Dennis Meadows
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Dennis Meadows, Ph.D. is co-author of Limits to Growth.
Meadows has been a system thinker for nearly his entire life. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from MIT, where he served on the faculty, and four honorary doctorates from European universities. He has been the Director of 3 university research institutes: at MIT, Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire. Dennis lectured in over 50 countries. He has been a tenured professor in faculties of management, engineering, and social sciences. For many years he has been the Dean of a graduate program based in business and engineering. He has written and co-authored 10 books on systems, futures, and educational games - they have been translated into more than 30 languages. The most famous of the books he co-authored was Limits To Growth, the 30 year update of which was published in 2004. He has been a corporate board member and a consultant for government, industry and non-profit groups in the U.S. and many countries abroad. He co-founded the Balaton Group, a network of ca. 300 professionals in over 30 nations involved in systems science, public policy and sustainable development. Dennis facilitated workshops and developing innovative and complex strategic games all over the world for decades. He is the Past President of the International System Dynamics Society and the International Simulation and Games Association.