Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice

• Phone: +61 7 3365 4815
• Fax: +61 7 5460 1324
• Email: k.maani@uq.edu.au

Professor Kambiz Maani is the holder of UQ-AgResearch Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice at the University of Queensland.

Professor Maani’s academic and consulting career spans over 25 years in the USA, Asia, Australasia, and South America. He is an internationally acknowledged expert in systems thinking, organizational learning and leadership. Kambiz has lectured internationally and has held visiting positions at a number of universities including MIT, London Business School, Boston University, Cornel and Helsinki School of Economics. His research focuses on complex systems, group decision making, managerial effectiveness, and collective learning in organisations. He is the recipient of several research and publication awards from international academic journals.

He has published widely and has consulted to numerous organisations and governments in Australasia and around the world. He is co-author (with Professor Robert Cavana) of internationally acclaimed book: Systems thinking, Systems Dynamics - Managing Change and Complexity. The book, now in second edition, is used widely at universities and corporations around the world.