MOSES-2016 Workshop

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The MOSES-2016 Workshop

May 16-20

Linköping University

Department of Computer and Information Science
Sweden

MOSES-2016

Welcome to the home page of the Modeling of Sustainable Economics Systems workshop 2016 !

The workshop aims at defining new research directions for modeling and simulation-based explorations of viable transitions into a sustainable future, by bringing together world experts from many sustainability/related disciplines.

 

The MOSES guiding principles

It is our predicament that we live in a finite world, and yet behave as if it were infinite. Steady exponential material growth with no limits on resource consumption and population is the dominant conceptual model used by today’s decision makers. This is an approximation of reality that is no longer accurate and has started to break down. If unsustainable behavior persists and ecological boundaries are ignored too long, societal collapse may occur.

At the same time we demand of decision makers that their decisions make good economic sense. Unchanged, the financial system with its current regulations and instruments, threatens to continue to force decision-making that undermines the wealth and prosperity it purports to support.

To avoid this and develop our society and economic systems to become sustainable, more sophisticated models are needed that include ecological and planetary boundaries as well as human social factors. The long-term success of the welfare economy depends on how well the financial system creates transparent, efficient and routine solutions to various societal problems.

Thus, we could demand of the financial system to facilitate the transformation towards a more efficient and sustainable use of finite resources. However, recurrent financial crises (financial bubbles) and various rigidities in the transition towards a circular economy are clear indications that the current financial system suffers from significant weaknesses. Instead of paving the way towards investments with long-term value, substantial private and public resources are used to cement a historic economic structure.

World Models are simulation models that integrate several aspects of ecological planetary boundaries and many detailed aspects of human society and its interaction with a resource- and pollution-limited planet. Some of such models are available in the Modelica equation-based language. The potential capabilities of these models have significantly improved when used with the recently developed advanced Modelica modeling, simulation, and control technology adapted for such applications. Uncertainty handling, sensitivity analysis, and plug-and-play of submodels are some capabilities.

It is possible to include the economy and the financial system in such an enhanced financial world model which can be used to test and evaluate many kinds of ideas and assumptions about the green economy. 

The starting point is that the economy can be a powerful tool for the transition to sustainability. Research into this requires systems perspective and cross-disciplinary cooperation

The MOSES consortium seeks to create a cross-disciplinary programme to focus on socially sustainable development as the aim, ecological sustainability is a fundamental requirement and the economy is seen as a tool. We identify gaps in the existing financial system and present constructive proposals for a reformed financial system, to enable a faster transition to a sustainable circular economy.
A list of key tasks is the following:

Presentations 

 Peter Fritzson, Director of OSMC (Linköping University)

 Introduction: Modeling of Sustainable Economic Systems

 Jorgen Randers (Ulrich Golüke), Professor Center for Climate Strategy BI Norwegian Business School

 Review of our Plans for the World 4 (PEEC) Model

 Rodrigo Castro, Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires

 Overview of the Modelica-based System Dynamics Library

 David Collste, PhD Student, Stockholm Resilience Centre

 Overview of the Millennium Institute’s Threshold 21 iSDG Model and Method

 Dale S. Rothman, Senior Scientist (Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures), Associate Professor (Josef Korbel School for International      StudiesUniversity of Denver)

 Large-scale Integrated Modeling with International Futures

  Peter Fritzson, Director of OSMC (Linköping University)

 Quick Overview of Original MOSES Proposal

 Steve Hinton, The Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation 

 Modeling Sustainable Economic Systems

 Sarah Cornell, Stockholm University, Stockholm Resilience Centre

 Planetary Boundaries as potential measurable aspects in a global model 

 Deniz Koca, Assistant Professor,Lund University

 The WORLD Model development in the SimRess Project

 Steven Hinton

 2030 Modelling a plan for Sweden

 Jennifer Hinton, Co-director (the Post Growth Institute), PhD Student (Stockholm Resilience Centre)

 Introducing the Not-for-Profit World and economic model for a brighter future

 Steve Keen, Kingston University London

 Monetary modelling & interplay with sustainability

 Lars Olert

 Economic Flow Constrained Modeling of Economic Systems

 Peter Fritzson, Director of OSMC (Linköping University)

 Introduction to Object-Oriented Modeling,Simulation, Debugging and Dynamic Optimization with Modelica using OpenModelica

