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Journal Articles

  1. Froese Buzogany R., Kopainsky B., & Gonçalves P. (2024). Developing theoretically grounded causal maps to examine and improve policy narratives about global challenges. System Dynamics Review. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1788
  2. Kopainsky B., Đula I., & Gkini C. (2024). Integrating distributive justice in system dynamics models of sustainability transitions. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3038
  3. Metic, J., Guzzo, D., Kopainsky, B., McAloone, T. C., & Pigosso, D. C. A. (2024). A simulation-based approach for investigating the dynamics of rebound effects in the circular economy: A case of use-oriented product/service system. Journal of Environmental Management, 365, 121627. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121627
  4. 12 questions to Birgit Kopainsky. GAIA 32/4 (2023): 344 – 345
  5. Kopainsky, B., & Kapmeier, F. (2023). Dynamic implications of the biological link between bovine milk and meat production for operationalizing the planetary health diet. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00883-x
  6. Thompson, W. J., Varma, V., Joerin, J., Bonilla-Duarte, S., Bebber, D. P., Blaser-Hart, W., Kopainsky, B., Späth, L., Curcio, B., Six, J., & Krütli, P. (2023). Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in a global food value chain. Climatic Change, 176(152). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03586-1
  7. Potthoff, K., & Kopainsky, B. (2023). Norwegian low-intensity ovine and bovine farming systems—a resilience perspective. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2023.2258145
  8. Conway-Moore, K., Knai, C., Finegood, D., Johnston, L., Brinsden, H., Aguiar, A., Kopainsky, B., Önal, F., Helleve, A., Klepp, K.-I., Lien, N., Luszczynska, A., Rito, A. I., Rønnestad, A. M., Ulstein, M., Blanchard, L., Savona, N., & Rutter, H. (2023). Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project. Obesity Reviews, 24(S2), e13623. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13623
  9. Aguiar, A., Önal, F., Hendricks, G., Blanchard, L., Romanenko, E., Fismen, A.-S., Nwosu, E., Herstad, S., Savona, N., Harbron, J., Knai, C., Samdal, O., Rutter, H., Lien, N., Jalali, M. S., & Kopainsky, B. (2023). Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study. Obesity Reviews, 24(S2), e13628. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13628
  10. Aguiar, A., Gebremariam, M. K., Romanenko, E., Önal, F., Kopainsky, B., Savona, N., Brown, A., Allender, S., & Lien, N. (2023). System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 24(S2), e13632. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13632
  11. Wisiecka, K., Konishi,Y., Krejtz, K., Zolfaghari, M., Kopainsky, B., Krejtz, I., Koike, H., & Fjeld, M. (2023). Supporting complex decision-making: Evidence from an eye tracking study on in-person and remote collaboration. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 30(5), Article 78. https://doi.org/10.1145/3581787
  12. Rajah, J. K., Chernicoff, W., Hutchison, C. J., Gonçalves, P., & Kopainsky, B. (2023). Enabling mobility: A simulation model of the health care system for major lower-limb amputees to assess the impact of digital prosthetics services. Systems, 11(1), 22. 
  13. Loo, P. S., Aguiar, A., & Kopainsky, B. (2023). Simulation-based assessment of Cholera epidemic response: A case study of Al-Hudaydah, Yemen. Systems, 11(1), 3. 
  14. Zolfaghari, M., Meshkovska, B., Banik, A., Kamphuis, C. B. M., Kopainsky, B., Luszczynska, A., Murrin, C., Lien, N. (2022). Applying a systems perspective to understand the mechanisms of the European School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_4), iv107-iv113. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac054
  15. Nicholson, C. F., McRoberts, K. C., Suleyman Öz, B., & Kopainsky, B. (2022). A dynamic systems analysis of factors affecting success of identity-preserved products: the case of high-oleic soybeans. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. doi: https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2021.0132
  16. Benabderrazik, K., Jeangros, L., Kopainsky, B., Dawoe, E., Joerin, J., Six, J. (2022). Addressing the resilience of tomato farmers in Ghana facing a double exposure from climate and market. Ecology and Society, 27(3). doi: 10.5751/ES-13310-270326
  17. Thompson, W., Blaser-Hart, W., Jörin, J., Krütli, P., Dawoe, E., Kopainsky, B., . . . Six, J. (2022). Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa. Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1), 407-428. doi: 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2097455
  18. Benabderrazik, K., Kopainsky, B., Monastyrnaya, E., Thompson,W., Tazi, L., Joerin, J. & Six, J. (2022). Climate resilience and the human-water dynamics. The case of tomato production in Morocco. Science of The Total Environment, 849, 157597. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157597
  19. Herrera, H. & Kopainsky, B. (2022). Using microworlds for policymaking in the context of resilient farming systems. Journal of Simulation, 1-25. doi: 10.1080/17477778.2022.2083990
  20. Beitnes, S. S., Kopainsky, B. & Potthoff, K. (2022). Climate change adaptation processes seen through a resilience lens: Norwegian farmers’ handling of the dry summer of 2018. Environmental Science & Policy, 133, 146-154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.03.019
  21. Nicolaidis Lindqvist, A., Fornell, R., Prade, T., Khalil, S., Tufvesson, L. & Kopainsky, B. (2022). Impacts of future climate on local water supply and demand – a socio-hydrological case study in the Nordic region. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies: 41: 101066. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101066
