Archive for July, 2008

Governance DG with Dr. Michael Thompson

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Yesterday, we had the second session of the governance discussion group, and invited Dr. Michael Thompson.
He kicked off the session with the story of Arsenal Football Club. In this story, Arsenal (market actor), the City Council (hierarchy actor), and local residents (egalitarian actor) were negotiating on expansion/re-location of the Highbury football stadium, and came up [...]

Governance DG with Dr Jill Jaeger

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Yesterday, we had the first session for the governance discussion group. We invited Dr. Jill Jaeger and discussed about how scenario can help governance.
The first step to write a scenario is brainstorming. You need to identify ‘critical uncertainties’ in the issue you are looking at. Then, you develop different stories to reflect what can happen [...]

IIASA Governance Discussion Group

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Hi,
At IIASA, Austria, I am organizing a discussion group of governance. The aim is not to hold entirely CT based discussions, but to see how the notion of governance involves in academic research and what are the tools used in such research contexts. CT is definitely one of the tools, and scenarios can be another.
The [...]

A reading group set up initially by the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization doctoral students to discuss cultural theory texts