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==Personal Life== | ==Personal Life== | ||
Alexander (Aleco) Christakis was born in Crete in 1937, moved to the USA in 1956, and | Alexander (Aleco) Christakis was born in Crete in 1937, moved to the USA in 1956 to pursue a BA in theoretical physics at Princeton University and a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics at Yale. In 1968 he returned to Greece and joined the architectural firm of [[Doxiadis]]. At the same time, he met Hasan Özbekhan and, together with [[Aurelio Peccei]] and [[Erich Jantsch]], co-founded the [[Club of Rome]]. In the 1970s, he served on the faculties of Yale University, Georgetown University, the University of Athens, the University of Virginia, and George Mason University (as the Director of the [[Center for Interactive Management]] headed by [[John N. Warfield]]). In 1989, he founded his own consultancy firm, CWA Ltd., dedicated to practicing Interactive Management principles. Around 2015, he settled in Crete. | ||
==Academia and Career== | ==Academia and Career== | ||
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==Video Presentations== | ==Video Presentations== | ||
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==Selected Book Publications== | ==Selected Book Publications== | ||
* Christakis, A. N., & Bausch, K. C. (2006). Co-laboratories of democracy: How people harness | * Christakis, A. N., & Bausch, K. C. (2006). Co-laboratories of democracy: How people harness their collective wisdom to create the future. Information Age Publishing. | ||
their collective wisdom to create the future. Information Age Publishing. | |||
* Flanagan, T. R., & Christakis, A. N. (2021). The talking point: creating an environment for exploring complex meaning. IAP. | * Flanagan, T. R., & Christakis, A. N. (2021). The talking point: creating an environment for exploring complex meaning. IAP. | ||
* Christakis, A. N., & Kakoulaki, M. Z. (2025). The Thread: Within the Deliberative Democracy Labyrinth. Emerald Publishing Limited. | * Christakis, A. N., & Kakoulaki, M. Z. (2025). The Thread: Within the Deliberative Democracy Labyrinth. Emerald Publishing Limited. | ||
