Dr. Sean Geobey

Associate Professor

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Biography

Sean Geobey brings applied expertise in social innovation, sustainable finance, and decision-theory research. He is the Director of the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI), where he teaches cutting-edge courses in social entrepreneurship and social innovation. His pedagogical approach integrates problem-based and community-engaged learning. His research employs complex adaptive systems theory and community-based methodologies to explore issues of governance design and collective action, utilizing large-scale co-design processes in social innovation labs and participatory budgeting. He is a Fellow at the Filene Research Institute and has held positions at the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. Geobey co-founded Groupthink Labs, a social enterprise focusing on collective intelligence. He has published various works, including those addressing participatory budgeting and cooperative economics, contributing significantly to the discourse in his fields of interest.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2014-01-01 — Present

University of Waterloo • Waterloo, Ontario

Teaching and researching in social entrepreneurship, sustainable finance, and decision-theory.

Requirements for University of Waterloo

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Strong background in Statistics
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Specialization Notes

Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.