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Volume 4, Issue 4 - June 2021

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Retrospective and Reflections on WAAS@60 Garry Jacobs, Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Winston P. Nagan, Ivo Šlaus, Alberto Zucconi Solutions to complex, wicked social problems require interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and intersectoral knowledge... Read more	WAAS Retrospective: Why WAAS? Augusto Forti In this short article, the author traces the sociological origins of WAAS and traces briefly the history of the scientists‘ nuclear abolition movement, which was a main reason for the founding of the Academy. Read more
Reflections on Arts and Science Donato Kiniger-Passigli Albert Einstein said that art and science are branches of the same tree. Indeed, there is no dichotomy between art and science: they are an integral part of the same nucleon. Art is the ability to create, which implies inspiration and learning. Read more	A Holistic Strategy for Achieving WAAS’ Goals and Realizing our Common Vision Marco Vitiello Facing the XXI century and its challenges means finding a concrete strategy, one that can make it possible for WAAS and its Fellows to reach their full potential. Read more
TransFormNation: A Suggestion for Rapid Top-Down Transformation Yehuda Kahane, Tal Ronen The last 60-70 years have seen the end of the industrial revolution and the rise of the post-industrial era. The way we, as humans, are treating our environment (and each other) is threatening our very existence on our planet. This becomes apparent when we examine the reality of climate change, pollution, destruction of biodiversity, inequality and more. We must replace the current focus ... Read more	Hedging Planetary Risks: ‘From Weapons of Mass Destruction to Tools of Massive Social and Ecological Innovation’ Stefan Brunnhuber, Mariana Bozesan, Jeffrey Golden, Garry Jacobs, Phoebe Koundouri Cost analyses and risk assessments in the Anthropocene era need to differ from those of the past. Future developments now are determined by opportunity costs and planetary risks. Read more
Public versus Private Sector Money Creation: Society Enhancing Monetary Reform Frank Dixon Society requires a robust banking system. The current private money system reflects aristocratic, wealth-concentrating capitalism. The priority of society is society, not the economic or financial system. Banks and other businesses should be focused on helping individuals and society to prosper, not the other way around. Read more	The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Systemic Stress Test: Who is most vulnerable to food insecurity and other risks in a crisis and why? Thomas Reuter The ideology that likes to call on each of us personally and on each nation to be responsible for our own resilience and disaster preparedness is obviously flawed, when power, wealth and income are distributed so very unequally. But this ideology has long kept us... Read more
Report on Global Reports, 2020-2021: The Whale and the Minnows Michael Marien The UNOG-WAAS report on Global Leadership for the 21st Century mentions the importance of breaking down “silos” among academic disciplines, stakeholders, and UN agencies. This “modest report on global reports” is a small step in doing so, but much more needs to be done. Read more	Transformation Catalysts: Weaving Transformational Change for a Flourishing World for All Sandra Waddock, Steve Waddell Transformational Catalysts are an institutional innovation arising out of the inadequacy of traditional organizing forms, such as single organizations, collaborations, and even multi-stakeholder networks to bring real system transformation into being. Read more
The Social Architect: A New Framework for Effective Activism and Social Leadership Julene Siddique, Peter Joseph Social theories and humanitarian movements, despite their good intentions, have had limited effectiveness. This paper introduces Socio-Systemic science as a conceptual and implementation framework designed for effective high ... Read more	A Values-based World Order Ashok Natarajan The world is beset with imperfections which stem from our short-sightedness, greed for consumption, mutual mistrust and unwise economic policies. They can be remedied if the world reorganizes itself to function according to values such as unity, totality, harmony, human security, freedom and equality. Read more
Open Societies versus Autocratic Experiments or Why the Latter are Parasitic, Cannibalizing and Self-Limiting Stefan Brunnhuber Open Societies thrive on the idea of a liberal order based on a human-centered approach. They are not driven... Read more	Transdisciplinary Theory of the Firm Garry Jacobs A social theory of the firm is one that examines the role and functioning of business entities as a specialized category of social institution created and sanctioned to serve a social purpose, to promote the welfare and wellbeing of society. Read more