Difference between revisions of "Mackinder Centre for Long Wave Events"
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:an interdisciplinary research centre. It has been established to promote new approaches to and improved methods for research on that class of geopolitical issues - long wave events - which pose some of the greatest challenges to the 21st century. These include socio-physical phenomena, such as the HIV/AIDS endemic or global climate change, and socio-cultural phenomena such as technological "lock-in" or cultural encapsulation in the face of modernity - of which unconditional terrorism is a product. <ref> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/mackinderCentre/</ref> | :an interdisciplinary research centre. It has been established to promote new approaches to and improved methods for research on that class of geopolitical issues - long wave events - which pose some of the greatest challenges to the 21st century. These include socio-physical phenomena, such as the HIV/AIDS endemic or global climate change, and socio-cultural phenomena such as technological "lock-in" or cultural encapsulation in the face of modernity - of which unconditional terrorism is a product. <ref> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/mackinderCentre/</ref> | ||
| − | + | =Mackinder Team= | |
| − | [[Tony Barnett]], Associate Director | + | [[Tony Barnett]], Associate Director, |
| − | [[Nancy Cartwright]] | + | [[Nancy Cartwright]], |
| − | [[Tim Dyson]] | + | [[Tim Dyson]], |
| − | [[Connor Gearty]] | + | [[Connor Gearty]], |
| − | [[John Gray]] | + | [[John Gray]], |
| − | [[Christopher Greenwood]] | + | [[Christopher Greenwood]], |
| − | [[John Harris]], Associate Director | + | [[John Harris]], Associate Director, |
| − | [[Henrietta Moore]] | + | [[Henrietta Moore]], |
| − | [[Gwyn Prins]], Director | + | [[Gwyn Prins]], Director, |
| − | [[James Putzel]] | + | [[James Putzel]], |
[[Leonard Smith]] | [[Leonard Smith]] | ||
==Mackinder Advisory Board== | ==Mackinder Advisory Board== | ||
| − | [[Philip Allott]] | + | [[Philip Allott]], |
| − | [[Alan Brinkly]] | + | [[Alan Brinkly]], |
| − | [[Edward Mortimer]] | + | [[Edward Mortimer]], |
[[General Sir Rupert Smith]] | [[General Sir Rupert Smith]] | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 14 February 2008
According to the London School of Economics website the Mackinder Centre for Long Wave Events is:
- an interdisciplinary research centre. It has been established to promote new approaches to and improved methods for research on that class of geopolitical issues - long wave events - which pose some of the greatest challenges to the 21st century. These include socio-physical phenomena, such as the HIV/AIDS endemic or global climate change, and socio-cultural phenomena such as technological "lock-in" or cultural encapsulation in the face of modernity - of which unconditional terrorism is a product. [1]
Mackinder Team
Tony Barnett, Associate Director, Nancy Cartwright, Tim Dyson, Connor Gearty, John Gray, Christopher Greenwood, John Harris, Associate Director, Henrietta Moore, Gwyn Prins, Director, James Putzel, Leonard Smith
