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This collection of essays examines the unprecedented reach, magnitude and complexity of global challenges—political, economic, technological, social and environmental. It advocates fundamental changes in theory, research, public policy, and institutions, and advances new thinking on global leadership, human security, human-centered economics, and human rights. The book also proposes measures to break down the barriers between academic disciplines and between research and policy-making, and reconciles the objective facts of science with the subjective truths of the arts and human values. It replaces mechanistic analytic thinking with integrated knowledge, bridging the divide between abstract theory and the living complexity of social reality.
This collection of essays examines the unprecedented reach, magnitude and complexity of global challenges—political, economic, technological, social and environmental. It advocates fundamental changes in theory, research, public policy, and institutions, and advances new thinking on global leader...
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Garry Jacobs is a social thinker and consultant on business, education, economic and social development, and global governance. He is President and CEO of the World Academy of Art and Science, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the World University Consortium, and a member of the Club of Rome.
Ivo Slaus is Honorary President of the World Academy of Art and Science, and an Honorary Member of the Club of Rome. His publications include 11 monographs, five books, and over 400 articles.
Jüri Engelbrecht is Professor Emeritus of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. His main interests include mathematical physics, nonlinear wave motion, and complexity. He has authored several books in these fields.
Alberto Zucconi is a psychologist, psychotherapist, educator and consultant. He is President of the Person-Centered Approach Institute and Secretary General of the World University Consortium. He promotes the applications of the person-centered approach in his consulting activities.
Garry Jacobs is a social thinker and consultant on business, education, economic and social development, and global governance. He is President and CEO of the World Academy of Art and Science, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the World University Consortium, and a member of the Club of Rome.
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