  22. Herrera, H., Schütz, L., Paas, W., Reidsma, P. & Kopainsky, B. (2022). Understanding resilience of farming systems: Insights from system dynamics modelling for an arable farming system in the Netherlands. Ecological Modelling, 464, 109848. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109848
  23. Rieder, E., Larson, L. R., ‘t Sas-Rolfes, M. & Kopainsky, B. (2021). Using participatory system dynamics modeling to address complex conservation problems: Tiger farming as a case study. [Community Case Study]. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2(61). doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.696615
  24. Kliem, D., Scheidegger, A. & Kopainsky, B. (2021). Closing the mineral construction material cycle – An endogenous perspective on barriers in transition. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 175, 105859. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105859
  25. Nicolaidis Lindqvist, A., Fornell, R., Prade, T., Tufvesson, L., Khalil, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2021). Human-water dynamics and their role for seasonal water scarcity – a case study. Water Resources Management. doi: 10.1007/s11269-021-02819-1
  26. Benabderrazik, K., Kopainsky, B., Tazi, L., Joerin, J. & Six, J. (2021). Agricultural intensification can no longer ignore water conservation – A systemic modelling approach to the case of tomato producers in Morocco. Agricultural Water Management, 256, 107082. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107082
  27. Nicholson, C.F., Stephens, E., Jones, A., Kopainsky, B., Parsons, D. & Garrett, J. (2021). Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Current status and recommended improvements. Agricultural Systems, 188, 103028. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103028
  28. Nicholson, C.F., Stephens, E., Thornton, P.K., Jones, A., Kopainsky, B., Parsons, D. & Garrett, J. (2021). Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Case examples and priority information needs. Agricultural Systems, 188, 103030. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103030
  29. Kopainsky, B. (2020). Afterword. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(6): 964-966. doi: 10.1002/sres.2765
  30. Kopainsky, B., Frehner, A. & Müller, A. (2020). Sustainable and healthy diets: Synergies and trade-offs in Switzerland. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(6): 908-927. doi: 10.1002/sres.2761
  31. Gallagher, L., Kopainsky, B., Bassi, A. M., Betancourt, A., Buth, C., Chan, P., . . . Bréthaut, C. (2020). Supporting stakeholders to anticipate and respond to risks in a Mekong River water-energy-food nexus. Ecology and Society, 25(4). doi: 10.5751/ES-11919-250429
  32. Wilkerson, B., Aguiar, A., Gkini, C., Czermainski de Oliveira, I., Lunde Trellevik, L.-K. & Kopainsky, B. (2020). Reflections on adapting group model building scripts into online workshops. System Dynamics Review 36(3): 358-372. doi: 10.1002/sdr.1662
  33. Nicholson, C. F., Kopainsky, B., Stephens, E. C., Parsons, D., Jones, A. D., Garrett, J., Phillips, E. L. (2020). Conceptual frameworks linking agriculture and food security. Nature Food, 1(9), 541-551. doi: 10.1038/s43016-020-00142-3
  34. Barton, C. M., Alberti, M., Ames, D., Atkinson, J.-A., Bales, J., Burke, E., …, Kopainsky B., … Tucker, G. (2020). Call for transparency of COVID-19 models. Science, 368(6490), 482-483. doi: 10.1126/science.abb8637
  35. Herrera, H., Kopainsky, B. (2020). Using system dynamics to support a participatory assessment of resilience. Environment Systems and Decisions. doi: 10.1007/s10669-020-09760-5
  36. Herrera, H., & Kopainsky, B. (2020). Do you bend or break? System dynamics in resilience planning for food security. System Dynamics Review 35(4): 287-309. doi: 10.1002/sdr.1643
  37. Kimmich C., Gallagher L., Kopainsky B., Dubois M., Sovann C., Buth C. & Bréthaut C. (2019). Participatory modelling updates expectations for individuals and groups, catalyzing behavior change and collective action in nexus governance. Earth Future 7(12), 1337– 1352. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001311
  38. Meuwissen, M. P. M., Feindt, P. H., Spiegel, A., Termeer, C. J. A. M., Mathijs, E., Mey, Y. d., … Kopainsky, B. … . Reidsma, P. (2019). A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems. Agricultural Systems, 176, 102656. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102656
  39. Kopainsky, B., Gerber, A., Lara-Arango, D. & Nyanga, P. H. (2019). Short-term versus long-term decision trade-offs: Evidence from a model-based observational experiment with African small-scale farmers. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(2), 215-228. doi: 10.1002/sres.2582
  40. Pedercini, M, Kleemann, H. M., Dlamini, N., Dlamini, V. & Kopainsky, B. (2018). Integrated simulation for national development planning. Kybernetes, 48(1), 208-223. doi: 10.1108/K-11-2017-0440
  41. Bennich, T., Belyazid, S., Kopainsky, B. & Diember, A. (2018). The bio-based economy: Dynamics governing transition pathways in the Swedish forestry sector. Sustainability, 10(4), 976. doi: 10.3390/su10040976
  42. Bennich, T., Belyazid, S., Kopainsky, B. & Diember, A. (2018). Understanding the transition to a bio-based economy: Exploring dynamics linked to the agricultural sector in Sweden. Sustainability, 10(5), 1504. doi: 10.3390/su10051504
  43. Kopainsky, B., Hager, G., Herrera, H. & Nyanga, P. H. (2017). Transforming food systems at local levels: using participatory system dynamics in an interactive manner to refine small-scale farmers’ mental models. Ecological Modelling, 362, 101-110.
