What does it take to feed a growing and more demanding global population while staying within planetary and social boundaries? And how do we get there - how do we minimize trade-offs and maximize synergies; how do we make sure that all voices are heard and represented?

I am a systems thinker and modeler with a passion for learning in and about food and other social-ecological systems. In my research, I explore the role that system dynamics analysis and modeling techniques play in facilitating transformation processes in social-ecological systems, such as the transition towards sustainable agri-food systems on local, national and international levels. My goal is to provide guidelines for learning about complex dynamic systems and for making information about climate change, agriculture and food security both accessible and relevant for action. I work both in Europe and in several sub-Saharan African countries.

I am particularly passionate about engaging with a wide range of stakeholders by creatively adapting proven tools and techniques from systems thinking and system dynamics modeling to advance decision-making in social ecological systems and to achieve breakthrough moments of understanding for those stakeholders to become champions of change towards resilience and sustainability.

2022. En mulighet for småbønder i Afrika. https://www.bistandsaktuelt.no/matsikkerhet-matvarepriser-tanzania/en-mulighet-for-smabonder-i-afrika/308328

2021. PhDs stepping up to policy brief call. https://www.uib.no/en/sdgbergen/146088/phds-stepping-policy-brief-call

2021. Practitioner Profile: Birgit Kopainsky, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway. System Dynamics Blog WiSDom. https://systemdynamics.org/practitioner-profile-birgit-kopainsky-university-of-bergen-uib-norway/

2021. Group Model Building Online. Experiences and Insights. System Dynamics Society Seminar Series. 10.03.2021:

• Recording, presentation and templates: https://systemdynamics.org/event/group-model-building-online-experiences-and-insights-seminar/.
• Follow-up blog post: https://systemdynamics.org/webinar-qa-group-model-building-online/

2020. Når systemet kollapser må system-tenkerne innovere – for å innovere. OPPkvikker - faglig frokostmøte med Universitetet i Bergen. Innovasjonsuken OPP. https://www.innovasjonsukenopp.no/arrangement/oppkvikker-faglig-frokostmoete-med-universitetet-i-bergen/

2019. A first of its kind (pioneer): PhD Interdisciplinary course at UiB. https://www.slate.uib.no/single-post/2019/10/23/A-first-of-its-kind-pioneer-PhD-Interdisciplinary-course-at-UiB.

2019. FN gir ph.d.-kandidatar ved UiB ei utfordring / Creative problem solving. The UN gives PhD candidates at UiB a challenge. University of Bergen Aktuelt / News. https://www.uib.no/svf/126248/fn-gir-phd-kandidatar-ved-uib-ei-utfordring / https://www.uib.no/en/svf/126252/un-gives-phd-candidates-uib-challenge

2017. Med blikk på bærekraften i europeisk landbruk / EU funding for climate dynamics project. University of Bergen Aktuelt / News (interview). http://www.uib.no/svf/104655/med-blikk-p%C3%A5-b%C3%A6rekraften-i-europeisk-landbruk / http://www.uib.no/en/svf/104634/eu-funding-climate-dynamics-project

2015. UiB-forskere lytter til afrikanske bønder / Listening to the voices of Africa's farmers. University of Bergen Aktuelt / News (interview). http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/92385/uib-forskere-lytter-til-afrikanske-b%C3%B8nder / http://www.uib.no/en/news/92401/listening-voices-africa%E2%80%99s-farmers

2014. På randen av en matkrise. HUBRO, 20-21. (interview)

2014. On the verge of a food crisis. The UiB Magazine, 2014/2015, 24-25. (interview)

2024

• Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2024). Co-producing Models of (Pro-)Environmental Human Behaviour with Citizens: Feedback Stories Surrounding Meat Consumption. (external link)
• Schoenberg, William Alexander; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2024). Teaching with Loops That Matter in the classroom. (external link)
• Rajah, Jefferson K.; Tusch, Benedikt; Hammerseng, Gard et al. (2024). Towards Modelling (Pro-)Environmental Human Behaviour in Integrated Assessment Models from a Systems Approach. (external link)
• Rajah, Jefferson K.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2024). Human behavioural drivers of meat consumption: Using group model building to capture lived realities.. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Dula, Ivan; Gkini, Christina (2024). Integrating distributive justice in system dynamics models of sustainability transitions. (external link)
• Buzogany, Raquel Froese; Kopainsky, Birgit; Gonçalves, Paulo (2024). Developing theoretically grounded causal maps to examine and improve policy narratives about global challenges. (external link)
• Metic, Julija; Guzzo, Daniel; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2024). A simulation-based approach for investigating the dynamics of rebound effects in the circular economy: A case of use-oriented product/service system. (external link)

