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=Mar 2024 ISSS Nomination= | |||
Active in ISSS periodically since 2003, co-organized mini-Symposia in 2022/23 and pioneered creation of https://wiki.isss.org. Social-, business-, and science entrepreneur, holding an MD (distinction; Germany), a PhD Neurophysiology (summa cum laude; Germany), an MSc Eng (GPA 4.0: USA), and a PhD Systems Engineering (UK). Lead scientist and Chair of Future Worlds Center (www.futureworlds.eu). Founding member of Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies; member of Board of Institute for 21st Century Agoras; national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, ECSO, Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, ECTEG – Europol, and member of Boards and/or partner in several high-tech companies. One of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto, and lead author of Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era Manifesto. Leads internationally the development of theory, tools, and applications of structured dialogic design. Yiannis conducts research to scale up participatory dialogic processes engaging asynchronously thousands of people in meaningful authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. 100+ papers/book chapters; 160+ conference papers. ORCID number: 0000-0002-9081-5849. | |||
==Jan 2023 Springer Janet Book | |||
=Dec 2023 Portsmouth Seminar= | |||
Yiannis Laouris is a social, science and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer. He promotes the application of digital technologies and structured democratic dialogue as tools to harness the collective intelligence and collective wisdom of people. They develop systems to scale up participatory dialogic processes to engage asynchronously thousands of participants in meaningful authentic dialogues, thus accelerating positive societal change. They have implemented more than 100 global projects, engaging thousands, to Re-inventing Democracy and Education in the Digital Era. Yiannis founded Future Worlds Center, the Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology institute, the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, and several high-tech companies. He is member of board, national coordinator and/or representative in many European and International bodies, including the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, ECSO, Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, ECTEG – Europol, etc. He is one of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto. He has published in neuroscience, applied systems science and peace, and in the neuroscience of learning; several books, ov Laouris has a medical degree and a PhD in Neurophysiology from Germany, and an MS in Systems & Industrial Engineering from the US, and a PhD in Systems Engineering (pending) from Portsmouth. His work is published in several books, over 100 scientific papers and honored with more than 12 distinguished awards. ORCID number: 0000-0002-9081-5849. | |||
=Jan 2023 Springer Janet Book= | |||
Yiannis Laouris is CEO of Future Worlds Center, a Cyprus-based CSO whose vision is to consciously re-design humanity's futures to construct a world based on values of freedom, equality and justice, using complexity and systems science and harnessing the positives of the digital era. Laouris is also leading several high-tech companies and is Founding and/or Member of many Boards in domains that involve positive social change, especially in the context of the socio-technical revolution in which we are immersed. He is one of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto, and he promotes the application of digital technologies and Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) as tools to harness the collective intelligence and collective wisdom of people. His team develops systems to scale up participatory dialogic processes to engage thousands of participants asynchronously in meaningful, authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. He leads global projects, engaging thousands to Re-inventing Democracy and Education in the Digital Era. He has published in neuroscience, applied systems science and peace, and in the neuroscience of learning; several books and over 100 scientific papers have been honoured with more than 12 distinguished awards. ORCID number: 0000-0002-9081-5849. | Yiannis Laouris is CEO of Future Worlds Center, a Cyprus-based CSO whose vision is to consciously re-design humanity's futures to construct a world based on values of freedom, equality and justice, using complexity and systems science and harnessing the positives of the digital era. Laouris is also leading several high-tech companies and is Founding and/or Member of many Boards in domains that involve positive social change, especially in the context of the socio-technical revolution in which we are immersed. He is one of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto, and he promotes the application of digital technologies and Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) as tools to harness the collective intelligence and collective wisdom of people. His team develops systems to scale up participatory dialogic processes to engage thousands of participants asynchronously in meaningful, authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. He leads global projects, engaging thousands to Re-inventing Democracy and Education in the Digital Era. He has published in neuroscience, applied systems science and peace, and in the neuroscience of learning; several books and over 100 scientific papers have been honoured with more than 12 distinguished awards. ORCID number: 0000-0002-9081-5849. | ||
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Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 150 conference papers and presentations. | Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 150 conference papers and presentations. | ||
