Title: Modeling System Evolution in Complex Adaptive Systems: Applications in Waste-to-Energy and Food Production Systems Abstract:A conceptual framing of systems related to food, energy, water, and waste, as complex adaptive systems allows for exploring important questions including long-term economic viability of infrastructure under future uncertainties, and historical change and future…
Our Energy Transitions Working Group is hosting a webinar panel discussion on March 10th from 3:00-4:15 PM EST.
Title: Identifying high-priority opportunities for research in Multi-sector Impacts of Energy Transitions (MIET) Abstract: Technological advancement, increasing demands, global climatic changes, and policy have driven rapid changes in the energy sector such as renewable energy deployment and electrification. Since the energy sector is closely interlinked with other economic sectors and…
Submit your MSD abstract to the AGU 2022 Fall Meeting!
MSD will once again have a large footprint at AGU. Our sessions are listed in the graphic below. An interactive version of this plot with links to each session can be found here.
2022 Request for Proposals for New MultiSector Dynamics Working Groups
We are pleased to announce the 2022 request for proposals for new MultiSector Dynamics Working Groups. Working Groups are a central component of the MSD Community of Practice, where researchers from different disciplines, projects and institutions coordinate and innovate MSD research around various science questions, themes, and methodological approaches as…
Take aways from our February Community Building Webinar
The February 22, 2022 MultiSector Dynamics Vision Report and Community Building Webinar followed the MSD CoP’s January release of the Vision Report. The two hour webinar was split approximately evenly between presentations and interactive discussions with attendees. The presentations provide a brief summary of the vision report as well as…
Simulation of hydropower at subcontinental to global scales: a state-of-the-art review
Sean W D Turner and Nathalie Voisin Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: Yes, MultiSector Dynamics Program DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4e38 Abstract: Hydroelectric power is playing a new and often expanded role in the world’s major power grids, offering low carbon generating capacity in industrializing,…
NCA5 public engagement workshop: multiple stressors, interactions, and complex systems
The Fifth National Climate Assessment includes a chapter on multiple stressors and interactions in complex systems. Please join the chapter authors for a workshop on January 18, from noon until 2 PM. The 2-hour session is an opportunity to share your thoughts on climate-related issues most important to include. We would…
Researcher Highlight: Jordan Kern

Originally published in our October 2021 newsletter (Issue 10) Jordan’s group is making progress on a key MSD challenge, using higher spatio-temporal and sectoral resolutions to consider how conditions, processes, and dynamics at local scales influence the interactions and failure modes of systems and sectors at higher levels of…