In 2013, Vesalius College, the Institute for European Studies (IES) and the Global Governance Institute (GGI) created an Advanced Certificate in Global Risk Analysis & Crisis Management that included 10 modules. The Red Team took an active part in the curriculum design of the first part “Risk Analysis and Early Warning” at the start of the programme, as well as in the training between 2013 and Winter 2020.
The seminars, held over Friday evenings and Saturdays once a month by leading faculty and experts from government, research, and industry provided trainees with the research, analytic and methodological skills needed to avoid surprise, foresee crises and thus manage risks.
The complete list of modules could be consulted on the Vesalius College website.
Beyond the course offered by Vesalius, to also allow trainees to further enhance their knowledge and practice of strategic foresight and warning, we developed our own online training courses (analytical modeling, scenario building and mitigating biases properly), as well as custom training courses.
Featured image: Dr Strangelove, the War Room, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Published by Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond)
Dr Helene Lavoix is President and Founder of The Red Team Analysis Society. She holds a doctorate in political studies and a MSc in international politics of Asia (distinction) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, as well as a Master in finance (valedictorian, Grande École, France).
An expert in strategic foresight and early warning, especially for national and international security issues, she combines more than 25 years of experience in international relations and 15 years in strategic foresight and warning. Dr. Lavoix has lived and worked in five countries, conducted missions in 15 others, and trained high-level officers around the world, for example in Singapore and as part of European programs in Tunisia.
She teaches the methodology and practice of strategic foresight and early warning, working in prestigious institutions such as the RSIS in Singapore, SciencesPo-PSIA, or the ESFSI in Tunisia. She regularly publishes on geopolitical issues, uranium security, artificial intelligence, the international order, China’s rise and other international security topics.
Committed to the continuous improvement of foresight and warning methodologies, Dr. Lavoix combines academic expertise and field experience to anticipate the global challenges of tomorrow.
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