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School of Human Evolution and Social Change
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 2402
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Biography: 

After teaching appointments at the universities of Leyden (1972-1976) and Amsterdam (1976-1985) in the Netherlands, Cambridge University (1985-1995) in the UK; and the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) (1995-2004) in France, Sander van der Leeuw is a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University and co-director of the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems.

In July 2001, Professor van der Leeuw was appointed Secretary-General of the French Conseil National de Coordination des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Societe (National Council for the Coordination of the Humanities and Social Sciences). This was followed by an appointment as Deputy Director for Social Sciences at the CNRS (2002-2003) and at the National Institute for the Sciences of the Universe, in charge of a program similar to the Long Term Ecological Research program in the US. In 2003, he was appointed chair of the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University in the U.S., where he became Founding Director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, an interdisciplinary unit based around anthropology that focuses on some of the major challenges of the 21st century, and subsequently Chair of the Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems and Dean of the School of Sustainability. He was an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute (USA) (2000-2019), is a correspondent of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1995 and held a Chair at the Institut Universitaire de France (2002-2006). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Beijer Institute of Environmental Economic of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he was awarded the "Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation" prize by the United Nations Environment Program.

 

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Education: 

Ph.D. University of Amsterdam

Research Interests: 

Professor van der Leeuw is an archeologist and historian by training, specializing in the long-term impacts of human activity on the landscape. He is recognized as a pioneer in the application of the complex adaptive systems approach to socio-environmental challenges, and in this context has studied ancient technologies, ancient and modern man-land relationships, and innovation. A native of Holland who speaks five languages, van der Leeuw has done archaeological fieldwork in Syria, Holland, and France, and conducted ethno-archaeological studies in the Near East, the Philippines and Mexico. In the 1990's he coordinated for the European Union a series of interdisciplinary research projects on socio-natural interactions and modern environmental problems. This work spans all the countries along the northern Mediterranean rim, and used the complex adaptive systems approach to improve understanding of these interactions and their impact on sustainability– the first of its kind. In the 2000's he co-directed an (equally EU-funded) project on invention and innovation from a Complex Adaptive Systems perspective. For both these projects, he was awared the 2012 UNEP "Champion of the Earth" award.

His current research interests are in the development of Global Systems Science, the study of the relationship between sustainability and innovation, the long-term evolution of human information processing and the application of transdisciplinarity to research.

His field specializations include: Archaeology, Ceramic Technology, Complex Systems Theory, Ethnoarchaeology, Human-Environment Interaction, Identity and Differentiation, Land Use, Modeling and Simulation, Urban Origins and Dynamics

Publications: 

  • van der Leeuw, S.E. “Closing remarks: Novel approaches to complex social change and sustainability”, Sustainability Science (special issue on the ICSS 2017 conference) (2020)

  • Renn, O., I. Chabay, S.E. van der Leeuw, S. Droy, “Beyond the indicators: Improving science, scholarship, policy and practice to meet the complex challenges of sustainability” Comment, Sustainability MDPI 651485 (2020)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., “Perspectives urbaines pour la resilience”, in: Quelles stratégies pour quels risques: La ville en question? (B. Barroca, ed.), pp. 7-23, Paris: Presses des Ponts et Chaussées (2020)

  • Schlosser, P., M. Laubichler, C. Edwards, S. Beschloss, N. Berman, S. van der Leeuw, J. Adamson, C. M. Barton, M. Bernstein, S. BurnSilver, G. Dirks, J. Franz, N. B. Grimm, J. Gwiszcz, D. Helitzer, C. Lloyd, K. Merrigan, O.Sala, C. Wharton D. White, “COVID-19: The Ultimate Stress Test for Our Global Futures”, Medium, March 28, (2020)

  • Schlosser, P.  S. Beschloss, C. Edwards, N. Berman, M. Laubichler, S. E. van der Leeuw, J. Franz, “Earth Day at 50: A Call for a New Engagement with Our Planet” Medium, April 22, (2020)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., Laubichler, M, Schlosser, P., “Societal Planetary Boundaries: When Global Society Endangers the Future of Our Planet” Medium May 8, (2020)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Social Sustainability Past and Future: Undoing Unintended Consequences for the Earth’s Survival, Cambridge University pPess

