Jim Dator

Jim Dator

James Allen (Jim) Dator is Professor, and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his BA from Stetson University where he graduated magna cum laude. Seven years after that he received his PhD from American University.

His major areas of specialization include:

--Political futures studies (especially the forecasting and design of new political institutions, and the futures of law, education, and technology) --Space and society, especially the design of governance systems for space settlements --The political-economic futures of North America, the Pacific Island region, and East Asia, especially Japan and South Korea --Media production and the politics of media-- video, radio, and multimedia production and the effects of these media on political and other human relations and consciousness

He is also:Co-Director, Space & Society Department
International Space University, Strasbourg, France.

Fellow and member of the Executive Council of the
World Academy of Art & Science,

Secretary General/President of the
World Futures Studies Federation, 1983-93.

External links

* [http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/dator/datorindex.html Homepage at the University of Hawaii]
* [http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/CampusFutures.htm 2006 Campus futures article...]


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