Participatory modelling

Work (in progress) with artisanal fishers and subsistence farmers

with York University Centre for Complex Systems Analysis and the Stockholm Environment Institute

Artisanal fishers in Kenya

Fishing cooperatives called beach management units:

Sustainable pathways from poverty

"...the relationship between governance, power and knowledge structures and how these influence behaviour, actions and decision making for sustainable social-ecological ecosystems."

Subsistence farmers in Cameroon

A grande-famille in the farmland that belongs to Somie village:

OxGAME project: participatory modelling in Cameroon

Collecting data Making model

Exploring model Discussing model

Somie model

OxGAME next steps

Use the Behaviour Composer to open up design and development of the model to farmers, policy-makers and researchers in Cameroon

Trial new NetLogo replay feature to support post-game analysis

Improve game-play i.e. decisions/scenarios and better science with respect to relationship between farming/weather and the environment by working with agricultural experts in Yaounde.