Recently, our DMDU members Judy Lawrence, Rob Lempert, and Marjolijn Haasnoot wrote a correspondence to Nature. Here we publish an extended version of this correspondence: Nature Correspondence From: Judy Lawrence[1], Marjolijn Haasnoot[2], Robert Lempert[3] The Nature Comment 29 January 2020 by Hausfather and Peters1 argues that the RCP8.5 emissions scenario…
2020 DMDU Webinar Series
In this nine-episode webinar series, the Tecnologico de Monterrey hosts researchers sharing their expertise in DMDU methods, tools, and applications ranging from city planning and decarbonization to poverty reduction and autonomous vehicles. The final webinar of the series explores deep uncertainty in the context of COVID19. Recordings of these sessions…
COVID-19 and the DMDU Society
We hope that you and that your families are secure and safely sheltering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our hearts go out to those suffering during this difficult time. We wanted to give you an update and some initial thoughts on how the DMDU Society might help in these trying times….
Can There Be a Panic-Free Pandemic? Robust Policy Amid Uncertainty
Watch this interesting and timely live youtube session hosted by Andrew Revkin, featuring Jan Kwakkel and Robert Lempert discussing the COVID-19 pandemic through a DMDU lens.
Young Graduate Trainee for Agent-based Modelling of Future Complex Systems in Space
Opportunities are open until 15 December 2019 and are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social science, business and administration services. The Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) programme offers a one-year experience at ESA and is a launch pad for many exciting opportunities in aerospace, research institutes or in international organisations such…
Post Doc Positions at WMU
These positions will drive a project that focuses on the mesopelagic zone, which is one of the ocean’s most poorly understood, yet biomass-rich ecosystems. Mesopelagic organisms occur at a depth ranging from 200-1000M, and represent the World’s largest unexploited ecosystem in the World’s oceans (St. John et al. 2016). Its…
Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project
A Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for an interesting study for the long term planning of water resources management and development in Botswana is opened. The full Call for EOI can be found here. The Deadline for the EOI is October 25, 2019. Please apply!
DMDU-related AGU Fall Meeting Sessions (Abstract Deadline: July 31st)
The AGU Fall Meeting is accepting abstracts for several dmdu-related sessions. You can find a list of dmdu-related sessions by browsing the index terms listed under each session (e.g.: here’s a list of decision making under uncertainty, and decision analysis sessions). You can also find below a short list of AGU sessions likely appealing to the…
Senior Water and Climate Finance Advisor position at Deltares
Are you ready to apply your expertise in finance with your analytical and problem-solving skills to some of our planet’s water-related greatest challenges? And does an entrepreneurial, exciting and fast-paced environment suits you well? Then join our team! Deltares is looking for a Senior Water and Climate Finance Advisor. You…
DMDU Meet Up at the Scenarios Forum
The DMDU community organized a DMDU Meetup at the Scenarios Forum, in Denver (https://www.scenariosforum2019.com/). The event was organized by the International Committee on New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. If you are planning to attend DMDU-related conferences and are able…