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Message from the President
For WAAS the year 2021 began on a high note with the celebration of the Academy’s 60th anniversary. It combined a reflective retrospective on where we have come from and a prospective exploration of themes very likely to occupy a central place in our work over the next few years. It was an opportunity to gather together an unprecedented number of Fellows to exchange ideas during a time when physical meetings were prohibited. The WAAS@60 Report is intended to serve as a foundation for our future work.
The year ended on another high note with the 5th WAAS-WUC International Conference on Future Education which synthesized many of the ideas generated over the past seven years to present a clear vision of the momentous changes in education needed to address pressing global challenges. Plans are already underway to publish a book late next year on pathways to future education.
As a result of these events, we now have a number of working groups in various stages of development in which Fellows are invited to engage with one another to shape the future work of the Academy.
Special mention is warranted for the groups on
- Human Security
- Future of Finance
- Global Leadership
- Societal Transformation
- Science-Society-Sustainability
- Mind-Thinking-Creativity, and
- Integration of Art & Science
The work of these groups and new initiatives not yet proposed by our members will shape the contours and content for the Academy’s next general assembly. The projects on Capital as a Force for Good, the Tao of Finance, and the Security and Sustainability Report also exemplify the capacity of WAAS to support important initiatives inspired and led by individual Fellows.
At the same time 2021 was a period of unprecedented internal development for WAAS. It marked the launching of an entirely new website, the establishment of the Ethical Committee and Ethical Code, the reconstitution of the Nominations Committee and revamping of the membership nomination process, the introduction of a centralized financial management system, record dues collection, successful completion of the UN due diligence process required for UN funding, and other significant organizational improvements.
Most of all, it has been gratifying to see the unprecedented range and diversity of new Fellows elected and contributing to the Academy over the past two years as reported in the pages of this newsletter. In the process they are strengthening and balancing to a greater extent member representation by age group, gender, geography and profession.
I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to members of the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, other committees and working groups for their leadership roles and to all those Fellows who have contributed actively to the Academy’s conferences, working groups, projects and publications over the past year.
The horizons of the Academy’s work continue to expand in an unprecedented manner, including opportunities to collaborate with the UN on Human Security and with UNESCO on Basic Sciences and Sustainability.
The challenge we face is to convert the transformative leadership ideas which they represent into leadership in action with real impact in and on the world. That is the opportunity presented to all of us, which can only be achieved by our collaborative effort. I look forward to working with you to make it happen.
Garry Jacobs
WAAS President & CEO
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Recent Developments
NEW WAAS WEBSITE
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the new website of the World Academy of Art & Science. The primary goal during the redesign process has been to more effectively represent the unique character and mission of the Academy, to update the design, improve the organization and accessibility of the program content, and make the site easily accessible on both mobile and desktop devices.
Zhanna Kryuchkova, WAAS Trustee and acting Treasurer, took leadership initiative on the project. This development has been possible through her financial support, the expertise of her team in Ukraine and the staff at the Mother’s Service Society, India.
The website can be accessed using the regular address www.worldacademy.org.
WAAS Code of Ethics
Every organization needs a Code of Ethics to tackle and resolve ethical complaints that arise from time to time. A Code that clearly spells out the mission and the values, the Do’s and the Don’ts in an organization can prevent and resolve conflict.
On the initiative of WAAS Chairman Alberto Zucconi, a Working Group was established in 2020, consisting of Elif Cepni (Chair), Fadwa El Guindi, Olivia Bina, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Winston Nagan, Alberto Zucconi and Jüri Engelbrecht (Consultant), to prepare a draft Code of Conduct. The draft was approved by the WAAS Board of Trustees on July 6, 2021 and is now operational.
An Ethical Committee has been constituted, consisting of Saulo Bahia, Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Fadwa El Guindi, Janani Ramanathan (Chair) and Alberto Zucconi. This Committee will promote awareness of the Academy’s Code of Ethics at various WAAS events and through articles in our journals and newsletters. Its ultimate aim is to foster the interiorization of the values of the Code of Ethics. The Code forms a pivotal aspect of an organization and reaffirms the organization’s identity. Along with the bylaws and Mission, it provides the solid foundation of an epistemic community that is aware and intentionally willing to promote the values and the mission for which it has been created.
All Fellows are requested to read the Code on the WAAS website, and provide their comments and suggestions to support@worldacademy.org.
