Joachim Rennstich is a Professor (full) of International Social Work at the YMCA University of Applied Sciences (Internationale CVJM-Hochschule) and director of the International Programs at the university. Rennstich has recently been director of studies responsible for politics and physical/health education the Christlich-Pädagogisches Institut (Institute for Christian Pedagogy) at the CJD Arnold-Dannenmann-Akademie, an internal think-tank part of the German-based CJD. He is an expert in the areas of global economy, digital technology, innovation and long-term globalization processes and has published widely on these topics. Rennstich combines nearly 20 years of experience as a communication expert and scholar. After starting his first PR and advertisement firm just out of high school, he was a Professor at the Political Science departments of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and Fordham University in New York, NY, with a Diplom from the University of Goettingen and a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University at Bloomington. Joachim served on the board of the Center for International Policy Studies at Fordham University and as co-founder and -director of The Center for the Study of Long-term Change in World History (LTC).Specialties: Education, Political Risk Analysis, International Relations, International Political Economy, Geopolitics, globalization, digital technologies, impact of technologies on social systems