Exploration of the cobalt system: Scenarios for a critical material for the energy system

The transition to a low-carbon economy depends on several critical materials, among which is cobalt. This metal is a main component in batteries, and therefore, demand for cobalt is expected to increase in the coming years. This paper explores future scenarios for the cobalt system, in light of its role in the low-carbon transition. The future...

Using an Automated Model to Develop Conceptual Designs: Improving an Existing Model for the Conceptual Design of Baggage Handling Systems

Baggage handling systems (BHS) are unknown to most people, but play a vital role at airports. A BHS is a system that consists of different subsystems, each with its own functions. It is important to make well-informed decisions about the BHS as early as the conceptual design phase, which is the part of the design where the basic solution, such...

Design of Integrated Electricity and Heating Systems: An Optimization Study for the Netherlands

Redefining Integrated Assessment Models: An Exploratory Approach Towards Robust Climate-Economic Policies

Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are aiming to shed light on the cost-benefit of climate mitigations. However, current IAMs are depicted with a wide range of weaknesses. Next, to questionable assumptions of model functions, such as the damage function, IAMs are inadequate at addressing deeply uncertain parameters, such as the equilibrium...

Reframing deadlocked airport policy discourse: New perspectives on sustainable aviation in the Netherlands

The energy transition in the Dutch chemical industry – Worth its salt?: An analysis of decarbonization pathways in the salt and chlor-alkali industries in the Netherlands

Deep Uncertainty in Humanitarian Logistics: Simulation and Analysis of the Interplay between Decisions and Uncertainty for Post-Disaster Facility Location Decisions

The Factors behind Unbalanced Economic Growth: Research about factors that drive unbalanced economic growth

These days, technological progress and automation are widespread, but productivity growth and thus overall economic growth lags behind. There is a strong conviction that the declining growth rates are caused by a shortfall in aggregate demand. This shortfall in aggregate demand might be due to the development of a ‘dual economy’. A dual economy...

Robust Decision Support Methods: A Comparative Analysis

Methods for decision support in the context of deep uncertainty have been gaining interest in the context of complex and adaptive problems that are characterized by “tipping point” behaviours. Unlike a traditional “predict-then-act” methods, which determine policies based on specific predictions of future behaviour, these decision support...

Dynamic Adaptive Development Pathways: A participatory planning approach to support sustainable development under uncertain future conditions

Rural communities in drylands of low-income countries represent highly vulnerable societies that are<br/>often strongly affected by the increased climate variability (UNDP, 2007/2008). Additionally to climatic<br/>uncertainty, local households have also to cope with strongly fluctuating political and economic<br/>conditions, which are difficult...

Measuring Freight Transport Network Criticality: A Case Study in Bangladesh