Systems Thinking – Page 4

What is behavior?

In this lesson students explore the concept of (human) behavior, its causes, and its relation to well-being and sustainable development.

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OECD (2020), Curriculum Overload: A Way Forward, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/3081ceca-en.

Dustin Eirdosh

OECD (2020), Curriculum Overload: A Way Forward, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/3081ceca-en. Read More »

This model simulates the evolution of populations in an environment that is spatially structured. In such a situation, several evolutionary mechanisms operate, including migration, founder effect, multilevel selection.

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NetLogo: Evolution of resource use through behavior imitation

Susan Hanisch

This model adds cultural evolutionary dynamics through behavior imitation to the evolution of resource use behavior.

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Seeley, T. D., Visscher, P. K., & Passino, K. M. (2006). Group decision making in honey bee swarms. American Scientist, 94(3), 220–229. http://doi.org/10.1511/2006.59.993

Dustin Eirdosh

When 10,000 bees go house hunting, how do they cooperatively choose their new nesting site?

Seeley, T. D., Visscher, P. K., & Passino, K. M. (2006). Group decision making in honey bee swarms. American Scientist, 94(3), 220–229. http://doi.org/10.1511/2006.59.993 Read More »

Wilson, D. S., Ostrom, E., & Cox, M. E. (2013). Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 90, S21–S32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.010

Dustin Eirdosh

Wilson, D. S., Ostrom, E., & Cox, M. E. (2013). Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 90, S21–S32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.010 Read More »

Hinkel, J., Cox, M. E., Schlüter, M., & Binder, C. R. (2018). A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases. Ecology and Society, 20(1), 32. http://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07023-200132

Dustin Eirdosh

Hinkel, J., Cox, M. E., Schlüter, M., & Binder, C. R. (2018). A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases. Ecology and Society, 20(1), 32. http://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07023-200132 Read More »

Ostrom, E. (2009). A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. Science, 325(5939), 419–422. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1172133

Dustin Eirdosh

A general framework is used to identify 10 subsystem variables that affect the likelihood of self-organization in efforts to achieve a sustainable social-ecological system.

Ostrom, E. (2009). A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. Science, 325(5939), 419–422. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1172133 Read More »

NetLogo: Evolution of resource use and social behavior (monitoring and punishment)

Susan Hanisch

This model lets us explore how the appearance of certain social behaviors can affect evolutionary population dynamics.

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Wenseleers, T., Hart, A. G., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2004). When Resistance Is Useless: Policing and the Evolution of Reproductive Acquiescence in Insect Societies. The American Naturalist, 164(6), E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/425223

Dustin Eirdosh

Wenseleers, T., Hart, A. G., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2004). When Resistance Is Useless: Policing and the Evolution of Reproductive Acquiescence in Insect Societies. The American Naturalist, 164(6), E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/425223 Read More »