  44. Lane, D. & Kopainsky, B. (2017). Natural resource management: Contributions of system dynamics to research, policy and implementation. Selected papers from the Seventh European System Dynamics Workshop, at University of Bergen, Norway. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 34(4), 378-385.
  45. Brzezina, N., Biely, K., Helfgott, A., Kopainsky, B., Vervoort, J. & Mathijs, E. (2017). Development of organic farming at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetype lenses. Sustainability, 9(5), 821. doi:10.3390/su9050821
  46. Kopainsky, B., Tribaldos, T. & Ledermann, S. T. (2017). A food systems perspective for food and nutrition security beyond the post-2015 development agenda. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 35, 178-190. doi: 10.1002/sres.2458
  47. Brzezina, N., Kopainsky, B. & Mathijs, E. (2016). Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A Critical Assessment Using System Dynamics Structural Thinking Tools. Sustainability, 8(10), 971. DOI:10.3390/su8100971
  48. Joerin, J., Hauenstein, S., Tendall, D., Six, J. & Kopainsky, B. (2016). Resilience in food systems: The case of tef in Ethiopia. Sight and Life, 30(1), 22-27.
  49. Derwisch, S., Morone, P., Tröger, K. & Kopainsky, B. (2016). Investigating the drivers of innovation diffusion in a low income country context. The case of Adoption of Improved Maize Seed in Malawi. Futures, 81, 161-175. doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.08.011
  50. Tendall, D., Joerin, J., Kopainsky, B., Edwards, P., Shreck, A., Quang, B. L., Kruetli, P., Grant, M. & Six, J. (2015). Food system resilience: Defining the concept. Global Food Security, 6(1), 17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2015.08.001
  51. Kopainsky B. & Alessi, S. M. (2015). Effects of structural transparency in system dynamics simulators on performance and understanding. Systems, 3(4), 152-176. doi: 10.3390/systems3040152
  52. Alessi, S. M. & Kopainsky, B. (2015). System dynamics and simulation-gaming: Overview. Simulation & Gaming, 46(3-4), 223-229. doi: 10.1177/1046878115596390
  53. Kopainsky B., Alessi, S. M., Pedercini, M. & Davidsen, P. I. (2015). Effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy for system dynamics. Simulation & Gaming, 46(3-4), 293-321. doi: 10.1177/1046878113517536
  54. Stave, K. A. & Kopainsky B. (2015). A system dynamics approach for examining mechanisms and pathways of food supply vulnerability. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 5(3), 321-336. doi: 10.1007/s13412-015-0289-x
  55. Kopainsky, B., Huber, R. & Pedercini, M. (2015). Food provision and environmental goals in the Swiss agri‐food system: System dynamics and the social‐ecological systems framework. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 32(4), 414-432. DOI:10.1002/sres.2334
  56. Davidsen, P. I., Kopainsky, B., Moxnes, E., Pedercini, M. & Wheat, I. D. (2014). A systems education at Bergen. Systems, 2(2), 159-167. doi: 10.3390/systems2020159
  57. Kopainsky, B., Alessi, S. M., Pedercini, M., Davidsen, P. I. (2014). Effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy in system dynamics learning environments. Simulation & Gaming, 46(3), 293-321. doi: 10.1177/1046878113517536
  58. Kopainsky, B., Flury, C. & Pedercini, M. (2014). Synergien und Zielkonflikte zwischen Ernährungssicherheit und Ressourceneffizienz. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 5(4), 132-137.
  59. Kopainsky, B., Tröger, K., Derwisch, S. & Ulli-Beer, S. (2012). Designing sustainable food security policies in sub‐Saharan African countries: How social dynamics over‐ride utility evaluations for good and bad. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 29(6), 575-589. doi: 10.1002/sres.2140
  60. Kopainsky, B., Pirnay-Dummer, P. & Alessi, S. M. (2012). Automated assessment of learners’ understanding in complex dynamic systems. System Dynamics Review, 28(2), 131-156. doi: 10.1002/sdr.1467
  61. Pedercini, M., Blanco, S. M. & Kopainsky, B. (2011). Application of the Malaria Management Model to the analysis of costs and benefits of DDT versus non-DDT malaria control. PLoS ONE, 6(11), e27771. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027771
  62. Kopainsky, B. & Sawicka, A. (2011). Simulator-supported descriptions of complex dynamic problems: Experimental results on task performance and system understanding. System Dynamics Review, 27(2), 142-172. doi: 10.1002/sdr.445
  63. Derwisch, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2011). Testing technology transfer policies for the South African seed industry. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 3(2), 144-168.
  64. Kopainsky, B., Pedercini, M., Davidsen, P. I & Alessi, S. M. (2010). A blend of planning and learning: Simplifying a simulation model of national development. Simulation & Gaming, 41(5), 641-662. doi: 10.1177/1046878109332280
  65. Kopainsky, B. & Luna-Reyes, L. F. (2008). Closing the loop: Promoting synergies with other theory building approaches to improve system dynamics practice. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 25(4), 471-486. doi: 10.1002/sres.913
  66. Flury, C. & Kopainsky, B. (2007). Modellierung eines liberalisierten Marktzutritts. Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie, 2007(02), 113-130.
  67. Kopainsky, B. & Rieder, P. (2005). Wie weiter mit der dezentralen Besiedlung in der Schweiz? Abschätzung von Entwicklungsperspektiven auf Gemeindeebene. Geographica helvetica, 60(4), 239-24. doi: 107.5194/gh-60-239-2005
  68. Buchli, S., Kopainsky, B., & Rieder, P. (2005). Landwirtschaft und dezentrale Besiedlung. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 12(79), 288-293.