Board of Trustees
Following some retirements and election of new Trustees in Spring 2021, the current members of the WAAS Board of Trustees include:
Click on the names of Trustees to read their biographical description.
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New Fellows – 2020
Professor of Philosophy, Pontifical University of Comillas
(SWITZERLAND)
International Advisor on Global Governance, Development, Employment and Social Policy
(USA)
Chief, New York UNCTAD Office of the Secretary General
(CHINA)
Chief Consultant, World Environment, Education, Science, Culture Foundation; Ex-Com Member, Club of Rome
(MEXICO)
Honorary President, Inter-Parliamentary Union
(FRANCE)
Director, Lyon Anthropocene Curriculum in the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
(USA)
Founder, Global System Change; Sustainability and System Change Consultant, USA; Author, Global System Change series of books
(SERBIA)
Professor, School of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
(NEW ZEALAND)
Director, Global Partnerships, ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
(ECUADOR)
Former President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
(SWITZERLAND)
Associate, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-CNR, Rome
(USA)
CEO and Founder of Conscious Capital Wealth Management; Founder and Chairman, Future Capital, USA
(CANADA)
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba; IEEE Life
Senior Member
(GREECE)
Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
(CROATIA)
President of the Foreign Affairs & International Relations Advisory
Committee to the President of the
Republic of Croatia
(FRANCE)
Founder, Theatre of Transformation
Academy; Co-convenor, Enacting Global Transformation Initiative,
University of Oxford
(UK)
CEO and co-Founder, Greater Pacific Capital
(UKRAINE)
CEO, The Ukrainian Heritage Foundation
(BRAZIL)
Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Visiting Professor,
University of Brasilia
(BELGIUM)
Independent Researcher, Systems Approach to Public Innovation &
Responsible Research; Member, Club of Rome
THEODOROPOULOS (GREECE)
Chair Professor, Southern
University of Science and
Technology, China; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
(FRANCE)
International Consultant, Economic-Environmental Accounting
(SERBIA)
Chairman, Research (Scientific) Council, National Alliance for Local
Economic Development, Serbia; Former Minister of Finance, Serbia
(SWITZERLAND)
President and Founder of ART for The World
(ISRAEL)
Head, Unit for Ethics in Thought, Language and Action, Interdisciplinary
Center for Health, Law
and Ethics, Haifa University, Israel
(SWITZERLAND)
UNESCO Chair on Global
Understanding for Sustainability, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
Associate Fellows – 2020
(EGYPT)
Advisor to the Minister for
Research and Development, Egypt;
Professor, Alexandria University
(USA)
President and Founder of the African-American Future Society, USA
(NORTH MACEDONIA)
Dean, Faculty of Public
Administration and Political Sciences, South East European University, Tetovo
(USA)
Founder, Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Global Ethics; President at SMB Global Strategy
Consultants
(USA)
Founder & CEO, GlobalMindED; Founder, LifeBound
(EGYPT)
Professor and chairperson,
Department of English Language & Literature, Alexandria University
(NORTH MACEDONIA)
Associate Professor and Secretary General, University of Tourism and
Management, Skopje
(Reelected)
(UKRAINE)
Founder, Jansen Capital
Management and Huxley media; Acting Treasurer, World Academy of Art and Science
(SWEDEN)
Research Fellow, Tax
Administration Research Center, University of Exeter, UK
(SPAIN)
Project Official, European
Commission; Associate Teacher, University of Deusto, Spain
(RUSSIA)
Founder and Director of Global Education Futures initiative; Co-Director, Campus Co-Evolve
(USA)
Board Member, Secretary and Treasurer, World Sustainable Development Forum; co-Founder & Senior Mentor, POP Movement
(MONTENEGRO)
Professor and Head of Dept of Finance, School of Economics, University of Montenegro (Reelected)
(BRAZIL)
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia, Brazil (Reelected)
(ITALY)
President of Indrapur Cinematografica;
Consultant, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
(UK)
Composer & CEO of Nada Brahma Ltd.; Research Fellow, FormWelt Institute, Germany
(USA)
President, Rowan-Cabarrus
Community College, USA
(USA)
Chairman of the Board, Furaxa, Inc.
