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    Lenton, T.M., Powell, T.W.R., Smith, S.R., Geels, F.W., Alkemade, F., Ayoub, M., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Benson, S., Blomsma, F., Boulton, C.A., Buxton, J.E., Constantino, S.M., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Greenlees, K., Homer-Dixon, T., Levin, K., Mascia, M.B., Nijsse, F.J.M.M., Otto, I.M., Spaiser, V. et al.
  
(2025).
    A method to identify positive tipping points to accelerate low-carbon transitions and actions to trigger them.
  
    Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-025-01704-9.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Lenton, T.M., Powell, T., Scheffran, J., Smith, S.R., Swamy, D. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-8825 & Zimm, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015
  
(2024).
    Cross-system interactions for positive tipping cascades.
  
    Earth System Dynamics 15 (3), 789-800. 10.5194/esd-15-789-2024.
    
    
  
  
    Ye, Q., Liu, Q., Swamy, D. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-8825, Gao, L., Moallemi, E.A., Rydzak, F. & Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2024).
    FeliX 2.0: An integrated model of climate, economy, environment, and society interactions.
  
    Environmental Modelling & Software 179, e106121. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106121.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Höhne, N., McCaffrey, M.S., Monasterolo, I., Niamir, L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Zimm, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015
  
(2024).
    Harnessing social tipping dynamics: A systems approach for accelerating decarbonization.
  
    One Earth 7 (6), 976-988. 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.012.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Hohne, N., McCaffrey, M., Monasterolo, I., Niamir, L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Zimm, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015
  
(2023).
    A dynamic systems approach to harness the potential of social tipping.
  
    arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2309.14964.
    
    
  
  
    Liu, Q., Yang, J., Gao, L., Dong, Y., Guo, Z., Moallemi, E.A., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2023).
    Robust sensitivity analysis to uncertainties in environmental and socio-economic scenarios: A perspective from a global socio-ecological system model.
  
    Journal of Cleaner Production 410, e137244. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137244.
    
    
  
  
    Crabolu, G., Font, X. & Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2023).
    Evaluating policy complexity with Causal Loop Diagrams.
  
    Annals of Tourism Research 100, e103572. 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103572.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Mastrucci, A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Pachauri, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178 & van Ruijven, B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
  
(2023).
    Social media data shed light on air-conditioning interest of heat-vulnerable regions and sociodemographic groups.
  
    One Earth 6 (4), 428-440. 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.011.
    
    
  
  
    Liu, Q., Gao, L., Guo, Z., Dong, Y., Moallemi, E.A., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Yang, J., Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Bryan, B.A.
  
(2023).
    Robust strategies to end global poverty and reduce environmental pressures.
  
    One Earth 6 (4), 392-408. 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.007.
    
    
  
  
    Liu, Q., Guo, Z., Gao, L., Dong, Y., Moallemi, E.A., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Yang, J., Li, X., Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Bryan, B.A.
  
(2022).
    A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability.
  
    Environmental Science & Policy 137, 336-348. 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.09.005.
    
    
  
  
    Kwenda, P.R., Lagerwall, G., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & van Ruijven, B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
  
(2022).
    Identifying the Leverage Points in the Household Solid Waste Management System for Harare, Zimbabwe, Using Network Analysis Techniques.
  
    Sustainability 14 (19), e12405. 10.3390/su141912405.
    
    
  
  
    Moallemi, E. A., Hosseini, S. H., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Gao, L., Bertone, E., Szetey, K. & Bryan, B. A.
  
(2022).
    Eight Archetypes of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Synergies and Trade‐Offs.
  
    Earth's Future 10 (9) 10.1029/2022EF002873.
    
    
  
  
    Kwenda, P.R., Lagerwall, G., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & van Ruijven, B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
  
(2022).
    A Mini-Review on the Causes of Poor Household Solid Waste Management in Low-income Developing Countries: a Case Study of Urban Harare City, Zimbabwe.
  
    The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management 48 (3), 375-388. 10.5276/JSWTM/2022.375.
    
    
  
  
    Moallemi, E.A., Gao, L., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Bryan, B.A.
  
(2022).
    Diversifying models for analysing global change scenarios and sustainability pathways.
  