  69. Kopainsky, B. & Rieder, P. (2005). Dezentrale Besiedlung: Wer ersetzt die Landwirtschaft? Agrarforschung Schweiz, 12(7), 294-299.
  70. Kopainsky, B., Rieder, P., Buchli, S. (2003). A system dynamics approach for the investigation of peripheral and agrarian communities. Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie, 2003(01), 27-48.
  71. Rieder, P., Kopainsky, B., Flury, C. (2001). Zukünftige Strukturverbesserungen aus agrarwirtschaftlicher Sicht. Vermessung, Photogrammetrie, Kulturtechnik, 1999(12), 740-744.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Aguiar, A., Romanenko, E., Hendricks, G., Fismen, A.-S., Nwosu, E., Savona, N., Harbron, J., Blanchard, L., Rutter, H., Jalali, M., Lien, N., & Kopainsky, B. (2023). Mental health matters in obesity prevention: exploring the dynamic relationships between mental well-being and obesity-related behaviours in adolescents. Population Medicine, 5(Supplement). https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/164146
  2. Kopainsky, B., Kapmeier, F. (2022). No milk without meat. Dynamic implications of the biological link between milk and bovine meat production on nutrition guidelines. GRONEN 2022. May 31-June 02, 2022. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  3. Schader, C., Frehner, A., Müller, A., Nathani, C., Kopainsky, B., Alig, M., Rohrmann, S., Brombach, C., Brandes, J., Stucki, M., Stolze, M. (2021). Healthy and sustainable food systems: How to kill two birds with one stone. 25th ICABR (International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research) Conference. June 29-July 02, 2021. Ravello, Italy.
  4. Herrera, H., Kopainsky, B. (2021). Using microworlds for policymaking in the context of resilient farming systems. UK Operational Research Society - Simulation Workshop [SW21]. March 22-26, 2021. Online workshop.
  5. Herrera, H., Kopainsky, B. (2021). Using system dynamics for resilience management of farming systems. 7th International Symposium for Farming System Design. Webinar 1 “Systemic transformation of the agri-food systems under climate, water and planetary constraints: An insight into the opportunities and pathways for transformation and implementation”. March 22, 2021. Online.
  6. Dirk, C., Kopainsky, B., Clifford-Holmes, J., Gillson, L. (2020). Using palaeoecology and system dynamics to inform conservation of a biodiversity-rich, but endangered, ecosystem. 38th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. 19.-24.07.2021. Online.
  7. Gkini, C., Shrestha, A., Kopainsky, B. (2020). Empowering communities: power devolution in community-based natural resource management. 38th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. 19.-24.07.2021. Online.
  8. Herrera, H. Kopainsky, B., (2020). Using Microworlds for Resilience Management of Food Systems. 38th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. 19.-24.07.2021. Online.
  9. Schader, C., Müller, A., Frehner, A., … Kopainsky B. (2020). Trade-offs and synergies between health and sustainability of Swiss dietary patterns. 12th International Conference on LCA of Food “Towards sustainable agri-food systems”. October 13-16, Berlin, Germany.
  10. Herrera, H., Kopainsky, B. (2019). A dynamic perspective to farming system resilience and its trade-offs. 173rd EAAE Seminar “Sustainable and resilient farming systems in the European Union”. September 26-27, Bucharest, Romania.
  11. Herrera, H., Kopainsky, B. (2019). Resilience concepts for system dynamics applications to socio-ecological problems. 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. July 21-25, Albuquerque, NM.
  12. Zhao, W., Oliveira, I., Kopainsky, B. (2019). Looking for a generic model structure for resilience assessment: A case study of water resilience in the Lisbon region. 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. July 21-25, Albuquerque, NM.
  13. Kapmeier, F., Kopainsky, B., Fischer, H. (2019). How important is abstraction for understanding accumulation in environmental problem solving? 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. July 21-25, Albuquerque, NM.
  14. Benabderrazik, K., Kopainsky, B., Jörin, J., Tazi, L., Six, J. (2019). Synergies and trade-offs of within a bio-economic model as levers for a sustainable agricultural policy management: The case of tomato production in Morocco. 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. July 21-25, Albuquerque, NM.
  15. Nichols, J.D., Aguiar, A., Kopainsky, B. (2018). A tale of two managers: Testing mental models of an intractable business problem. 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. August 06-10, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  16. Gerber, A., Lara-Arango, D., Nyanga, P. H. & Kopainsky, B. (2017). Evidence about dynamic decision-making based on a field experiment with African farmers. 35th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 16-20, Cambridge, MA.
  17. Lara-Arango, D., Gerber, A., Nyanga, P. H. & Kopainsky, B. (2017). Cournot markets in the field: The case of Zambian farmers. 35thInternational Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 16-20, Cambridge, MA.
  18. Brzezina, N., Kopainsky, B., Gerber, A. & Mathijs, E. (2015). System dynamics model-based policy evaluation tool: The case of organic farming policy in the EU. 148th seminar of the European Association for Agricultural Economics EAAE “Does Europe need a Food Policy? “, Brussels, Belgium.
  19. Kopainsky, B. & Nicholson, C. F. (2015). System dynamics and sustainable intensification of food systems: Complementarities and challenges. 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge MA.
