Complex Systems Group (CSG)
JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONALE
Complex systems and its many embodiments: systems analysis, complexity science, systems thinking, etc. emerges as a scientific paradigm to address non-trivial and wicked questions beyond the corsets set by the positivistic and reductionistic thinking and doing.
A complex system is defined as one composed of numerous components with numerous types of relationships, and exhibiting different/more properties than the ones that each component shows individually, definition that suits most social, ecological and social-ecological phenomena, which are integral part of the research agenda of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn and the Institute for Environmental Sciences (iES), RPTU University of Kaiserlslautern-Landau.
Both, active supporters of this initiative.
MANDATE
- to contribute to disseminate approaches, frameworks and methods of complexity and systems science
- to become a platform for extension, communication and exchange among academics, practitioners and beyond
- to become a hub for networking, alliances and the underpinning of further initiatives, i.e., mentoring, diffusion and research
- Altogether, to contribute to address (complex) real-world problems via systemic approaches
The CGS does not aim to become an autonomous instance, but a node of extension, communication and exchange among academics of different profiles, working in the founding institutes and universities, and beyond.
LAUNCH OF THE CSG
LAUNCH OF THE CSG
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EXPERT TALKS
Yaneer Bar-Yam
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Mario Giampietro
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Ruth deFries
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Silvio Funtowicz
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CSG members
Affiliation
Leader Physics Didactics at the Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
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Senior researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Biodiversity, soil functionality, model coupling, evidence synthesis
Link
https://www.zef.de/staff/senior-researchers/bibiana-betancur-corredor/
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Leader Chemistry Didactics at the Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany
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Researcher Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Environmental Planning, Hannover, Germany
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Social-ecological systems, climate change adaptation, spatial and urban planning / green spaces, risk perception, environmental justice
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Researcher at department of Horticultural Sciences, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Human ecology, decision analysis, holistic modeling, food environments
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Scientist, Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany /Associated researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Development research, problem-solving research, real-life problems
Link
https://www.zef.de/staff/associated-researchers/daniel-callo-concha/
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Leader Geography Didactics at the Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany
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Professor of Horticultural Sciences, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Decision analysis, holistic modeling, scaling of innovations
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Leader Physical Modeling of Complex Systems in the Context of Educational Processes at the Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany
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Link
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Acting Deputy Director of the Department of Nutritional Behavior, Max Rubner Institute (MRI) Karlsruhe, Germany
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International Science Council Global Science Programme, Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xiamen, China
Subject(s) of Interest
Urban Health and Wellbeing: a Systems Approach
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Senior researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Social-ecological systems, decision analysis, system thinking approach to water resources management, one health
Link
https://www.zef.de/staff/senior-researchers/isimemen-osemwegie/
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Senior researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Mathematical and computational modeling, cooperation, networked games
Link
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/mathsys/people/students/mathsysii/bara/
Affiliation
Research groups: Energy Sciences (CIENER) and Galapagos Research Network (GRN), School of Renewable Energy Engineering, Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador
Subject(s) of Interest
Energy Systems, Social-ecological systems, GIS, system dynamics, e-mobility
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Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Subject(s) of Interest
Nature-based Solutions, Urban Sustainability, Urban Water Management
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ilsa Coaching and Consuling
Subject(s) of Interest
Coach and consultant Systems Thinking and Modeling (qualitative and quantitative), topics range from global transition, LULUCF, resources, energy, welfare to AI or mobility...
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Institute of Geographical Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Modelling human-environment interactions, social-ecological land systems wellbeing and conflicts, landscape ecology
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The Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) for Food Security Program, Department of IT and Data, Pôle Scientifique et d’Innovation, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Subject(s) of Interest
Predictive Modelling, Development Research, Epidemiology, Real-life Application solution
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Deputy-Head Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries group at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Münchenberg, Germany
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Link
https://www.zalf.de/de/ueber_uns/mitarbeiter/Seiten/bonatti_m.aspx
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Leader Biologie Didactics at the Institute for Environmental Science (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau, Germany
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Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Senior researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Subject(s) of Interest
Development research, applied development practice, social justice and environmental sustainability
Link
https://www.zef.de/staff/senior-researchers/till-stellmacher/
Affiliation
Argelander Professor for Integrated System Modeling for Sustainablity Transitions, Uni Bonn
Subject(s) of Interest
Mathematical and computational modling, foundations, integrated theory
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Department of Public Health Science, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), Gujarat, India
Subject(s) of Interest
Public Health, One Health, Global Health, Health System