Werner Mittelstaedt
Werner Mittelstaedt (* 1954 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German author , futurologist and future philosopher. His main topics are qualitative growth , sustainable development , future research , future design, chaos theory , globalization , sustainable science and technology, future ethics , north-south relationship, peace , progress and long-term global megatrends .
Life
Werner Mittelstaedt is the initiator and former chairman of the Society for Future Models and System Criticism, founded on March 26, 1977 and dissolved on August 11, 2007. V. (GZS). In July 2009, the complete GZS documents were archived in the ISG / city archive of the city of Gelsenkirchen and documented in a finding aid. Werner Mittelstaedt is the author of monographs, articles in books, e-books, magazines and on the Internet. The magazine Blickpunkt Zukunft was founded by him in 1980. The first edition was published in April 1981. From October 2008 to April 2014, he published it together with the Association of German Scientists (VDW). Since then he has published the magazine on his own. In 1994 he was accepted as a member of the Association of German Scientists (VDW) because of his achievements in future research and future design. He is one of the founding members of the Future Research Network founded in 2007.
Publications
- Turnaround in growth. Chance for the future . Wirtschaftsverlag Langen-Müller / Herbig, Munich 1988. ISBN 3-7844-7233-8 .
- Shaping the future and chaos theory. Basics of a new future design including the chaos theory . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt / Main, Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris and Vienna, 1993, ISBN 3-631-45221-7 .
- The chaos shock and the future of humanity. Verlag Peter Lang Frankfurt / Main, Bern, New York, Paris and Vienna, 1997. ISBN 3-631-49767-9 .
- Peace, Science, Future 21. Visions for the new century . Publisher Peter Lang Frankfurt / Main, Bern, New York, Brussels, Paris and Vienna, 2000, ISBN 3-631-36087-8 .
- Course correction. Building blocks for the future . Book Guild Gutenberg (Edition Book Guild), Frankfurt / Main, Vienna and Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-936428-33-6 .
- Course correction. Building blocks for the future . Gutenberg Book Guild (Zeitkritik edition), Frankfurt / Main, Vienna and Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-7632-5456-0 .
- Focus on the future. Contributions and contemporary documents on the future and peace discussion , (Ed.), BoD Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-3986-6 .
- The principle of progress. A new understanding of the challenges of our time . Verlag Peter Lang Frankfurt / Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford and Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57527-7 .
- SMALL. Why less is better and what we should know about it . Verlag Peter Lang Frankfurt / Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford and Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-631-61953-7 . (As an e-book: ISBN 978-3-653-01839-4 ).
- Contemporary documents on the future and peace discussion. Reprints BLICKPUNKT ZUKUNFT issues 1 - 60 . (Ed.), BoD Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-735-77608-2 .
- Tipping Point (novel) . NOEL-Verlag Oberhausen / Obb. 2017, ISBN 978-3-954-93229-0 .
- Anthropocene and Sustainability. Food for thought about the climate crisis and sustainable action . Verlag Peter Lang Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa and Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-631-82521-1 .
Play
- Tipping Point . Theaterverlag Theaterbörse GmbH, Braunschweig, February 2016, Tipping Point - tipping point at the Theaterbörse GmbH, Braunschweig
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vita
- ↑ GZS
- ^ Institute for Urban History of the City of Gelsenkirchen
- ↑ Association of German Scientists (VDW)
- ↑ Memberships
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mittelstaedt, Werner |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German futurologist and future philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen |