Jan Sendzimir

Jan Sendzimir first came to IIASA in the summer of 1983 to work with H.T. Odum on systems energy analysis of national economies. He is presently working in the Risk, Policy and Vulnerability (RPV) Program.

Dr. Sendzimir studied systems ecology as part of the environmental engineering program at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, under H.T. Odum (master’s degree in 1984) and C.S. ("Buzz") Holling (PhD in 1998). In the interim he worked as a wetlands ecologist in the design and integration of natural and artificial wetlands into waste treatment systems. In addition to field research on the dynamics of lake, river and forest ecosystems, Dr. Sendzimir collaborates with academia, NGOs and government on research applied to problems with complex combinations of ecological, economic and sociopolitical factors that occur over relatively large areas such as river basins, major watersheds and mountain chains. A major research area focuses on how ecological, social and economic interactions influence our capacity to adapt to and/or mitigate change at different scales and how that affects the robustness and resilience of social-ecological systems to change. He uses conceptual and formal modeling as social simulation exercises (role-playing games) to integrate perspectives from different disciplines and sectors of society in decision-making frameworks such as the adaptive management process.

Dr. Sendzimir’s current projects use modeling to guide scientific research - policy development related to the sustainable development of communities in major river systems: The Narew, Odra and Barycz rivers (Poland), the Rhine and Elbe (Germany), the Tisza river (Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary), and the Amudarya (Uzbekistan) as well as in semi-arid regions in Africa (Sahel) and Central America (Central Cordillera of Nicaragua).

Last update: 11-OCT-2011

Kolasa,J. Allen,C.R. Sendzimir,J. Stow,C.A. (2012)

Predictions and retrodictions of the hierarchical representation of habitat in heterogeneous environments ... More

Stefanska,J. Magnuszewski,P. Sendzimir,J. Romaniuk,P. Taillieu,T. Dubel,A. Flachner,Z. Balogh,P. (2011)

A gaming exercise to explore problem-solving versus relational activities for river floodplain management ... More

Sendzimir,J. Reij,C.P. Magnuszewski,P. (2011)

Rebuilding resilience in the Sahel: Regreening in the Maradi and Zinder regions of Niger ... More

Fraser,E.D.G. Dougill,A.J. Hubacek,K. Quinn,C.H. Sendzimir,J. Termansen,M. (2011)

Assessing vulnerability to climate change in dryland livelihood systems: Conceptual challenges and interdisciplinary solutions ... More

Westley,F. Olsson,P. Folke,C. Homer-Dixon,T. Vredenburg,H. Loorbach,D. Thompson,J. Nilsson,M. Lambin,E. Sendzimir,J. Banerjee,B. Galaz,V. van der Lieeuw,S. (2011)

Tipping toward sustainability: Emerging pathways of transformation ... More

Kok,K. van Vliet,M. Dubel,A. Sendzimir,J. (2011)

Combining participative backcasting and exploratory scenario development: Experiences from the SCENES project ... More

Sendzimir,J. (2011)

Lessons for river management policy ... More

Sendzimir,J. Flachner,Z. Pahl-Wostl,C. Knieper,C. (2010)

Stalled regime transition in the upper Tisza River Basin: The dynamics of linked action situations ... More

Pahl-Wostl,C. Jeffrey,P. Sendzimir,J. (2010)

Adaptive and integrated management of water resources ... More

Kok,K. van Vliet,M. Baerlund,I. Sendzimir,J. Dubel,A. (2010)

Pan-European backcasting exercise, enriched with regional perspective, and including a list of short-term policy options ... More

Magnuszewski,P. Sendzimir,J. Dubel,A. (2010)

Conceptual framework for integrated analysis of European water resources ... More

Dubel,A. Magnuszewski,P. Sendzimir,J. Krolikowska,K. Jamontt-Skotis,M. (2010)

Final draft of all Causal Loop Diagrams ... More

Pahl-Wostl,C. Sendzimir,J. Jeffrey,P. (2009)

Resources management in transition (Guest Editorial) ... More

Eakin,H. Winkels,A. Sendzimir,J. (2009)

Nested vulnerability: Exploring cross-scale linkages and vulnerability teleconnections in Mexican and Vietnamese coffee systems ... More

Sendzimir,J. (2009)

From boom to bust: Mexico's coffee farmers ... More

Sendzimir,J. (2009)

