Dennis Meadows
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Dennis Meadows (b. 1942) is an American scientist and professor of Systems Management and director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire.[1] He lives in Durham, New Hampshire. known as co-author of Limits to Growth.
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[edit] Life
He holds a Ph.D. in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served on the faculty, and four honorary doctorates from European universities.
Dr. Meadows has been a tenured professor in faculties of management, engineering, and social sciences. For many years he has been the dean of a graduate program based in business and engineering. He has facilitated workshops and developed innovative and complex strategic games all over the world for decades. In addition, Dr. Meadows has lectured in over 50 countries.
He has been the Director of 3 university research institutes: at MIT, Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire. He is the Past President of the International System Dynamics Society and the International Simulation and Games Association.
He has been a corporate board member and a consultant for government, industry and non-profit groups in the U.S. and many countries abroad. He co-founded the Balaton Group, a network of ca. 300 professionals in over 30 nations involved in systems science, public policy and sustainable development.
[edit] Work
Dr. Meadows has been a system thinker for most of his life. He has written or co-authored 10 books on systems, futures, and educational games, which have been translated into more than 30 languages. The most famous of the books he has authored or co-authored is Limits To Growth, the 30-year update of which was published in 2004.
[edit] Limits to growth
In 1972 it was inconceivable to most people that the physical impact of humanity’s activities could ever grow large enough to alter basic natural processes of the globe. In that time they had to talk in our first edition of Limits to Growth about future problems. Their studies showed that humanity’s activities were still below sustainable levels. Now they are above. In 1972 our recommendations told how to slow growth. Now, Meadows said, "we must tell people how to manage an orderly reduction of their activities back down below the limits of the earth’s resources". [2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Dennis Meadows :: Chelsea Green Publishing
- ^ Interview with Dennis Meadows, 2007.
[edit] external links
- The Brown center for educative learning.
- Interview with Dennis Meadows, 2007.
- Presentation to the Earth Dialogues BarcelonaProfessor by Dennis Meadows, February 2004.
