Andy Scollick
PhD | Climate change, energy transition, security and defence | Strategic foresight and planning
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and bear with equanimity whatever may happen” (Marcus Tullius Cicero 46BC)
Ireland, EU, NATO Defence and Security / Climate Change / Emerging & Disruptive Technologies / Strategic Foresight / Systems Thinking / Resilience
About
Dr Andy Scollick specialises in the nexus between climate change, the energy transition, security and defence. Since 2014 he has advised government, military and civil society actors in Europe and elsewhere regarding the development of strategic foresight and adaptive planning.
For 22 years prior to that Andy was a consultant in the field of European marine sustainability and maritime policy, working for national, EU and international level NGOs.
Andy holds a PhD in Sustainability Science, complex systems theory and maritime governance from University College Cork, Ireland where he worked as an EU project researcher and lecturer.
Works
Public Consultation on International Security Policy
My submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs consultation regarding Ireland’s foreign, security and defence policies in relation to climate change, 6 July 2023.
The Irish Defence Forces in the Drone Age
Chapter in the book by Jonathan Carroll, Matthew G. O’Neill and Mark Williams (eds.) The EU, Irish Defence Forces and Contemporary Security published (January 2023) by Palgrave MacMillan.
The Irish Defence Forces in a Changing Climate: Implications and Suggestions for Preparedness, Adaptation and Mitigation Measures
Article in the Defence Forces Review 2021 published (February 2022) by the Irish Defence Forces.
‘Groundhog’ or ‘Sitting Duck’? Why the Defence Forces need strong countermeasures against uncrewed and autonomous aerial vehicles
Article, originally published (minus references) in two parts by the Irish Defence Forces Officers’ Club. Part 1 (August 2021) and Part 2 (October 2021).
Submission, 19 March 2021
Public Consultation: Commission on the Defence Forces
A Strategic Adaptive Defence Planning Framework for State Polities in the 21st Century
Article in the Defence Forces Review 2020 published (December 2020) by the Irish Defence Forces.
Multilevel Adaptive Architecture for Strategic Defence Planning
Working paper (December 2020) that expands on the Defence Forces Review 2020 article.
The nature of shocks and disturbances
Insight, 19 January 2020.
Challenges to Europe’s security and defence
Insight, 17 January 2020.
Contact
Mobile: +353 (0)83 040 6814
Email: resilience.eases@gmail.com
LinkedIn: andyscollick
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andyscollick.wordpress.com 