Jim Dator's Long Vitae

James Allen (Jim) Dator

VITAE through September 2005 Professor, and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies Department of Political Science University of Hawaii at Manoa Mailing Address: University of Hawaii 2424 Maile Way Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA Phone: 1-808-956-6601 Email: dator@hawaii.edu http://www.futures.hawaii.edu

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. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Danforth Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow. Affiliate faculty member, UHM: Public Administration Program Architecture Doctorate Program, School of Architecture Center for Japanese Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies

Major areas of specialization

--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

--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

REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF PRESENTATIONS 2004-1960 [chronological within years]

Revised on August 6, 2004