Throughout his career Turchin has made contributions to various fields, such as economic history and historical dynamics. He is one of the founders of cliodynamics, the scientific discipline at the intersection of historical macrosociology, cliometrics, and mathematical modeling of social processes.
Turchin's professional endeavors span multiple disciplines, including economic history and historical analysis. He is a pioneer in cliodynamics, an interdisciplinary field that combines historical sociology, statistical analysis, and mathematical modeling to study large-scale social patterns.