@article{372ba015487b40428a1b1e17f79ae65f,
title = "The roles of computer models in the environmental policy life cycle",
abstract = "In this article, we identify four typical roles played by computer models in environmental policy-making, and explore the relationship of these roles to different stages of policy development over time. The four different roles are: models as eye-openers, models as arguments in dissent, models as vehicles in creating consensus and models for management. A general environmental policy life cycle is used to assess the different roles models play in the policy process. The relationship between the roles of models and the different stages of the policy life cycle is explored with a selection of published accounts of computer models and their use in environmental policy-making.",
keywords = "Computer models, Environmental policy, Policy life cycles, Policy process",
author = "{Van Daalen}, {C. Els} and Leen Dresen and Janssen, {Marco A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Marcel Berk, Kees Boersma, Rik Leemans, Jan Nolin, Ibo van de Poel, Arie Rip and Wil Thissen for their comments on an earlier draft of this paper. C. Els van Daalen is assistant professor of policy analysis. She joined the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands in 1994, after obtaining her PhD on the topic of knowledge-based systems. Her research interests include system dynamics and the use of models in policy-making. She was involved in the organization of the IMAGE workshops which are mentioned in this paper. Leen Dresen is preparing a PhD in science and technology studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her dissertation will be about the history of global discourse in Dutch environmental thinking. She studied the use of computer models in environmental discourse as a member of the European Commission sponsored project “Climate Change Research and its Integration into Environmental Policy” (CIRCITER). Marco A. Janssen has a PhD in mathematics and is associate research scientist at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University, USA. His expertise is the development and use of computational models to study human dimensions of global environmental change. He was a member of the IMAGE group from 1996 to 1999. ",
year = "2002",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/S1462-9011(02)00040-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
pages = "221--231",
journal = "Environmental Science and Policy",
issn = "1462-9011",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "3",
}