Stephen Harwood has experienced a number of lives, the latest being his recent appointment as a lecturer in the Dept of Space & Climate Physics, UCL.

His former life include the roles of geophysicist, writer, educator, change agent, entrepreneur and director, with experience spanning the coal-oil, electronics and tourism industries.

In 2010 he was awarded his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh for his study of how hoteliers ‘domesticated’ online technologies. His research interests lie at the intersection of sustainability, technology and cybersystemics, with a growing portfolio of publications that span a range of topics which include technology futures, autonomous weapon systems, ERP implementation, makerspaces, sustainability and cybersystemics.

First exposed to the VSM and the VIPLAN Methodology by Raul Espejo in the mid-1980s, this has emerged as a prominent area of his research over the last decade.