Jim Falk
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Jim Falk is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne School of Land and Environment at The University of Melbourne. He also holds the title of Emeritus Professor at the University of Wollongong
, is a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Advanced Studies at the United Nations University
in Yokohama, Japan, and is a Fellow of the Pascal International Observatory. He is also currently the Director of Climate Change research for the Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Institute.http://awi-cmas.com In December 2010 he retired from his position as Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Science Innovation and Society at The University of Melbourne to focus on his research and writing.
Jim Falk was born in Oxford, England, in 1946, graduated with first class honours in physics in 2008, and received his PhD in theoretical quantum physics at Monash University in 1974. For over 30 years he has studied science and technology in their social contexts, and has authored or co-authored over 100 research papers and 5 books. His research has mainly focussed on globalisation, technological change and the environment
, nuclear technology
and militarisation, and information technology
. Most recently he has focussed on the broad issues of human governance (including what needs to be done to respond to challenges faced by humanity from climate change, to energy policy, and to significant issues associated with information flows and military threats). He has recently made a number of media appearances in relation to the nuclear accidents at Fukushima and the implications for future energy policy.
Jim Falk's most recent book, co-authored with Professor Joseph Camilleri, was launched by UNDP head, the Hon Helen Clark, in Sydney, Australia in February 2010. The book "Worlds in Transition: Evolving Governance Across a Stressed Planet", Edward Elgar, UK, is a synoptic overview of the way in which humans have come to collectively seek to shape their futures, and the challenges posed to that in a time of rapid transition.
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
, is a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Advanced Studies at the United Nations University
United Nations University
The United Nations University is an academic arm of the United Nations established in 1973, which serves purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The UNU undertakes research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of...
in Yokohama, Japan, and is a Fellow of the Pascal International Observatory. He is also currently the Director of Climate Change research for the Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Institute.http://awi-cmas.com In December 2010 he retired from his position as Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Science Innovation and Society at The University of Melbourne to focus on his research and writing.
Jim Falk was born in Oxford, England, in 1946, graduated with first class honours in physics in 2008, and received his PhD in theoretical quantum physics at Monash University in 1974. For over 30 years he has studied science and technology in their social contexts, and has authored or co-authored over 100 research papers and 5 books. His research has mainly focussed on globalisation, technological change and the environment
Environmental ethics
Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world...
, nuclear technology
Nuclear technology
Nuclear technology is technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons...
and militarisation, and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. Most recently he has focussed on the broad issues of human governance (including what needs to be done to respond to challenges faced by humanity from climate change, to energy policy, and to significant issues associated with information flows and military threats). He has recently made a number of media appearances in relation to the nuclear accidents at Fukushima and the implications for future energy policy.
Jim Falk's most recent book, co-authored with Professor Joseph Camilleri, was launched by UNDP head, the Hon Helen Clark, in Sydney, Australia in February 2010. The book "Worlds in Transition: Evolving Governance Across a Stressed Planet", Edward Elgar, UK, is a synoptic overview of the way in which humans have come to collectively seek to shape their futures, and the challenges posed to that in a time of rapid transition.