Games are particularly relevant for field research in agriculture, where alternative
experimental designs can be costly and unfeasible. Games are also popular for non …

In situations of uncertainty, people often make decisions with heuristic shortcuts or decision
rules, rather than using computational or logical methods such as optimizing their behavior …

Qualitative research is a powerful means to capture human interactions and behavior.
Although there are different methodologies to develop models based on qualitative …

This chapter will briefly describe some common methods by which people make quantitative
estimates of how well they expect empirical models to make predictions. However, the …

Integrated policy problems call for integrated analysis. However, micro and macro
approaches imply differences of perspective that conventionally have not been easy to unify …

Policymaking for complex challenges such as pandemics necessitates the consideration of
intricate implications across multiple domains and scales. Computational models can …

Agent-based models (ABM) for policy design need to be grounded in empirical data. While
many ABMs rely on quantitative data such as surveys, much empirical research in the social …

Farm households in North-east Nigeria (NEN) are mostly smallholders engaging
predominantly in crop production. Provision of household food requirements is a vital …

Residential choice behaviour is a complex process underpinned by both housing market
restrictions and individual preferences, which are partly conscious and partly tacit …

Vulnerability assessments are critical tools when exploring the Human Dimensions of
Climate Change in the Global South. Additionally, Social Ecological Systems research …