Tessaleno Devezas
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Tessaleno Campos Devezas (born 4 December 1946, Rio de Janeiro
) is a physicist
, systems theorist, and materials scientist known by his contributions to the long waves theory in socioeconomic development, technological evolution, as well as world system analysis.
Best Paper Prize 2001” for his paper proposing a model explaining the mechanism underlying the long economic waves (Kondratieff waves) and in 2006 another of his papers (about the growth dynamics of the Internet) received an Honor Mention from Elsevier. In 2004 he was awarded with the Silver Kondratieff Medal by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN) for his written contributions for the understanding of the Kondratieff waves, and in 2005 he was honored as Honorary Member of the International Kondratieff Foundation.
Rio de Janeiro
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) is a physicist
Physicist
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, systems theorist, and materials scientist known by his contributions to the long waves theory in socioeconomic development, technological evolution, as well as world system analysis.
Awards
In March 2002 Devezas was honored with the “ElsevierElsevier
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Best Paper Prize 2001” for his paper proposing a model explaining the mechanism underlying the long economic waves (Kondratieff waves) and in 2006 another of his papers (about the growth dynamics of the Internet) received an Honor Mention from Elsevier. In 2004 he was awarded with the Silver Kondratieff Medal by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN) for his written contributions for the understanding of the Kondratieff waves, and in 2005 he was honored as Honorary Member of the International Kondratieff Foundation.
Selected papers on Socioeconomic Development and Systems Theory
- The Biological Determinants of Long Wave Behavior in Socioeconomic Growth and Development, Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social Change is a peer reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier which discusses futures studies, technology assessment, and technological forecasting. Articles focus on methodology and actual practice. Among other things, the journal is a major source of...
68 (2001), pp. 1-57 (with James Corredine). - The Nonlinear Dynamics of Technoeconomic Systems: An Informational Interpretation, Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social Change is a peer reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier which discusses futures studies, technology assessment, and technological forecasting. Articles focus on methodology and actual practice. Among other things, the journal is a major source of...
69 (2002), pp. 317-357 (with J. Corredine). - Power Law Behavior and World System Evolution: a Millennial Learning Process, LAUR 02-5221, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 2002. Published in Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social Change is a peer reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier which discusses futures studies, technology assessment, and technological forecasting. Articles focus on methodology and actual practice. Among other things, the journal is a major source of...
70 (2003), pp.819-859 (with G. Modelski). - The Growth Dynamics of the Internet and the Long Wave Theory, Technological Forecasting & Social Change 72 (2005), pp.913-935 (with H.A. Linstone e H.J.S. Santos).
- Evolutionary Theory of Technological Change: State-of-the-Art and New Approaches Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnological Forecasting and Social Change is a peer reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier which discusses futures studies, technology assessment, and technological forecasting. Articles focus on methodology and actual practice. Among other things, the journal is a major source of...
72 (2005) pp. 1137–1152 (special issue on New Horizons and Challenges for Future Oriented Technology Analysis). - Evolutionary Theory of Technological Change: Discussion on Missing Points and Promising Approaches IIASA IR-05-49 (20 pages), December 2005.
- The Portuguese as System Builders in the XVth-XVIth centuries: A Case Study on the Role of Technology in the Evolution of the World System Globalizations 3 (2006) pp. 503–519 (with George ModelskiGeorge ModelskiGeorge Modelski is Professor of Political Science Emeritus in the University of Washington. Modelski has done work on long-term processes in global politics and economics, as well as the world urban macrodynamics and world system evolution.-Books:*Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling...
). - Political Globalization is Global Political Evolution World Futures 63 (2007) pp. 1–16.
- Energy Scenarios: Toward a New Energy Paradigm, FUTURESFutures-Finance:*Futures contract, a tradable financial contract*Futures exchange, a financial market where futures contracts are traded*Futures , an American finance magazine-Music:*Futures , a 2004 release by Jimmy Eat World...
40 (2008), pp 1-16m(with D. LePoire, J.C.O. Matias e A.M.P. Silva). - Crisis, Depressions, Expansions – Global Trends and Secular Analysis, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 77 (2010) pp. 739-761.
Books
- Kondratieff Waves, Warfare and World Security Editor, NATO Security Through Science Series E: Human and Societal Dynamics vol. 5, IOS Press, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, March 2006. (ISBN 1-58603-588-6). - Portugal: o Pioneiro da Globalização – Inovação e Estratégia na História Moderna with Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, Centro Atlântico, V.N. Famalicão, May 2007 (1st ed.), August 2007 (2nd ed.). (ISBN 978-989-615-042-6).
- Pioneers of Globalization, Why Portugal Surprised the World with Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, Centro Atlântico, V.N. Famalicão, December 2007 (ISBN 978-989-615-056-3).
Book Chapters
- Long Waves and Warfare: an Enduring Controversy in T.Devezas (Ed.), Kondratieff Waves, Warfare and World Security Prologue, pp. vii-ix, NATO Security Through Science Series, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2006.
- The Portuguese as System-builders: Technological innovation in early globalization, in G. Modelski, T. Devezas e W.R. Thompson (Eds), Globalization as Evolutionary Process, Chapter 3, pp. 30–57, Routledge, London, December 2007 (with G. Modelski).
- The Evolutionary Trajectory of the World System toward an Age of Transition, in W.R. Thompson (Ed), Systemic Transitions Chapter 11, pp. 223–240, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, January 2009.