  • Nakicenovic, N., A. Grubler, J. Leininger, C. Zimm, G. Clarke, K. Ebi, J. Rockstrom, D. Messner, S.E. van der Leeuw, A.- P. Aguiar, A. Al Khourdajie, D. Arent, T. Arimoto, A. Bhowmik, B. Boza‐Kiss, H. Carlsen, F. Carrero‐Martínez,  K. Ciampi‐Stancova, I. Chabay, C.‐W. Chao, W.E. Colglazier, D. Collste,  L. Comolli, K.‐T. Chou, P. Gadelha, L. A. Galvao, B. Garret,  R. Guerino Stabeli, A. Hernandez, A.‐K. Hornidge, M. Iizuka, N. Kanehira, M. Kamei, J.-A. Linnerooth‐Bayer, M. Matusiak, J. Miller,  J. Millward‐Hopkins, R. Muttarak, R. Ngerng, M. Obersteiner, Y. Oswald, K. Oyamada, S. Pachauri, R. Paes de Sousa, A. Rainoldi,  N. Rao, A. Roehrl, A. Rosenbaum, Y. Saheb, J. Schmidt,  J. Steinberger, U. Svedin, I. Suzuki, K. Tilmes, , M. Visbeck, C. Wingens, C. Wilson, H. Yamada, E. Zusman, “Innovations for Sustainability: Pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future” Report from “The World in 2050” Initiative. Laxenburg: International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria. (2020)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E. “The role of narratives in human-environmental relations: an essay on elaborating win-win solutions to climate change and sustainability”, Climatic Change 160(4): 509-519 (Special Issue on win-win solutions to climate change, D. Mangalagiu, A. Bisaro, J. Hinkel, and J. D. Tàbara, eds.) (2019)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., A.-P. Aguiar, L. Berg, D. Buscaglia, S. Busch, I. Chabay, K. Ebi, A. Goujon, H. Haberl, D. Messner, A. Miola, K. Murray, R. Muttarak, N. Nakicenovic, A. Popp, J.-M. Puyana, V. Rauchenwald, P. Scheelbeek, J. Schmidt, S. Sellers, U. Svedin, A. Vafeidis, G. Verburg,,  “The challenge ahead: Non-linear interactions in current societal dynamics” Brussels: GSTIC (Separate publication of Chapter 2 of the TWI 2050 Report 2018) (2019)

  • Bai, X., B. Begashaw, M. Bursztyn, I. Chabay, S.  Droy, C. Folke, K. Fukushi, J. Gupta, H. Hackmann, E. Hege, C. Jaeger, A. Patwardhan, O.  Renn, G. Safonov, P. Schlosser, P., Skaloud, C.  Vogel, S. van der Leeuw, Y. Zhang, “Changing the scientific approach to fast transitions to a sustainable world. Improving knowledge production for sustainable policy and practice” - IASS Discussion Paper (2019)

  • Campagnolo, I. Chabay, D. Collste, L. Comolli, L. Gomez-Echeverri, A. Goujon, A. Grubler, R. Jung, M. Kamei, G. Kamiya, E. Kriegler, M. Kuhn, J. Leininger, C. Martin-Shields, B. Mayor-Rodriguez, J. Miller, A. Miola, K. Riahi, M. Schewenius, J. Schmidt, K, Skierka, O, Selomane, U. Svedin, P. Yillia, with contributions from: T. Arimoto, B. Colglazier, A. Contejean, I. Dombrowsky, T. Jaluka, H. Lotze-Campen, K. Murray, M.l Noussan, M. C. Roco, L. Spini, M. Stoeckle, S. van der Leeuw, D. van Vuuren, E. Zusman “The Digital Revolution and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges” Report from “The World in 2050” Initiative. (2019)

  • Ma,Y.,  T. F. Thornton, D. Mangalagiu, J. Lan, D. Hestad, E. Apostoli Cappello, S.E. van der Leeuw, “Co-creation, co-evolution and co-governance: understanding green businesses and urban transformations” Climatic Change (Special Issue on win-win solutions to climate change, D. Mangalagiu, A. Bisaro, J. Hinkel, and J. D. Tàbara, eds.). (2019)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., “The evolution of human information-processing”, Journal of Integrated Creative Studies No. 2019-010-e, (2019)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E. “Whither archaeology?” Japanese Journal of Archaeology 5 (2018): 95–105 (2018)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., “Are cities resilient? – Les villes, sont elles résilientes”, in: Risques Urbains/Urban Risks (B. Barroca, D. Serre, eds.), 18(2):1-9 (2018)