  20. Fischer, H., Kapmeier, F., Tabacaru, M. & Kopainsky, B. (2015). The more you see the less you “get”: On the importance of a higher-level perspective for understanding dynamic systems. 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge MA.
  21. Herrera, H. & Kopainsky, B. (2015). Rethinking agriculture in a shrinking world: operationalization of resilience with a system dynamics perspective. 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge MA.
  22. Hager, G. M., Kopainsky, B. & Nyanga, P. H. (2015). Learning as conceptual change during community based group interventions. A case study with smallholder farmers in Zambia. 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 19-23, Cambridge MA.
  23. Stave, K. A. & Kopainsky, B. (2014). Dynamic thinking about food system vulnerabilities in highly developed countries: Issues and initial analytic structure for building resilience. 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, The Netherlands.
  24. Ayenew, M. M. & Kopainsky, B. (2014). Food insecurity in Ethiopia: Population, food production and market. 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, The Netherlands.
  25. Saldarriaga, M., Nyanga, P. H. & Kopainsky, B. (2014). Dynamic decision making in coupled social-ecological systems. Smallholder farmers’ goals, resources and constraints in improving food security and adapting to climate change in Zambia. 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, The Netherlands.
  26. Pedercini, M., Dlamini, N., Dlamini, V. & Kopainsky, B. (2013). T21-Swaziland: A dynamic tool for integrated policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation. AIDEA Bicentary Conference, Lecce, Italy.
  27. Saldarriaga, M., Kopainsky, B., Alessi, S. M. (2013). Knowledge analysis in coupled social-­ecological systems What do stakeholders in sub Saharan Africa know about the dynamic complexity of climate change, agriculture and food security? 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge MA.
  28. Kopainsky, B., Gunda Züllich, G. & Blanco, S. M. (2013). Adaptation to climate change in sub Saharan Africa. A multi-­sector impact analysis for Burkina Faso. 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge MA.
  29. Kopainsky, B. & Saldarriaga, M. (2012). Assessing understanding and learning about dynamic systems. 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  30. Alessi, S. M., Kopainsky, B., Moxnes, E. (2012). Teaching resource management with web-based models and multi-player games. 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  31. Derwisch, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2011). The management of trust for stimulating the adoption of improved maize seed in Malawi. 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Washington DC.
  32. Kopainsky, B., Alessi, S. M., Davidsen, P. I. (2011). Measuring knowledge acquisition in dynamic decision making tasks. 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Washington DC.
  33. Kopainsky, B., Alessi, S. M. & Pirnay-Dummer, P. (2011). Providing structural transparency when exploring a model’s behavior: Effects on performance and knowledge acquisition. 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Washington DC.
  34. Pirnay-Dummer, P. & Kopainsky, B. (2011). Tracking performance, understanding and learning in complex game-like environments. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans LA.
  35. Derwisch, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2010) Using systems analysis to assess the impact of intellectual property rights in innovation systems – the case of biotechnology in agriculture. 5th Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  36. Kopainsky, B., Pirnay-Dummer, P. & Alessi, S. M. (2010). Automated assessment of learners’ understanding in complex dynamic systems. 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, Korea.
  37. Derwisch, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2010). Dynamics of enforcement and infringement of intellectual property rights and implications for the incentive function. 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, Korea.
  38. Derwisch, S., Kopainsky, B. & Henson-Apollonio, V. (2009). Foreign direct investment and spillovers in seed sector development. Towards an assessment of the impact of intellectual property rights. 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque NM.
  39. Kopainsky, B., Alessi, S. M., Pedercini, M., Davidsen, P. I. (2009). Exploratory strategies for simulation-based learning about national development. 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque NM.
  40. Kopainsky, B. & Derwisch, S. (2009). Model-based exploration of strategies for fostering adoption of improved seed in West Africa. 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque NM.
  41. Tabacaru, M., Kopainsky, B., Sawicka, A., Stave, K. A. & Skaza, H. (2009). How can we assess whether our simulation models improve system understanding for the ones interacting with them? 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque NM.
  42. Kopainsky, B., Flury, C. & Giuliani, G. (2008). Agriculture’s contribution to rural viability: An approach to estimate regional economic impacts of agricultural policy in Swiss case study regions. 107th EAAE Seminar “Modeling of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies”, Sevilla, Spain.
  43. Sawicka, A. & Kopainsky, B. & Gonzalez, J. J. (2008). Learning about dynamic problems with computer simulators: A case of system dynamics simulation models. Eighth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 08), Santander, Spain.
  44. Sawicka, A. & Kopainsky, B. (2008). Simulation-enhanced descriptions of dynamic problems: Initial experimental results. 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece.
  45. Derwisch, S., Kopainsky, B. & Poehlmann, S. (2008). Making the value chain work–analyzing the impact of intellectual asset and property management for seed sector development in West Africa. 26th International Conference of the System Dynamic Society, Athens, Greece.
  46. Alessi, S. M., Kopainsky, B., Davidsen, P. I. & Pedercini, M. (2008). A system dynamics-based multi-user domain for improving national development planning. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York NY.
  47. Pedercini, M., Kopainsky, B., Davidsen, P. I. & Stephen M Alessi 2007: Blending planning and learning for national development. 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston MA.
  48. Flury, C. & Kopainsky, B. (2006). Modeling the liberalization of market access. 24th International System Dynamics Conference, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  49. Buchli, S., Giuliani, G. & Kopainsky, B. (2006). Agriculture and rural development: A quantitative analysis of agriculture’s economic and social impacts in Swiss regions. 96th European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar “Causes and Impacts of Agricultural Structures”, Taenikon, Switzerland.
