by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar, Indian Institute of Technology Dehli 2014 Education is the key to socio-economic development and character building. Higher education plays an important role in knowledge and wealth creation. Historically, one can find a good correlation...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University 2012 Four years ago, in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million citizens turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Last March, only four years later, 5,251 cities in 135 countries responded to the same...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
M.S. Ananth, IIT Madras 2012 Rapid advances in technology have had dramatic consequences. The environment that moulded life on earth over many millennia is being altered and even replaced dynamically, endangering the very life whose quality science and technology seek...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James J. Duderstadt, Luc E. Weber, Glion Colloquium 2012 The VIII Glion Colloquium was held in June 2011 to consider the roles that could be played by the world’s research universities in addressing the various challenges of global sustainability in the broadest...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
2012 Over the past decade, the Glion Colloquium has established itself as an influential resource in addressing both the challenges and roles of the world’s research universities. Launched in 1998 by Professors Luc Weber (University of Geneva) and Werner Hirsch...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Yuko Harayama-Most et al., Tohoku University 2012 The world today is experiencing drastic transformations of its functioning and its underlying systems, driven by entrepreneurial individuals, institutions and States, characterized by increasing interdependency, and...
