Browsing Department of Geography by Journals "Systems research and behavioral science"
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(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 ... -
Food provision and environmental goals in the Swiss agri-food system: System dynamics and the social-ecological systems framework
(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
(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 ... -
Insights gained from a systematic reanalysis of a successful model-facilitated change process in health care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-20)Health care is a complex system with multiprofessional staff and multiple patient care pathways. Time pressure and minimal margins for error make it challenging to implement new policies or procedures, no matter how ... -
The role of systematic reviews in the system dynamics modelling process
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Short-term versus long-term decision trade-offs: Evidence from a model-based observational experiment with African small-scale farmers
(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 ... -
Sustainable and healthy diets: Synergies and trade‐offs in Switzerland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Food systems have increasingly strong impacts on the environment, and they influence our human well-being. In Switzerland, food consumption accounts for one-third of the environmental impact caused by total final consumption. ... -
Why do some food availability policies fail? A simulation approach to understanding food production systems in south-east Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-20)Food production systems in south-east Africa face a persistent puzzle: despite the implementation of numerous plausible food availability policies, the region’s history is characterised by many cases of food production ...