Medard Gabel's Page

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

After working with Buckminster Fuller for 12 years on the World Peace Game, or "World Game" for short, I developed an online global simulation called "NetWorld Game" and other simulations, including the FutureGame (used for strategic planning by corporations and NGOs), the Climate ChangeGame, the Presidential Advisor Game, and others. For more information, see http://www.bigpicturesmallworld.com http://www.bigpictureconsulting.com and
http://www.designsciencelab.com

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Global

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

United States

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Director, BigPictureSmallWorld, BigPicture Consulting, and Design Science/Global Solutions Lab

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.bigpicturesmallworld.com

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Peacebuilding, Development, Youth, Education, Environment

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Program Design, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

• Economic costs of meeting basic human needs of 100% of humanity
• Development of strategic plans by students and young professionals for UN for meeting Millennium Development Goals
• Collaborative online strategic planning for meeting basic human needs
• Global energy systems
• Global food systems

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

• Global Inc.: An Atlas of the Multinational Corporation
• Energy, Earth and Everyone
• Design Science Primer