Matthias Wildemeersch

Research Scholar

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems Research Group

Advancing Systems Analysis Program

Biography

Matthias Wildemeersch is a research scholar with the Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems (EM) research group within the Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) program. His research interests range from decision making under uncertainty to the study of cooperation. His research aims to provide decision support for problems in multiple fields, extending across welfare economics, environmental economics, and risk management.

Dr. Wildemeersch first joined IIASA in 2014 through the IIASA postdoctoral program. He received his PhD degree in 2013 in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He gained professional experience at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

Last update: 16 FEB 2021

Publications

Bhalla, S., Baggio, J.A., Sahu, R.K. , Kahil, T. , Tarhouni, J., Brini, R., & Wildemeersch, M. (2024). The role of interacting social and institutional norms in stressed groundwater systems. Journal of Environmental Management 356 e120389. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120389.

Leip, D., Rovenskaya, E., & Wildemeersch, M. (2024). Risk-adjusted decision making can help protect food supply and farmer livelihoods in West Africa. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1) e101. 10.1038/s43247-024-01242-9.

Choquette-Levy, N., Wildemeersch, M. , Santos, F.P., Levin, S.A., Oppenheimer, M., & Weber, E.U. (2024). Prosocial preferences improve climate risk management in subsistence farming communities. Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-024-01272-3.

Carlino, A., Wildemeersch, M. , Chawanda, C.J., Giuliani, M., Sterl, S., Thiery, W., van Griensven, A., & Castelletti, A. (2023). Declining cost of renewables and climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion. Science 381 (6658) 10.1126/science.adf5848.

Neuvonen, L., Wildemeersch, M. , & Vilkkumaa, E. (2023). Supporting strategy selection in multiobjective decision problems under uncertainty and hidden requirements. European Journal of Operational Research 307 (1) 279-293. 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.09.036.