 Rodrigo Castro, Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires 

 Overview of the Modelica-based World2 and World3 models

 Rodrigo Castro, Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires  

 General Concepts about Global Modeling 

Venue

The MOSES-2016 was held at Linköping University. Currently, Linköping University has approximately 27,000 students and 4.000 employees. Since the start in the late 1960s, Linköping University has been an innovator, creating new study programmes and new ways to tackle research problems. The university is an important driving force for regional development. However, the mission is greater—Linköping University is a national and international player. World-class research is conducted within cutting-edge domains such as new materials, IT and disability research. Students come from all across the globe, with over 80 nationalities represented at LiU. Linköping University is accessible by direct bus from downtown in 10-20 minutes and from the airport by taxi in 10-15 minutes, you can also walk to the university from downtown in about 40 minutes.

Organizing Comittee and Program Chairs

Peter Fritzson
Rodrigo Castro
Sarah Cornell

Collaborators

Bernhard Thiele
Alejandro Danós

Schedule

In blue: Workshop.
In yellow: Course on world modeling.

  Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Friday 20
08.30-09.30 Welcome. Introdution of participants. Overview of the week agenda. Fritzson, All Review of the World4 project. Pt. 2 Goluke Monetary systems modeling and their interplay with sustainability issues Keen The OpenModelica tool, Modelica language part 2 Castro, Fritzson Group discussions - Parallel activities All
09.30-10.15 Review of the World4 project. Pt. 1 Goluke Identification of possible benefits of joint efforts regarding World4 All Economic flow constrained
modeling economic systems
Olert, Thiele Hands on textual modeling with simple Modelica models Castro, All Group discussions - Parallel activities All
10.15-10.45 Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break  
10.45-11.30 Overview of the Modelica-based System Dynamics Library pt1 Castro The World model development in the SimRess project Koca Overview of the Modelica-based System Dynamics Library pt2 Castro World Modeling general concepts Castro, All Group discussions - Parallel activities All
11.30-12.15 Identification of possible benefits of joint efforts regarding World4 All Discussion and identification of MOSES next steps. All An approach to
ecological energy/emergy flow modeling.
Discussion on integrated modeling.
Castro, All Socioeconomic models with OpenModelica Castro, All Group discussions - Parallel activities All
12.15-13.30 Lunch   Lunch   Lunch   Lunch   Lunch  
13.30-14.15 Overview of the Threshold 21 Model Collste Installation of OpenModelica on your laptop and quick test of World simulation All Discussion and identification of
possible MOSES next steps,
integrating economic modeling.
All Free/TBD   Free/TBD  
14.15-15.00 Overview of the International Futures Tool and Model Rothman The transition economy in Sweden and how to scale up to a global scale S. Hinton The Modelica language Part1, hands-on graphical modeling Castro, Fritzson Hands on with World 3 Castro, All Group discussions - Parallel activities All
15.00-15.45 Presentation of the MOSES approach. Experiences in expressing ideas with System Dynamics and/or Types of research questions in global models Fritzson, S. Hinton, Cornell, Castro The non-for-profit approach to sustainability and how to represent it in world models J. Hinton The Modelica-based versions of
World2 and World3 in a nutshell
Castro Socioeconomic models with OpenModelica Castro, All Group discussions - Parallel activities All
15.45-16.15 Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break  
16.15-17.00 Planetary Boundaries as potential measurable aspects in a global model Cornell Drafting/writing/modeling session part 1 All Hands on with World 3 Castro, All Hands on with other socioeconomic models Castro, All Wrap up. Final messages. Scheduling of activities for the upcoming months. All
17.00-17.45 Identification of possible MOSES next steps. All Drafting/writing/modeling session part 2 All Drafting/writing/modeling session part 3 All Drafting/writing/modeling session part 4 All Wrap up. Final messages. Scheduling of activities for the upcoming months. All

Participants

Peter Fritzson
Sarah Cornell
Rodrigo Castro
David Collste
Steve Keen
Dale Rothman
Steven Hinton
Jeniffer Hinton
Ulrich Goluke
Bernhard Thiele
Lars Olert
Ola Leifler
Deniz Koca
Jonas Lagander
Stefan Anderberg
Ilaria Perissi
Sara Falsini

Contact

Peter Fritzson,  peter.fritzson@liu.se

 

Modeling of
Sustainable Economic Systems