Ulf Dieckmann
Principal Research Scholar
Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Principal Research Scholar
Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Principal Research Scholar
Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Ulf Dieckmann is a Principal Research Scholar in IIASA's Advancing Systems Analysis Program. He is working on the theory of adaptive dynamics, fisheries-induced evolution, cooperation evolution, speciation theory, spatial ecology, life-history theory, and on problems in theoretical evolutionary ecology.He received his bachelor's degree in physics and his master's degree in theoretical physics from the University of Aachen, Germany. He completed his PhD research on theoretical biology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and obtained his Habilitation (venia legendi) in biomathematics from the University of Vienna.
He has worked at Stanford University and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, California, USA, the Research Center Julich, Germany, the University of York, UK, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and the University of Vienna, Austria. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Montpellier, France, and a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany. He is a visiting professor at The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Japan.
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Last update: 01 JUL 2025
Publications
Kaito, C., Sasaki, A. , Sigmund, K., & Dieckmann, U. (2012). How localized information affects the evolution of indirect reciprocity. In: Worlds Within Reach: From Science To Policy - IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference, 24-26 October 2012, Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Sasaki, T. , Chen, X., Brännström, Å., & Dieckmann, U. (2012). How ‘first carrot, then stick’ incentives promote cooperation. In: Worlds Within Reach: From Science To Policy - IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference, 24-26 October 2012, Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Rovenskaya, E. , Brännström, Å., Franklin, O. , & Dieckmann, U. (2012). Improving ecological sustainability in forestry: a theoretical investigation. In: Worlds Within Reach: From Science To Policy - IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference, 24-26 October 2012, Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Puchkova, A., Kryazhimskiy, A.V., & Dieckmann, U. (2012). Inclination Analysis Can Yield Early-Warning Signals of Economic Recessions. In: Worlds Within Reach: From Science To Policy - IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference, 24-26 October 2012, Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Brännström, Å., Johansson, J., Loeuille, N., Kristensen, N., Troost, T., HilleRisLambers, R., & Dieckmann, U. (2012). Modeling the ecology and evolution of communities: A review of past achievements, current efforts, and future promises. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-12-025