Concentrating mainly on the process philosophy developed by Alfred North Whitehead, this series of essays brings together some of the newest developments in the application of process thinking to the physical and social sciences. These essays, by established scholars in the field, demonstrate how a wider and deeper understanding of the world can be obtained using process philosophical concepts, how the distortions and blockages inevitably inherent in substantivist talk can be set aside, and how new and fertile lines of research in the sciences can be opened as a result.
Dr. Mark R. Dibben is Associate Professor of Management and Deputy Head of the School of Business and Economics at Monash University Gippsland. He is Executive Director-elect of the International Process Network and a ''professor in residence'' in the Centre for Process Studies at the Claremont School of Theology. He serves on the editorial boards of, amongst others, Process Studies and Philosophy of Management.
Rebecca Newton completed her doctoral research at the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research examined the efficacy of the anti-terrorism legislation in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada in countering the threat from radical Islamist terrorist movements. Prior to this, she served as a police officer in the United Kingdom. During her service she briefed the U.K. Prime Minister and the Home Secretary on crime reduction and community safety strategies, and has given similar presentations to the Australian Federal Police in Canberra.
