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Overview

Marco A. Janssen is a researcher affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within the social sciences and environmental science, focusing particularly on the study of complex social-ecological systems and decision-making processes.

The main fields of study for Janssen include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader disciplines, Janssen's subfields of study are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Safety Research
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Economics and Econometrics

Their research topics cover various specific areas, highlighting a diverse approach to social and environmental problems. These topics include:

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Janssen has contributed to several scientific publications across reputed journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of the Commons
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling
  • Ecology and Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Janssen demonstrate a focus on modeling, institutional analysis, and social-ecological transitions:

  • On code sharing and model documentation of published individual and agent-based models (2020), Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Exploring non-linear transition pathways in social-ecological systems (2020), Scientific Reports
  • The role of institutional entrepreneurs and informal land transactions in Mexico City's urban expansion (2021), World Development
  • How to make models more useful (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Formalising theories of human decision-making for agent-based modelling of social-ecological systems: practical lessons learned and ways forward (2020), Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling

Collaborative efforts are part of Janssen's research activities, including frequent co-authorship with several other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors are:

  • Allen Lee
  • Calvin Pritchard
  • Hoon C. Shin
  • Raksha Balakrishna
  • John M. Anderies

Best Publications

  • Multi-Agent Systems for the Simulation of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: A Review

    Dawn C. Parker;Steven M. Manson;Marco A. Janssen;Matthew J. Hoffmann

  • A Framework to Analyze the Robustness of Social-ecological Systems from an Institutional Perspective

    John M. Anderies;Marco A. Janssen;Elinor Ostrom

  • Resilience Management in Social-ecological Systems: a Working Hypothesis for a Participatory Approach

    Brian Walker;Stephen R. Carpenter;John M. Anderies;Nick Abel

  • Working Together: Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice

    Amy R. Poteete;Marco A. Janssen;Elinor Ostrom

  • Going beyond panaceas.

    Elinor Ostrom;Marco A. Janssen;John M. Anderies

  • The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research

    Oran R. Young;Frans Berkhout;Gilberto C. Gallopin;Marco A. Janssen

  • Empirically Based, Agent-based models

    Marco A. Janssen;Elinor Ostrom

  • Scholarly networks on resilience, vulnerability and adaptation within the human dimensions of global environmental change

    Marco A. Janssen;Marco A. Janssen;Michael L. Schoon;Weimao Ke;Katy Börner

  • Toward a network perspective of the study of resilience in social-ecological systems

    Marco A. Janssen;Örjan Bodin;John M. Anderies;Thomas Elmqvist

  • Resilience, vulnerability, and adaptation: A cross-cutting theme of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

    Marco A. Janssen;Elinor Ostrom

  • A framework for mapping and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems

    Maja Schlüter;Andres Baeza;Gunnar Dressler;Karin Frank

  • Computational models of collective behavior

    Robert L. Goldstone;Marco A. Janssen

  • Lab experiments for the study of social-ecological systems.

    Marco A. Janssen;Robert Holahan;Allen Lee;Elinor Ostrom;Elinor Ostrom

  • Robustness of Social-Ecological Systems to Spatial and Temporal Variability

    Marco A. Janssen;John M. Anderies;Elinor Ostrom

  • Behaviour in commons dilemmas: Homo economicus and Homo psychologicus in an ecological-economic model

    Wander Jager;M.A Janssen;H.J M de Vries;J. de Greef

  • Will It Spread or Not? The Effects of Social Influences and Network Topology on Innovation Diffusion

    Sebastiano A. Delre;Wander Jager;Tammo H. A. Bijmolt;Marco A. Janssen

  • Multi-agent systems and role games : collective learning processes for ecosystem management

    F. Bousquet;O. Barreteau;P. d'Aquino;M. Etienne

  • Stimulating diffusion of green products

    Marco A. Janssen;Wander Jager

  • Progress in integrated assessment and modelling

    P Parker;R Letcher;A Jakeman;M.B Beck

  • Grazing Management, Resilience, and the Dynamics of a Fire-driven Rangeland System

    John M. Anderies;Marco A. Janssen;Brian H. Walker

  • Complexity and Ecosystem Management: The Theory and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

    Marco Janssen

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Anderies
John M. Anderies Arizona State University
Wander Jager
Wander Jager University of Groningen
Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom Indiana University
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Hallie Eakin
Hallie Eakin Arizona State University
Arthur H. W. Beusen
Arthur H. W. Beusen Utrecht University
Anthony J. Jakeman
Anthony J. Jakeman Australian National University
Robert L. Goldstone
Robert L. Goldstone Indiana University
Maja Schlüter
Maja Schlüter Stockholm University
Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison

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