  • Sachs, J., N. Nakicenovic, D. Messner, J. Rockström, G. Schmidt-Traub, S. Busch, G. Clarke, O. Gaffney, E. Kriegler, P. Kolp, J. Leininger, K. Riahi, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. van Vuuren, C. Zimm, “Transformations for Sustainable Development: A Synthesis” in: Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – Report from “The World in 2050” Initiative (E. Kriegler, D. Messner, N. Nakicenovic, K. Riahi, J. Rockström, Jeffrey Sachs, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. van Vuuren, coordinating authors) Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), pp. 6-27 (2018)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., A.P. Aguiar, L. Berg, D. Buscaglia, S. Busch, I. Chabay, K. Ebi, A. Goujon, H. Haberl, D. Messner, A. Miola, K. Murray, R. Muttarak, N. Nakicenovic, A. Popp, J.- M. Puyana, V. Rauchenwald, P. Scheelbeek, J. Schmidt, S. Sellers, U. Svedin, A. Vafeidis, G.Verburg, “The Challenge Ahead: Non-linear Interactions in Current Societal Dynamics” Chapter 2 in: Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – Report from “The World in 2050”Initiative (E. Kriegler, D. Messner, N. Nakicenovic, K. Riahi, J. Rockström, Jeffrey Sachs, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. van Vuuren, coordinating authors), Laxenburg, Austria, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): 5-68 (2018) ,

  • Contreras, D.A., E. Hiriart, A. Bondeau, A. Kirman, J. Guiot, L. Bernard, R. Suarez, S.E. van der Leeuw “Regional Paleoclimates and Local Consequences: Integrating GIS Analysis of Diachronic Settlement Patterns and Process-Based Agroecosystem Modeling of Potential Agricultural Productivity in Provence (France)” (2018)

  • van der Leeuw, S.E., “It is all a question of discipline…”, in: “Europe: Identités et Migrations / Europe: Identities and Migrations” (L. Manolakakis, N. Schlanger, A. Coudart, eds.), pp. 31-42, Leyden: Sidestone Press. (2017)

