Working groups

The papers listed below will be used to produce the key questions for Working Group 2: Complex, adaptive, hierarchical systems

Towards a unifying theory of ecological complexity
M Anand, University of New Mexico, USA

From pluriverse to universe: Integration between anthropo- and eco-sphere based on ecoprinciples
A Moser, Tu Graz, Austria

Five steps towards sustainability
V Sabadash, O Romank, Economic Research Centre, Ukraine

Thermodynamic description of forest ecosystem development
M Debeljak, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

A thermodynamic model for determining optimum global human population
T P Seager, Clarkson University, USA

Co-evolution between institutions, resource managers and ecosystems
M A Janssen, Free University, The Netherlands

Models in Participatory Integrated Assessment
C Pahl-Wostl, EAWAG, Switzerland

Global economy as a complex adaptive system: the role of socioeconomic diversity
I Matutinovic, GfK Institute for Market Research, Croatia

The use of ecosystem goal functions in environmental monitoring
E Silow, Scientific Research Institute of Biology, Russia

Modelling anthroposphere-biosphere interrelations by hybrid low level Petri Nets
R Seppelt, O Richter, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Virtual biosphere: How many biospheres could be on our planet?
Y M Svirezhev, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany