Ray Ison

Professor of Systems, Applied Systems Thinking in Practice, The Open University
Professor, Systems for Sustainability, Systemic Governance Research Program, Monash Sustainability Institute

Email: ray.ison@monash.edu
Website: http://rayison.blogspot.co.uk/

Biographical Info: Ray is Professor, Systems for Sustainability at the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI), and Professor of Systems, The Open University UK (OU). He is responsible at present within the CADWAGO project (http://www.cadwago.net/ ) for a work package on systemic governance and leads the Systemic Governance Research Program in MSI (http://monash.edu/sustainability-institute/programs-initiatives/systemic-governance-research/ ); at the OU is co- responsible for managing a post-graduate program in Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP). He is President Elect of the ISSS (International Society for the Systems Sciences). Ray headed the OU Systems Department (1995-8; 25 academic staff) then from 2000-04 successfully coordinated a major interdisciplinary 5th Framework program (30 researchers, 6 countries) researching social learning for sustainable river catchment management as well as running an EPSRC funded Systems Practice for Managing Complexity Network. His contributions to systemic governance research began with pioneering work on participatory natural resource management (1985). He is the (co) author or (co) editor of 5 books, 30 book chapters, 110 refereed papers, 60+ other publications, 5 journal special editions and has been an invited Keynote speaker at many international and national conferences. He has had a wide range of significant national and international appointments based on his academic standing.