The Centre for Complex Systems Science was established through the CSIRO Emerging Science Initiative. It acts as a virtual centre with a small core group in Canberra, supported projects throughout CSIRO and a range of linkage activities.

The main activity of the centre is through funding projects in CSIRO Divisions. The centre also supports a range of linkage activities to ensure cross-fertilisation between groups working on complex system science. The linkage activities include Working Groups in specific complex system science areas and Interaction Tasks, focussed on key questions in complex systems science.

Link to summary of activities of the Centre.

The centre is managed by an executive, with oversight by a science board. The emerging science areas report to the Emerging Science Oversight Committee chaired by Michael Barber (Executive Director, Science Planning). Description of operation and governance (150 kB pdf).

• Director: John Finnigan
• Network Coordinator: Rachel Williams
• PA: Danielle Stevens
• Research scientists: David Newth
• Post-doctoral fellow: Markus Brede

• John Finnigan: CSIRO CSS Core, Gungahlin
• Fabio Boschetti: CSIRO Exploration and Mining
• Roger Bradbury: Tjurunga, Visiting Fellow CRES ANU
• Ian Enting: CSIRO Atmospheric Research
• David McDonald: CSIRO Marine Research
• Glynn Rogers: CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics
• Brian Walker: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

• Bob Dewar: Centre for Complex Systems ANU
• Michael Barber: CSIRO Corporate, Ex-Officio as chair of ESA oversight board.

• Listed on the working group page