An archeologist and historian, I pioneered the application of the Complex Adaptive Systems approach to socio-environmental challenges, technology and innovation. I taught in Amsterdam, Leyden, Cambridge and Paris (Sorbonne), was Founding Director of Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Dean of its School of Sustainability. I am Fellow of the AAAS, External Faculty Fellow of the Santa Fe Institute, and Corresponding Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012, he was awarded the title "Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation".
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I pioneered the application of the Complex Adaptive Systems approach to socio-environmental challenges, technology and innovation. I taught in Amsterdam, Leyden, Cambridge and Paris (Sorbonne), and am founding director of Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and dean of its School of Sustainability. I am Fellow of the AAAS, External Faculty Fellow of the Santa Fe Institute, and Corresponding Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012, I was awarded the title "Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation" by UNEP.
Fields of expertise: Social change / social transformations