(SWITZERLAND)
Project manager, Health Innovation & System, WHO (Reelected)
(SPAIN)
Managing Director, PROSPEKTIKER;
International Project Manager, LKS Mondragon; Board Member, Millennium Project
Junior Fellows 2020
(USA)
Research Assistant, Harvard-
Kennedy School
(AZERBAIJAN)
Events and Ceremonies Manager; Zone Operations Deputy Manager, Expo 2020 Dubai
(CROATIA)
Creative Director and co-Founder, Youth Leadership Network; Postgraduate
student of Global Affairs,
King’s College, London
(ITALY)
President, Italian Federation for Human Rights Committee; Partner,
Youth Leadership Network
(CROATIA)
Vice-President, Youth Leadership Network
(AZERBAIJAN)
Deputy Secretary General, Nizami Ganjavi International Center
(ITALY)
Founder & Co-President of Youth Leadership Network; Consultant,
World Food Programme
(SOUTH AFRICA)
Founder, Tyathumzi, South Africa; Executive Director, ReimagineSA NPC
(SERBIA)
Research Associate, Institute of Political Studies, Belgrade
(Reelected)
(AUSTRALIA)
Financial Lines Underwriter, Chubb
(USA)
Founder, Earth Uprising
International
(ITALY)
Co-founder, Youth Leadership
Network (Reelected)
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New Fellows – 2021
(USA)
President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)
(BULGARIA)
Former Director-General, UNESCO
(USA)
General Partner, Conservest Management Company; Author
(ISRAEL)
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics; University of Haifa, Israel
(TURKEY)
Professor of Economics and Decision making, University of Karabuk Business School, Turkey
(SWITZERLAND)
Academic Dean, EU Business School Online Campus
(SPAIN)
Senior Policy Advisor, Nature, Climate & Energy cluster, UNDP
(MAURITIUS)
Former President of Mauritius; Biodiversity Scientist; University Administrator; Entrepreneur and Author
(NORWAY)
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
(TURKEY)
Dean, Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Turkey; Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
(UKRAINE)
Managing Partner / Member of the Board of Directors, Jansen Capital
Management, Ukraine
(GERMANY)
Member, Executive Committee, Club of Rome
(USA)
Artist
(UK)
Strategic Advisor, InterAction Council
(BRAZIL)
Sao Paolo Director of Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC)
(USA
Artist; Printmaker
(CANADA)
President and Chief Executive Officer, World Sustainability Forum
(GREECE)
Art Historian & Theorist; Professor of Art History
Associate Fellows – 2021
(CROATIA)
President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and Leader of the Parliamentary opposition (Reelected)
(ROMANIA)
Lecturer, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest; Expert at ISACCL
(SWITZERLAND)
Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the United Nations University for Peace to the UN (Reelected)
(UK)
Founder, Inter-Parliamentary
Coalition for Global Ethics;
President at SMB Global Strategy Consultants
(FRANCE)
Associate Professor, ECE Paris, School of Engineering; Co-founder
& General Director of BigInnov
(CROATIA)
Coordinator of the Croatian Forum, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
(NETHERLANDS)
Faculty of Management Science, Open University of the Netherlands,
Heerlen
(POLAND)
Professor, Warsaw School of Economics (Reelected)
(CROATIA)
Chief Executive Manager, MRAK Services Ltd.
(INDIA)
Associate Editor, Cadmus;
Research Fellow, The Mother’s Service Society, India (Reelected)
Junior Fellows 2021
(INDIA)
Founder, SpaceEra (Habitable climate-responsive shelter for all)
(SERBIA)
Second Secretary, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Serbia (Reelected)
(ROMANIA)
Director General, Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilization
(ITALY)
President, Oltrecielo.com AVPA, Italy
(ITALY)
Visual Artist
WICKERSHAM (USA)
Behavioral Health Therapist, Published Researcher
WAAS Publications
In Commemoration
Co-President, Religions for Peace; Vice Chairman, Pugwash Netherlands; Chair Section International Affairs, Netherlands Council of Churches
Canadian-American Psychologist; Professor in Psychology, Stanford University
Founder and Director, Logos Christian Center & the Institute of Spiritual Music; Adjunct Professor, Samford University
Global Leadership Challenges in Higher Education for
Effective Multilateralism & Sustainable Human Security
December 6 to 8, 2021
It’s time to think globally about the future of education.
Building on insights from the UN-WAAS project on Global Leadership for the 21st Century, this conference will address the challenges and opportunities in higher education today to identify catalytic strategies to support strengthening of multilateralism, implementation of 17 SDGs, and Sustainable Human Security for All.
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