Dr. Pentti Malaska
At the FOCAS seminar, '94
- Professor of management science and operations research, Turku School
of Economics and Business Administration (since 1966).
Ph.D.(Energy Engineering) Helsinki Technical University.
Member of the Finnish Technological Society, Finnish Academy of
Technical Sciences, The Club of Rome, Finnish Society for Futures
Studies (President 1980--1989), the World Futures Studies Federation
(Secretary general 1990--1993 and President 1993--1997).
Awards: the State Medal of Finland, the Medal of the Finnish
Technological Society, the Aurelio Peccei Prize and Plate of the
L'Et\`{a Verde Association and the Futures Prize of the Finland
Society for Futures Studies.
- Books: Africa Beyond Famine: A Report to the Club of Rome, co-edited
with Aklilu Lemma, 1989.
Papers: Progress, Nature, Technology in Futures, Feb. 1994;
Economic and Social Evolution -- the Transformational Dynamics
Approach in New Evolutionary Paradigm, ed. Erwin Laszlo, 1991;
Energy Analysis of Finnish Energy Use, 1991;
Multiple Scenario Approach and Strategic Behaviour in European
Companies in Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 6, 1985.
- Dr. Malaska gained expertise on strategic planning and multiple
scenarios approach in business and on energy policy and economics
by consulting companies and the State Bank of Finland.
His research interest covers futures studies, nature-oriented
technology, interaction society and evolutionary dynamics of
societal development, policy and ethics issues on energy debate,
energy analysis of material development, third world problematique,
and management science modelling of practical decision situations.
