Ivo Šlaus

Šlaus, Ivo

Šlaus, Ivo

Honarary President, World Academy of Art & Science;  Dean, Dag Hammarskjold University College for International Relations & Diplomacy, Zagreb
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Honarary President, World Academy of Art & Science;  Dean, Dag Hammarskjold University College for International Relations & Diplomacy, Zagreb

He is a nuclear and particle physicist and director of South East European Division of the Academy (SEED). He is also a member of the international advisory council of the Club of Rome and former president of the Croatian Association of the Club of Rome; a member of the Pugwash Council and former president of Croatian Pugwash; a founding Fellow of Academia Europaea; a member of the managing board of the Balkan Political Club; Chairman, International Network of Centres for Sustainable Development; founder and former Executive Committee member of the European Physical Society; Fellow World Innovation Foundation, and a former member of the Parliament of Croatia. Professor Slaus has held academic teaching posts at Rudjer Bošković Institute, Croatia, UCLA, Georgetown University, Duke University, and the International postgraduate school “Jozef Stefan”, Ljubljana (since 2003). He has received national awards for research in 1962 and in 1969.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Concluding remarks at the Podgorica conference
Ivo Šlaus
Get Full Text in PDF Global scientific output doubles in about 9 years,1 which means that the rate is now five times larger than it was at the time of Newton, Faraday, Einstein and Bohr. Comparing total scientific output with progress in only one discipline—physics, is not correct. The end of science2 has been claimed: there are no major breakthroughs beyond quantum physics and general theory of relativity, and theory of evolution. However, less than two decades ago when physicists were...
The Role of Academies
Ivo Šlaus
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Brief history of academies is presented, and the current role of academies is outlined. 1. Introduction Contemporary world is global, interdependent and rapidly changing.1 These features are occurring for the first time in human history. All of these features are science and technology generated. Present time can be best described by Charles Dickens’ opening sentence of his novel “The Tale of Two Cities” describing the times encompassing the French Revolution: “It...
Human Capital: Its Self-Augmenting Growth & Individuality A Simple, Possibly Naïve Approach
Ivo Šlaus
1. Introduction The 1990 Human Development Report clearly articulated the concept of human development.1 The first chapter, “Defining and Measuring Human Development,” has the forthright statement that people are the real wealth of a nation. Human development is about freedom: human choice (opportunity freedom) and a participatory process (process freedom). Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices - long and healthy life, to be educated and to enjoy a decent standard of...