Unsere Welt ändert sich rasant. Während die Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft immer schneller voranschreitet, sich Technik, Wissenschaft und Massenkultur nach globalen Standards über den Erdball verbreiten, verharrt die politische Welt in nationalstaatlichem Denken. Die bestehenden...

Noch immer bildet die Siedlungs- und Sozialform des Dorfes einen zentralen Bezugspunkt für individuelle und kollektive Erfahrungen und Imaginationen - und zwar auch unter den Bedingungen industrie- und mediengesellschaftlich geprägter Moderne. Das Handbuch präsentiert den aktuellen...

Ever since Jim O'Neill at Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS in 2001 there have been many different assessments of these major emerging economies, with some even proclaiming that the promise of the BRICS (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is over. However, the so called...

Introduction -- Part I: Changing contract between science, society, and public policy -- 1. Next generation science policy and grand challenges / Stefan Kuhlmann and Arie Rip -- 2. Responsible innovation and responsible research and innovation / Richard Owen and Mario Pansera -- 3. Normative...

This Handbook assembles new contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees, Peter Bartelmus and Tim Jackson, who have helped define our understanding of growth and sustainability, as well as new thinking on...

Along with the fast growing economy, the term 'BRICs' was coined to represent the newly emerging countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The enhanced economy in these countries has largely improved people's lives; at the same time, it has also strongly influenced the transformation of...