A5061595868- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Water resources management and optimization
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Housing Market and Economics
- E-Government and Public Services
- Risk Perception and Management
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
2014-2024
Maastricht University
2003-2017
Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis
2008-2012
Open University of the Netherlands
2012
In this article, the authors address challenge of including societal responses, society-environment interactions, discontinuity, and surprise in environmental scenario analysis. They do so through developing testing a perspective-based simulation game for typical Dutch river stretch. Concepts deriving from Cultural Theory, Advocacy Coalition Framework, Transition Theory provide input design. Players take on role water managers, responding to events developments water-society system under...
Different river management strategies have different impacts on the water system. Depending how future unfolds (e.g., in terms of climate change) navigation, flood damage, and nature are shaped. Impacts will be evaluated differently by people with perspectives management, what is considered acceptable now may become unacceptable future. The challenge thus to identify a strategy that remains change scenarios under societal perspectives. Such authors define as socially robust strategy. This...
The current energy systems are undergoing fundamental changes driven by the climate crisis, unfolding digitalisation and increasing calls for a more active citizens' engagement. impact of these ongoing trends on future system, however, is far from straightforward. Although there an shift towards decentralisation, it not clear yet how exactly this new decentralised configuration will unfold materialise. In article we explore rationales behind electricity system. Given developments in our...
Abstract Society aims at sustainable water management, which means that it is effective (meeting targets for people, planet and profit), robust (able to cope with uncertainties) flexible (easily adaptable changing conditions). The past has demonstrated extreme weather events their impacts are important triggers adaptations in management. Furthermore, societal changes or lead perception of desired situations, goals, valuation costs benefits. Insight into the dynamic nature perspectives...
Sustainability assessment (SA) is an increasingly popular term referring to a broad range of approaches align decision-making with the principles sustainability. Nevertheless, in public and private sectors sustainability results are still disappointing, this paper reflects on problem proposes way forward. We argue that, because issues generally wicked problems (i.e. 'complex interconnected factors pluralistic context'), effective assessments need be reflexive about definition issue criteria...
Decentralized energy systems enable a higher integration of electricity generation by renewable sources supported electric storage and may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions for generation. While the environmental impact single technologies has received great attention in recent years, impacts decentralized remain unaddressed. This study presents cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment those Belgium 2030 2050. The system comprise single-Si photovoltaic installations combined with...
Climate adaptation is a complex task surrounded by uncertainty. To support climate policies, new scenario approach pursued to explore possible discontinuous future developments of societal perspectives on issues. The was tested for case study Dutch river management. In series development workshops, select group stakeholders explored the management River Meuse in past, present, and future. process supported an analytical mapping tool illustrate analyze over time. tools contributed insight...
Existing diffusion models have proven less suitable for the analysis of environmental innovations, such as hybrid vehicles, which emerge in a context changing social appraisal and regulatory support. In this paper, we offer an agent-based innovation is better those cases. We explore future scenarios car engine technology with support simulation model. model, actor behavior modeled explicitly on basis frames consequent options by potential adopters suppliers. The model analytically novel that...
This paper provides novel additional evidence on the characteristics of Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs), investigating their role within European energy sector. It analyses and presents results a survey administered in six countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Estonia, Spain. CAIs are studied light four key dimensions, those being creation dynamics, way they organized, financed, activities undertake. The presented also interpreted to reflect as drivers social innovation (SI)...
This paper describes the co-development and implementation of visioning experimenting exercises, agent-based modelling, gaming tools in Integrated Sustainability Assessments (ISAs) involving stakeholders. These new are aimed at supporting reflexive learning building alternative policy relevant knowledge evaluative paradigms for managing sustainability. The specific case study relates to water management within Ebro River Basin. Conclusions concern use these represent complexity, learn how...
In this article, we take stock of the findings from conceptual and empirical work on role transition initiatives for accelerating transitions as input modeling acceleration dynamics. We applied qualitative approach causal loop diagrams to capture dynamics a single initiative evolving within its regional context. doing so, aim address two key challenges in modeling, namely conceptualization, framing insights obtained various case study regions consistent framework. Our results show that...