Bernise Ang is Chief Alchemist at Zeroth Labs, a research lab on complex systems that applies complexity science to advance the understanding of “wicked problems” confronting the world today. To this end, they support developing countries and cities in making sense of the underlying system dynamics that make their complex policy challenges the way they are.  Her work at Zeroth Labs involves blending disciplines from anthropology, data science, strategic foresight, network science, agent-based modelling and others in order to bring clarity to complexity.

Besides a previous corporate life in private equity, Bernise also founded a youth development nonprofit Syinc, from which alums have gone on to become Forbes 30Under30 and Ashoka Fellow awardees. In international policy, she co-created processes for the development of civil society policy positions at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and UNFCCC. Bernise is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Fellow at the National University of Singapore teaching complexity science and systems thinking.