2023

• Loo, Pei Shan; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Kopainsky, Birgit (2023). Simulation-Based Assessment of Cholera Epidemic Response: A Case Study of Al-Hudaydah, Yemen. (external link)
• Rajah, Jefferson K.; Chernicoff, William; Hutchison, Christopher J. et al. (2023). Enabling Mobility: A Simulation Model of the Health Care System for Major Lower-Limb Amputees to Assess the Impact of Digital Prosthetics Services. (external link)
• Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Cecile, Knai; Finegood, Diane et al. (2023). Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project. (external link)
• Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Onal, Furkan; Hendricks, Gaironeesa et al. (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. (external link)
• Wisiecka, Katarzyna; Konishi, Yuumi; Krejtz, Krzysztof et al. (2023). Supporting Complex Decision-Making: Evidence from an Eye Tracking Study on In-Person and Remote Collaboration. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit Ursula; Kapmeier, Florian (2023). Dynamic implications of the biological link between bovine milk and meat production for operationalizing the planetary health diet. (external link)
• Thompson, William J.; Varma, Varun; Jörin, Jonas et al. (2023). Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in a global food value chain. (external link)
• Potthoff, Kerstin; Kopainsky, Birgit (2023). Norwegian low-intensity ovine and bovine farming systems—a resilience perspective. (external link)
• Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely ; Gebremariam, Mekdes; Romanenko, Eduard et al. (2023). System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2023). 12 questions to Birgit Kopainsky. (external link)
• Aguiar, Anaely ; Romanenko, Eduard; Hendricks, Gaironeesa et al. (2023). Mental health matters in obesity prevention: exploring the dynamic relationships between mental well-being and obesity-related behaviours in adolescents. (external link)

2022

• Nicholson, Charles; McRoberts, Keenan; Öz, Besir Suleyman et al. (2022). A dynamic systems analysis of factors affecting success of identitypreserved products: the case of high-oleic soybeans. (external link)
• Thompson, William D.; Blaser-Hart, Wilma; Jörin, Jonas et al. (2022). Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa. (external link)
• Gkini, Christina; Rajah, Jefferson K.; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2022). Integrating diverse perspectives: meaning-making process in participatory system dynamics. (external link)
• Zolfaghari, Mahshid; Meshkovska, Biljana; Banik, Anna et al. (2022). Applying a systems perspective to understand the mechanisms of the European School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. (external link)
• Hempel, Manuel; Kopainsky, Birgit (2022). An outlook on the Future of Agricultural Policy: Experiences from Norway. (external link)
• Benabderrazik, Kenza; Jeangros, Laurence; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2022). Addressing the resilience of tomato farmers in Ghana facing a double exposure from climate and market. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose (2022). workshop i SYNAGRI. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2022). Discussant; Second Open Plenary Discussion. (external link)
• Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Schütz, Lilli; Paas, Wim et al. (2022). Understanding resilience of farming systems: Insights from system dynamics modelling for an arable farming system in the Netherlands. (external link)
• Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas et al. (2022). Impacts of future climate on local water supply and demand – A socio-hydrological case study in the Nordic region. (external link)
• Beitnes, Synnøve S.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Potthoff, Kerstin (2022). Climate change adaptation processes seen through a resilience lens: Norwegian farmers’ handling of the dry summer of 2018. (external link)
• Leon, Hugo Jose Herrera de; Kopainsky, Birgit (2022). Using microworlds for policymaking in the context of resilient farming systems. (external link)
• Benabderrazik, Kenza; Kopainsky, Birgit; Monastyrnaya, Elena et al. (2022). Climate resilience and the human-water dynamics. The case of tomato production in Morocco. (external link)

2021

• Kliem, Daniel; Scheidegger, Alexander; Kopainsky, Birgit (2021). Closing the mineral construction material cycle – An endogenous perspective on barriers in transition. (external link)
• Benabderrazik, Kenza; Kopainsky, Birgit; Tazi, L. et al. (2021). Agricultural intensification can no longer ignore water conservation – A systemic modelling approach to the case of tomato producers in Morocco. (external link)
• Rieder, Erica; Larson, Lincoln; 't Sas-Rolfes, Michael et al. (2021). Using participatory system dynamics modeling to address complex conservation prob-lems: Tiger farming as a case study. (external link)
• Lindqvist, Andreas; Fornell, Rickard; Prade, Thomas et al. (2021). Human-water dynamics and their role for seasonal water scarcity – a case study. (external link)
• Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2021). Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Case examples and priority information needs. (external link)
• Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma C.; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2021). Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Current status and recommended improvements. (external link)
• Enberg, Katja; Harlap, Yael; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2021). Institutional synergies for sustainability learning - the university as ecosystem and social actor. (external link)

2020

• Wilkerson, Brooke; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gkini, Christina et al. (2020). Reflections on adapting group model building scripts into online workshops. (external link)
• Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Using system dynamics to support a participatory assessment of resilience. (external link)
• Reidsma, Pytrik; Paas, Wim; Accatino, Francesco et al. (2020). Impacts of improved strategies and policy options on the resilience of farming systems across the EU. D5.6 . (external link)
• Wilkerson, Brooke; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gkini, Christina et al. (2020). Reflections on adapting group model building scripts into online workshops. (external link)
• Nicholson, Charles F.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Stephens, Emma et al. (2020). Conceptual frameworks linking agriculture and food security. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Working towards system dynamics modeling and simulation of policies in Co-Create. (external link)
• Accatino, Francesco; Paas, Wim; Herrera, Hugo et al. (2020). Impacts of Future Scenarios on the Resilience of Farming Systems across the EU As-sessed with Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. D5.5 . (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Ness, Ingunn Johanne; Målen, Hiwa (2020). PhD for innovation. Experiences with the pilot version of a PhD course on interdisciplinary problem solving and creativity. (external link)
• Gallagher, Louise; Kopainsky, Birgit; Bassi, Andrea Marcello et al. (2020). Supporting stakeholders to anticipate and respond to risks in a Mekong River water-energy-food nexus. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Kliem, Daniel (2020). How can System Dynamics contribute to transformation in social-ecological systems?. (external link)
• Barton, Michael C.; Alberti, Marina; Burke, Edmund et al. (2020). Call for transparency of COVID-19 models. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Crises as opportunities. Presidential address. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Connecting the dots. Systems thinking as a unifying language in interdisciplinary work. (external link)
• Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Do you bend or break? System Dynamics in resilience planning for food security. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2020). Afterword. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Frehner, Anita; Müller, Adrian (2020). Sustainable and healthy diets: Synergies and trade‐offs in Switzerland.. (external link)
• Ness, Ingunn Johanne; Kopainsky, Birgit; Målen, Hiwa et al. (2020). OPPkvikker - faglig frokostmøte med Universitetet i Bergen. (external link)

2019

• Pedercini, Matteo; Kleemann, Holger Maxmilian; Dlamini, Nombuso et al. (2019). Integrated simulation for national development planning. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2019). #foodcanfixit. How food and system dynamics have given me a career. (external link)
• Kimmich, Christian; Gallagher, Louise; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2019). Participatory modelling updates expectations for individuals and groups, catalyzing behavior change and collective action in water‐energy‐food nexus governance. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2019). Sustainable and healthy diets. Synergies and trade-offs in Switzerland. (external link)
• Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Gebremariam, Mekdes Kebede; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2019). Review of existing system dynamics models on overweight/obesity in children and ado-lescents. D7.1 H2020 project CoCREATE. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2019). On using system dynamics to build adaptive capacity with small-scale farmers in developing countries. (external link)
• Nicholson, Charles F.; Stephens, Emma; Jones, A.D. et al. (2019). Setting Priorities to Address the Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (external link)
• Thompson, William; Curcio, B.; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely et al. (2019). DR-UK Banana Producer Resilience Assessment. Understanding preparation, impacts and recovery responses to hurricane-induced flooding for smallholder banana producers. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2019). Navigating between analytical rigor and inclusiveness in participatory systems modeling. (external link)
• Thompson, William; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Bonhilla-Duarte, S. et al. (2019). DR-UK Banana Value Chain Climate Resilience Workshop. Forming a transdisciplinary platform to generate stakeholder designed strategies to enhance climate resilience. (external link)
• Ness, Ingunn Johanne; Kopainsky, Birgit; Målen, Hiwa (2019). PhD for Innovation: Interdisciplinary problem solving and creativity. (external link)
• Meuwissen, Miranda; Feindt, Peter; Spiegel, Alisa et al. (2019). A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Gerber, Andreas; Lara Arango, David et al. (2019). Short-term versus long-term decision trade-offs: Evidence from a model-based observational experiment with African small-scale farmers. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2019). System Dynamics at Sixty: The Path Forward. (external link)