  • Coudart, A., L. Manolakakis, N. Schlanger, S. van der Leeuw “Jean-Paul Demoule, an intellectual scholar … beyond European archaeology, in “Europe: Identités et Migrations / Europe: Identities and Migrations” (L. Manolakakis, N. Schlanger, A. Coudart, eds.): 11-22 (2017)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. “Some Considerations Concerning “Sustainability””, in: Environmental Reality: Rethinking the options (proceedings of HM King Carl Gustaf of Sweden’s 12th Royal Colloquium, May 2016), (E. Kessler and A. Karlquist, eds.), pp. 15-20, Stockholm: The Royal Colloquium. (2017)
  • Xiao-Bing Hu, Pei-Jun Shi, Ming Wang, Tao Ye, M. S. Leeson, S. E. van der Leeuw, O. Renn, C. Jaeger, "Quantitative Understanding of the Complexity of Social-Environmental Systems: From Connection to Consilience" Intl. Journal of Disaster Risk Science, (2017)
  • Audouze, F. J. Bérato, Bui Thi Mai, Ph. Marinval, S.E. van der Leeuw, with the collaboration of M. Dubar and Michèle Ballinger "L’habitat perché et fortifié du Peigros, Sainte-Maxime, Var", 143-191, Documents d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne 37, (2016)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Uncertainties", in: Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Archaeological Computational Modeling (M. Brouwer-Burg, H. Peeters, W. Lovis, eds.), pp. 157-169, (2016)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "La science, les politiques et le public: quelle réalité / quels écueils?" (« Science, politics and the general public: what is the reality, what are the pitfalls?) Nature, Sciences, Sociétés 24, 160-167 (2016)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Adaptation and Maladaptation in the Past: a Case Study and Some Implications" In: Complexity and Evolution: Toward a New Synthesis for Economics, D. S. Wilson and A. Kirman (eds.). pp. 240-269, Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 19, (2016)
  • Schimel, D., K. Hibbard, D. Costa, P. Cox, S.E./ van der Leeuw "Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES): Advancing the Poist-disciplinary Understanding of Coupled Human-Environment dynamics in the Anthropocene", Anthropocene Online (2016)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Scientific Illiteracy: what is the Reality, what are the Pitfalls?" in Fernweh: Crossing borders and connecting people in archaeological heritage management (M. van den Dries, S.J. van der Linde, A. Strecker, eds.): 122-126 (2015)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Reframing the Climate Debate: from 'Burden sharing' to 'Green Growth'. in Designing Solutions to Climate Change (B. Laville, S. Thiébault, A. Euzen, eds): 240-248 (2015)
  • Bai, X., S.E. van der Leeuw, K. O'Brien, F. berkhout, F. Biermann, W. Broadgate, E. Brondizio, C. Cudennec, J. Dearing, A. Duraippah, M. Glser, A. Revkin, W. Steffen, J. Syvitsky, "Plausible and Desirable Futures in the Anthropocene: A New Research Agenda, Global Environmental Change 39:351-362 (2015)
  • Verburg, P.H., J. Dearing, J. Dyke, S.E. van der Leeuw, S. Seitzinger, W. Steffen, J. Syvitsky, "Methods and Approaches to Modeling the Anthropocene", Global Environmental Change 39:328-340 (2015)
  • Schoon, M., S.E. van der Leeuw "The shift toward Social-Ecological Systems Perspectives: Insights into the Human-Nature relationship" Nature, Sciences, Sociétés 23:166-174 (2015)
  • Read, D.W., S.E. vanb der Leeuw, "The extension of Social Relations in Time and Space during the Palaeolithic" in Settlement, Society and Cognition in Hukman Evolution (F. Coward, R. Hosfield, M. Pope, F. Wenban-Smith, eds): 31-53 (2015)
  • Rockström, J., G. Brasseur, B. Hoskins, W. Lucht, H.-J. Schellnhuber, P. Kabat, N. Nakicenovic, P. Gong, P. Schlosser, M. Manez, A. Humble, N. Eyre, P. Gleick, R. James, A. Lucena, O. Masera, M. Moench, R. Schaeffer, S. Seitzinger, S.E. van der Leeuw, B. Ward, N. Stern, J. Hurrell, L. Srivastava, J. Morgan, C. Nobre, Y. Sokona, R. Cremades, E. Roth "Climate change: the neccessary, the possible and the desirable", Earth's Future (2014)
  • Knappett, C.A., S. E. van der Leeuw, "A developmental approach to ancient innovation: the potter's wheel in the Bronze Age East Mediterranean", Pragmatics and Cognition 22(1):64-92 (2014)
  • Chase, A.F., L.J. Lucero, V.I. Scarborough, D.Z. Chase, R. Cobos, N.P. Dunning, S.L. Fedick, V. Fialko, J.D. Gunn, M. Hegmon, G. Iannone, D.L. Lentz, R. Liendo, K. Prufer, J.A. Sabloff, J.A. Tainter, F. Valdez Jr. S.E. van der Leeuw "Tropical landscapes and the Ancient Maya: diversity in Time and Space" in The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes: Transforming Maya Archaeology throiugh IHOPE (A.F. Chase, V. Scarborough, eds. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 24: 12-29 (2014)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Transforming Lessons from the Past into lessons for the Future" The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes: Transforming Maya Archaeology throiugh IHOPE (A.F. Chase, V. Scarborough, eds. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 24: 215-231 (2014)
  • A. Wiek, A. Xiong, K. Brundiers, S.E. van der Leeuw. Integrating Problem- and Project-Based Learning Into Sustainability Programs – A Case Study on the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (2014).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. "Sustainability, culture and personal responsibility". Sustainability Science (2014).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. "French Resilience: Designing for Change on the Comtat Plain". Solutions (2014).
