Dennis Meadows, american systems analyst

A chemist by training, Dennis Meadows is a systems analyst, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, USA. Dennis Meadows obtained his doctoral thesis in 1969, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he began the work that made him known worldwide. From 1970 to 1972, he directed the "Predicament of Mankind" project for the Club of Rome, a think tank on the pressing problems facing societies, bringing together scientists, entrepreneurs and international civil servants. This research project aims to predict the future trajectory of our civilization, on a purely scientific basis and through computer simulation. The World3 model has been created, which produces 13 scenarios, all quite pessimistic, and all announcing a shift of civilization during the 21st century. In 1972, Dennis Meadows, Donnella Meadows, Jørgen Randers and William W. Behrens III submitted their report to the Club of Rome: The Limits to Growth . This is the first major study on the dangers posed by population and economic growth on the world's environmental resources.