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The aim of this new journal is to enhance the knowledge and the know-how required for responsible action in the global economy of the 21st century. The global economy is likely to induce and experience transformations that we currently can hardly imagine. It will be characterized by complex networks combining local, national and global linkages, […]
June 19, 2012 Mercator Project Center Berlin, Germany A public debate on new economic thinking This is the start of a series of interviews with Thomas Fricke and german economists regarding new economic thinking, initiated by the Global Climate Forum (GCF) and the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD). Recently, Thomas Straubhaar, Director of the Hamburg Institute […]
June 19, 2012 Mercator Project Centre Berlin, Germany “German leaders will have to choose between a shipwreck and a change in course. I do not know which Germany will choose. I do not know whether its leaders know. But on that choice hangs the fate of Europe.“ This is how Martin Wolf of the Financial […]
May 3-4, 2012 World Trade Centre, Barcelona, Spain Challenges to Global Systems Science: From Climate Change to Market Governance The conference is organised by: Global Systems Dynamics and Policy (GSDP) Global Climate Forum (GCF) Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRGP) Outline The global financial crisis has posed an additional challenge to the governance of global systems. […]
From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions – edited by Carlo Jaeger, Klaus Hasselmann, Gerd Leipold, Diana Mangalagiu and Joan David Tàbara Content This book provides an evaluation of the science and policy debates on climate change and offers a reframing of the challenges they pose, as understood by key international experts and players in […]
October 10-11, 2011 Umweltforum Berlin, Germany There is an urgent need for new thinking about global systems, in particular about the main driving force of globalization: the world economy. Missed the conference? To view videos of the talks given during the conference follow the link Conference Proceedings Click here Outline The 21st century will be […]
April 28-29, 2011 UAB Casa Convalescència, Barcelona, Spain A conference organized by the European Climate Forum (ECF) on behalf of the CIRCE project and the GSDP network ECF conferences are known for the unusual spirit of open debate and exchange between scientists and stakeholders. In this spirit, we will look at the tasks of risk […]
Social energy: a useful notion for analysing complex socio-ecological systems? The metaphor social energy, based on an analogy to energy in physics, is supposed to facilitate the study of complex socio-ecological systems. It has been, to some extent, discussed in the GSDP network. A half-day workshop to further the discussion around social energy will be […]
European Research on Sustainable Development by Carlo C. Jaeger, J. David Tàbara and Julia Jaeger March 2011 Volume 1: Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching […]
06.12.2010, Workshop in collaboration with the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union (FP7). Within the 7th EU Framework Program, the EU has issued a call for the development of ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling. This call has an indicative budget of 25 million Euros; the deadline for handing in proposals is 18 […]