Alexander Christakis
| Aleco Christakis | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 80–81) Archanes, Crete, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek, American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Awards |
The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Medal (2007) DEMOSOPHIA Award (1993) Creative Programming Award' (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
nuclear physics systems science structured dialogic design |
| Institutions |
Institute for 21st Century Agoras Future Worlds Center |
| Influences |
Costas Doxiadis Hasan Özbekhan John Warfield |
| Influenced |
Yiannis Laouris Tom Flanagan Ken Bausch |
Alexander (Aleco) Christakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Χρηστάκης; born 1937) is a Greek American social scientist, systems scientist and cyberneticist, former faculty member of several Universities, organizational consultant and member of the Club of Rome, known for his "study and design of social systems".
Christakis came to the United States in 1956, and received a BA in theoretical physics at Princeton University and a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics at Yale. Later on he proceeded studying urban planning, and systems science until 1970.where?
After the birth of his son Nicholas he returned to Greece and joined the architectural firm of Doxiadis Associates which was specialized in architecture and town planning. In 1968 he was co-founder of the Club of Rome, where he was a collaborator of Aurelio Peccei, Erich Jantsch and Hasan Özbekhan. Since the 1970s Christakis has served on the faculties of Yale University, Georgetown University, University of Athens, and the University of Virginia. He also spent five years at George Mason University as the Director of the Center for Interactive Management headed by John N. Warfield. In 1989 Christakis founded his own management consultancy firm CWA Ltd. dedicated to apply Interactive Management principles, and he has been CEO ever since.
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