Resources for Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling

Interested in learning more about modeling socio-environmental systems? Explore our list of resources below. 

Video Tutorials 
 

Introduction to Socio-Environmental Modeling Video Series

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Building the Basics of Socio-Environmental Modeling 

• Part 1: Socio-Environmental Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems 
• Part 2: Defining the Problem and Spanning Boundaries
• Part 3: Choosing a Modeling Approach

Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling Video Tutorials 

• Understanding the Grand Challenges in Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling
• Confronting Issues of Scale in Socio-Environmental Modeling 
• Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios 

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• Introduction to Futures Thinking in Socio-Environmental Systems
• Incorporating Behavior in Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling 
• Socio-Hydrology: Including Human Behavior in Flood Risk Models
• Participatory Modeling: Reshape How You Collaborate
• Selecting a Modeling Approach for Solving a Socio-Environmental Problem
• Use of Systems Thinking Archetypes in Socio-Environmental Modeling
• Network Modeling for Socio-Environmental Systems

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Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based Models Video Series 

• Part 1: Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based Models 
• Part 2: Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based Models 
• Systems Dynamics and Agent-Based Models: Two-Minute Introductions

Explainers

• Modeling and Socio-Environmental Systems: Introduction and Common Terminology 
• Modeling Approaches – What Are the Choices and How Do We Select One?
• System Archetypes for Understanding and Solving Sustainability Problems

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Lessons

Networks Methods to Understand Complex Systems Teaching Lessons 

• Part 1: Ecological Networks

• Part 2: Sociological Networks 

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Case Studies for Teaching 

• Doomed to Drown? Infrastructure Governance and Environmental Justice in Bangladesh    
• A Simple Example of a Socio-Environmental System: Coupled Rabbit and Farm Dynamics
• Western Alaska Salmon Revolt    

Publications 
 

Please visit this page for a list of publications on socio-environmental modeling.