Regreening the Sahal ... More

Kok,K. van Vliet,M. Baerlund,I. Sendzimir,J. Dubel,A. (2009)

First ("first-order") draft of pan-European European storylines - Results from the second pan-European stakeholder workshop ... More

Pahl-Wostl,C. Sendzimir,J. Jeffrey,P. Aerts,J. Berkamp,G. Cross,K. (2008)

Managing change toward adaptive water management through social learning ... More

Sendzimir,J. Magnuszewski,P. Flachner,Z. Balogh,P. Molnar,G. Sarvari,A. Nagy,Z. (2008)

Assessing the resilience of a river management regime: Informal learning in a shadow network in the Tisza River Basin ... More

Kaemaeri,J. Alcamo,J. Baerlund,I. Duel,H. Farquharson,F. Floerke,M. Fry,M. Houghton-Carr,H. Kabat,P. Kaljonen,M. Kok,K. Meijer,K.S. Rekolainen,S. Sendzimir,J. Varjopuro,R. Villars,N. (2008)

Envisioning the future of water in Europe - The SCENES project ... More

Ostasiewicz,K. Tyc,M.H. Radosz,A. Magnuszewski,P. Goliczewski,P. Hetman,P. Sendzimir,J. (2008)

Multistability of impact, utility and threshold concepts of binary choice models ... More

Stow,C. Sendzimir,J. (2008)

Evaluating the textural discontinuity hypothesis: A case for adaptive inference ... More

Sendzimir,J. (2008)

Patterns of landscape structure, by discontinuity ... More

Krolikowska,K. Magnuszewski,P. Magnuszewska,J. Sendzimir,J. (2008)

Dynamics of sustainable development - Karkonosze Mountains and Odra River Valley in Poland ... More

Lasut,A. van Vliet,M. Kok,K. Sendzimir,J. (2008)

Review of Regional and Pilot Area Consultations and Consistency of Scenario Development Approaches ... More

Sendzimir,J. Magnuszewski,P. Balogh,P. Vari,A. (2007)

Anticipatory modeling of biocomplexity in the Tisza River Basin: First steps to establish a participatory adaptive framework ... More

Martin,L.A. Magnuszewski,P. Sendzimir,J. Rydzak,F. Komorowski,H. Lewandowska-Czarnecka,A. Wojanowska,J. Krolikowska,K. Lasut,A. (2007)

Microworld gaming of a local agricultural production chain in Poland ... More

Krolikowska,K. Kronenberg,J. Maliszewska,K. Sendzimir,J. Magnuszewski,P. Dunajski,A. Slodka,A. (2007)

Role-playing simulation as a communication tool in community dialogue: Karkonosze Mountains case study ... More

Sendzimir,J. Flachner,Z. (2007)

Exploiting ecological disturbance ... More

Sendzimir,J. Magnuszewski,P. Balogh,P. Vari,A. (2006)

Adaptive management to restore ecological and economic resilience in the Tisza River Basin ... More

Magnuszewski,P. Sendzimir,J. Kronenberg,K. (2005)

Conceptual modeling for adaptive environmental assessment and management in the Barycz Valley, Lower Silesia, Poland ... More

Sendzimir,J. Balogh,P. Vari,A. (2004)

Experimental design framework to restore ecological services and economic resilience in the Tisza River Basin ... More

Weichselgartner,J. Sendzimir,J. (2004)

Resolving the paradox: Food for thought on the wider dimensions of natural disasters ... More

Sendzimir,J. (2004)

Patterns of landscape structure, mammal phylogeny and body size ... More

Light,S. Serafin,R. O'Riordan,T. Bochniarz,Z. Sendzimir,J. Blann,K. (2004)

The role of biodiversity conservation in rural sustainability: An introduction ... More

Sendzimir,J. Balogh,P. Vari,A. Lantos,T. (2004)

The Tisza River Basin: Slow change leads to sudden crisis ... More

Sendzimir,J. Weichselgartner,J. (2003)

Enhancing Short-term Responses with Larger-scale Perspectives ... More

Sendzimir,J. Allen,C.R. Gunderson,L. Stow,C. (2002)

Implications of body mass patterns for ecosystem conservation and wildlife management ... More

Sendzimir,J. Light,S. Szymanowska,K. (1999)

Adaptive understanding and management for floods ... More