Research interest and geographical focus

  • Social-ecological systems
  • System dynamics, agent-based and integrated modelling
  • Ecosystem Services and human well-being
  • Boundaries for sustainable development, tipping point, Safe and just operating space
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Risk and resilience to natural hazards
  • Climate change (Impacts and Adaptation)
  • Complexity science
  • Environment and development
  • Water resources management and poverty
  • Interdisciplinary research and sustainability challenges in Bangladesh, Kenya, Switzerland, Deltas and coastal areas (Major), South Africa, Tunisia, Vietnam (Mekong), Australia, Poland, Brazil (Amazon) and China (minor)