Dr. Paul Smoker
Dr. Linda Groff and Dr. Paul Smoker at the FOCAS seminar,'95
- Lloyd Professor of Peace Studies and World Law, Antioch College,
Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA.
Ph.D. and M.Sc. in peace research, Lancaster University, England;
Teachers degree in mathematics, art and education, Manchester
University, England.
World Future Society, World Futures Studies Federation, International
Peace Research Association, International Simulation and Gaming
Association.
- Papers: Peacekeeping, Encyclopedia of the Future, Macmillan, New York,
1995; Prospects for Peace in the Twenty First Century, in Proceedings
of the Turku World Futures Studies Federation 1993 Conference, Turku,
WFSF, 1994;
Spirituality, Religion, and Peace: Exploring the Foundations of
Inner-Outer Peace in the 21st Century, Proceedings of UNESCO Conference
on ``Contributions of Religions to a Culture of Peace'',
UNESCO Centre de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1995 (with Linda Groff);
Towards Global-Local Cultures of Peace, in Culture of Peace,
UNESCO, 1995-96 (with Linda Groff).
- Dr. Smoker had done university teaching for 28 years. He has taught and
researched in Universities in Europe (Lancaster University - England,
Oslo University - Norway, and Zagreb University - former Yugoslavia),
North America (Northwestern University - Chicago, Michigan State
University - East Lansing, University of British Columbia - Vancouver,
and University of Colorado - Boulder), and Asia (Ritsumeikan
University - Kyoto, and Kyoto Seika University - Kyoto).
Dr. Smoker is a founder member of the International Peace Research
Association (IPRA) and European Peace Research Association (EUPRA),
editor of International Peace Research Newsletter, 1988-90, and
Secretary General of IPRA from 1990-94.
He is currently vice president of UNESCO's International Commission
for Peace in the Minds of Men
- Dr. Smoker is very interested in the positive potential of new
information technologies, and also aware of the many problems we face
in using them in a positive way. Living, as we do, in an increasingly
interdependent world, he hopes we can devise ways of using these
new technologies in a creative way for good ends. Educators have a
moral responsibility to work for human betterment and to facilitate
educational experiences and opportunities that can make the world
a better place. He enjoys living and traveling life's road with his
companion and colleague Linda Groff. He likes to listen to music,
and sometimes to silence, and to enjoy nature and miracle of
existence.
