Jorgen Randers is professor of policy analysis at the Norwegian School of Management, where he teaches scenario analysis and corporate social responsibility. He was formerly President of the Norwegian School of Management 1981 – 89, and Deputy Director-general of WWF International (World Wide Fund for Nature) in Switzerland 1994 – 99.

Randers received his Ph.D. from the Sloan School of Management. He has authored a number of books and scientific papers, including “The Limits to Growth” (1972) and “Limits to Growth – The 30 Year Update” (2004). His research interests include: futures research, using system dynamics and scenario planning to study the time development in systems, from global ecological footprint via industry sectors to concrete businesses like the global tankship market; the global, national and corporate move towards increased environmental and social sustainability; and the corporate responsibility for contributing towards sustainability.

He is a core faculty member of The Prince of Wales’ Business and the Environment Programme, a weeklong seminar for senior managers in multinational companies run four times a year by Cambridge University. Randers is a non-executive member of a number of corporate boards, including Tomra ASA in Oslo and the “sustainability councils” of the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, and British Telecom in London, and is a member of the boards of WWF in Norway and in Switzerland.

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