System Dynamics
System Dynamics is a method for model based analysis and policy design. It is applied in almost all areas of research and planning. The method helps solve complex problems within disciplines and it provides a unifying language that stimulates and facilitates inter- and transdisciplinary work and education.
Affiliation
About the research group
The System Dynamics Group (Gruppen for systemdynamikk) at the University of Bergen was established in 1971 at the Department of Information Sciences. As of 2004, the System Dynamics Group is housed under the Faculty of Social Sciences as an autonomous unit and has been administrated as part of the Department of Geography. Presently, the Group is chaired by Professor Birgit Kopainsky.
Researchers with the System Dynamics Group specialize in participatory modeling and model-based visioning, advanced modeling and analysis, knowledge transfer, and in the study of transformation processes in a wide range of social, technical, economic and ecological systems, including but not limited to natural resource management, energy, agriculture and public health.
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Projects
Research projects
Ongoing projects
- Community-Centered Modeling of Housing Related Health Disparities
- WorldTrans - Transparent Assessments for Real People
Completed projects
- Africa鈥檚 Coexistence Landscapes (ACL)
- Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST Card)
- CO-CREATE 鈥 Confronting Obesity: Co-creating policy with youth
- GREEN HEAT 鈥 towards collaborative local decarbonization
- SURE-Farm: Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems
- SYNAGRI: Developing synergies between the bioeconomy and regional food systems for a sustainable future
Publications
2026
Loo, Pei Shan; Socha, Anna; Silveira, Mariana; Baxter, Yara Carnevalli; Avezum, 脕lvaro; Drager, Luciano F. (2026) . International Journal of Public Health.
Hulme, Adam; Radley, Duncan; Brown, Andrew D.; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Crielaard, Loes; Noble, James (2026) . System Dynamics Review.
Wheat, David (2026) . Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Schoenberg, William (2026) . System Dynamics Review.
Schoenberg, William (2026) . System Dynamics Review.
Wells, Christopher D.; Blanz, Benjamin; Ramme, Lennart; Breier, Jannes; Callegari, Beniamino; Adakudlu, Muralidhar; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Lindqvist, Andreas Nicolaidis; Eriksson, Axel E.; Schoenberg William et al. (2026) . Geoscientific Model Development.
2025
Schoenberg, William Alexander; Blanz, Benjamin; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Callegari, Beniamino; Wells, Christopher; Breier, Jannes et al. (2025) . Geoscientific Model Development.
Zolfaghari, Mahshid; Lien, Nanna; Brandvik, Caroline L酶vik; Klepp, Knut-Inge; Kopainsky, Birgit; Lie, Hanne Cathrine; Meshkovska, Biljana (2025) . Implementation Science Communications
Ramme, Lennart; Blanz, Benjamin; Wells, Christopher; Wong, Tony E.; Schoenberg, William; Smith, Chris (2025) . Geoscientific Model Development.
Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Savona, Natalie; Knai, C茅cile; Vlad, Ioana;...Kopainsky, Birgit (2025). . Social Science & Medicine.
Ocak, Semra; Saysel, Ali Kerem (2025) . Water Alternatives.
Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2025). . System Dynamics Review.
Zolfaghari, M., Meshkovska, B., Brandvik, C. L., Kopainsky, B., Klepp, K.-I., Lie, H. C., & Lien, N. (2025). . Global Implementation Research and Applications.
Loo, Pei Shan; Rajah Jefferson K.; Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit; Milano, Leonardo (2025). . Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Rajah, Jefferson K.; Blanz, Benjamin; Kopainsky, Birgit; Schoenberg, William (2025). . Geoscientific Model Development.
Bearth, Angela; Kopainsky, Birgit; Jones, Lowena; Vist, Gunn Elisabeth; Hus酶y, Trine; Svendsen, Camilla; Whaley, Paul et al. (2025). . Archives of Toxicology.
