Sibel Eker

Sibel Eker is a research scholar with the IIASA Ecosystems Services and Management program (ESM). Her work brings systems thinking and uncertainty focus to policy and decision-making problems with model-based approaches and analytics. Synthesizing the experience of various modeling tools and areas, such as natural resources, energy, housing and life-style change, Dr. Eker works towards making quantitative models more useful especially in participatory settings.

Dr. Eker obtained her PhD degree in 2016, from Delft University of Technology, with a focus on dealing with uncertainties in the Dutch natural gas sector. Prior to joining IIASA, she worked at University College London on integrated decision making in housing, energy and well being; and at Delft University of Technology on the resilience of the transport network in Bangladesh.


Last update: 10-JAN-2020

Eker S , Reese G, & Obersteiner M (2019). Modelling the drivers of a widespread shift to sustainable diets. In: World Resources Forum, 23-24 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.

Eker S , Reese G, & Obersteiner M (2019). Modelling the drivers of a widespread shift to sustainable diets. Nature Sustainability DOI:10.1038/s41893-019-0331-1.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Langan S , & Obersteiner M (2019). Model validation: A bibliometric analysis of the literature. Environmental Modelling & Software 117: 43-54. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.009.

Eker S , Reese G, & Obersteiner M (2019). A widespread shift to sustainable diets requires rapid risk perception. In: Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World, 4-5 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Obersteiner M , & Langan S (2019). Validation of models used for scenario generation. In: Scenarios Forum, March 2019, Denver, Colorado.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Obersteiner M , & Langan S (2018). Practice and perspectives in the validation of resource management models. Nature Communications 9 (1): e5359. DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-07811-9.

Eker S , Reese G, Obersteiner M , & Gao L (2018). Investigating global diet change dynamics by linking models of human behavior to IAMs. In: . The 11th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, 13-15 November 2018, Seville, Spain.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Langan S , & Obersteiner M (2018). A bibliometric analysis of the model validation literature. In: . The 11th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, 13-15 November 2018, Seville, Spain.

Eker S , Reese G, & Obersteiner M (2018). Meat or not? - A model-based analysis of the global diet change dynamics. In: 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 6-10 August 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Eker S & Kwakkel JH (2018). Including robustness considerations in the search phase of Many-Objective Robust Decision Making. Environmental Modelling & Software 105: 201-216. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.03.029.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Obersteiner M , & Langan S (2018). Validation of uncertainty-oriented environmental models: A review of the existing approaches. In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 9-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

Eker S , Rovenskaya E, Obersteiner M , & Langan S (2017). Validation of uncertainty-oriented environmental models: A review of the existing approaches. In: Annual Workshop of the Society for Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty 2017, 13-15 November, Oxford, UK.

Eker S , van Daalen E, & Thissen W (2017). Incorporating stakeholder perspectives into model-based scenarios: Exploring the futures of the Dutch gas sector. Futures 93: 27-43. DOI:10.1016/j.futures.2017.08.002.