James Shelley heads Western University’s Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Lab. This network, established in early 2020, serves as an interdisciplinary hub for the study of complexity and system scholarship at Western University, bridging every faculty on the campus. James is also a Knowledge Mobilization Specialist in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. His role involves piloting strategic initiatives, designing experimental ways to share new research, and delivering professional development training.
James especially focuses on novel approaches to using data, automation and storytelling in knowledge mobilization and science communication. An autodidact at heart, he has a special interest in the overlap of complexity theory, information, narrative, and communications.