M茅it茅, R.; Smetana, S.; Bayer, L.; Bellingrath-Kimura, S.D.; Bunker, I.; Uthes, S (2025). . Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.
Fardet, Anthony; Boland, Mike; Hoang, Hong-Minh; Delgado, Am茅lia; Halawany-Darson, Rafia; Germond, Arnaud; Nedelciu, Claudiu Eduard et al. (2025). . Global Food Security.
Wilkerson, Brooke E (2025). . Heliyon.
2024
Bremer, Scott Ronald; Meisch, Simon; Hempel, Manuel; Dunn-Sigouin, Etienne (2024). . Time & Society.
Buzogany, Raquel Froese; Kopainsky, Birgit; Gon莽alves, Paulo (2024). . System Dynamics Review.
Isanezhad, Amir; Zarifian, Shapour; Raheli, Hossein et al. (2024). . Water and Soil Management and Modeling.
Klimasauskaite, Aiste; Drivdal, Laura ; Larsen, H氓kon; Nedelciu, Claudiu Eduard (2024). . Resources Policy.
Kopainsky, Birgit; Dula, Ivan; Gkini, Christina (2024). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Langarudi, Saeed; Noor, Sajid (2024). . Computational Economics.
M茅it茅, Ren茅; Bayer, Lukas; Martin, Michael; Amon, Barbara; Uthes, Sandra (2024). . Heliyon.
Metic, Julija; Guzzo, Daniel; Kopainsky, Birgit; McAloone, Tim C.; Pigosso, Daniela C.A. (2024). . Journal of Environmental Management.
Naugle, Asmeret; Langarudi, Saeed; Clancy, Timothy (2024). . System Dynamics Review.
Oostdijk, Maartje; Elsler, Laura G.; Van Deelen, Julie et al. (2024). . Ambio.
Pallaske, Georg. (2024.) . Ecological Modelling.
Rajah, Jefferson K.; Atkins, Ashley E.P.; Tang, Christine; Bax, Kathelijne Pietie; Wilkerson, Brooke E; Fernald, Alexander G. (2024). . Water.
Secci, Daniele; Saysel, Ali Kerem; Uygur, 陌zel; Yolo臒lu, Onur Cem; Zanini, Andrea; Copty, Nadim K. (2024). . Science of The Total Environment.
Soriano, B谩rbara; Paas, Wim; Reidsma, Pytrik; San Mart铆n, Carolina; Kopainsky, Birgit; Herrera, Hugo (2024). . Ecology & Society.
Tang, Christine; Zaini, Raafat; Langarudi, Saeed. (2024). . System Dynamics Review.
2023
Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Onal, Furkan; Hendricks, Gaironeesa et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gebremariam, Mekdes; Romanenko, Eduard et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Aguiar, Anaely ; Romanenko, Eduard; Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Fismen, Anne-Siri; Nwosu, Emmanuel; Savona, Natalie (2023). . Population Medicine.
Blanchard, Laurence; Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Onal, Furkan et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Clancy, Timothy; Langarudi, Saeed Pourmasoumi; Zaini, Raafat (2023). . System Dynamics Review.
Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Cecile, Knai; Finegood, Diane et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (2023). . Journal of Modelling in Management.
Knai, C茅cile; Savona, Natalie; Finegood, Diane; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Kopainsky, Birgit Ursula; Kapmeier, Florian (2023). . Nature Food.
Loo, Pei Shan; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Kopainsky, Birgit (2023). . Systems.
Moxnes, Erling (2023). . System Dynamics Review.
Moxnes, Erling; Naumov, Sergey (2023). . System Dynamics Review.
Nwosu, Emmanuel; Makwambeni, Patricia; Herstad, Sondre Haugsb酶; Etsebeth, Hanli; Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2023). . Obesity Reviews.
Potthoff, Kerstin; Kopainsky, Birgit (2023). . Norwegian Journal of Geography.
Rajah, Jefferson K.; Chernicoff, William; Hutchison, Christopher J. et al. (2023). . Systems.
