The title of this short book is What's Next?, and the short answer is Who Knows? This is despite the mounting evidence that our current worldwide problems are leading people to reassess their priorities for the future and insist on the need for change. The purpose of the book is to take this contrast seriously, and not only to accept the task of seeing what is at stake as we enter upon a new future, but also to face up to the challenge flowing from what this reveals: Can We Do It?

Peter Dwyer, born 1935 retired from his position as Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in 2000, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow. From 1989 he served as a Senior Research Consultant at the University of Melbourne, undertaking collaborative research studies internationally on youth pathways in education. He has makor books, articles and research to his credit. Since his retirement he has published three new books, two available from Amazon and Sid Harta publishers- his memior Life Journeys (2006), and Recovery- Towards a New Future (2010), devoted to a detailed study of the current global crisis and Facing 2030 with Balboa (2020)