2018

• Bennich, Therese; Belyazid, Salim; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2018). The bio-based economy: Dynamics governing transition pathways in the Swedish forestry sector. (external link)
• Bennich, Therese; Belyazid, Salim; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2018). Understanding the transition to a bio-based economy: Exploring dynamics linked to the agricultural sector in Sweden. (external link)
• Mathijs, Erik; Deckers, Jo; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2018). Scenarios for EU Farming. Deliverable 1.2. (external link)
• Meuwissen, Miranda; Paas, Wim; Coopmans, Isabeau et al. (2018). Report on Resilience Framework for EU Agriculture. Deliverable 1.1. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2018). On using system dynamics to build adaptive capacity with small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. (external link)
• Herrera, Hugo; Kopainsky, Birgit; Appel, Franziska et al. (2018). Impact Assessment Tool to Assess the Resilience of Farming Systems and their Delivery of Private and Public Goods. Deliverable 5.1. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2018). Simulation-based field experiments to study dynamic decision making. (external link)
• Davidsen, Pål; Kopainsky, Birgit; Moxnes, Erling et al. (2018). A systems education at Bergen. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2018). Synergies and trade-offs between healthy consumption and sustainable production. (external link)
• Herrera de Leon, Hugo Jose; Kopainsky, Birgit (2018). Public Policy Planning to Enhance the Resilience of Socio-Ecological Systems to Climate Change. Operationalising Resilience Concepts from a Dynamic Perspective. (external link)

2017

• Gerber, Andreas; Kopainsky, Birgit (2017). The Dynamics of Food Availability in sub-Saharan Africa. An Endogenous Perspective on Food Production Systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Hager, Gerid ; Herrera , Hugo et al. (2017). Transforming food systems at local levels: using participatory system dynamics in an interactive manner to refine small-scale farmers’ mental models. (external link)
• de Mey, Yann; Meuwissen, Miranda; Mathijs, Erik et al. (2017). SURE-Farm: Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2017). System dynamics as a framework for understanding human-environment dynamics. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit; Tadesse, Aklilu Tilahun et al. (2017). Participatory system dynamics mapping for collaboration and socioecological integration in the Lake Tana region. (external link)
• Gerber, Andreas; Lara Arango, David; Nyanga, Progress et al. (2017). Evidence about dynamic decision-making based on a field experiment with African farmers. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Ledermann, Samuel T.; Tribaldos, Theresa (2017). A Food Systems Perspective for Food and Nutrition Security beyond the Post-2015 Development Agenda. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Gerber, Andreas; Lara Arango, David et al. (2017). Evidence about dynamic decision-making based on a field experiment with African farmers. (external link)
• Lara Arango, David; Gerber, Andreas; Nyanga, Progress et al. (2017). Cournot markets in the field: The case of Zambian farmers. (external link)
• Lane, David C.; Kopainsky, Birgit (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. (external link)
• Brzezina, Natalia; Kopainsky, Birgit; Mathijs, Erik (2017). Designing robust policy for sustainable development of organic farming in Switzerland: A simulation-based approach. (external link)
• Brzezina, Natalia; Biely, Katharina; Helfgott, Ariella et al. (2017). Development of organic farming in Europe at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetype lenses. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2017). Ökonomische und ökologische Wirkungen der Schweizer Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft: Bestandsaufnahme und mögliche kritische Faktoren in der Zukunft. (external link)
• Brzezina, Natalia; Biely, Katharina; Helfgott, Ariella et al. (2017). Development of organic farming in Europe at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetypes lenses. (external link)
• Brombach, Christine; Flückiger, Stefan; Rohrmann, Sabine et al. (2017). Experts’ opinion about the interaction of sustainable nutrition, health and future of agricultural systems in Switzerland. (external link)

