Dr. Michele Leone

Dr. Leone got a PhD in physics of complex systems from the UNESCO ICTP and the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste, Italy.  He has worked as research scientist applying complex systems theory and tools to real world development problems in computer sciences, biology and economics. He left Europe in 2005 to then work as senior lecturer, consultant and project manager in Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Burundi, Cuba and Madagascar. He joined IDRC in 2010, where he is Senior Program Specialist for Climate Change. He is based in the IDRC regional office for sub-Saharan Africa located in Nairobi, Kenya.  He works on program management, evidence-based decision making, and complex decision making under uncertainty. More recently, his interests have converged towards the linkages between ecosystems and environmental change and human decision making at the basis of mobility and migration.