Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Kopainsky, Birgit"
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Application of the Malaria Management Model to the Analysis of Costs and Benefits of DDT versus Non-DDT Malaria Control
Pedercini, Matteo; Blanco, Santiago Movilla; Kopainsky, Birgit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-30)Introduction: DDT is considered to be the most cost-effective insecticide for combating malaria. However, it is also the mostenvironmentally persistent and can pose risks to human health when sprayed indoors. Therefore, ... -
Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools
Brzezina, Natalia; Kopainsky, Birgit; Mathijs, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-24)In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, food systems must be resilient, i.e., able to deliver sustainable and equitable food and nutrition security in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. The resilience of ... -
Cournot markets in the field: Dynamic decision- making in non-standard markets
Lara-Arango, David; Gerber, Andreas; Nyanga, Progress; Kopainsky, Birgit (Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)The Cournot economic model is very useful for representing atomized markets in laboratory experiments. Ideally, such experiments are designed following a set of conditions in order to use the model properly. However, ... -
Development of organic farming in Europe at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetype lenses
Brzezina, Natalia; Biely, Katharina; Helfgott, Ariella; Kopainsky, Birgit; Vervoort, Joost; Mathijs, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-15)Over the last several decades, policymakers and stakeholders in the European Union (EU) have put considerable effort into increasing the adoption of organic farming, with the overall objective of its sustainable development. ... -
The effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy in system dynamics learning environments
Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M.; Pedercini, Matteo; Davidsen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)In complex simulation-based learning environments, participants’ learning and performance may suffer due to demands on their cognitive processing, their struggle to develop adequate mental models, failure to transfer what ... -
Effects of structural transparency in system dynamics simulators on performance and understanding
Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-01)Prior exploration is an instructional strategy that has improved performance and understanding in system-dynamics-based simulators, but only to a limited degree. This study investigates whether model transparency, that is, ... -
Food provision and environmental goals in the Swiss agri-food system: System dynamics and the social-ecological systems framework
Kopainsky, Birgit; Huber, Robert; Pedercini, Matteo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07)An important challenge for the Swiss agri-food system is how to align food provision with environmental goals in the context of increasingly complex conditions. This paper describes a system dynamics model that analyses ... -
A food systems perspective for food and nutrition security beyond the post-2015 development agenda
Kopainsky, Birgit; Ledermann, Samuel T.; Tribaldos, Theresa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This paper proposes a framework for dealing with the complexity of food systems for guiding implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Sustainable Development Goal number 2 ‘End hunger, achieve food security and improved ... -
How do Zambian smallholder farmers allocate their budget? Evidence of dynamic decision-making based on a Cournot field experiment
Gerber, Andreas; Lara-Arango, David; Nyanga, Progress; Kopainsky, Birgit (Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa repeatedly face situations of complex and dynamic decision trade-offs, which include allocating money across short-term and long-term production activities. Short-term activities ... -
Natural resource management: Contributions of system dynamics to research, policy and implementation. Selected papers from the Seventh European System Dynamics Workshop, at University of Bergen, Norway
Lane, David C.; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article, 2017-07) -
Participatory modelling updates expectations for individuals and groups, catalyzing be-havior change and collective action in nexus governance
Kimmich, Christian; Gallagher, Louise; Kopainsky, Birgit; Dubois, Marc; Sovann, C.; Buth, C.; Bréthaut, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Participatory modeling is a potentially high‐impact approach for catalyzing fundamental sustainability transformations. We test if participation in a group system dynamics modeling exercise increases participants' agency ... -
Setting Priorities to Address the Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma; Jones, A.D.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Parsons, David; Garrett, James H. (Research report; Peer reviewed, 2019)This document assesses the current state of practice for the representation of food security indicators in agricultural systems models and provides recommendations for improvements in both model formulation and the empirical ... -
Short-term versus long-term decision trade-offs: Evidence from a model-based observational experiment with African small-scale farmers
Kopainsky, Birgit; Gerber, Andreas; Lara Arango, David; Nyanga, Progress Hanzwida (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa recurrently face situations of complex and dynamic decision trade‐offs. Short‐term‐oriented activities such as fertilizer application help to cover immediate food needs but compromise ... -
System dynamics and simulation-gaming: Overview
Alessi, Stephen M.; Kopainsky, Birgit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Purpose. This article summarizes the nine contributions to the symposium on system dynamics. The goal of the symposium is to investigate how research in system dynamics is contributing to simulation-gaming, and how the ... -
A system dynamics approach for examining mechanisms and pathways of food supply vulnerability
Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09)Understanding vulnerabilities in complex and interdependent modern food systems requires a whole-system perspective. This paper demonstrates how one systems approach, system dynamics, can help conceptualize the mechanisms ... -
Systems Education at Bergen
Wheat, David; Kopainsky, Birgit; Davidsen, Pål; Pedercini, Matteo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-16)At the University of Bergen in Norway, educating students to use computer models and to think systemically about social and economic problems began in the 1970s. The International Masters Program in System Dynamics was ... -
Transforming food systems at local levels: using participatory system dynamics in an interactive manner to refine small-scale farmers’ mental models
Kopainsky, Birgit; Hager, Gerid; Herrera, Hugo; Nyanga, Progress (Journal article, 2017-10)Food systems will need to undergo considerable transformation. To be better prepared for and resilient to uncertainty and disturbances in the future, resource users and managers need to further develop knowledge about the ...