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Anthony Judge, (Port Said, 21 January 1940) is mainly known
for being the Director of Communications and Research at the Union of International
Associations from 1977 till 2007. At the UIA, in addition to
his role as Assistant Secretary-General, he has been responsible
for systems design, the development of interlinked databases, publications[1] and
research. Since 2007 Judge has retired from the UIA. Currently he
is mainly involved with 4 inter-relating strategic initiatives;
Union of Imaginable Associations, University of Earth, The
Cognitive Fusion Reactor (ITER-8), Union of the Whys.[2]
Knowledge management
technology
His research throughout the years has covered a wide range of
technologies. From the earliest days of computing he has
investigated the possibility for the UIA to make use of these
technologies. For example his research included: in-house
computers, computer typesetting, email, extension of email access to
developing countries, metadata structure, LAN database operation, collaborative editing, automatic
translation, CD-ROM
technology, web
technology, hyperlink
editing, VRML,
inter-institutional data integration, distant database editing,
online data services, sonification of data, XML, and SVG.
Because of his expertise in overarching systems of knowledge,
Judge has been involved in numerous initiatives for organizing
conferences and meetings where organizations can discuss issues
related to knowledge management and dialogue facilitation.
Union of Intelligible
Associations
In 1972 he set up the Union of Intelligible Associations through
a collaboration agreement between UIA and Mankind 2000. The Union
of Intelligible Associatons was responsible for creating a database
on global problems. This database led to the creation of the
Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, of which he has
been the main architect. The database was eventually taken over by
the UIA and made accessible online.[3]
UIA
Databases
Under Judge's direction the UIA developed the most extensive
databases on global civil society. These database contains
entries for over 61,000 international nonprofit bodies, 240,000
international meetings (past and future), 56,000 world problems,
global strategies (32,000), biographies (21,000), concepts of human
development (4,800), human values (3,300) and more. Additionally,
the amount of links between different entries in the databases
reaches about 1,600,000.[3]
Writings
By making use of the databases, over the years Judge has
produced over 1,600 papers on information and knowledge
organization of relevance to governance, policy and strategy-making. All these papers are
nowadays freely available on Judge's personal website 'Laetus in
Praesens' (translated from Latin: 'Joy in the Present').[4] Many of
his papers evolve around the quest to create a wiser and more
functional world. His work has a high level of novelty, for
instance innovation in the use of metaphors, art, poetry,
debate, data-visualization and system
structures. The exploratory interdisciplinary methodology of futures studies, with which Judge has long
been associated, also significantly gives form to his whole
work.
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