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Nebojša Nešković

Nešković, Nebojša

Nešković, Nebojša

Secretary General, World Academy of Art and Science; President, Serbian Chapter of Club of Rome

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Secretary General, World Academy of Art and Science; President, Serbian Chapter of Club of Rome

Nebojša Nešković, born in Belgrade, Serbia, graduated in engineering physics from the University of Belgrade and continued his doctoral studies in theoretical physics at the University. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA and stayed at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France for study. He was employed in the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, between 1975 and 2018. He was Director of the Laboratory of Physics of the Vinča Institute between 1992 and 2001, and Associate Director for Science of the Vinča Institute between 1999 and 2001. In the period 1991–2007, he was Head of the TESLA Project – the project of construction and use of the TESLA Accelerator Installation, which is a large-scale infrastructure for research and development in science and medicine. From 1996 to 2006 he was Director of the TESLA Scientific Center – an association of 15 scientific and educational institutions from South Eastern and Central Europe devoted to science and medicine with accelerators and accelerator technologies. He is member of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of Serbia and Scientific Council of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia. His publications include two international monographs, and over 180 articles in refereed international journals and contributions at international conferences. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science since 2006, and Trustee and Secretary General of the Academy since 2013. He is also currently the President of the Serbian Chapter of the Club of Rome.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Origins and Pathways for the Future of the World Academy of Art & Science Strategic Perspectives and Opportunities   ( Human Security )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The purpose of this paper is to lay the foundation for development of a new strategic plan for the work of the Academy to 2030. Its aim is to invite suggestions from WAAS members and partners regarding priorities for future work. It traces the origins and historical development of the Academy leading up to the present and provides an overview of recent activities and emerging opportunities aligned to its mission which were presented at a meeting of the Board of...
Basic Sciences and Human Security   ( Peace and Security )
Get Full Text in PDF Human security is the state of being secure from danger, fear, and anxiety for all humans and social groups. The roots of these insecurities were clearly recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 within the resolution Transforming our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Most of these goals are connected to basic sciences— mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. The ones that...
On the Necessary Unity of National, Regional and Global Approaches to Science & Technology   ( Knowledge, Science & Values )
Get Full Text in PDF In 1954, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, was founded. Today, it is the largest laboratory for particle physics in the world. A similar institution, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), was founded in 1956 in Dubna, USSR. Currently, it is one of the largest research centers in the world devoted to particle physics, nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, and radiation biology. The two organizations have been very...
Global Transformative Leadership in the 21st Century: A Science, Engineering, Technology Integrated and Strategic Perspective   ( International Organizations ), ( New Paradigm ), ( Knowledge, Science & Values )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The goal of this paper is to focus on the Global Leadership Challenge in the 21st Century with an integrated and strategic perspective in science, engineering and technology (SET). “In any crisis, leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. The COVID-19 pandemic is a case in point. We need to save lives now while also improving the way we respond to outbreaks in general. The first point is more...
On the Monetarized and Non-monetarized Contributions to National Wealth   ( Economic Theory ), ( Money & Finance ), ( New Economics )
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract We consider here the necessity of redefining the concept of economic value and the system of measuring the contributions to national wealth, to be included in a new paradigm in economics, whose application should guarantee constant improvement of human well-being. Such a paradigm should be based on an adequate cultural value system. We begin with a brief description of the traditional concept of value, in which the price of a good is determined by the...