Pascal Perez

Pascal Perez serves as Senior Professor and Director of the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong, NSW, where he leads research in infrastructure systems and complex socio-technical modeling. His work spans critical domains including water/energy efficiency, future transport, smart cities, and infrastructure engineering logistics, with strategic partnerships across Australia and internationally.

His research focuses on participatory approaches to complex systems, emphasizing stakeholder engagement in infrastructure challenges:

• Participatory Modelling methodologies
• Complex Socio-Technical Systems analysis
• Smart Cities and Communities development
• Transport and Mobility innovation
• Energy and Water Efficiency optimization
• Infrastructure Systems Engineering
• Logistics and Supply Chain resilience

Professor Perez has received significant recognition for his contributions:

• Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW
• Fellow of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ)
• ARC-International Linkage Fellowship (2002)

As Director of SMART Infrastructure Facility, he oversees academic governance and strategic scientific collaborations while maintaining active research output including over 150 publications and co-editing 'Complex Science for a Complex World' (2006). His leadership drives interdisciplinary infrastructure research through national committees including AURIN's Scientific Committee.