Toward a Trans-disciplinary Science of Society – Lecture Schedule

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LECTURE SCHEDULE
September 01
1	Need for a New Paradigm in the Social Sciences	Ivo Šlaus	9.00 – 10.30 AM
2	Need & Prospects for Trans-disciplinarity in the Social Sciences	Garry Jacobs	10.45 – 12.15 AM
3	Social Construction of Knowledge & Reality	Alberto Zucconi	12.15 – 1.30 PM
4	Complex Systems in the Social Sciences	Roberto Poli	2.45 – 4.15 PM
5	Society & Social Power	Janani Harish	4.30 – 6.00 PM

September 02
6	Individual & Society	Garry Jacobs	9.00 – 10.30 AM
7	Evolution of Law and Political Institutions	Winston Nagan	11.00 – 12:30 PM
8	Power and Status	Alberto Zucconi	2.00 – 3.30 PM
9	Transfer of Power	Janani Harish	4.00 – 5.30 PM

September 03
10	Social Development as Network Dynamics	Zbigniew Bochniarz	9.00 – 10.30 AM
11	Challenges & Opportunities	Janani Harish	11.00 – 12.30 PM
12	Toward a Tipping Point in the Human and Social Sciences	Roberto Poli	2.00 – 3.30 PM
13	Fragmented knowledge is a form of disempowerment	Alberto Zucconi	4.00 – 5.30 PM

September 04
14	Anticipation: Complexity & the Future	Roberto Poli	9.00 – 10.30 AM
15	Human Capital	Ivo Šlaus	11.00 – 12.30 PM
16	Social Process, Power Process & Legal Process	Winston Nagan	2.00 – 3.30 PM
17	Process of Development	Garry Jacobs	4.00 – 5.30 PM

September 05
18	Uncertainty, Creativity and the Concept of Limits	Ivo Šlaus	9.00 – 10.30 AM
19	Social Capital	Zbigniew Bochniarz	11.00 – 12.30 PM
20	New Economic Theory	Ian Johnson	2.00 – 3.30 PM
21	Discussion of linkages between Economics and other social sciences	Garry Jacobs	4.00 – 5.30 PM

September 06
22	Sustainable Societies	Zbigniew Bochniarz	09.00 – 10.30 AM
23	Power of Values and Value Realization	Winston Nagan	11.00 – 12.30 PM
24	Course on New Economic Theory – discussion	Karl Wagner	2:00 – 3:30 PM
25	Science of Society – Conclusions	Garry Jacobs	4.00 – 5.30 PM