Talks
Research-informed talks for academic, professional or organisational audiences.
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Focused ways I can contribute to system safety, human factors and socio-technical risk work.
I can support external activities where research-informed, human-centred and systems-based safety analysis would be useful. This includes talks, workshops, review input, research collaboration and focused applied support.
Overview
Focused ways I can contribute
These are intentionally focused forms of support. Each activity should start from a clear question, audience or problem, not from a generic package.
Workshops
Interactive sessions built around a safety question, method or learning need.
Read moreReview and advisory input
Focused review input on safety, risk, human factors or socio-technical analysis.
Read moreResearch collaboration
Collaboration on research, publications and funded project ideas.
Read moreApplied support
Selected project-based support for clearer safety and risk analysis.
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What each service can involve
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Talks
Research-informed talks can introduce, clarify or critically examine how audiences understand safety in complex socio-technical systems. Talks can be tailored for academic, professional, healthcare, transport, aviation, engineering or safety-focused audiences.
Discuss a talkThis can include
- Socio-technical safety and system safety thinking
- Human factors in complex systems
- Safety-I, Safety-II and systems-theoretic safety
- Risk assessment and the limitations of risk matrices
- STPA, FRAM, CAST and systems-based methods
- Work-as-imagined and work-as-done
- AI, LLMs and emerging safety-critical systems
Useful for
- Seminars
- Conferences
- Internal learning events
- Professional development sessions
- Research group events
- Safety or human factors communities
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Workshops
Workshops are designed around a defined question, case, method or learning need. They are intended to help participants reason through complexity, not simply receive information.
Discuss a workshopThis can include
- Introductory workshops on socio-technical safety
- Method-focused workshops on STPA, FRAM or CAST
- Risk assessment workshops for complex processes or service changes
- Work-as-imagined and work-as-done mapping
- Safety learning and incident-analysis workshops
- Human factors workshops for applied safety problems
Useful for
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Research groups
- Safety and risk professionals
- Healthcare, aviation, rail or emerging-technology contexts
- Early-stage project scoping
- Method familiarisation
Important note: Workshop outputs are usually exploratory, developmental or educational. They are not a substitute for full assurance, regulatory approval or local professional judgement.
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Review and advisory input
Review and advisory input can support teams who need an external perspective on safety analysis, risk assessment, human factors or socio-technical analysis. This is most useful when the question is specific and the expected output is clearly scoped.
Request review inputThis can include
- Review of risk assessment approach or documentation
- Review of systems-based safety analysis
- Feedback on STPA, FRAM, CAST or related method use
- Review of incident-learning or accident-analysis material
- Feedback on academic manuscripts, project ideas or grant concepts
- Advice on whether a method fits the question and evidence available
Useful for
- Research teams
- Safety and risk teams
- Method development work
- Early-stage project planning
- Academic or professional outputs
- Organisations seeking a systems perspective
Boundary note: This is advisory input, not certification, legal advice, regulatory approval or a formal safety assurance sign-off.
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Research collaboration
Research collaboration is suitable where there is a shared academic or applied question in system safety, human factors, socio-technical risk, accident analysis or emerging safety-critical technologies.
Discuss collaborationThis can include
- Joint research papers
- Grant and proposal development
- Cross-sector system safety projects
- Healthcare safety and risk assessment research
- Aviation, rail or transport safety research
- AI-enabled systems, LLMs and safety assessment
- Method comparison or method development studies
Useful for
- Academic collaborators
- Research centres
- Doctoral or postgraduate project development
- Applied research partners
- Interdisciplinary teams
- International research networks
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Applied support
Applied support is intended for selected, focused projects where socio-technical safety thinking can help clarify a problem, structure analysis or support better learning. It is best suited to bounded questions rather than open-ended consultancy.
Discuss applied supportThis can include
- Scoping a safety or risk question
- Selecting an appropriate analysis method
- Structuring a socio-technical safety review
- Supporting interpretation of safety analysis findings
- Facilitating structured discussion around risk, controls or learning
- Helping translate findings into clearer recommendations
Useful for
- Complex safety questions
- Service redesign or operational change
- Emerging technology concepts
- Safety-critical processes
- Risk assessment improvement
- Learning from incidents or near misses
Boundary note: Applied support is selective and carefully scoped. It does not replace local accountability, technical assurance, clinical judgement, engineering judgement or regulatory responsibilities.
Approach
How I work
The work starts from the question, context and people involved. A human-centred approach means understanding how work is organised in practice, what constraints shape decisions, and what kind of support would be useful.
Start with the question
The method should serve the problem, not the other way around.
Understand the system
Attention is given to people, technology, tasks, organisations, regulation and context.
Work with evidence
Outputs should be grounded in available evidence, operational knowledge and clear assumptions.
Make boundaries explicit
The scope, limitations and intended use of the work should be clear from the start.
Support learning
The aim is to support clearer understanding, reflection and practical decision-making.
Stay proportionate
The level of detail should fit the risk, audience, time and purpose.
Fit
Is this the right kind of support?
A good fit
- You want to examine safety as a socio-technical issue.
- You need a clearer way to frame a complex safety or risk question.
- You are interested in human factors, system safety or systems-based methods.
- You want research-informed input rather than a generic template.
- You are open to discussing uncertainty, assumptions and system boundaries.
Probably not the right fit
- You need formal certification, legal advice or regulatory approval.
- You need someone to take over local safety accountability.
- You want a quick generic answer without context.
- You need discipline-specific technical assurance outside my expertise.
- You want a method applied mechanically without discussion of limitations.