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Marjan van den Belt

Marjan van den Belt is President of Mediated Modeling Partners, LLC. She is an ecological economist and environmental management professional with more than ten years of research, executive, and managerial experience. Her area of expertise is participatory processes in environmental management and policy making. She holds both a masters in business economics and a Ph.D. in environmental sciences.

Mediated Modeling

A System Dynamics Approach To Environmental Consensus Building

Mediated modeling is an innovative new approach that enhances the use of computer models as invaluable tools to guide policy and management decisions. Rather than having outside experts dispensing answers to local stakeholders, mediated modeling brings together diverse interests to raise the shared level of understanding and foster a broad and
deep consensus.