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Michael Baldauf, Dr. Dik Gregory, BA(Hons), CPsychol, AFBPsS

Michael Baldauf graduated with an M.Sc. in Transport Dik Gregory is a BPS Chartered Psychologist with
Engineering and a diploma in business management extensive experience in both Government and com-
both from the University of Rostock. He holds a Cer- mercial sectors. He has published journal articles
tificate of Competence (Deck Officer) and has served and book chapters on the use of advanced technolo-
as a navigation officer on several cargo and container gy for training and operational support. From 1978,
vessels. In 1992 he transitioned to the scientific field Dik worked for the UK's Civil Service for ten years,
and completed work at various universities and re- which included over three years overseas as an ex-
search institutes. He obtained his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in change scientist working on AI and intelligent sys-
Safety Science from Bergische Universität Wuppertal, tems research. On his return to the UK in 1986, he
Germany in 1999. His thesis was dedicated to the sub- was promoted to Principal Psychologist (Grade 7),
ject of traffic monitoring by VTS and he developed a and appointed as Deputy Superintendent of MoD’s
method for shore-based detection of collision risks. Applied Psychology Unit at Teddington.
Prior to joining WMU, Dr. Baldauf was employed as Dik left the Civil Service in 1988 to work in the com-
chief coordinator for research at the Hochschule Wis- mercial sector. For 30 years he has been a Director
mar, University of Technology, Business and Design of his own company, providing human factors and
where he was involved in several European (as e.g. organisational consultancy to business and Govern-
METNET, COMFORTABLE and MarNIS) and national ment. He has been the principal investigator on a
projects for research and technical development. In wide variety of safety-critical projects, all aimed at
addition to his research activities he was a co- creating clear guidance and practical support for
instructor of the full mission ship handling simulator decision makers working under increasing demands
and a lecturer in training and education courses of for greater resilience within complex systems.
students, captains, and chief officers. His main sub- Among his many clients, Dik has wide experience of
ject area is Maritime Safety issues but he has also cov- the rail, air traffic control and maritime sectors, for
ered Integrated Navigation Systems and the introduc- which he has written ground-breaking guidance on
tion of new technologies into the board navigation human behaviour for everyday use in operational
process.
settings.
In March 2009 Dr. Baldauf joined the World Maritime
University (WMU), Malmö, Sweden where he is pres- He is a co-author with Dr Paul Shanahan of a recent
ently an Associate Professor in Maritime Safety and book published by TSO in 2017 “Being Human in safe-
Environmental Administration which involves re- ty-critical organisations: how people create safety,
searching and lecturing on various topics. At WMU he what stops them. and what to do about it”. This was
is involved in several projects for research and tech- followed in 2018 by a companion pocket
nical development, namely studies into enhanced guide ”Behaving Safely: a practical guide for risky
integration of new navigational equipment for en- work".
hanced applications contributing to safe navigation
and particularly enhanced alert management
onboard seagoing vessels. He is chief instructor at
WMU for the Maritime Risk and Safety (MaRiSa) Simu-
lation Laboratory.
Dr. Baldauf actively works in IMO and is the chairman
of the international Correspondence Group develop-
ing Performance Standards for Maritime Voyage Data
Recorders. He is also presently involved in the work
of the IMO's Correspondence Group for INS/IBS and
Bridge Alert Management. He is a member of the
Nautical Institute, the German Association of
Transport Sciences (DVWG), and the Society of Risk
Analysis.