Sabie, Robert; Langarudi, Saeed Pourmasoumi; Perez, Kevin et al. (2022). . Water.
Schoenberg, William Alexander; Eberlein, Robert; Davidsen, P氓l Ingebrigt (2023). . System Dynamics Review.
Schoenberg, William Alexander (2023). System Dynamics Review.
Schoenberg, William Alexander; Hayward, John; Eberlein, Robert (2023). . System Dynamics Review.
Thompson, William J.; Varma, Varun; J枚rin, Jonas et al. (2023). . Climatic Change.
Thompson W. J., Varma V., Joerin J., Bonilla-Duarte S., Bebber D. P., Blaser-Hart W., Kopainsky B., Sp盲th L., Curcio B., Six J., Kr眉tli P. 2023. Climatic Change, 176(152).
Trellevik, Lars-Kristian Lunde (2023). . Mineral Economics.
Wisiecka, Katarzyna; Konishi, Yuumi; Krejtz, Krzysztof et al. (2023). . ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
Yan, Haiyan; Wang, Linlin; Goh, Jenson; Shen, Wuzhi; Richardson, John; Yan, Xinyue (2023). . Systems.
2022
Bang, Rasmus; Trellevik, Lars-Kristian Lunde (2022). . Mineral Economics.
Bang, Rasmus; Trellevik, Lars-Kristian Lunde (2022). . Mineral Economics.
Beitnes, Synn酶ve S.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Potthoff, Kerstin (2022). . Environmental Science & Policy.
Benabderrazik, Kenza; Jeangros, Laurence; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2022). . Ecology & Society.
Benabderrazik, Kenza; Kopainsky, Birgit; Monastyrnaya, Elena et al. (2022). . Science of The Total Environment.
Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Savona, Natalie; Rodriguez, Anaely Aguiar et al. (2022). . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Sch眉tz, Lilli; Paas, Wim et al. (2022). . Ecological Modelling.
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Videira, Nuno; Korzilius, Hubert P.L.M. et al. (2022). . System Dynamics Review.
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2022). . Journal of Simulation.
Holmstr枚m, Paul; Bj枚rk-Eriksson, Thomas; Davidsen, P氓l Ingebrigt et al. (2022). . International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (2022). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas et al. (2022). . Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.
Nicholson, Charles; McRoberts, Keenan; 脰z, Besir Suleyman et al. (2022). . International Food and Agribusiness Management Review.
Savona, Natalie; Brown, Andrew; Macauley, Talia; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2022). . Obesity Reviews.
Schrage, Jesse Benjamin; Donnellan Barraclough, Alicia May; Wilkerson, Brooke E et al. (2022). . Sustainability Science.
Thompson, William D.; Blaser-Hart, Wilma; J枚rin, Jonas et al. (2022). . Journal of Land Use Science.
Wilkerson, Brooke E; Romanenko, Eduard; Barton, David Nicholas (2022). . Sustainable Cities and Society.
Zolfaghari, Mahshid; Meshkovska, Biljana; Banik, Anna et al. (2022). . European Journal of Public Health.
2021
Benabderrazik, Kenza; Kopainsky, Birgit; Tazi, L. et al. (2021). . Agricultural Water Management.
Breien, Fredrik Sundt; Gkini, Christina (2021). . Games and Learning Alliance (GALA 2021).
Decouttere, Catherine; Banzimana, Stany; Davidsen, P氓l et al. (2021). . Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Kliem, Daniel; Scheidegger, Alexander; Kopainsky, Birgit (2021). . Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas et al. (2021). . Water Resources Management.
Meuwissen, M.P.M.; Feindt, P.H.; Slijper, T. et al. (2021). . Agricultural Systems.
Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2021). . Agricultural Systems.
Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2021). . Agricultural Systems.
Rieder, Erica; Larson, Lincoln; 't Sas-Rolfes, Michael et al. (2021). . Frontiers in Conservation Science.
