The inaugural lecture entitled “Seeing through Nature’s complexity” of Prof. Christian Vincenot will take place on 3 July 2024 on Belval Campus.
Presentation
Nature is the cradle of much of the complexity surrounding us. Many of the crises faced by Mankind, even in most recent times, stem from our inability to perceive, understand and act upon the dynamics of complex environmental systems. After a brief introduction to this broad issue, Prof. Vincenot will describe promising research lines for the improvement of our capacity to anticipate and adapt to upcoming ecological challenges, with a particular focus on the biodiversity crisis. In closing, he will touch upon the fundamental tenets of the vision that the newly established Complex Systems Group intends to nurture in the years to come.
Biography
Prior to joining the University of Luxembourg, Prof. Christian Vincenot spent twelve years as a researcher in Japan. Among those he worked eight years as Tenured/Permanent Assistant Professor at Kyoto University, where he developed a dual expertise in Computer Science and Ecology, focusing on Computational Simulations and Environmental Conservation.
During his career, he was Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Souhatsu Distinguished Researcher of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and he was awarded the Minister’s Commendation, Japan’s highest award for young researchers, in 2021.
Prof. Vincenot now leads the Complex Systems Group at the University of Luxembourg and acts as vice-director for the Doctoral Program in Complex Systems Science (DPCSS). His transdisciplinary work aims at understanding social and ecological complex systems at large by relying on fieldwork, the development of novel data acquisition methods, systems thinking, and simulation modelling.