Tel: +81 45 221 2300 Fax: +81 45 221 2302 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ias.unu.edu The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) is a global think tank whose mission is “advancing knowledge and promoting learning for policy-making to meet the challenges of sustainable development”. UNU-IAS undertakes research and postgraduate education to identify and address s...

The Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS) is an autonomous research institution established with the financial support of the Government of India. RIS is India’s contribution to the fulfilment of the long-felt need of the developing world for creating a ‘Think Tank’ on global issues in the field of international economic relations and developme...

In this section of the Journal the reader will find information on the IWWG (International Waste Working Group), reports on activities carried out by Task Groups, a list of future events and relevant notes on the think tank elaboration and activities of the association. In this issue: report from Sardinia 2013 – Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, and updates on th...

Many mature and successful service providers continue to find their identity in the heritage of moving people with developmental disabilities out of public institutions. Significant achievements such as providing residential alternatives to large facilities do not immune providers from criticism emerging from a growing demand for individualized supports. The Individualized Supports Think Tank, ...

In this section of the Journal the reader will find information on the IWWG (International Waste Working Group), reports on activities carried out by Task Groups, a list of future events and relevant notes on the think tank elaboration and activities of the association. In this issue: report from the Venice 2012 Symposium and notes from the last IWWG Managing Board meeting, which was held in Ve...

At the second think-tank session of Helenvale Dialogues initiative held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, May 2018, main theme focused on scenario planning for community Helenvale, regarded as one most fragile and volatile communities Elizabeth.  The author, an invited member think-tank, engaged group discussions with other attendees, aim outlining three possible scenarios where could find ...

The international Think Tank on “New Performance Tools: Technologies / Interactive Systems” was a weekend research laboratory and took place January 25-27, 2002, in Columbus, Ohio, under the umbrella of the new “Interactive Performance Series” in OSU’s Dance and Technology program. Its aim was to bring together a small group of professional artists with established practices to explore the prac...

In helping to improve the efficient use of data while also enhancing data protection and compliance standards, one information security expert claims that organisations need to take heed from the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD). According to Andrew Serwin, CEO of The Lares Institute , a think tank focused on technology, privacy and information governance, ‘the cyber risk is an asymmetric threa...