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Was The Copenhagen Summit Doomed From The Start? Some Insights From Green Is Research, Helen M. Hasan, C Dwyer
Was The Copenhagen Summit Doomed From The Start? Some Insights From Green Is Research, Helen M. Hasan, C Dwyer
Helen Hasan
At the 2009 Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, COP15, so many contradictory demands were apparent that it is doubtful whether it produced many useful outcomes. In this paper we question whether it, and summits like it, may be inherently doomed to fall short of expectations. With its experience of the intrinsic contradictions within socio-technical systems, the Information System’s profession may provide some insights into complex issues such as climate change. IS research has often demonstrated that imposed top-down solutions rarely provide the most promising way to approach highly complex problems. On the other hand, bottom-up emergent processes, though less politically …
The Economic Summit: A New Style In Planning For Recovery, Robert Castle
The Economic Summit: A New Style In Planning For Recovery, Robert Castle
Robert G. Castle
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Educating Engineers As Global Citizens: A Call For Action / A Report Of The National Summit Meeting On The Globalization Of Engineering Education, John M. Grandin, E. Dan Hirleman
Educating Engineers As Global Citizens: A Call For Action / A Report Of The National Summit Meeting On The Globalization Of Engineering Education, John M. Grandin, E. Dan Hirleman
Edwin D Hirleman
On November 5-6, 2008, a group of 23 distinguished engineering educators convened in Newport, Rhode Island to discuss the globalization of U. S. engineering education. Their goal was to consider the changes and challenges brought about by the recent wave of globalization and to ask, as so many colleagues are doing around the country, what proactive steps need to be taken by engineering educators to ensure that their graduates are prepared to be productive citizens and professionals in today’s and tomorrow’s complex world. Encouraged and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its Division of Engineering Education and Centers, …