Leonard Suransky
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Leonard Suransky is a South Africa
n doctor of economics
and the Head of the Department of International Relations at Webster University
in Leiden, Netherlands
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and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He specializes in International Relations games and simulations.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n doctor of economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and the Head of the Department of International Relations at Webster University
Webster University
Webster University is an American non-profit private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...
in Leiden, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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Early life and education
Suransky was born and raised in South Africa. He has a BA from Hebrew University Jerusalem, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of EconomicsLondon School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He specializes in International Relations games and simulations.
Research interests
His current research interests include transitions to democracy in Africa , development issues and poverty alleviation, identity politics, and conflict and crisis management in the Great Lakes Area and Southern Africa. Suransky has often shown an acute paranoia about global warming and the melting of the ice caps, quoting: What will Holland do?Awards
He received the Des Lee Visiting Lectureship in Global Awareness at Webster University. Upon winning the Des Lee Visiting Lectureship in Global Awareness Suransky eloquently stated, “When I first saw the words ‘global awareness’ in the title of the award, I immediately thought ‘that’s not enough.’ After finding out about a problem, how does one get to feel something about it? That involves compassion...This involves some personal risk, perhaps even some danger. So, in a nutshell, how do we move from understanding to compassion to action?”http://www.webster.nl/index.jsp?ACTION=GONEWS&NEWS1=607Lectures given
- "The Global Economy and the Subversion of Indigenous Local Cultures" - Given at the 22nd annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in July 1999.http://ispp.org/annual_meeting_archives/1999conf/program99.html
- "Globalization: Scourge of the South", Given at the 21st annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in July 1998, as part of the 2nd panel on Globalization and Gender Identities.http://ispp.org/annual_meeting_archives/1998conf/prelimprogram98.html
Publications
- Suransky, Leonard (1983) “International Relations Games and Simulations.” In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, edited by Robert Horn and Anne Cleaves. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.