2016

• Derwish, Sebastian; Morone, Piergiuseppe; Tröger, Katharine et al. (2016). Investigating the drivers of innovation diffusion in a low income country context. The case of adoption of improved maize seed in Malawi. (external link)
• Tadesse, Biruktavit; Kopainsky, Birgit (2016). Farmers' Decision Making and Food Insecurity: The Case of Ethiopian Households A System Dynamics Approach. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Größler, Andreas (2016). 34th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society 2016. (external link)
• Jörin, Jonas; Hauenstein, Samuel; Tendall, Danielle et al. (2016). Resilience in food systems: The case of tef in Ethiopia. (external link)
• Alarcon, Ana Lucia Avila; Kopainsky, Birgit (2016). Subsistence Farming Household. Dynamic Profile.. (external link)
• Brzezina, Natalia; Kopainsky, Birgit; Mathijs, Erik (2016). Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools. (external link)

2015

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M.; Pedercini, Matteo et al. (2015). The effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy in system dynamics learning environments. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). A system dynamics approach for examining mechanisms and pathways of food supply vulnerability. (external link)
• Alessi, Stephen M.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). System dynamics and simulation-gaming: Overview. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Huber, Robert; Pedercini, Matteo (2015). Food provision and environmental goals in the Swiss agri-food system: System dynamics and the social-ecological systems framework. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M. (2015). Effects of structural transparency in system dynamics simulators on performance and understanding. (external link)
• Tendall, Danielle; Jörin, Jonas; Kopainsky, Birgit et al. (2015). Food system resilience: Defining the concept. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). System Dynamics zur Verbesserung der Nahrungsmittel-Versorgungssicherheit in Afrika. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). A system dynamics framework to promote sustainability in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia social-ecological system. (external link)
• Fischer, Helen; Kapmeier, Florian; Tabacaru, Mihaela et al. (2015). The more you see the less you “get”: On the importance of a higher-level perspective for understanding dynamic systems. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). Dynamic decision making in coupled social ecological systems. Integration of small-scale farmers’ goals, resources and strategies for natural resource manage-ment in Amhara region, Ethiopia. (external link)
• Hager, Gerid; Kopainsky, Birgit; Nyanga, Progress H. (2015). Filling the cups: Learning about systems through community-based processes. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Nicholson, Charles F. (2015). System dynamics and sustainable intensification of food systems: Complementarities and challenges. (external link)
• Herrera, Hugo; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). Rethinking agriculture in a shrinking world: Operationalization of resilience with a System Dynamics perspective. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). Dynamic simulation modeling in social-ecological systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). Was heisst nachhaltige Intensivierung für die europäische Landwirtschaft?. (external link)
• Hager, Gerid; Nyanga, Progress H.; Kopainsky, Birgit (2015). Learning as conceptual change during community based group interventions. A case study with smallholder farmers in Zambia. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Schreiber, Eduardo E. Bou (2015). Maize Losses During Storage: A System Dynamics approach to the Food Reserve Agency Case in Zambia. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Hager, Gerid (2015). LEARNING ABOUT SYSTEMS THROUGH INTERACTION: A CASE STUDY WITH SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN ZAMBIA. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Steinhilber, Conrad (2015). The Maize Value Chain in Zambia: Dynamics and Resilience Towards Production Shocks. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Birbilaj, Aurora (2015). Dynamic Decision-Making About Natural Resource Use In Ethiopia. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Spicer, Jacynta (2015). Representation and Dynamic Implications of Mental Models of Food Systems: A case study of dynamic decision making of smallscale farmers in Zambia . (external link)

