Modelling Soft Variables + Group Model-Building

Monday, July 20, 2026, 2:00 PM

Session: SOC Workshop on Modelling Soft Variables + More (In-person)

Agenda • Intro: Group model building and soft variables • Group model-building • Soft variables • Examples from my own PhD • Group model building activity • Variable elicitation with behaviour over time graphs • CLD/Stock-and-flow diagram building. Zimmermann: Weaving participatory modelling into teaching: Purposes and practices from system dynamics education, submitted to System Dynamics Review.

Presenter:
Nici Zimmermann