Interactive: SOC Workshop on Modelling Soft Variables + More (In-person) on Monday, July 20, 2026, 2:00 PM

Room: Senaatszaal

Thread: Learning and Teaching

Duration: 120 minutes

Chair: Nici Zimmermann

Support: Lucas Meneguim

Modelling Soft Variables + Group Model-Building

Presenter: Nici Zimmermann

Keywords: Stakeholder Engagement, Group Model Building

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.

Christine Tang at August 25, 2026, 3:00 AM: Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fstFUXbVnvah2jn0yto6Su2dCBHl0tGa/view?usp=sharing