2014

• Wheat, David; Kopainsky, Birgit; Davidsen, Pål et al. (2014). Systems Education at Bergen. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Amelia, Dea Fitri (2014). Exploring Policies to Enhance the Difffusion of Conservation Agriculture in Zambia through Understanding Dynamic Behavior. (external link)
• Saldarriaga, Maria; Nyanga, Progress H.; Kopainsky, Birgit (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. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). På randen av en matkrise. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). On the verge of a food crisis. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Dynamic thinking about food system vulnerabilities in highly developed countries: Issues and initial analytic structure. (external link)
• Stave, Krystyna; Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Strengthening Links between Policy and Research for Sustainable Development in the Lake Tana Basin. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). A conceptual framework for the discussion of targets and indicators for a post-2015 goal on food and nutrition security through sustainable agriculture and food systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Good governance in a complex world. System dynamics for agriculture and food security. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Ernährungssicherheit und Ressourceneffizienz in der Schweiz – Ein Widerspruch?. (external link)
• Amelia, Dea Fitri; Kopainsky, Birgit; Nyanga, Progress H. (2014). Exploratory model of conservation agriculture adoption and diffusion in Zambia: A dynamic perspective. (external link)
• AYENEW, MELAK MESFIN; Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Food insecurity in Ethiopia: Population, food production and market. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Using system dynamics in food security projects. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2014). Sustainable Development Goals and Targets on Food and Nutrition Security through Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the Post-2015 Agenda. Background Paper.. (external link)

2013

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Tröger, Katharine; Derwisch, Sebastian et al. (2013). Social Dynamics Overriding Utility Evaluations for Good and Bad: Implications for the Design of Sustainable Food Security Policies in Sub-Saharan African Countries. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). Panelist comments to “A practitioner’s guide to green economy modeling tools.”. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). Using system dynamics in food security projects. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). Planificación para la adaptación al cambio climático con la ayuda de modelos de simulación. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). The complexity of the world food system. Integrated analyses of food system outcomes. (external link)
• Saldarriaga, Maria; Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen (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?. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Züllich, Gunda; Movilla, Santiago (2013). Adaptation to climate change in sub Saharan Africa. A multi-sector impact analysis for Burkina Faso. (external link)
• Zoss, Marc; Kopainsky, Birgit; Becker, Barbara (2013). Implications of trends in global food and nutrition security at national level – The example of Switzerland. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). Synergies and trade-offs between environmental and economic outcomes in agri-food systems. A system dynamics approach to scenario and policy analysis. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Huber, Robert; Pedercini, Matteo (2013). Exploring synergies between system dynamics and a social-ecological systems framework. The case of the Swiss agri-food system between production, environmental and public health goals. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). The challenges of modeling agriculture. Experiences from a system-dynamics based application in Switzerland. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2013). Planificación para la adaptación al cambio climático con la ayuda de modelos de simulación. Experiencias y lecciones de Burkina Faso en África. (external link)

2012

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Pirnay-Dummerb, Pablo; Alessic, Stephen M. (2012). Automated assessment of learners' understanding in complex dynamic systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Tröger, Katharine; Derwisch, Sebastian et al. (2012). Designing sustainable food security policies in sub-Saharan African countries: how social dynamics over-ride utility evaluations for good and bad. (external link)
• Alessi, Stephen M.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Moxnes, Erling (2012). Teaching resource management with web-based models and multi-player games. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Saldarriaga, Maria (2012). Assessing understanding and learning about dynamic systems. (external link)
• Momanyi, Eric; Penderis, Sharon; Kopainsky, Birgit (2012). Dynamics of Poverty Traps in Kenya. Modelling Food Security, Population Growth and the Poverty Trap. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2012). Food for all. Recommendations for enhancing the implementation of food security and sustainable agriculture and food systems. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit (2012). Sustainable agriculture and climate change. Policy analysis and design using system dynamics. (external link)

2011

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M.; Davidsen, Pål (2011). Measuring knowledge acquisition in dynamic decision making tasks. (external link)
• Kopainsky, Birgit; Sawicka, Agata (2011). Simulator-supported descriptions of complex dynamic problems: experimental results on task performance and system understanding. (external link)
• Pedercini, Matteo; Movilla Blanco, Santiago; Kopainsky, Birgit (2011). Application of the Malaria Management Model to the Analysis of Costs and Benefits of DDT versus Non-DDT Malaria Control. (external link)

2010

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Pedercini, Matteo; Davidsen, Pål et al. (2010). A Blend of Planning and Learning Simplifying a Simulation Model of National Development. (external link)

2008

• Kopainsky, Birgit; Luna-Reyes, Luis F. (2008). Closing the Loop: Promoting Synergies with Other Theory Building Approaches to Improve System Dynamics Practice. (external link)
• Sawicka, Agata; Kopainsky, Birgit; Gonzalez, Jose J. (2008). Learning about Dynamic Problems with Computer Simulators: A Case of System Dynamics Simulation Models. (external link)

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