Placing the Future - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 303176840X ISBN 13 : 9783031768408

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2025

Synopsis

Part II, envisioning the future, delves into various ways societies imagine their futures, exploring topics like the future of food, post-growth economies, extra-terrestrial futures, and even human self-extinction to reveal how futurist scenarios can inform decision making and proactive planning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Johannes Glückler is Professor and Chair of Economic Geographies of the Future at LMU Munich, Germany. Previously, he was a professor of economic and social geography at Heidelberg University between 2008 and 2023. In his research he develops a relational perspective of social networks, institutions, and governance in the study of the geography of knowledge, innovation, and regional development. He is a founding board member of the German Society for Social Network Research (DGNet) and co-founder of the M.Sc. Governance of Risk and Resources at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile.

Matthias Garschagen is Chair Professor of Human Geography and Human-Environment-Relations at LMU Munich, Germany, and Honorary Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. His research focuses on risk, vulnerability, adaptation and transformation in the context of environmental hazards and climate change, particularly in cities. He has served as lead author in various reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was the scientific lead of the World Risk Report by the United Nations University.

Robert Panitz is a Junior Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Koblenz, Germany. Previously, he served as an Interim Professor at the University of Bremen and worked as a Postdoc at Heidelberg University. He is a member of the German Society for Social Network Research (DGNet). His research focuses on the social and organizational structures and processes that foster innovation and technology development, as well as the organizational and social effects of these advancements. Methodologically, he has a particular interest in social network analysis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 303176840X
• ISBN 13: 9783031768408
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Glückler Johannes, Garschagen Matthias, Panitz Robert
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