  50. Flury, C., Mack, G. & Kopainsky, B. (2005). A composite optimization-simulation model for the analysis of the dynamic interactions in the Swiss milk and meat market. 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston MA.
  51. Kopainsky, B. & Luna-Reyes, L. F. (2005). Reflections on theory building and theory integration following a system dynamics approach. 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston MA.
  52. Ulli-Beer, S. Kopainsky, B., Haefeli, U. & Kaufmann-Hayoz, R. (2005). Envisioning and probing the model for policy learning and scenario planning. 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston MA.
  53. Kopainsky, B. & Rieder, P. (2004). Processes and determinants of rural development in Switzerland. 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Oxford, UK.
  54. Kopainsky, B., Flury, C. & Rieder, P. (2003). Policy and outcome contrasts in the evaluation of the effects of structural change in Swiss mountain agriculture using Linear Programming and System Dynamics. 21st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, New York.

Edited Collections

  1. Lane, D. C. & Kopainsky, B. (2017). Natural Resource Management: Contributions of System Dynamics to Research, Policy and Implementation. Selected papers from the seventh European System Dynamics Workshop, University of Bergen, Norway. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 46(3-4).
  2. Kopainsky, B. & Größler, A. (2016). Proceedings of the 34th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. ISBN: 978-1-5108-3020-2
  3. Alessi, S. M. & Kopainsky, B. (2015). System Dynamics and Simulation/Gaming. Simulation & Gaming 46(3-4).

Books

  1. Momanyi, E., Penderis, S. Kopainsky, B. (2012). Dynamics of Poverty Traps in Kenya. Modeling Food Security, Population Growth and the Poverty Trap. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
  2. Kopainsky, B. (2005). A System Dynamics Analysis of Socio-Economic Development in Lagging Swiss Regions. Shaker Verlag, Aachen.

Book Chapters

  1. Meuwissen, M. P. M., Feindt, P. H., Spiegel, A., Paas, W., Soriano, B., Mathijs, E., … Kopainsky, B. …. Reidsma, P. (2022). SURE-Farm Approach to Assess the Resilience of European Farming Systems. In A. Garrido, A. Spiegel, B. Soriano, E. Mathijs, J. Urquhart, M. M. P. Meuwissen & P. H. Feindt (Eds.), Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe: Exploring Diversity and Pathways (pp. 1-17). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Accatino, F., Paas, W., Herrera, H., Pinsard, C., Severini, S., Appel, F., … Kopainsky, B. …. Reidsma, P. (2022). Integrated Assessment of the Sustainability and Resilience of Farming Systems: Lessons from the Past and Ways Forward for the Future. In A. Garrido, A. Spiegel, B. Soriano, E. Mathijs, J. Urquhart, M. M. P. Meuwissen & P. H. Feindt (Eds.), Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe: Exploring Diversity and Pathways (pp. 279-301). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  3. Davidsen, P. I., Kopainsky B., Moxnes E., Pedercini M. & Wheat, D. I. (2018). A systems education at Bergen. In Bosch O., Cavana R.Y. (eds.), Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet (pp. 41-47). MDPI AG, Basel. ISBN 978-3-03842-790-2
  4. Stave, K. & Kopainsky, B. (2017). System dynamics as a framework for understanding human-environment dynamics. In: Stave K., Yemer G.G., Aynalem S. (eds.). Social and Ecological System Dynamics. Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia (Chapter 3). Springer, New York.
  5. Stave, K., Kopainsky, B., Anteneh, M. , Mengistu, A. A., Sebhat, M. Y., Aynalem, S., Tefera, B., Wassie, A., Aragaw, C., Getnet, B., Beyene, B. S., Abebe, A., Goshu, G., Tadesse, A. T., Ayenew, M. M. (2017). Participatory system dynamics mapping for collaboration and socioecological integration in the Lake Tana region. In Stave K., Yemer G.G., Aynalem S. (eds.), Social and Ecological System Dynamics. Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia (Chapter 34). Springer, New York.
  6. Giuliani, G., Kopainsky, B., Tribaldos, T. (2017). Momo und die Perspektivendiebe. In Innerhofer E., Pechlaner H. (eds.). Schrumpfung und Rückbau. Perspektiven der Regional- und Destinationsentwicklung (pp. 71-90). oekom, München.
  7. Brzezina, N., Kopainsky, B. & Mathijs, E. (2016). Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system?A Critical Assessment Using System Dynamics Structural Thinking Tools. In Clark S. (ed.). Sustainable Agriculture – Beyond Organic Farming (pp. 131-177). MDPI.
  8. Kopainsky, B., Derwisch, S., Ulli-Beer, S., & Tröger, K. (2013). Social dynamics overriding utility evaluations for good and bad: Implications for the design of sustainable food security policies in sub-Saharan African countries. In Ulli-Beer S. (ed). Dynamic Governance of Energy Technology Change. Socio-Technical Transitions Towards Sustainability (pp. 223-242). Springer.
  9. Kopainsky, B. & Pedercini, M. (2009). Model-based analysis: Explorative migration-development scenarios in Cape Verde. In IOM (International Organization for Migration) (ed). The MIDA Experience and Beyond. Operationalizing Migration for Development across Regions (pp. 122-137). IOM, Geneva. ISBN: 78-92-9068-560-9
  10. Kopainsky, B. & Buser, B. (2005). Dezentrale Besiedlung: Wer ersetzt die Landwirtschaft? In Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (ed). Festschrift zu Ehren von Prof. Rieder (pp. 97-112).
