Nanda

Wijermans

PhD

Researcher

nanda.wijermans@su.se

+46 8 674 78 28

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  • Modelling human behaviour and decision making
  • Social simulation
  • Agent-based modelling
  • Natural resource management
  • Human behaviour
  • Fisher behaviour

Nanda Wijermans’s research focuses on understanding and formalizing of human behaviour in and on social-ecological systems

Wijerman uses agent-based modelling (computational simulation) to integrate and formalise case or expert knowledge, (social) theory and connecting to other methods to contribute to a deeper understanding.

Wijermans has a PhD in Social Simulation with a thesis titled ‘Understanding crowd behaviour’ and MSc in Artificial Intelligence, specializing in autonomous systems. Her multidisciplinary upbringing (mix of computer science, psychology, math, philosophy, etc.) and development towards social-ecological system research is a relevant addition to the variety of multi-disciplinary scientists at SRC.

Wijermans also engages in a number of scientific committees, such as: Active member of the European Social Simulation Association (Management committee, 2012-2016; Coordinator of a special interest group on Cognitive models in Social Simulation (2012-2016); Coordinator & organiser of ESSA@work workshops and conference tracks for modellers (2008-2016).

Publications by Wijermans, Nanda

An Online Implementation of a Virtual Agent-Based Experiment Tool—An Exploration

Book chapter | 2021

Wijermans, N., Verhagen, H. & Lytter, A. 2021. An Online Implementation of a Virtual Agent-Based Experiment Tool—An Exploration. In Advances in Social Simulation (eds. P. Ahrweiler & M. Neumann), Springer Proceedings in Complexity, Springer International Publishing, pp.291–297.

This chapter is part of a book based on the conference proceedings of ESSA 2013, the 9th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association. ESSA conferences constitute annual events, which serve as an international platform for the exchange of ideas and discussion of cutting-edge research in the field of social simulations, both from the theoretical as well as applied perspective. This book consists of 33 articles, whic...

Social Identity in Agent-Based Models: Exploring the State of the Art

Book chapter | 2021

Scholz, G., Eberhard, T., Ostrowski, R. & Wijermans, N. 2021. Social Identity in Agent-Based Models: Exploring the State of the Art. In Springer Proceedings in Complexity, pp. 59–64.

Agent-based modelling

Book chapter | 2021

Schlüter, M., Lindkvist, E., Wijermans, N. & Polhill, G. 2021. Agent-based modelling. In: Biggs et al. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 383–397.

This chapter is part of The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems which provides a synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems (SES) research. The book is primarily targeted at graduate students, lecturers and researchers working on SES, and has been written in a style that is accessible to readers entering the field from a variety of different disci...

Cognition and behavior in context: a framework and theories to explain natural resource use decisions in social-ecological systems

Journal / article | 2021

Constantino, S., Schlüter, M., Weber, E., Wijermans, N.. 2021. Cognition and behavior in context: a framework and theories to explain natural resource use decisions in social-ecological systems. Sustainability Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00989-w

The complex, context-dependent, and dynamic nature of human behavior is increasingly recognized as both an important cause of sustainability problems and potential leverage for their solution. Human beings are diverse, as are the social, ecological, and institutional settings in which they are embedded. Despite this recognition and extensive knowledge about human decision-making in the behavioral sciences, empirical analysis,...