Julia Schindler

Senior Scientist at the Center for Development Research, University Bonn, Germany.

Research Interests:
  • Agent-based Modelling
  • Complexity Science
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Social Simulation
  • Psychology


    Curriculum Vitae

    1998 Matura (Khevenhuellergymnasium Linz, Austria)
    2005 Diploma in Mathematics and Geography (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, Germany)
    2009 PhD in Geography (Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany)
    Currently: Post-doc (Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany)


    Current Research Focus

  • Agent-based modelling of human-environment systems in the areas of:
    - emergence of cooperation in social dilemmas
    - resilience analysis and reorganization of systems after external shocks
    - adaptive cycles of growth, accumulation, restructuring, and renewal
  • Understanding and modelling human decision making in social and environmental contexts
  • Merging macro- and micro-simulation approaches for modelling land-use change

  • Publications

    Le QB, Schindler J, Gleisberg K, Laube W, Tamene L, Vlek PLG (2008) A multi-agent based decision support tool for the management of land and water resources of small catchments in the Volta River basin. In: Vielhauer, K., Arntz, C.,Oeliger, E. (Eds.) Global Change and Water Resources in West Africa - The German-African GLOWA Projects.Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn, Germany, pp. 162 - 163.

    Schindler J (2010) A Multi-Agent System for Simulating Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Atankwidi Catchment in Upper East Ghana, Dissertation. Ecology and Development Series No. 68.

    Khamzina A and Schindler J (2010) Exploring the underrated potential of dryland afforestation for climate change mitigation, ZEF newsletter no. 23.

    Schindler J (submitted) The importance of justification of agent design in agent-based models - an illustration for land-use change.

    Schindler J (submitted) Synergy of modelling and qualitative analysis: A case study of innovation evaluation for sustainable development in West Africa, submitted to the Journal of Development Studies.

    Schindler J and Le QB (in preparation) Simple coupling of large-scale and agent-based modeling for mutual performance improvement of land-use simulation.

    Schindler J (2012) An endeavour of modelling in Uzbekistan: Experiences and Results. Khorezm Project Report (peer-reviewed), Phase III, forthcoming.

    Schindler J (2012) Rethinking the Tragedy of the Commons: The integration of socio-psychological dispositions, to appear in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation Vol. 15 (1).

    Schindler J (2012) A simple agent-based model of the Tragedy of the Commons. Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, forthcoming.


    Contact

    Julia Schindler
    Center for Development Research
    53111 Bonn
    Germany
    Tel.: 0049/228/734634

    e-mail: julia.schindler@uni-bonn.de


    Last modified: 03.04.2012.