  11. Rieder, P., Kopainsky, B., Buchli, S. & Buser, B. (2004). Nachhaltige Nutzungskonzepte in der Primärproduktion im schweizerischen Alpenraum, auf dem Hintergrund der nationalen Politik. In Gamerith W., Messeril P., Meusbuger P., Wanner H. (eds.). Alpenwelt – Gebirgswelten (pp. 379-387). Inseln, Brücken, Grenzen. Heidelberg/Bern.
  12. Kopainsky, B. & Rieder, P. (2004). Die zukünftige Rolle der Landwirtschaft bei der dezentralen Besiedlung des Berggebietes: Kritische Faktoren und erste Ergebnisse eines dynamischen Simulationsmodells auf Gemeindeebene. In Dabbert S., Grosskopf W., Heidhues F., Zeddies J. (eds). Perspektiven in der Landnutzung – Regionen, Landschaften, Betriebe – Entscheidungsträger und Instrumente (pp. 445-450). Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus e.V.

Technical Reports

  1. Swamy D., Eker S., Rajah J., Kopainsky B., Callegari B., Breier J., Donges J. 2023. Preliminary conceptualization of modeling human systems in integrated assessment. D2.1 HEurope project WorldTrans – Transparent Assessments for Real People.
  2. Aguiar Rodriguez A., Romanenko E., Önal F., Lien N., Kopainsky B. 2023. A system dynamics model (knowledge repository). D7.3 H2020 project CoCREATE.
  3. Langarudi, S., Nedelciu, C.E., Herrera, H., Önal F., Kopainsky, B. 2023. Systems thinking for sustainable sanitation. Insights from the African Sanitation Advocacy Partners Meeting. University of Bergen, Norway.
  4. Fesenfeld, L., Mann, S., Meier, M., Nemecek, T., Scharrer, B., Bornemann, B., ..., Kopainsky, B.,... Zähringer, J. (2023). Wege in die Ernährungszukunft der Schweiz: Leitfaden zu den grössten Hebeln und politischen Pfaden für ein nachhaltiges Ernährungssystem: SDSN Schweiz.
  5. Reidsma, P., Paas, W., Accatino, F., Appel, F., Black, J., Bijttebier, J., … Kopainsky B. …Herrera, H. (2021). Policy Brief: Resilience of farming systems in the EU under current conditions and future scenarios. D5.7 H2020 Project SURE Farm - Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  6. Reidsma P., Paas W., Accatino F.,Appel F., Black J., Bijttebier J., Gavrilescu C., Kopainsky B., Krupin V., Manevska Tasevska G., Meuwissen M., Ollendorf F., Peneva M., Senni S., Severini S., Soriano B., Urquhart J., Vigani M., Zawalinska K., Zinnanti C., Herrera H. (2020). Impacts of improved strategies and policy options on the resilience of farming systems across the EU. 6 H2020 Project SURE Farm - Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  7. Accatino, F., Paas, W., Herrera, H., Appel, F., Pinsard, C., Shi, Y., . . ., Kopainsky B., . . . Reidsma, P. (2020). Impacts of Future Scenarios on the Resilience of Farming Systems across the EU Assessed with Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. D5.5 H2020 Project SURE Farm - Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  8. Aguiar Rodriguez A., Gebremariam M., Kopainsky B., Lien N. (2019). Review of existing system dynamics models on overweight/obesity in children and adolescents. D7.1 H2020 project CoCREATE.
  9. Thompson W., Curcio B., Aguiar Rodriguez A., Bonhilla-Duarte S., Kopainsky B. Krütli P., Six J. (2019). DR-UK Banana Producer Resilience Assessment. Understanding preparation, impacts and recovery responses to hurricane-induced flooding for smallholder banana producers. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  10. Thompson W., Aguiar Rodriguez A., Bonhilla-Duarte S., Krütli P., Kopainsky B. (2019). DR-UK Banana Value Chain Climate Resilience Workshop. Forming a transdisciplinary platform to generate stakeholder designed strategies to enhance climate resilience. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  11. Stolze M., Schader C., Müller A., Frehner A., Kopainsky B., Nathani C., Brandes J., Rohrmann S., Krieger J.-P., Pestoni G., Brombach C., Flückiger S., Stucki M., Frischknecht R., Alig M. (2019). Sustainable and Healthy Diets: Trade-offs and Synergies. FiBL/Flury&Giuliani GmbH/Rütter soceco/University of Zurich/ZHAW/treeze Ltd, Frick/Zürich/Rüschlikon/Wädenswil/Uster
  12. Nicholson C.F., Stephens E., Jones A.D., Kopainsky B., Parsons D., Garrett J. (2019). Setting Priorities to Address the Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. CGIAR Working Paper No. 255. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
  13. Herrera H., Kopainsky B., Appel F., Balmann A., Accatino F., Tichit M., . . . Reidsma P. (2018). Impact Assessment Tool to Assess the Resilience of Farming Systems and their Delivery of Private and Public Goods. D5.1 H2020 Project SURE Farm - Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  14. Meuwissen, M., Paas, W., Slijper, T., Coopmans, I., Ciechomska, A., Lievens, E.,...Kopainsky, B.,...Reidsma, P. (2018). Report on Resilience Framework for EU Agriculture. D1.1 H2020 Project SURE Farm – Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  15. Mathijs, E., Deckers, J., Kopainsky, B., Nitzko, S. & Spiller, A. (2018). Scenarios for EU Farming. D1.2 H2020 Project SURE Farm – Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming Systems.
