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Simon Levin

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Director, Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University

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Simon Levin

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Director, Center for BioComplexity at Princeton University

Simon A. Levin is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and the Director of the Center for BioComplexity in the Princeton Environmental Institute. His research examines the structure and functioning of ecosystems, the dynamics of disease, and the coupling of ecological and socioeconomic systems. Levin is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and a Foreign Member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, and the Istituto Lombardo (Milan). He has over 500 publications and is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity and the Princeton Guide to Ecology. Levin’s awards include: the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Margalef Prize for Ecology, the Ecological Society of America’s MacArthur and Eminent Ecologist Awards, the Luca Pacioli Prize (Ca’Foscari University of Venice), the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and the National Medal of Science.

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BCG Henderson Institute | September 27, 2024

From Change Management to Change Strategy

Corporate change is notoriously difficult and often fails. One reason is that success is considered to depend only on how change is executed—that is, the quality of “change management.” We argue that change must instead be treated as a strategic problem, varying the approach to change depending on the type of challenge encountered and the internal characteristics of the company.

BCG Henderson Institute | June 5, 2024

To Thrive in a Turbulent World, Corporations Must Learn to Forget

By creating a cycle of learning and forgetting, companies will be better able to adapt to changing environments, evading the mental entrapments of the past.

BCG Henderson Institute | May 22, 2024

Exploring New Frontiers In Technology Regulation

Key takeaways from the BCG Henderson Institute’s 2024 Science and Business Dinner, where participants discussed the challenges of regulating emerging technologies and proposed novel approaches.

BCG Henderson Institute | April 22, 2024

Noise: An Unlikely Ally for Business Leaders

Noise—small, random deviations from regularities—is omnipresent. Instead of treating it as a nuisance that is to be eliminated, businesses can embrace noise as as a powerful ally.

BHI Japan | November 27, 2023

豊かな高齢化社会に向けて

BCGヘンダーソン研究所 (BHI) が開催した2023年のMeeting of Minds (MoM) では、さまざまな分野の視点から人口高齢化の課題を分析し、個人、社会、企業にとっての新たな解決策を検 討しました。議論結果の概要をご紹介します。

BCG Henderson Institute | November 27, 2023

Toward A Flourishing Aging Society

Key takeaways from the BCG Henderson Institute’s 2023 Meeting of Minds, which dissected the challenges of demographic aging from a multi-disciplinary perspective and examined emerging solutions for individuals, societies, and businesses.