Savona, Natalie; Macauley, Talia; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2021). . European Journal of Public Health.
Tadesse, Aklilu Tilahun; Davidsen, P氓l Ingebrigt; Moxnes, Erling (2021). . SpringerBriefs in Educational Communications and Technology.
Wilkerson, Brooke E; Trellevik, Lars-Kristian Lunde (2021). . Thinking Skills and Creativity.
2020
Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely (2020). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Barton, Michael C.; Alberti, Marina; Burke, Edmund et al. (2020). . Science.
Gallagher, Louise; Kopainsky, Birgit; Bassi, Andrea Marcello et al. (2020). . Ecology & Society.
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). . Environment Systems and Decisions.
Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). . System Dynamics Review.
Holmstr枚m, Paul; Hallberg, Stefan; Bj枚rk-Eriksson, Thomas et al. (2020). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Davidsen, P氓l (2020). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Davidsen, P氓l (2020). System Dynamics Review.
Kliem, Daniel; Scheidegger, Alexander (2020). . In: Enabling Collaborative Governance through Systems Modeling Methods. Springer.
Kopainsky, Birgit; Frehner, Anita; M眉ller, Adrian (2020). . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.
Kopainsky B. 2020. Afterword. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(6): 964-966. doi: 10.1002/sres.2765.
Nicholson, Charles F.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Stephens, Emma et al. (2020). . Nature Food.
Schoenberg, William Alexander; Davidsen, P氓l; Eberlein, Robert (2020). . System Dynamics Review.
Wilkerson, Brooke; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gkini, Christina et al. (2020). . System Dynamics Review.
More publications
More publications can be found in our repository.
For a full list of publications and presentations, also see the respective personal profile pages of our research staff.
Doctoral theses
Santiago Movilla Blanco (2025):
Georg Pallaske (2024)
Lars Kristian Trellevik (2023)
Brooke Wilkerson (2023)
Eduard Romanenko (2022) U.S. Low-Carbon Futures with Carbon Capture and Storage
Aima Khan (2022)
Daniel Kliem (2021)
William Alexander Schoenberg (2020)
Aklilu Tadesse (2020) Designing online interactive learning environments to support learning in and about complex dynamic systems
Saleh Alaliyat (2019)
Stian Blackstad Hackett (2019)
Hugo Jose Herrera de Leon (2018)
Yin Jien Lee (2018)
David Lara Arango (2018)
Andreas Gerber (2017)
Johannes L. Hartwig (2017)
Sebastian Derwisch (2012)
Maria Saldarriaga (2011)
Ying Qian (2010)
Jaziar Radianti (2010)
Matteo Pedercini (2009)
Andrea Marcello Bassi (2009)
John Pastor Ansah (2009)
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (2008)
Sameh Gharib (2008)
David Wheat (2007)
Johannes Wiik (2007)
Santiago Arango (2006)
Agata Sawicka (2004)
Master's theses
Hardi, Feni (2025)
Akhlaqi, Ali (2025)
Mudhasi, Giovanni (2025)
Mustafa, Mohammad (2025)
Bataitis, M膩rti艈拧 (2025)
Javed, Muhammad Ali (2025)
Medeiros, Filipe Silva (2025)
Llarena, Jose Rodrigo (2025)
Gunnarsson, J贸hannes Birkir (2025)
Meneguim, Lucas (2025)
Sliwkowski, Aidan (2025)
People
Group manager
Birgit Kopainsky Professor
Group members
Christian Lukas Bayer PhD Candidate
P氓l Ingebrigt Davidsen Emeritus
Christina Gkini PhD Candidate
Manuel Hempel PhD Candidate
Erling Moxnes Emeritus
Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu Postdoctoral Fellow
Saeed P. Langarudi Associate Professor
PhD Candidate
Jefferson K. Rajah PhD Candidate
Ali Saysel Professor
Anna Siemer PhD Candidate
Anne-Kathrin Thomassen Adviser