Wolfgang Sachs

Infobox Scientist
name = Wolfgang Sachs
caption = Wolfgang Sachs at the German Protestang Congress 2007 in Köln
residence = Germany
nationality = German
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fields = Sociology, Catholic theology, environment
workplaces = Wuppertal Institut
alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley
known_for = Environmental studies
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Wolfgang Sachs, Ph.D., is a German researcher and author with many books including "Fair Future", "Environment and Human Rights", and "Jo'burg Memo". He is also the editor of the "Development Dictionary".

He suggests (see Sachs, 1996) three ways to reach sustainable development, three perspectives which are related to a security crisis: the home perspective, the perspective of an astronaut, and the endogenous perspective.

A photograph of Wolfgang Sachs can be seen in: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/2/21/Wolfgang_Sachs.jpg]

Current work

He is currently working and lecturing at the Wuppertal Institute [http://www.wupperinst.org/] in Germany. He is the head of the Cross-cutting Project "Globalization and Sustainability" and PhD Collegium "Environment and Fairness in the World Trade Regime" in the Wuppertal Institute.

Wolfgang Sachs is known as one of the many followers of Ivan Illich. His critical works on development idea influenced the green and ecological movements. Sachs participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2007.

Education and academic training

*Studies in sociology and Catholic theology in Munich, Tübingen and Berkeley, California.
*1971 MA in sociology
*1972 MA in theology
*1975 PhD in social sciences

Professional experience

*1975 - 1980 Assistant Professor, Technical University of Berlin
*1980 - 1984 Research Fellow, project "Energy & Society", Technical University of Berlin
*1984 - 1987 Co-Editor "Development", Society for International Development (SID), Rome
*1987 - 1990 Visiting Professor, Science, Technology, and Society, Pennsylvania State University
*1990 - 1993 Fellow, Institute for Cultural Studies, Essen
*Since 1993 Senior Research Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Professional expertise

*Globalization and Sustainability
*Environment and Development
*New Models of Wealth

Teaching/memberships

*Guest Lecturer at the Schumacher College, England
*Guest Lecturer at the Interuniversity Center for Sustainable Development, University of Rome La Sapienza
*Active Member, The Club of Rome

Selected publications

*Sachs, Wolfgang & Santarius, Tilman; "Fair Future : begrenzte Ressourcen und globale Gerechtigkeit ; ein Report." - Munich : Beck, 2005.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Environment and human rights". - Wuppertal : Wuppertal Inst. für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 2003. - (Wuppertal Institute on globalisation)
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Fair wealth : eight shifts towards a light economy." In: Manzini, Ezio (Hrsg.): "Sustainable everyday : scenarios of urban life". - Milan : Edizioni Ambiente, 2003, S. 41-44.
*Sachs, Wolfgang (Hrsg.); "The Jo'burg Memo : fairness in a fragile world ; memorandum for the World Summit on Sustainable Development". - Berlin : Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2002. - (World Summit papers). Also available in German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, French, Turkish, Thai, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Khmer, Urdu.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Ambiente e giustizia sociale : i limiti della globalizzazione". - Rome : Editori Riuniti, 2002.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Development and global environmental change". In: Timmerman, Peter (Hrsg.): "Encyclopedia of global environmental change : volume 5". - Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley, 2002, S. 150-162.
*Banuri, Tariq ; Weyant, John ; Sachs, Wolfgang "et al."; "Setting the stage : climate change and sustainable development". In: Metz, Bert (Hrsg.): "Climate change 2001 : mitigation ; contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change". - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001. - S. 73-114.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Rio +10 and the North-South divide : an essay". - Berlin : Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2001. - (World Summit paper ; 8)
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Globalization and sustainability : an essay". - Berlin : Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2000. - (World Summit paper ; 6)
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Globalización y sustentabilidad : un ensayo". - Berlin : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2000. - (World Summit paper ; 6)
*Ott, Hermann E. & Sachs, Wolfgang; "Ethical aspects of emissions trading : contribution to the World Council of Churches Consultation on "Equity and emission trading - ethical and theological dimensions", Saskatoon, Canada, May 9 - 14 May, 2000. - Wuppertal : Wuppertal Inst. für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 2000. - (Wuppertal Papers ; 110)
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Development : the rise and decline of an ideal"; an article for the "Encyclopedia of global environmental change". - Wuppertal : Wuppertal Inst. für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 2000. - (Wuppertal Papers ; 108)
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Being and buying : the power of limits - an inquiry into new models of wealth". In: "New perspectives quarterly", 17 (2000), 4, S. 14-26.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Planet dialectics : explorations in environment and development". - London [u.a.] : Zed Books [u.a.] , 1999. Also available in Japanese.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Rich in things, poor in time : poverty of time degrades the wealth of goods". In: "Resurgence", 1999, 196, S. 14-18.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; Loske, Reinhard & Linz, Manfred; "Greening the north : a post-industrial blueprint for ecology and equity". - London [u.a.] : Zed Books, 1998. Also available in Italian and Japanese.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Sostenibile è bello, bello è sostenibile?". In: "Architettura naturale", 1998, 3, S. 5-7.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Speed limits". In: Millar, Jeremy (Hrsg.): "Speed : visions of an accelerated age". - London : The Photographers' Gallery, 1996, S. 123-130.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Ecology, justice, and the end of development". In: "Development", 40 (1997), 2, S. 8-14.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Sustainable development". In: Redclift, Michael (Hrsg.): "The international handbook of environmental sociology". - Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 1997, S. 71-82.
*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Wasting time is an ecological virtue". In: "New perspectives quarterly", 1997, 1, S. 4-10.Sachs, Wolfgang & G. Esteva (1996a) "Des ruines du développement". Montreal, Écosociété.Sachs, Wolfgang (1996b) L’anatomie politique du développement durable. En "L’ere postmoderne.Quelques signes et priorités". Interculture. Cahier 130, Winter 1967, "29"(1), 15-37.
*Sachs, Wolfgang (Hrsg.); "Global ecology : a new arena of political conflict". - London [u.a.] : Zed Books [u.a.] , 1993.
*Sachs, Wolfgang (Hrsg.); "The development dictionary : a guide to knowledge as power". - London [u.a.] : Zed Books [u.a.] , 1992. Available editions and translations: Spanish, South African, Indonesian, Indian, Japanese, Thai, Italian, Persian, Brazilian, Mexican, Serbian, French.

*Sachs, Wolfgang: "For love of the automobile : looking back into the history of our desires". - Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press, 1992. Also published in Japanese.

*Sachs, Wolfgang; "Archeologia dello sviluppo : nord e sud dopo il tracollo dell'est". - Sarsina : Macro Edizioni, 1992. Also published in French.

External links

* [http://www.stockexchangeofvisions.org/speaker.php?id=11 Stock Exchange Of Visions: Visions of Wolfgang Sachs (Video Interviews)]