The Social-Ecological Systems Simulation (SESS) centre - Aarhus University’s Post

SESS is a multidisciplinary centre including #ecology, #geography, #socialscience, and #computerscience. We focus on the development of #simulation as a tool to explore the implications of management decisions on the environmental, societal, and economic aspects of managed systems. One of the tools at our disposal is The Animal Landscape and Man Simulation System #ALMaSS, https://lnkd.in/eg3uNzV8 ALMaSS is a landscape level simulation system that is based on detailed landscape modelling as a simulation environment in which to link a wide range of other models dynamically together e.g., farmer models and wildlife. Find out more about SESS here: https://lnkd.in/gA35Ychc

Meet our new #SESScentre researcher Gabriele Torma! 👋 We are excited to introduce Gabriele, a dedicated social scientist with a focus on innovation adoption to drive the green transition. Gabriele is passionate about understanding public perceptions and feelings towards sustainable farming and food, aiming to increase social acceptance of these approaches and products 🌞 Gabriele sees herself as a true generalist and is motivated by stepping into difficult tasks and challenges to understand how to best use her skills 🛠️ She is an experienced project manager and thrives in projects focusing on change management, and innovative solutions for a greener future 🍀 Gabriele has joined the SESS team as a social science researcher, and she will support the developments of the GUDP RDD7 Organic+ and RDD9 EcoMetric projects led by Yoko L. Dupont 🌱 Organic+ aims to investigate landscape level changes in biodiversity following implementations of sustainable biodiversity enhancing measures with inputs from communities of practice (CoPs) 🌼🐝 EcoMetric aims to provide a framework for the development of a science-based system for quantifying biodiversity in agricultural landscapes managed for organic production, co-developed with key stakeholders, including authorities, retailers, investors and green NGOs 👥🌾 We are thrilled to have you on board, Gabriele! 👏 Read more about our team and projects on our website: https://lnkd.in/ecfJvBdV 🔗 #NewTeamMember #SocialScientist #GreenTransition #SustainableFarming #Biodiversity #OrganicFarming #EcoMetric #OrganicPlus #CommunityOfPractice #AarhusUniversity #WelcomeAboard

New #sesscentre ALMaSS methods paper just published 📣 We are thrilled to share our latest methods paper detailing the landscape model for the Animal Landscape and Man Simulation System where you discover: ⚙️ Descriptions of the landscape class, internal data, and class hierarchy. ⚙️ Insights into the timing and scheduling of actions within the simulation. ⚙️ An overview of the landscape class interface. ⚙️ Presentation of the Farm and Farm Manager classes, crop management, weather, and calendar classes. Find the paper in the Food and Ecological Systems Modelling Journal (by Pensoft Publishers) 👇 https://lnkd.in/dqxH2z3C This work was partially supported by DeiC National HPC (UCloud, GenomeDK, LUMI) (g.a. DeiC-AU-N1-000025, DeiC-AU-L5-0011 and DeiC-AU-N2-2023015) and by the EcoStack project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 773554. Learn more about EcoStack on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eiYMpRbB #Research #Simulation #WildlifeImpact #OpenSource #LandscapeModeling #PesticideUse #FarmManagement #CropManagement #SystemsModelling #AarhusUni #FoodAndEcologicalSystemsModellingJournal #H2020EcoStack