources are identified separately from official records.