Célian Colon
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
I am a research scholar in the Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems (EM) Research Group within the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program. My research focuses on modeling systemic risks, disruption cascades, and tipping points in ecological and economic systems, using system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and complex networks.
One of my key contributions is the development of the DisruptSC model, which evaluates the vulnerability of transport networks and supply chains to extreme events. This model has been applied by the World Bank to assess resilience in various countries.
I completed my PhD in Applied Mathematics at École Normale Supérieure Paris under the supervision of Prof. Michael Ghil in 2017, with a dissertation on "Modeling Economic Resilience." I also hold an MSc in Environmental Technology and Policy from Imperial College London (2011) and a degree from École Polytechnique Paris (2010), where I received a multidisciplinary engineering education.
Here is the abstract of the paper I am presenting at the conference