Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Kopainsky, Birgit"
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Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article, 2020)Every European System Dynamics Workshop (EuSDW) is a highlight for me. It is an honour to be invited, it is a wonderful opportunity to be able to present, it is a fantastic forum to discuss and it is a treat to be part of ... -
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 ... -
Conceptual frameworks linking agriculture and food security
Nicholson, Charles F.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Stephens, Emma; Parsons, David; Jones, Andrew D.; Garrett, James H.; Phillips, Erica (Journal article, 2020)Many conceptual frameworks have been developed to facilitate understanding and analysis of the linkages between agriculture and food security. Despite having usefully guided analysis and investment, these frameworks exhibit ... -
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. ... -
Do you bend or break? System Dynamics in resilience planning for food security
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-03)This paper discusses our experience in using system dynamics to facilitate resilience planning for food security in rural communities that are exposed to ever‐increasing climatic pressures in Guatemala. The social–ecological ... -
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 ... -
Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Case examples and priority information needs
Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Thornton, Philip K.; Jones, Andrew D.; Parsons, David; Garrett, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Analyses of food security with agricultural systems models often focus on indicators of food availability, with limited treatment of the other three dimensions: food access, stability and utilization. We illustrate how ... -
Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Current status and recommended improvements
Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Jones, Andrew D.; Parsons, David; Garrett, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses, but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems has not been systematically evaluated. We ... -
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 ... -
Human-water dynamics and their role for seasonal water scarcity – a case study
Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas; Tufvesson, Linda; Khalil, Sammar; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Ensuring sustainable management and an adequate supply of freshwater resources is a growing challenge around the world. Even in historically water abundant regions climate change together with population growth and economic ... -
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 ... -
Reflections on adapting group model building scripts into online workshops
Wilkerson, Brooke; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gkini, Christina; Czermainski de Oliveira, Igor; Trellevik, Lars-Kristian Lunde; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-28) -
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 ...