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'''Alexander Laszlo''' (born 1964) an American systems scientist, Director of Leadership and Systemic Innovation PhD program at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, President of Syntony Quest, and faculty member for the Organizational Systems Renewal program at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Seattle, Washington.<ref>http://www.bgi.edu/academics/our-faculty/ Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Seattle, Washington, Faculty]</ref> He was President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in 2012-13, known for his work on systems theories<ref>Werhane, Patricia H. "Moral imagination and systems thinking." ''Journal of Business Ethics'' 38.1-2 (2002): 33-42.</ref> and "knowledge management in a changing world."<ref>Ergazakis, Kostas, Kostas Metaxiotis, and John Psarras. "Towards knowledge cities: conceptual analysis and success stories." ''Journal of knowledge management'' 8.5 (2004): 5-15.</ref>  

Alexander Laszlo is the son of Ervin László, and was born in Fribourg, Switzerland. He received a BA from Haverford College, with a major in International and Comparative Political Science and a minor in Human Physiology. At the University of Pennsylvania he received his MA in History and Sociology of Science, and a PhD in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Policy.

He has been faculty member of both the MBA in Sustainable Business at Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the MBA in Sustainable Management at the Presidio School of Management since the first year of operation of each program. Laszlo now serves as Adjunct Faculty in the MBA in Sustainable Entrepreneurship program of the Green MBA at Dominican University, in the Leadership of Sustainable Systems program at both the Master’s and Doctoral levels at Saybrook Graduate School & Research Center, and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Advanced Study at the Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University.

He has worked for the UNESCO Regional Office for Science & Technology for Europe, the Italian Electric Power Agency, and the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. He has held visiting appointments with the London School of Economics and the European University Institute, and has been named a Level I Member of the National Research Academy of Mexico (SNI).

He is on the Editorial Boards of Systems Research & Behavioral Science,<ref>{{cite web|title=Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Editorial Board|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-1743a/homepage/EditorialBoard.html|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref> World Futures,<ref>{{cite web|title=World Futures Journal of General Evolution, Editorial Board|url=http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713393663~tab=editorialboard|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref> and Organisational Transformation & Social Change.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journal of Organisational Transformation & Social Change, Editorial Boards|url=http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=128/view,page=3/|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref> An active member of several systems science societies, among them Co-Chair of Evolutionary Development SIG at International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS),<ref>{{cite web|title=International Society of Systems Science, Special Integration Groups |url=http://isss.org/world/special_integration_groups|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref> Alexander Laszlo is author of over fifty journal, book, and encyclopedia publications, with A Field Guide for Evolutionary Leaders forthcoming.

Alexander Laszlo is the recipient of the Gertrude Albert Heller Award, the Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award, as well as of the Förderpreis Akademischer Klub award of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, for work in social innovation and sustainable development, and finalist for the 2003 Beyond Gray Pinstripes award of the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute for educational work in sustainable business.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saybrook University, CV Alexander Laszlo|url=http://www.saybrook.edu/phs/academicprograms/faculty/cv/alaszlo|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Center for Evolutionary Leadership, Team|url=http://www.evolutionleader.com/topics/team.htm|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref>

He is also Head Instructor of the Dojang At Occidental (the DAO) with over 25 years of experience. He holds a 5th Degree Black Belt in Chung Do Kwan style of Tae Kwon Do and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Shotokan style of Karate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dominican University of California, Green MBA School of Business and Leadership, Faculty and Staff, Alexander Laszlo|url=http://greenmba.com/Faculty-and-Staff/Laszlo/View-details/|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref>

Laszlo applies in his research, teachings and practice systems thinking, policy analysis, and technology assessment to issues of individual and collective empowerment, and community-building activities on the design and implementation of evolutionary pathways for self-directed sustainability. Laszlo teaches on evolutionary leadership, collaboration, and systems thinking at a variety of MBA and Doctoral programs internationally.

* Laszlo, Ervin, and Alexander Laszlo. "The contribution of the systems sciences to the humanities." ''Systems Research and Behavioral Science'' 14.1 (1997): 5-19.

* Laszlo, A., and Ervin László. "[http://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c02/e6-46-02-01.pdf The systems sciences in service of humanity]." ''Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS),'' F. Parra-Luna,(Ed.). EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK (2003).