    Global Sustainability 5 10.1017/sus.2022.7.
    
    
  
  
    Moallemi, E.A., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Gao, L., Hadjikakou, M., Liu, Q., Kwakkel, J., Reed, P.M., Obersteiner, M., Guo, Z. & Bryan, B.A.
  
(2022).
    Early systems change necessary for catalyzing long-term sustainability in a post-2030 agenda.
  
    One Earth 5 (7), 792-811. 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.003.
    
    
  
  
    Moallemi, E.A., Bertone, E., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Gao, L., Szetey, K., Taylor, N. & Bryan, B.A.
  
(2021).
    A review of systems modelling for local sustainability.
  
    Environmental Research Letters 16, e113004. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac2f62.
    
    
  
  
    Goll, D.S., Ciais, P., Amann, T., Buermann, W., Chang, J., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Hartmann, J., Janssens, I., Li, W., Obersteiner, M., Penuelas, J., Tanaka, K. & Vicca, S.
  
(2021).
    Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock.
  
    Nature Geoscience 14, 545-549. 10.1038/s41561-021-00798-x.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2021).
    Drivers of photovoltaic uncertainty.
  
    Nature Climate Change 11 (3), 184-185. 10.1038/s41558-021-01002-z.
    
    
  
  
    Kwenda, P.R., Lagerwall, G., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & van Ruijven, B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
  
(2021).
    A mini-review on household solid waste management systems in low-income developing countries: A case study of urban Harare City, Zimbabwe.
  
    Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, e0734242X2199164. 10.1177/0734242X21991645.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Garcia, D., Valin, H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0618-773X & van Ruijven, B. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
  
(2021).
    Using social media audience data to analyse the drivers of low-carbon diets.
  
    Environmental Research Letters 16 (7), 074001. 10.1088/1748-9326/abf770.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2020).
    Validity and usefulness of COVID-19 models.
  
    Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 7 (1) 10.1057/s41599-020-00553-4.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Ilmola-Sheppard, L.
  
(2020).
    Systems Thinking to Understand National Well-Being from a Human Capital Perspective.
  
    Sustainability 12 (5), e1931. 10.3390/su12051931.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reese, G. & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2019).
    Modelling the drivers of a widespread shift to sustainable diets.
  
    Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-019-0331-1.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658 & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2019).
    Model validation: A bibliometric analysis of the literature.
  
    Environmental Modelling & Software 117, 43-54. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.009.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658
  
(2018).
    Practice and perspectives in the validation of resource management models.
  
    Nature Communications 9 (1), e5359. 10.1038/s41467-018-07811-9.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Kwakkel, J.H.
  
(2018).
    Including robustness considerations in the search phase of Many-Objective Robust Decision Making.
  
    Environmental Modelling & Software 105, 201-216. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.03.029.
    
    
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, van Daalen, E. & Thissen, W.
  
(2017).
    Incorporating stakeholder perspectives into model-based scenarios: Exploring the futures of the Dutch gas sector.
  
    Futures 93, 27-43. 10.1016/j.futures.2017.08.002.
    
    
  
  
Monograph
    Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Verdolini, E., Kumar, P. & Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2025).
    Expert Workshop on Digitalisation Narratives and Climate Change Mitigation: Synthesis Report.
  
    IIASA Report.
  Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA 10.5281/zenodo.15024068.
  
  
    Gaupp, F. & Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2024).
    Climate Activism, Social Media and Behavioural Change: A Literature Review.
  
    IIASA Working Paper.
  Laxenburg, Austria: WP-24-007
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Liu, Q., Reiter, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851 & Kuhn, M.
  
(2023).
    Full of Economic-Environment Linkages and Integration dX/dt (FeliX): Technical Model Documentation.
  
    IIASA Report.
  Laxenburg: IIASA
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566
  
(2022).
    System Dynamics of Social Tipping Processes.
  
    IIASA Report.
  Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA
  
  
Conference or Workshop Item
    Trimmel, H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-975X, Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Swamy, D. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-8825, Tan, R.Y.W. & Niamir, L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542
  
(2025).
    Synergistic nature of sustainable development solutions centred on heat stress in the urban system.
  
 DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-6177.
    In: EGU General Assembly 2025, 27 April-02 May 2025, Vienna.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Hohne, N., McCaffrey, M., Monasterolo, I., Niamir, L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Zimm, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015
  
(2024).
    Feedbacks and social tipping: A dynamic systems approach to rapid decarbonization.
  
 DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20483.
    In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reiter, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851 & Kuhn, M.
  
(2023).
    Human wellbeing in relation to climate, economy and environment.
  
    In: Annual meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium, 14-17 November 2023, Venice, Italy.
  
  
    Swamy, D. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-8825 & Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2023).
    Unraveling the Complexity of Urban Transport Behavior: A Qualitative Review of Factors Influencing Mode Choice in Developed and Developing Regions.
  
    In: Sixteenth IAMC Annual Meeting 2023, 14-16 November 2023.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2023).
    System dynamics modelling to explore climate, economy, environment and society interactions.
  
    In: UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Systems Thinking Seminar, 14 June 2023.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2023).
    Using system dynamics to explore behavior change in integrated assessment context.
  
    In: LOOPS-5 Workshop, Conceptualizing and Navigating Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene, 27-29 March 2023, Stockholm, Sweden.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2022).
    Achieving Resilience in a Complex World - Guidance for Action from Systems Sciences.
  
    In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience Conference, November, 2022.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X & Wilson, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566
  
(2022).
    Social tipping mechanisms for rapid decarbonization.
  
    In: International System Dynamics Conference, 19-22 July 2022, Frankfurt, Germany.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Cornell, S., Remy, M. & Kwakkel, J.
  
(2022).
    Interacting with integrated assessment models for target-seeking under uncertainty.
  
    In: Scenarios Forum 2022, June 2022.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2022).
    Using simple integrated assessment models to explore human and earth system feedbacks.
  
    In: Scenarios Forum 2022, June 2022.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2022).
    Acting on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) synergies and trade-offs requires policy-focused systems tools.
  
    In: 5th International Research Workshop on Archetypes in Sustainability Research, May, 2022, University of Greifswald, Germany.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X
  
(2020).
    Using DMDU methods to explore the lifestyle change uncertainty in integrated assessment models.
  
    In: Annual meeting of the Society for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty, 10-12 November 2020.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reese, G. & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2019).
    Modelling the drivers of a widespread shift to sustainable diets.
  
    In: World Resources Forum, 23-24 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reese, G. & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2019).
    A widespread shift to sustainable diets requires rapid risk perception.
  
    In: Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World, 4-5 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658
  
(2019).
    Validation of models used for scenario generation.
  
    In: Scenarios Forum, March 2019, Denver, Colorado.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reese, G., Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Gao, L.
  
(2018).
    Investigating global diet change dynamics by linking models of human behavior to IAMs.
  
    In: . The 11th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, 13-15 November 2018, Seville, Spain.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658 & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2018).
    A bibliometric analysis of the model validation literature.
  
    In: . The 11th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, 13-15 November 2018, Seville, Spain.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Reese, G. & Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769
  
(2018).
    Meat or not? - A model-based analysis of the global diet change dynamics.
  
    In: 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 6-10 August 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658
  
(2018).
    Validation of uncertainty-oriented environmental models: A review of the existing approaches.
  
    In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 9-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.
  
  
    Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Rovenskaya, E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-3443, Obersteiner, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2769 & Langan, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658
  
(2017).
    Validation of uncertainty-oriented environmental models: A review of the existing approaches.
  
    In: Annual Workshop of the Society for Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty 2017, 13-15 November, Oxford, UK.
  
  
Other
    Popovici, A., Alam, M., Agurto Castillo, C.M., Dang, R., Eker, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-132X, Fakoya, K., Falsarone, A., Ibeto, C., Kuhn, M., Liu, Q., Momanyi, S., Mycoo, M., Reiter, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-3851, Shimpuku, Y., van Kempen, L., Wagner, F. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-2374, Salami, B., Stevance, A.-S., Kelly, W. & Gunalan, K.N.
  
(2024).
    From science to action: Leveraging scientific knowledge and solutions for advancing sustainable and resilient development.
  
      
                  International Science Council
             10.24948/2024.09.
  
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