by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Chuck Vest, MIT Cambridge 2012 One of the most vexing problems we face today in moving toward a more sustainable society is the problem of uncertainty and imperfect predictability of complex physical and biological phenomena. Such states of knowledge cause havoc when...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Teaching & Learning
Roberta Johnson Killeen, National Earth Science Teachers Association 2012 On a daily basis, people around the world face challenges that result from us all, together on our small planet, approaching the carrying capacity of our environment. The sustainability of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Georg Winckler, University of Vienna 2012 Obviously, the world is changing rapidly, and not only for the better: Grand challenges for society are arising and demand solutions. Some challenges can be foreseen, some may occur without warning. When societal problems can...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Anne-Marie Leroy, The World Bank Group 2012 Although law is hardly a science, rather an intellectual discipline, it is at the heart of many of the issues discussed in this Colloquium: it shapes the functioning of democracy; it regulates markets; contributes to...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Rafael Rangel, Tecnologico de Monterrey System 2012 This paper intends to renew certain paradigms that tend to limit the vision and functions of universities and advance towards the University 2.0, a scheme focused on society and that brings about concrete changes....
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Timothy Killeen, National Science Foundation 2012 The two-way interaction of societal activity with environmental processes now defines clear and present challenges to our well-being. Human activity is changing the climate system and the ecosystem services that...
