by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership
Thomas Biersteker, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development 2012 Given the complex interdependence of our contemporary world, the challenges of global governance are exceedingly daunting. The task is made all the more difficult because most of the...
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, 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...
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...