  16. Kopainsky, B., Nathani, C. & Frischknecht, R. (2018). Environmental-economic models for evaluating the sustainability of the Swiss agri-food system. Final scientific report. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/Rütter Soceco/treeze Ltd., Zürich/Rüschlikon/Uster
  17. Kopainsky, B. & Tribaldos, T. (2017). Dynamic simulation model – an aggregated, feedback-rich representation of the Swiss agri-food system. Model documentation – technical report. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  18. Nathani, C., Stolz, P., Tribaldos, T., Schmid, C., Schneider, M., Frischknecht, R., . . . Kopainsky, B. (2017). Estimation of a Swiss environmentally extended input-output table with a disaggregated agri-food sector. Technical report. Rüschlikon/Uster/Zurich, Switzerland: Rütter Soceco, Treeze Ltd., Flury&Giuliani GmbH.
  19. Kopainsky, B. (2016). Pilot Study on Systems Modeling for Market Transformation. Report to Kenya Markets Trust. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  20. Kopainsky, B. (2014). Sustainable Development Goals and Targets on Food and Nutrition Security through Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the Post-2015 Agenda: Background Paper. University of Bergen, Norway.
  21. Kopainsky, B., Quang, B. L. & Spörri, A. (2013). Resilience in Food Value Chains. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/ETH Zürich, Zürich.
  22. Kopainsky, B., Flury, C., Pedercini, M., Sorg, L. & Gerber, A. (2013). Ressourceneffizienz im Dienste der Ernährungssicherheit. Teilprojekt Modellierung – Schlussbericht. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/Millennium Institute, Zürich/Washington DC.
  23. Kopainsky, B. (2012). Food for all: Recommendations for Enhancing the Implementation of Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. Background paper to High Level Roundtable on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture 15th and 16th March 2012, New York. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  24. Züllich, G., Kopainsky, B. & Pedercini, M. (2012). Élaboration du PANA Programmatique du Burkina Faso. Analyse de vulnérabilité multisectorielle en vue de la formulation d’une stratégie nationale d’Adaptation aux Changements Climatiques à moyen et à long terme à l’horizon de 2025 et 2050 du Burkina Faso. Millennium Institute, Washington DC.
  25. Pedercini, M., Blanco, S. M. & Kopainsky, B. (2011). A Model-Based Analysis of Costs and Benefits of DDT versus non-DDT Malaria Control. Millennium Insitute Working Paper. Millennium Institute, Washington DC.
  26. Cavelti, G. & Kopainsky, B. (2009). Strategien zum Umgang mit potenzialarmen Räumen erarbeitet am Beispiel der Kantone Graubünden und Uri. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/BHP Brugger und Partner, Zürich.
  27. Kopainsky, B., Cavelti, G. & Giuliani, G. (2008). Potenzialarme Räume – Umgang mit ungenutzten Potenzialen. Instrumente und Erfahrungen in den Mitgliedsländern der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer Arge Alp. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/BHP Brugger und Partner, Zürich.
  28. Giuliani, G. & Kopainsky, B. (2007). Iniziative di sviluppo regionale in Lavizzara: Analisi generale delle iniziative in programma o in fase di realizzazione e sviluppo di una strategia globale. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  29. Flury, C. & Kopainsky, B. (2006). Regionalwirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Bildungsinstitutionen im Berggebiet. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  30. Buchli, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2006). Öffentliche Transferzahlungen in die Gemeinden des Kantons Graubünden. Bericht zuhanden des Staatssekretariats für Wirtschaft. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  31. Cavetti, G. & Kopainsky, B. (2006). Potenzialarme Räume Graubünden. Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Strategien von Kanton Graubünden und Bund. Flury&Giuliani GmbH/BHP Brugger und Partner, Zürich.
  32. Buchli, S., Kopainsky, B. & Rieder, P. (2006). Parc Adula. Bericht zuhanden des Gemeindeverbandes Surselva. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  33. Buchli, S., Kopainsky, B., Rieder, P. (2005). Naturmonument Ruinaulta: Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der nicht-touristischen Anstössergemeinden. Bericht zuhanden des Gemeindeverbandes Surselva. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  34. Kopainsky, B., Buchli, S. & Rieder, P. (2005). Wirtschaftsraum Oberengadin. Bericht zuhanden des Handels- und Gewerbevereins St. Moritz. Flury&Giuliani GmbH, Zürich.
  35. Rieder, P. & Kopainsky, B. (2005). Wege und Möglichkeiten zur Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft von Scuol in den nächsten zehn bis zwanzig Jahren. Strategieentwicklung anhand der Nutzwertanalyse. Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, ETH Zürich.
  36. Rieder, P., Buchli, S. & Kopainsky, B. (2004). Erfüllung des Verfassungsauftrags durch die Landwirtschaft unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Beitrags zur dezentralen Besiedlung. Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, ETH Zürich.
  37. Buchli, S., Kopainsky, B., Furrer, H., Rieder, P. (2003). Wirtschaftstrukturen der Gemeinde Medel (Lucmagn). Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, ETH Zürich.
  38. Phan-Huy, S. A., Kopainsky, B., Rieder, P. (2001). Multifunctionality: Applying the OECD Framework. A Review of Literature in Switzerland. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.