Presentations

  1. 2025. The behavioural turn in climate modelling: Integrating endogenous behavioural change as part of socio-environmental feedback processes in the FRIDA model. USI SDLab Research Seminar, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland (virtual), Dec 4.
  2. 2024. Representing endogenous diet shifts in FRIDA-integrated assessment model: from conceptualisation to simulation. Division Seminar in Nutrition Epidemiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway (virtual), Oct 14.
  3. 2023. Harnessing Systems Thinking and Participatory Modeling for Water Systems Research & Solutions. West Big Data Innovation Hub, World Water Week Organized Session, Stockholm, Sweden (virtual), Aug 21.
  4. 2019. Ending HIV & AIDS in Singapore by 2030. SINDA Youth Leaders Seminar, Singapore Indian Development Association, Singapore, Jun 7.
  5. 2019. A complex public health issue: What we talk about when we talk about HIV. All Talk, How Action? A Workshop on Civil Society Action, Community for Advocacy and Political Education, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Mar 30.

NB: *Presenting | †Co-first/equal contribution

  1. Rajah JK*, Blanz B, Kopainsky B, Schoenberg W. (2025 Nov 11–13). Modelling feedback-based dietary behavioural change in FRIDA v2.1 integrated assessment model. 18th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) Annual Meeting, Búzios, Brazil.
  2. Li C*, Koberle A, Russo A, Trigo R, Wells C, Schoenberg W, Rajah JK. (2025 Nov 11–13). Incorporating fire extremes into the fully coupled Earth-human system Integrated Assessment Model FRIDA. 18th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) Annual Meeting, Búzios, Brazil.
  3. Rajah JK*, Blanz B, Kopainsky B, Schoenberg W. (2025 Aug 4–7). A system dynamics modeling framework for endogenizing human behavior change in global-scale integrated assessment models. 2025 International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, MA, USA (virtual). [Honorable Mention, Dana Meadows Award].
  4. Schoenberg W*, Blanz B, Breier J, Callegari B, Grimeland MB, Nicolaidis Lindqvist A, Rajah JK, Ramme L, Wells C, Mauritzen C. (2025 Aug 4–7). FRIDA v2.1: Modeling the two-way coupling of the climate and humans. 2025 International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, MA, USA.
  5. Hulme A*, Radley D, Brown A, Rajah JK, Kopainsky B, Crielaard L, Koorts H, Nobles J. (2025 Aug 4–7). The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model (QSEM): A framework to support the structural analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams. 2025 International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, MA, USA (virtual).
  6. Bayer L*, Rajah JK, Gkini C, Kopainsky B. (2025 Aug 4–7). The adoption of conservation tillage in Brandenburg, Germany. 2025 International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, MA, USA (virtual).
  7. Wells C*, Smith C, Blanz B, Ramme L, Callegari B, Adakudlu M, Rajah JK, Eriksson A, Schoenberg W. (2025 Apr 27–May 2). Implementing global climate damage functions in a new Integrated Assessment Model. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria.
  8. Wells C*, Smith C, Blanz B, Ramme L, Callegari B, Adakudlu M, Rajah JK, Eriksson A, Schoenberg W. (2025 May 5–8). Implementing ISIMIP-derived global climate damage functions in a new Integrated Assessment Model. Cross-sectoral OptimESM and ISIMIP Workshop 2025, Potsdam, Germany (virtual).
  9. Rajah JK*, Kopainsky B. (2024 Aug 4–8). Human behavioural drivers of meat consumption: Using group model building to capture lived realities. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway.
  10. Schoenberg WA*, Mauritzen C, Adakudlu M, Blanz B, Breier J, Grimeland MB, Mashhadi S, Rajah JK, Ramme L, Wells C. (2024 Aug 4–8). Towards a “fit for purpose” , fully coupled, integrated, and interdisciplinary world-Earth model – Documentation of FRIDA Version 1.0. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway. [Plenary].
  11. Rajah JK*, Tusch B, Hammerseng G, Kopainsky B. (2024 Aug 4–8). Towards Modelling (Pro-)Environmental Human Behaviour in Integrated Assessment Models from a Systems Approach. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway.
  12. Schoenberg WA*, Rajah JK*, Kopainsky B. (2024 Aug 4–8). Teaching with Loops That Matter in the classroom. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway.
  13. Jongsma TAI*, Rajah JK. (2024 Aug 4–8). The Dynamic Radicalization Process and Violent Behaviour of Incels. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway.
  14. Rajah JK*, Kopainsky B. (2024 Jun 4–6). Co-producing Models of (Pro-)Environmental Human Behaviour: Feedback Stories Surrounding Meat Consumption. 16th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, Turku, Finland.
  15. Rajah JK*, Atkins A, Tang C, Langarudi S. (2023 Jul 24–27). Advancing cross-disciplinary research on transboundary groundwater systems through group model building. 2023 International System Dynamics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.
  16. Siemer AR*, Rajah JK. (2023 Jul 24–27). Modeling Public Transportation Attractiveness in System Dynamics: The Significance of Safety Perception. 2023 International System Dynamics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA. [Student Plenary].
  17. Rajah JK*, Grimeland MB. (2022 Jul 19–22). Enabling Resilient Food Systems: Simulating the Impact on Local Farmers’ Livelihoods in Greater Adelaide, Australia. 2022 International System Dynamics Conference, Frankfurt, Germany. 
  18. Gkini C*†, Rajah JK†, Rodriguez A, Kopainsky B. (2022 Jul 19–22). Integrating Diverse Perspectives: Meaning-Making Process in Participatory System Dynamics. 2022 International System Dynamics Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.
  19. Rajah JK*. (2021 Jul 26–30). Where Has the Passion Gone? The Dynamics of Non-Profit Workers’ Passion Burnout and Intention to Leave. 2021 International System Dynamics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA (virtual).
  20. Surovets V*, Rajah JK. (2021 Feb 3). Model-Based Socioeconomic Planning of Tourism Development in Developing Countries. International scientific-practical conference of students, postgraduates and young scientists, Kyiv, Ukraine.

