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Overview

Jan H. Kwakkel is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to water resources management, sustainability, complex systems, and climate change governance. Their work bridges several interdisciplinary fields, including management science and operations research, global and planetary change, ocean engineering, economics and econometrics, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Sustainability and climate change governance
  • Complex systems and decision making
  • Simulation techniques and applications
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Climate change policy and economics
  • Water-energy-food nexus studies

Jan H. Kwakkel has published extensively, with frequent publications appearing in the following venues:

  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Sustainability Science

Their recent publications demonstrate the range of research topics and include:

  • "Exploratory modeling for analyzing coupled human-natural systems under uncertainty," 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • "Enabling assessment of distributive justice through models for climate change planning: A review of recent advances and a research agenda," 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Efficient or Fair? Operationalizing Ethical Principles in Flood Risk Management: A Case Study on the Dutch-German Rhine," 2020, Risk Analysis
  • "Governing climate risks in the face of normative uncertainties," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Early systems change necessary for catalyzing long-term sustainability in a post-2030 agenda," 2022, One Earth

Jan H. Kwakkel collaborates frequently with a core group of researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexander Verbraeck (11 joint publications)
  • Jelte P. Mense (9 joint publications)
  • Willem L. Auping (8 joint publications)
  • Isabelle M. van Schilt (6 joint publications)
  • Enayat A. Moallemi (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Dynamic adaptive policy pathways: A method for crafting robust decisions for a deeply uncertain world

    Marjolijn Haasnoot;J.H. Kwakkel;W.E. Walker;J. ter Maat

  • Adapt or Perish: A Review of Planning Approaches for Adaptation under Deep Uncertainty

    Warren E. Walker;Marjolijn Haasnoot;Jan H. Kwakkel

  • An uncertain future, deep uncertainty, scenarios, robustness and adaptation

    H.R. Maier;J.H.A. Guillaume;H. van Delden;G.A. Riddell

  • Applying centrality measures to impact analysis: A coauthorship network analysis

    Erjia Yan;Ying Ding

  • Exploratory Modeling and Analysis, an approach for model-based foresight under deep uncertainty

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Erik Pruyt

  • Developing dynamic adaptive policy pathways: a computer-assisted approach for developing adaptive strategies for a deeply uncertain world

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Marjolijn Haasnoot;Warren E. Walker

  • Classifying and communicating uncertainties in model-based policy analysis

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Warren E. Walker;Vincent A.W.J. Marchau

  • Policy Analysis of Multi-Actor Systems

    Bert Enserink;Jan Kwakkel;Pieter Bots;Leon Hermans

  • Comparing Robust Decision-Making and Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways for model-based decision support under deep uncertainty

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Marjolijn Haasnoot;Warren E. Walker

  • Robustness Metrics: How Are They Calculated, When Should They Be Used and Why Do They Give Different Results?

    C. McPhail;H. R. Maier;J. H. Kwakkel;M. Giuliani

  • The Exploratory Modeling Workbench

    Jan H. Kwakkel

  • Adaptive Airport Strategic Planning

    J.H. Kwakkel;W.E. Walker;V.A.W.J. Marchau

  • An exploratory approach for adaptive policymaking by using multi-objective robust optimization

    Caner Hamarat;Jan H. Kwakkel;Erik Pruyt;Erwin T. Loonen

  • Fit for purpose? Building and evaluating a fast, integrated model for exploring water policy pathways

    M. Haasnoot;W. P. A. Van Deursen;J. H. A. Guillaume;J. H. Kwakkel

  • Exploratory modeling for analyzing coupled human-natural systems under uncertainty

    Enayat A. Moallemi;Jan Kwakkel;Fjalar J. de Haan;Brett A. Bryan

  • Using System Dynamics for Grand Challenges: The ESDMA Approach

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Erik Pruyt

  • Improving scenario discovery for handling heterogeneous uncertainties and multinomial classified outcomes

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Marc Jaxa-Rozen

  • Uncertainty in the Framework of Policy Analysis

    Warren E. Walker;Vincent A. W. J. Marchau;Jan H. Kwakkel

  • Transport network criticality metrics: a comparative analysis and a guideline for selection

    Bramka Arga Jafino;Jan Kwakkel;Alexander Verbraeck

  • Tree-based ensemble methods for sensitivity analysis of environmental models: A performance comparison with Sobol and Morris techniques

    Marc Jaxa-Rozen;Jan H. Kwakkel

  • Supporting DMDU: A Taxonomy of Approaches and Tools

    Jan H. Kwakkel;Marjolijn Haasnoot

  • Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP)

    Marjolijn Haasnoot;Andrew Warren;Jan H. Kwakkel

  • A scenario discovery study of the impact of uncertainties in the global container transport system on European ports

    Ronald A. Halim;Jan H. Kwakkel;Lóránt A. Tavasszy

  • An uncertain future, deep uncertainty, scenarios, robustness and adaptation: How do they fit together?

    H. R. Maier;J.H.A. Guillaume;H. van Delden;G.A. Riddell

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger R. Maier
Holger R. Maier University of Adelaide
Seth Westra
Seth Westra University of Adelaide
Andrea Castelletti
Andrea Castelletti Polytechnic University of Milan
Jeroen P. van der Sluijs
Jeroen P. van der Sluijs University of Bergen
Hans Middelkoop
Hans Middelkoop Utrecht University
Brett A. Bryan
Brett A. Bryan Deakin University
Jelte Rozema
Jelte Rozema Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Palensky
Peter Palensky Delft University of Technology
Timothy R. Cavagnaro
Timothy R. Cavagnaro University of Adelaide
Rachel A. Burton
Rachel A. Burton University of Adelaide

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