Precautionary governance and the planetary university

Published On: April 1st, 2007

Author: Susanne Porter-Bopp and Michael M’Gonigle

Full Citation: M’Gonigle , M., & Porter-Bopp, S. (2007). Precautionary governance and the planetary university.

The paper discusses notions presented in “Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University” by Michael M’Gonigle and Justine Stark. It discusses the challenge of harnessing the power of the higher education industry, in conjunction with new emerging processes of social change, and to open the university to new missions based on precautionary governance of local and global significance.

 

Precautionary governance and the planetary university