http://nsyght.com/rss/tag/person Nsyght is a search engine powered by you, your bookmarks, and your friends. en-us 50 Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:57 GMT http://home.uchicago.edu/~jevans http://home.uchicago.edu/~jevans Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:54 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. Professor of Politics and Public Affairs. Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:52 GMT http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels Manu Sharma, New Delhi, India. Orange Hues blog is where my current occupation in renewable energy, my former occupation in user experience design, my longtime interest in business innovation, ethics and venture creation come together.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:51 GMT http://orangehues.com/blog http://orangehues.com/blog He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 until 17 July 2004, when he resigned to become President-designate of the European Commission.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:50 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Barroso http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Barroso Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:47 GMT http://www.johnelkington.com http://www.johnelkington.com Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:46 GMT http://www.thegreenarchitect.com http://www.thegreenarchitect.com Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:44 GMT http://davidsirota.com http://davidsirota.com Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2000. Monica Prasad studies how societies create and regulate markets, from the state regulations of the Progressive era to the fair trade labeling and carbon taxes of today.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:43 GMT http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/faculty/prasad/home.html http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/faculty/prasad/home.html Submited by millette 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:33 GMT http://www.extremis.tv http://www.extremis.tv In the best spirit of liberal education, the Moral Courage Project teaches that rights come with responsibilities, that we are citizens rather than members of mere tribes, and that meaningful diversity embraces different ideas and not just identities.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:39 GMT http://www.irshadmanji.com http://www.irshadmanji.com He has been described by ABC News as “the unofficial godfather of a growing cultural shift toward slowing down.” Newsweek called him “an international spokesman for the concept of leisure.”<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:34 GMT http://www.carlhonore.com http://www.carlhonore.com Herman Daly (born 1938) is an American ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park in the United States.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:28 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Daly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Daly In 1983, Max-Neef won the Right Livelihood Award, known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", for his work in poverty stricken areas of developing countries, in the area of "Human Scale Development" based upon fundamental human needs.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:27 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Max-Neef http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Max-Neef Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:27 GMT http://hanson.gmu.edu/home.html http://hanson.gmu.edu/home.html Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:27 GMT http://hanson.gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu His primary interests are in the psychology of gratitude and the psychology of personal goals, and how each is related to positive psychological processes, including happiness, well-being, and personality integration.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:21 GMT http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Emmons http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Emmons Hansen is best known for his research in the field of climatology and his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the global warming issue.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:14 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:40 GMT http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz Professor Lessig teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:40 GMT http://lessig.org http://lessig.org of "Dunbar's Number" fame.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:31 GMT http://www.liv.ac.uk/evolpsyc/dunbar.html http://www.liv.ac.uk/evolpsyc/dunbar.html Upcoming book: Signals, Truth and Design.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:31 GMT http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/Judith http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/Judith Currently the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard University.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:27 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff Professor Inglehart's ongoing research focuses on cultural change and its consequences. To explore this, he is coordinating a world-wide survey of mass values and attitudes, the World Values Survey.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:24 GMT http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/ringlehart.html http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/ringlehart.html Areas of activity: governance in low-income countries, especially the political economy of democracy, economic growth in Africa, economics of civil war, aid, globalisation and poverty.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:24 GMT http://users.ox.ac.uk/~econpco http://users.ox.ac.uk/~econpco Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:24 GMT http://www.nyu.edu/fas/institute/dri/Easterly http://www.nyu.edu/fas/institute/dri/Easterly Juliet Schor’s research over the last ten years has focussed on issues pertaining to trends in work and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www2.bc.edu/~schorj http://www2.bc.edu/~schorj Michael Adams is a noted commentator on social values and social change in North America.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www.michaeladams.ca http://www.michaeladams.ca A prolific writer, he is one of the most widely cited academics in environmental law.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://law.case.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.asp?id=83 http://law.case.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.asp?id=83 For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America’s most impassioned and beloved writers on our relationship to our world and our environment.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www.billmckibben.com http://www.billmckibben.com The Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Businesses and their Leaders.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:23 GMT http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee His latest book, The Future of Management (Harvard Business School Press, October 2007), was voted Best Business Book of 2007 by the editors of Amazon.com.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:23 GMT http://www.garyhamel.com http://www.garyhamel.com His areas of special interest include international politics, and the political economy of knowledge intensive industries.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:23 GMT http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu/Faculty/bio/permanent/Weber,S http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu/Faculty/bio/permanent/Weber,S Dr.Doidge explores the profound implications of the changing brain for understanding the mysteries of love, sexual attraction, taste, culture and education in an immensely moving, inspiring book.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:20 GMT http://www.normandoidge.com http://www.normandoidge.com For 35 years Deci has been engaged in a program of research on human motivation that has led to and been organized by Self-Determination Theory.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:21 GMT http://deci.socialpsychology.org http://deci.socialpsychology.org The man behind "The Srength of Weak Ties" (1973).<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/people/mgranovetter/index.html http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/people/mgranovetter/index.html Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://creativeclass.com/richard_florida http://creativeclass.com/richard_florida Analysis of basic mechanisms of human agency through which people exercise control over their level of functioning and events that affect their lives.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www-psych.stanford.edu/faculty/bandura.html http://www-psych.stanford.edu/faculty/bandura.html Executive Director the first pan-European think-tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations (www.ecfr.eu).<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://markleonard.net http://markleonard.net As a Web Strategist I strive to define and deliver user and community needs, business goals, and web technology to craft and deliver long term successful web programs for companies.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:19 GMT http://www.web-strategist.com/blog http://www.web-strategist.com/blog Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:19 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc A Silicon Valley author, broadcaster and entrepreneur whose provocative book Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is killing our culture was recently acclaimed by The New York Times’ Michiko Kakutani as “shrewdly argued” and written “with acuity<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:19 GMT http://andrewkeen.typepad.com http://andrewkeen.typepad.com Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:20 GMT http://blog.pmarca.com http://blog.pmarca.com Author of "The Lucifer Effect".<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:20 GMT http://www.zimbardo.com http://www.zimbardo.com Working in both political theory and empirical social science, he is best known for his contributions in the areas of democratic theory and practice and environmental politics.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:16 GMT http://polsc.anu.edu.au/staff/dryzek http://polsc.anu.edu.au/staff/dryzek Research focuses on the behavioral and institutional requirements for ecological and social sustainability; principles and concepts, stories and cases for ecologically rational organization.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:16 GMT http://www.snre.umich.edu/profile/tprincen http://www.snre.umich.edu/profile/tprincen Matt Miller is an author, columnist, radio host and consultant whose work focuses on agenda-setting ideas and creative problem-solving in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:17 GMT http://www.mattmilleronline.com http://www.mattmilleronline.com Author of the influential book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:15 GMT http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/people/lakoff http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/people/lakoff Reclaiming the American commons, understanding how digital technologies are changing democratic culture, fighting the excesses of intellectual property law, fortifying consumer rights and promoting citizen action.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:05 GMT http://www.bollier.org http://www.bollier.org Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:51:04 GMT http://www.louannbrizendine.com http://www.louannbrizendine.com