Core Members - University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Sean Geobey

WICI Director and Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

Sean Geobey, Director of WICI, brings expertise in social innovation theory, sustainable finance, planning, governance, and decision-theory to his research and teaching. (On Sabbatical until April 30, 2026)

Chrystopher Nehaniv

Acting Director, WICI and Professor, Systems Design Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Dr. Chrystopher Nehaniv, Acting Director of WICI, is a professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Design Departments at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

He is an accomplished senior researcher in mathematics of discrete complex systems. His research interests include Intelligent Systems and Software, Modelling, Simulation and Systems Theory.

Chris Bauch

Professor, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

 is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. He studies epidemiological and environmental systems with a particular emphasis on evaluating interventions such as vaccines. He is particularly interested in coupling models of human behaviour with models of disease dynamics, ecological dynamics, or climate dynamics.  He also conducts research in data-driven dynamical systems approaches to tipping points. 

Trevor Charles

Professor, Biology, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Trevor Charles is a professor of biology at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. His work is in the areas of bacterial genetics and genome engineering, plant microbiome, and functional metagenomics, with an orientation towards Circular Bioeconomy applications.

Peter Deadman

Professor, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Peter Deadman is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. He received his PhD in 1997 from the School of Renewable Natural Resources at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Igor Grossmann

Professor, Psychology, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Igor Grossmann (°ª±è²õ²â·É¾±²õ»å´Ç³¾)Ìýis a Professor of Psychology at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Canada, whose research focuses on the foundations of wise judgment in humans and machines, including how social and cognitive factors, moral reasoning, and emotions shape decision-making and behavior in changing cultural contexts.

Keith Hipel

Professor, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ; President, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada; Senior fellow, Centre of International Governance; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs

is university professor of systems design engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ where he is co-ordinator of the conflict analysis group.

Woi Oh

Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering
is an Assistant Professor in Systems Design Engineering.  He works on diverse human-environment interactions, such as climate migration, armed conflict, resource management, clean energy adoption, disaster management, and climate justice, from the lens of complex systems. He uses a set of computational, data-driven techniques to fully understand the nonlinear interplays and build system sustainability in the long term.

Dawn Parker

Professor, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ - School of Planning

Dawn Parker is a Professor in the School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Canada. She has been actively involved in the development of the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Institute for Complexity and Innovation, serving previously as Associate Director and Director, and most recently leading efforts to develop a Canadian Network for Complex Systems. 

Vanessa Schweizer

Associate Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Vanessa Schweizer is an Associate Professor in Knowledge Integration at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. She applies approaches for understanding complex systems to socio-economic scenarios in the context of climate change. Vanessa was the Director of WICI from 2020-2023.