Terence Love
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Personal Life
Academia and Career
Professor Dr. Terence Love, is CEO of Love Services Pty Ltd. He received his education in mathematics, engineering, and computer science at Lancaster University and the University of Western Australia and has been engaged in systems research and practice since the 1970s.
His early research included programming artificial intelligence systems for mechanical engineering design optimization (1971-5), developing one of the earliest word processors (1972), and contributing to future vehicle design for a UK manufacturer.
During the 1980s, he contributed to AI systems for managing French natural gas production, renewable energy systems development, early hypertext-based learning software, and early applications of desktop publishing and CAD technologies.
During the 1990s, Professor Love undertook research spanning the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and arts, focusing on the social, technical, environmental, psychological, philosophical and ethical aspects of design activities. In the late 1990s, working with Professor Trudi Cooper, he began developing Variety Dynamics as a non-causal analytical framework for highly complex and hyper-complex situations that exceed the scope of conventional systems thinking methodologies.
Since then, he has continued research into design processes, supervising and assessing numerous doctoral, masters and honours research projects.
Special Interests
ThTerence's work has increasingly focused on how systems approaches contribute to design decision-making, particularly the cognitive neuroscience underlying creative thinking, emotion, and human cognitive limitations. His current professional practice focuses on crime prevention through environmental design, having provided strategic advice on developments valued at over $13 billion and delivering training to police forces, local governments, urban planners, and other professionals across Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.