Jude graduated from the inaugural Master of Climate Change program at the University of Waterloo and he is now working towards his PhD. For his doctoral research, Jude is seeking to advance the methodological approach for better anticipating hard-to-foresee scenarios for complex social systems. Complex systems have many moving parts, where multiple opportunities exist for things to ‘go wrong’ simultaneously at different scales. Internal feedback mechanisms may encourage such cascading failures, making them more frequent than probability theory suggests. Through his work in multi-scales scenario research, Jude has developed a keen interest in Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) system architecture. Jude believes his current research in matrix-driven scenario method has the potential to be extended as a provision for big data analytic platform for RAHS. The matrix is flexible and extendable that can incorporate various sub-functions such as environmental scanning, decision modelling, scenario analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, policy impact and sensitivity analysis, multiple levels and multiple sectors. Jude has been involved in several scenario projects such as the “Future of Urban Transport” at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, the “Future of Work/Technology 2050” for a global foresight think tank, the Millennium Project, and “Canada’s Low-carbon Energy Futures” for Energy Council of Canada.
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