Scott Janzwood

PhD in Global Governance    

Scott Janzwood
Graduate
Graduate

Scott Janzwood

PhD in Global Governance

Scott Janzwood’s research examines the ways that scientists and policymakers collaborate to address global catastrophic risks (GCRs) such as climate change, infectious disease outbreaks and near-Earth object (NEO) impacts. His research explores the intervening role of deep uncertainty and the approaches used by experts and decision makers to manage it. His dissertation focuses on the issues of research prioritization and uncertainty communication in climate change and planetary defense governance. He has also contributed to projects on improving foresight programs in the public sector.

Scott’s approach to understanding the interactions between science and policy is grounded in complex systems theory and has been shaped by his work with the Complexity Working Group (CWG) at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI). He has also designed and co-taught an introductory undergraduate course on complex systems and is an Affiliated Researcher with the Ideological Conflict Project.

Previously, Scott was a Visiting Researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at the University of Oxford and received an MA in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where his research investigated the management of risk and uncertainty by econometric climate change models.

Awards

  • SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
  • President’s Graduate Scholarship
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship
  • Balsillie Doctoral Fellowship

Select Publications

  • Janzwood, S. and J. Piereder. 2019. “‘Mainstreaming’ foresight program development in the public sector.” Foresight. DOI: 10.1108/FS-11-2018-0093.
  • Janzwood, A. and S. Janzwood. 2019. “Redrawing the battle lines in the fight over Canada’s price on carbon.” OpenCanada. March 19, 2019
  • Janz, S. and E. Schneider. 2014. “War of the Words”. Slate. December 9, 2014.
  • Janz, S. and T. Maurer. 2014. “The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Cyber and Information Warfare in a Regional Context”. The International Relations and Security Network. October 17, 2014.

Education

  • MA in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs (UW), 2015
  • BA in Political Science, University of Western Ontario, 2012
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