University of Waterloo Office of Research announces a call for applications for the fifth round of the UW Interdisciplinary Trailblazer Fund.
Applications are due November 27, 2023.
Welcome Dr. Sean Geobey as Director and Dr. Chrystopher Nehaniv as Associate Director of WICI.
A special thank you to Vanessa Schweizer and Sharon Kirkpatrick for their leadership over the past three years, in particular leading WICI through renewal and establishing a five-year plan to take WICI through 2026.
The SMART Training platform is pleased to announce the call for applications for their 2023/2024 bursary. Admission is open to Canadian graduate students.
Attached you will find further bursary, application process, and eligibility details for your review.
Please note that the application deadline is August 18th, 2023.
Decisions will be announced by the end of August 2023; with a funding start of September 1st, 2023. Applications are to be submitted through the SMART training platform website found here: https://smart-training.ca/join-us/.
Please direct any questions to admin@smart-training.ca.
Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation is seeking a WICI affiliate faculty member and/or WICI graduate student member (new members welcome), who are interested in complex systems research and enthusiastic about supporting networking and capacity building activities at University of Waterloo, for Steering Committee Representation. Expressions of interest are due April 22, 2022.
The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) has been approved by the University of Waterloo Senate for another 5 years of operation!
If you were to predict the most significant negative societal outcomes of the pandemic, what would it be? How about positive consequences? Throughout summer-fall 2020, WICI Core Member Igor Grossmann asked world’s leading behavioral and social scientists to share their thoughts on what effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our societies, to shed light on the possible long-term impact of the pandemic; not only challenges but also opportunities to better the human condition in the world after Covid. They were also asked to share their advice regarding the wisdom people will need right now to make it through the crisis, and to create a better world thereafter.
On Igor's interactive web portal, you can see interviews with 50+ experts from 10 different countries – a time-capsule of scientists’ perspectives on the world after Covid, classified by common themes across the interviews. Or check out the interactive visualizations of results!
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Dr. Sami Houry offers experience is in business, market research, data analysis and program evaluation. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration with a specialization in complex systems, an undergraduate degree in Physics, and most recently, a professional designation