Robert Jacobson
Education
UCLA
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies - 1970-07-01
Fulbright Scholar, Roskilde Universitet, Denmark. Also worked in Sweden (Umeå U), Norway (Tromsø U) & Finland (Tampere U)
"Cellular Telephony & Transborder Community in the Nordic Arctic Circle", Fields of Study: Telecom Policy, Information-Environmental Design, Regionalism & Community 1980-01-01 - 1981-01-01
UCLA
Ph.D., Planning & Design (Information Environments & Development) 1977-01-01 - 1987-01-01
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
M.Comm.Mgt., Communications Industry Management (MBA equivalent) 1974-01-01 - 1976-01-01
UCLA
M.A., Television Studies (Video) 1972-01-01 - 1974-01-01
UCLA
BA (Comm), MFA (Video), PhD (Planning, Technology & Regional Development), Communication and Media Studies -
UCLA
B.A., Sociology/Mass Comm 1966-01-01 - 1970-01-01
UCLA
BA, MFA, PhD, UCLA • MS, USC, Communication and Media Studies -
UCLA
BA, MFA, PhD, -
University of Southern California
Master of Arts - MA, Communication and Media Studies -
UCLA
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UCLA
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UCLA
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UCLA
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UCLA
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Technology Planning & Regional Development - 1987-01-01
UCLA Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Planning
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Technology Driven Regional Development - 1987-01-01
UCLA
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 1970-09-01 - 2016-03-01
Malmö University
Visiting Professor of New Media, & Entreprenuer in Residence -
Malmö University
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UCLA
Doctorate & Fulbright Scholar, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning - 1997-05-01Work Experience
AtelierTomorrow
Current
AtelierTomorrow
Current
Atelier Tomorrow Inc.
Current
Atelier Tomorrow Inc.
Bluefire Consulting
Current
Bluefire Consulting
The WELL (The world's first and still-best public online community)
Current
The WELL (The world's first and still-best public online community)
Burson-Marsteller
2015-06-01 - 2024-06-01
Burson-Marsteller
University of California, Santa Cruz
2023-06-01 - 2024-01-01
University of California, Santa Cruz
SRI
2020-10-01 - 2023-10-01
SRI
Atelier Tomorrow AB (ATAB)
2011-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Atelier Tomorrow AB (ATAB)
Obama for America
2008-01-01 - 2012-01-01
Obama for America
Skills
Summary
I'm Co-Founder, CEO, and Principal Consultant & Strategist at Atelier Tomorrow Inc., an Arizona nonprofit technology-policy consultancy serving the nonprofit and public sectors. With over 20 years of experience in futuristics, state and national policymaking, scenario planning, and trend analysis, I help clients envision and create innovative solutions for social and environmental challenges, using emerging technologies such as extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain. My mission is to foster citizen engagement, regional innovation, and economic prosperity in the Arizona Borderlands and beyond, through collaborative projects that leverage the potential of XR and other digital platforms. Currently, I'm exploring opportunities to develop in the Borderlands the Patagonia Institute, a proposed XR-industry based R&D and educational enterprise that aims to be an engine of regional innovation and development. Also, I've begun the process of qualifying for, joining, and working within the newly-created US Economic Recover Corps. Earlier, I was a charter member and conference host of The WELL, the world's first and best public online community, where I managed two online conversations on virtual worlds and futuristics. Later, as its cofounder and associate director, I founded and co-managed (with Mark Deloura, now a global tech and design authority in his own right, the groundbreaking USENET newsgroup, sci.virtual-worlds. In it we coined the term virtual world, and wrote extensively about "spatial computing" (a term I devised) and "design thinking" (the same). I welcome good conversations with old colleagues and new friends. -- Robert Jacobson, Ph.D., Co-Founder & Principal, Atelier Tomorrow Inc., PO Box 222, Patagonia, AZ 85624 • Phone: +1 (520) 370-1259 text & calls • Email: bobjacobson.earth@gmail.com (read less frequently)
