WHY THIS WORK EXISTS
Wojciech Z. Kaleta, PhD
Decision Engineer
My work sits at the intersection of engineering research, operational decision-making and consequential Human–AI systems.
I study what happens when the conditions that justified a decision begin to change — while the authority created by that decision remains in place.
More than two decades in maritime aviation · PhD research in Situational Awareness and safety-critical decision environments · Human Factors · Human–AI decision systems
OPERATIONAL PROVENANCE
Decision systems look different when consequence is real.
My professional background includes more than two decades in maritime aviation and operational planning environments where incomplete information, distributed Situational Awareness, time pressure and consequence are part of the decision environment.
That experience continues to shape how I think about organisational systems today.
The central lesson is simple:
A decision can remain operational long after the conditions that originally justified it have changed.
RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Situational Awareness was the starting point. Decision continuity became the larger question.
My doctoral research examined Situational Awareness, Human Factors and safety-critical decision environments.
That work led to a broader research question:
How does a decision system know that the picture it is acting upon still deserves belief?
Decision Epistemology is the emerging research programme developing around that question.
It is concerned with the epistemic integrity of decision systems over time — especially when evidence, assumptions, authority and operating conditions change asynchronously.
Explore Decision Epistemology ↗FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE
Decision Engineering is the applied layer.
Decision Engineering translates those research questions into organisational practice for consequential AI-enabled systems.
The applied concern is not simply whether a capability was approved.
It is whether the organisation can still demonstrate why that capability remains entitled to do what it does under current conditions.
BASIS → AUTHORITY → PERMISSION → EXECUTION → CONSEQUENCE
Authority should not silently outrun evidence.
AREAS OF WORK
DECISION ENGINEERING
- Human–AI decision systems
- AI authority continuity
- Revalidation
- Execution control
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
- Situational Awareness
- False Situational Awareness
- Distributed awareness
- Decision readiness
HUMAN FACTORS
- Human Factors
- Cognitive ergonomics
- Safety-critical operations
- Human–AI interaction
RESEARCH
- Decision Epistemology
- Decision systems over time
- Evidence and authority
- Research methods
EDITORIAL WORK
Research also requires scrutiny beyond one’s own programme.
I serve as an Advisory Editor and Editorial Board Member for Safety.Science — Journal of Integrated Safety (NEDION Press), contributing across Human Factors, Situational Awareness, Human–AI decision systems, cognitive ergonomics, safety-critical operations and decision engineering.
Evidence before conclusion.
The work is deliberately bounded.
- One capability.
- One consequential workflow.
- One authority path.
- A determination that can be examined, challenged and revised when conditions change.
CURRENT FOCUS
Consequential AI-enabled capability under changing conditions.
My current applied work focuses on organisations using AI in environments where changes in capability, workflow, human oversight, permissions or operating conditions can alter the basis on which authority was originally granted.
Typical public questions include:
- Has the capability materially changed since approval?
- Has human oversight changed in substance, not only in name?
- Have permissions, dependencies or operating conditions expanded?
- Does the organisation still have a defensible basis for continued reliance?
For professional enquiries, written contact is preferred.
If the question concerns a consequential AI-enabled capability, organisational decision authority or a research exchange, send a written enquiry.
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