Anthony Masys

Anthony Masys is a Defence Scientist for the Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada, Centre for Security Science. Assigned as Scientific Advisor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Major Events and Protective Policing Division, Dr. Masys supported both the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and G8/G20 Summits. As a result of participation in these events, he has influenced the development of the ‘whole of government’ Major Events Security Framework (MESF).

In addition to his duties as a defence scientist supporting the safety and security domains, Dr. Masys is also an Associate Tutor for the Distance MSc Program on Risk Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Leicester (UK), and has been appointed as Adjunct Professor at York University (Toronto) within the Disaster Management Graduate Program and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa (Telfer School of Management).

He is a member of the editorial advisory board for the Springer Publishing book series Lecture Notes in Social Networks, and a member of the editorial board for the new Springer Journal Infrastructure Complexity.

A former senior Air Force Officer, Dr. Masys has a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Underwater Acoustics and Oceanography from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a PhD from the University of Leicester (UK).

He has published extensively in the domains of physics and the social sciences. His research interests focus on terrorism/counter-terrorism studies, human security, complex socio-technical systems, human error, systems thinking, risk, crisis and disaster management, knowledge management, and organizational learning.