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=Rotary Carter Peace Project 2024= | |||
Yiannis Laouris is a renowned peace activist recognized for his pioneering work in applying virtual technologies and innovative systemic methodologies to foster collaboration among stakeholders with diverse and conflicting perspectives. His efforts are focused on helping these groups create shared visions for ideal futures, identify obstacles to achieving these visions, and explore solutions to overcome these challenges. Utilizing digital technologies and Structured Democratic Dialogue, Laouris harnesses collective intelligence and wisdom to reimagine and redesign humanity’s future based on principles of freedom, equality, and justice. His approach integrates complexity and systems science with the advantages of the digital era. | |||
As the Lead Scientist at the Future Worlds Center and President-Elect of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Laouris and his team are at the forefront of developing systems that scale participatory dialogue processes. These systems engage thousands of participants asynchronously in meaningful, authentic conversations, thereby accelerating positive societal change. The Future Worlds Center has successfully implemented over 120 global projects focused on ideal futures, peace, and human rights. Notable projects include "Re-inventing Democracy" and "Education in the Digital Era," which have involved thousands of participants worldwide. | |||
Laouris is also the founder of CYBERETHICS: Cyprus Safer Internet Center, and has served as a national coordinator and representative in various European and international bodies, such as the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids Online, ECSO, the Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, and ECTEG – Europol. | |||
He is one of the twelve authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto, which explores how the deployment of ICTs profoundly affects the human condition by altering our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world. | |||
In the 1990s, Laouris founded CYBER Kids, a network of computer learning centers that introduced advanced technology into the lives of young children through an educationally relevant and socially responsible curriculum. This initiative aimed to foster creativity, innovation, imagination, and problem-solving skills, thereby advancing the educational and political landscape of Cyprus and seven other countries. The curriculum, grounded in cybernetics, impacted thousands of children and emphasized the integration of IT with positive social change to enhance the educational experience. | |||
Laouris’s research spans multiple disciplines, including neuroscience, applied systems science, peace studies, action research, operations research, neuropsychology, and the neuroscience of learning. He holds a medical degree, a PhD in Neurophysiology (summa cum laude) from Germany, an MS in Systems & Industrial Engineering from the US (GPA 4.0), and a PhD in Systems Engineering (by publications) from Portsmouth University, UK. His extensive body of work includes numerous scientific publications and has been recognized with over twelve distinguished awards. | |||
https://futureworlds.eu/wiki/Yiannis_Laouris | |||
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laouris | |||
https://futureworlds.eu/wiki/Reinventing_Democracy | |||
https://futureworlds.eu/wiki/List_of_Future_Worlds_Center_Contracts | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_the_Systems_Sciences | |||
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319040929 | |||
https://futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS | |||
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9081-5849 | |||
=American Society for Cybernetics Jun 2024= | =American Society for Cybernetics Jun 2024= | ||
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. His team develops 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. In the 90’s he founded CYBER Kids (futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS), a chain of franchised computer learning centers, which introduced IT in the lives of thousands of children in Cyprus and in the 7 countries where it was also launched. The curriculum was grounded on cybernetics. He is also Founder of CYBERETHICS: Cyprus Safer Internet Center. Yiannis is or was 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, has a medical degree and a PhD in Neurophysiology from Germany, an MS in Systems & Industrial Engineering from the US, and a PhD in Systems Engineering from Portsmouth University, UK. 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. | 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. His team develops 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. In the 90’s he founded CYBER Kids (futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS), a chain of franchised computer learning centers, which introduced IT in the lives of thousands of children in Cyprus and in the 7 countries where it was also launched. The curriculum was grounded on cybernetics. He is also Founder of CYBERETHICS: Cyprus Safer Internet Center. Yiannis is or was 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, has a medical degree and a PhD in Neurophysiology from Germany, an MS in Systems & Industrial Engineering from the US, and a PhD in Systems Engineering from Portsmouth University, UK. 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. | ||
