Simon Grant

= interdisciplinary systems thinker; consensus governance practitioner; contributor to this Wiki

URL = https://www.simongrant.org/

Bio

Simon Grant is a contributor to this wiki with much relevant experience. He:

• lived from 2013 to 2020 in a cohousing development: Lancaster Cohousing, where he contributed to the consensus processes of community governance
• has a PhD in Cognitive Science / AI / HCI (1991)
• was involved at all levels in technical interoperability / metadata standardization in the field of educational technology (2002 onwards, mainly through Cetis LLP, below)
• was a teacher, tutor, lecturer and trainer at school (science, maths, 1978 to 1982) and university (HCI, systems analysis and design (1991 to 1994); e-commerce etc. (1996 to 1999)
• was a founder member (2015) of Cetis LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership which is set up as a cooperative, with consensus decision making, and which deals in the technology and technical standards of learning and education – specialisation in electronic portfolios, representation of competence, and learner information
• enjoys singing in very small choirs and a cappella vocal ensembles
• has been flying an extremely small amount since 1972, and since 2017, paragliding
• was helping (2021) to lead work on Category: Knowledge Commons
• is currently (2025) living mainly in Belgium, in the gemeente (commune, municipality) of Kortenaken

He has a more detailed chronology on his web site.

More Information

• He is User:Asimong on this wiki and Wikipedia