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- Ghorbani, A. (author), Siddiki, Saba (author), Bravo, Giangiacomo (author) contribution to periodical 2023
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Aleebrahimdehkordi, M. (author), Lechner, J.M. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Nikolic, I. (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS), whether simple toy models or complex data-driven ones, is regularly applied in various domains to study the system-level patterns arising from individual behaviour and interactions. However, ABMS still faces diverse challenges such as modelling more representative agents or improving computational...journal article 2023
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Mesdaghi, Batoul (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), de Bruijne, M.L.C. (author)Climate adaptation measures are shaped and implemented through processes of governance, where the interactions and decision-making among actors lead to the creation and reinforcement of institutions. Institutions in this respect are the rules that shape the interactions of actors in different phases of climate adaptation. Currently there is...journal article 2022
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Fouladvand, J. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Mouter, N. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)Energy communities are decentralized socio-technical systems where energy is jointly generated and distributed among a community of households locally. As the energy that is shared among the community is commonly electricity, the energy community's literature is dominated by electricity-systems and mostly neglects collective thermal energy as an...journal article 2022
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Fouladvand, J. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Sarı, Yasin (author), Hoppe, T. (author), Kunneke, R.W. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)In community energy systems, the energy demand of a group of households is met by collectively generated electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. What makes these systems unique is their collective and collaborative form of organization and their distributed energy generation. While these features are crucial to the resilience of...journal article 2022
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Sadeghizadeh Bafandeh, Shahrzad (author), Bagherzadeh, Saeed (author), Mianabadi, Hojjat (author), Ghorbani, A. (author)Although good water governance (GWG) is a widely accepted concept, mistaking its principles for silver bullet approaches has hindered its successful applications. This highlights the idea that one-size-fits-all thinking does not satisfy the need to navigate toward sustainable outcomes in ever-changing complex water systems. This also...journal article 2022
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Eslamizadeh, S. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Araghi, Y. (author), Weijnen, M.P.C. (author)Like many other sectors, climate change strategies have put various restrictions on industry, the most prominent one being caps on CO<sub>2</sub> and other energy-related emissions. At the same time, and especially in many developing economies, the industry struggles with an increasing gap between the fast development of the sector and...journal article 2022
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Kreulen, Kurt (author), de Bruin, B. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Mellema, René (author), Kammler, Christian (author), Vanhee, Loïs (author), Dignum, Frank (author), Dignum, Virginia (author)Since its first appearance in Wuhan (China), countries have been employing, to varying degrees of success, a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions aimed at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 within their populations. In this article, we build on scientific work that demonstrates that culture is part of the explanation for the observed...journal article 2022
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Eslamizadeh, S. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Castelo Branco Ferreira Costa, R. (author), Kunneke, R.W. (author), Weijnen, M.P.C. (author)Considering that the industrial sector consumes almost one-third of the energy demand globally, it is an urgent call to reduce the carbon footprints in this sector. Among different approaches to meet this goal, such as the employment of carbon capture technologies and increasing energy efficiency within industries, transitioning to renewable...journal article 2022
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Ghorbani, A. (author)Institutional modelling is a branch of agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) that pays special attention to the social structure by incorporating institutions into these models. Institutions, in this regard, are the rules of the system that shape individual behaviour and interaction. Institutional modelling can make use of the...journal article 2022
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Fouladvand, J. (author), Verkerk, D. (author), Nikolic, I. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author)Energy communities are gaining momentum in the context of the energy transition. Given the distributed and collective action nature of energy communities, energy security of these local energy systems is more than just security of supply and related to issues such as affordability and acceptability of energy to members of the community. We build...conference paper 2022
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De Moor, Tine (author), Farjam, Mike (author), van Weeren, René (author), Bravo, Giangiacomo (author), Forsman, Anders (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Aleebrahimdehkordi, M. (author)In their studies of collective exploitation of common-pool resources, Ostrom and other scholars have stressed the importance of sanctioning as an essential method for preventing overuse and, eventually, the collapse of commons. However, most of the available evidence is based on data covering a relatively small period in history, and thus...journal article 2021
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Fouladvand, J. (author), Aranguren Rojas, Maria (author), Hoppe, T. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author)Energy communities are key elements for local energy transitions, collectively generating, distributing and consuming energy, using renewable energy technologies. Thermal energy communities, as one type of energy community, are focused on thermal energy applications, such as heating, cooling, bathing, showering and providing hot tap water. As...journal article 2021
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Tang, T. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Chorus, C.G. (author)In the field of opinion dynamics, the hiding of opinions is routinely modeled as staying silent. However, staying silent is not always feasible. In situations where opinions are indirectly expressed by one’s observable actions, people may however try to hide their opinions via a more complex and intelligent strategy called obfuscation, which...journal article 2021
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Tang, T. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Squazzoni, Flaminio (author), Chorus, C.G. (author)The growing polarization of our societies and economies has been extensively studied in various disciplines and is subject to public controversy. Yet, measuring polarization is hampered by the discrepancy between how polarization is conceptualized and measured. For instance, the notion of group, especially groups that are identified based on...journal article 2021
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Forsman, Anders (author), De Moor, Tine (author), Van Weeren, René (author), Farjam, Mike (author), Dehkordi, Molood Ale Ebrahim (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Bravo, Giangiacomo (author)Human societies and natural ecosystems are under threat by growing populations, overexploitation of natural resources and climate change. This calls for more sustainable utilization of resources based on past experiences and insights from many different disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches to studies of historical commons have potential to...journal article 2021
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Feinberg, A. (author), Rogge, Nicole (author), Hooijschuur, E. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)This paper presents an agent-based model that explores the conditions for ongoing participation in community gardening projects. We test the effects of Ostrom’s well-known Design Principles for collective action and use an extensive database collected in 123 cases in Germany and two case studies in the Netherlands to validate it. The model...journal article 2021
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Ghorbani, A. (author), Ho, Peter (author), Bravo, Giangiacomo (author)A key debate in the study on land, housing and natural resources revolves around the notion that general institutional forms (such as private, common, public, and likewise formal property rights) lead to a certain institutional performance (as may be expressed in terms of prices, transaction costs or sustainability). However, a modest, yet,...journal article 2021
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Feinberg, A. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)This study is a comprehensive literature review about the field of the urban commons and its diversity, which we investigate through the lens of the new commons. Acknowledging a potential for adaptive capacity in the urban commons, we classify its traits into ecosystem, socio-economic and institutional factors. To make our work more practical,...journal article 2021
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Aleebrahimdehkordi, M. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Bravo, Giangiacomo (author), Farjam, Mike (author), van Weeren, René (author), Forsman, Anders (author), De Moor, Tine (author)Historical data are valuable resources for providing insights into general sociological patterns in the past. How-ever, these data often inform us at the macro-level of analysis but not about the role of individuals’ behaviours in the emergence of long-term patterns. Therefore, it is difficult to infer ‘how’ and ‘why’ certain patterns emerged in...journal article 2021
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