  1. Mohammad M*, Rajah JK, Schoenberg W, Kopainsky B. (2025 Aug 4–7). Developing an Interactive Learning Environment to teach the two-way coupling of climate-human system. 2025 International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, MA, USA (virtual).
  2. Rajah JK*, Tusch B, Hammerseng G, Kopainsky B. (2024 Nov 4–6). Conceptualising an endogenous representation of human behaviour change in a feedback-based, global-scale integrated assessment model. 17th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.
  3. Sliwkowski A*, Rajah JK. (2024 Aug 4–8). Where Will Food Come From? A Look at the Potential of Vertical Farming in Norway. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway.
  4. Rajah JK*, Hutchison C, Chernicoff W, Gonçalves P. (2022 Jul 19–22). The Dynamics of Prosthetics Care Continuum for Persons with Amputation. 2022 International System Dynamics Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.
  5. Andreasson E*, Rajah JK. (2022 Jul 19–22). Eroding Public Services: Modelling the Rise of the American Legislative Exchange Council in the United States Legislatures. 2022 International System Dynamics Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.

  1. 2024. Teaching Loop Dominance Analysis and Leverage Point Identification in the Classroom Using Loops That Matter. 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway, Aug 4–8.
  2. 2023. Brewing Success: Learning to Manage Supply Chains with The Beer Game. The 50th European Young Engineers Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, May 13.
  3. 2022. Systems Thinking & Systems Mapping on Groundwater Depletion. The Transboundary Groundwater Resilience Network Annual Workshop, New Mexico, USA (virtual), Sep 28–29.

  1. 2025. Modelling feedback-based dietary behavioural change in FRIDA v2.1 integrated assessment model. WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27–31.
  2. 2025. Model-based policy analysis tools: Sobol’ Indices. WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27–31.
  3. 2025. Bringing people into integrated climate models. Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway, Oct 4.
  4. 2025. Climate impacts: exposure and human behavioural response. WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, Jan 20–24.
  5. 2024. Transparent Assessments for Real People: Building and Using FRIDA Integrated Assessment Model. Climate & Energy Transition, University of Bergen, Norway, Dec 5.
  6. 2024. Human Behavioural Drivers of Meat Consumption: Outcomes from a Participatory Modelling Workshop. WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Lillehammer, Norway, Mar 1.
  7. 2024. Citizen engagement for Fitness for Purpose assessments. Pre-Workshop Talks, WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Lillehammer, Norway (virtual), Feb 29.
  8. 2023. Bridging System Dynamics and Post-Normal Science Approaches for Integrated Assessment Praxis. Pre-Workshop Talks, WorldTrans Annual Workshop, Oslo, Norway (virtual), May 19.

  1. 2023. Research Ethics for Modellers. Writing Course and Project Description (postgraduate course; instructors: Peter Andersen & Birgit Kopainsky), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Aug 24.
  2. 2022. Improving Health & Mobility Outcomes for Major Lower-Limb Amputees. Systems thinking and modelling as a framework for sustainability analysis and action (postgraduate course; instructor: Birgit Kopainsky), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Feb 22.
  3. 2022. System Dynamics in Practice: Reflections from Modelling the Health and Prosthetics Care System. Systems Thinking and Policy Modeling (undergraduate course; instructor: William Chernicoff), George Washington University, Washington DC, USA (virtual).
  4. 2022. Diversity and Inclusion in Singapore: Gender and Sexual Minorities & Persons Living with HIV. Diversity and Inclusion (undergraduate course; instructor: Angeline Lim), Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore (virtual), Mar 16.
  5. 2020. Navigating Gender and Sexuality in Singapore. Diversity and Inclusion (undergraduate course; instructor: Angeline Lim), Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore (virtual), Sep 29.
  6. 2019. Navigating Gender and Sexuality in Singapore. Diversity and Inclusion (undergraduate course; instructor: Angeline Lim), Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Oct 3.

Jefferson K. Rajah