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 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Maria Héléna Nazare, European University Association 2012 In the framework of the demographic evolution foreseen up to 2050, major issues related to sustainability include: food, natural resources (water in particular) and energy. These “grand societal challenges”...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Alain Beretz, University of Strasbourg 2012 Universities are a key player in the “knowledge society”. But this increased influx of knowledge and the exponential rate of technical progress also generate anxiety and fear that could undermine the fundamental role of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Luc Weber, Université de Genève 2012 Imagine you are an economic historian writing at the end of the 21st century about the second half of the 20th and first decade of the 21st. You will probably write that this period was characterized by an unprecedented increase in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2012 We live in a time of great change, an increasingly global society, driven by the exponential growth of new knowledge and knitted together by rapidly evolving information and communication technologies. It is a time of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Ellen Hazelkorn, Dublin Institute of Technology 2010 In 1992, Francis Fukyama reflected in The End of History and the Last Man on the transformative events signified by the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He argued that What we may be witnessing is not just the end of...