  • Wiek, A., J. Harlow, R. Melnick, S.E. van der Leeuw, K. Fukushi, K. Takeuchi, F. Farioli, F. Yamba, A. Blake, R. Kutter. "Sustainability science in action – A review of the state of the field through case studies on disaster recovery, bioenergy, and precautionary purchasing",. Sustainability Science (2014).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. Transforming Lessons from the Past into Lessons for the Future. The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes: Transforming Maya Archaeology through IHOPE (2014).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. AIMES 2.0: Towards a global Earth System Science. IGBP Global Change (2013).
  • Wiek, A., D. Guston, S.E. van der Leeuw, C. Selin, P. Shapira. The nano-enhanced city, sustainability challenges, and anticipatory governance. Journal of Urban Technology (2013).
  • Audouze, F., S.E. van der Leeuw. Un habitat de hauteur fortifié dans les Maures : le Peigros (Sainte-Maxime, Var). L'Âge du Fer en Europe: Mélanges offerts à Olivier Buchsenschutz (2013).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. "Archaeology, Networks, Information Processing and Beyond. Network Analysis in Archaeology: New Approaches to Regional Interaction (2013).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. Invention, Innovation And Sustainability – Lessons From and For Archaeology. Aux marges de l’Archéologie. Hommage à Serge Cleuziou (2013).
  • A. Wiek, A. Xiong, K. Brundiers, S.E. van der Leeuw. Integrating Problem- and Project-Based Learning Into Sustainability Programs – A Case Study on the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (2014).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. "Sustainability, culture and personal responsibility". Sustainability Science (2014).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. "French Resilience: Designing for Change on the Comtat Plain". Solutions (2014).
  • Wiek, A., J. Harlow, R. Melnick, S.E. van der Leeuw, K. Fukushi, K. Takeuchi, F. Farioli, F. Yamba, A. Blake, R. Kutter. "Sustainability science in action – A review of the state of the field through case studies on disaster recovery, bioenergy, and precautionary purchasing",. Sustainability Science (2014).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E. Transforming Lessons from the Past into Lessons for the Future. The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes: Transforming Maya Archaeology through IHOPE (2014).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. AIMES 2.0: Towards a global Earth System Science. IGBP Global Change (2013).
  • Wiek, A., D. Guston, S.E. van der Leeuw, C. Selin, P. Shapira. The nano-enhanced city, sustainability challenges, and anticipatory governance. Journal of Urban Technology (2013).
  • Audouze, F., S.E. van der Leeuw. Un habitat de hauteur fortifié dans les Maures : le Peigros (Sainte-Maxime, Var). L'Âge du Fer en Europe: Mélanges offerts à Olivier Buchsenschutz (2013).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Archaeology, Networks, Information Processing and Beyond. Network Analysis in Archaeology: New Approaches to Regional Interaction (2013).
  •  van der Leeuw, S.E., "Invention, Innovation And Sustainability – Lessons From and For Archaeology". Aux marges de l’Archéologie. Hommage à Serge Cleuziou (2013).
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Global Systems Dynamics and Policy: Lessons from the distant past, Complexity Economics 1: 33-160 (2012)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "For every solution there are many problems: the role and study of technical systemsin socio-environmental co-evolution" Danish Journal of Geography 112(2): 149-159 (2012)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., "Archéologie de l'Innovation" in La Préhistoire des Autres: perspectives archéologiques et anthropologiques" (N. Schlanger & A.-C. Taylor eds.): 101-117 (2
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., A. Wiek, J. Harlow, J. Buizer, "How much time do we have to fail? The urgency of sustainability challenges vis-a-vis roadblocks and opportunities in sustainability science" Sustainability Science 7: 115-120 (2012)
  • Dearing, J., S.E. van der Leeuw, R. Coistanza, "How to learn from the past?" The Solutions Journal (2012)
  •  Costanza, R., S.E. van der Leeuw, K. Hibbard, S. Aulenbach, S. Brewer, M. Burek, S. Cornell, C. Crumley, J. Dearing, C. Folke, L. Graumlich, M. Hegmon, S. Heckbert, S.T. Jackson, J. Kubiszewski, V. Scarborough, P. Sinclair, S. Sörlin, W. Steffen, "Developing an Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE), Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4: 106-114 (2012)
  • Strumsky, D., J. Lobo, S.E. van der Leeuw, "Using patent technology codes to study technological change", Economics of Innovation and New Technology (2011)
  • Westley, F., P. Olsson, C. Folke, Th. Homer-Dixon, H. Vredenburg, D. Loorbach, J. Thompson, M. Nilsson, F. Lambin, J. Sendzimir, B. Banarjee, V. Galaz, S.E. van der Leeuw, "Tipping towards Sustainability: Emerging pathways of Transformation", Ambio 40(7) 762-780 (2011)
  • van der Leeuw, S.E., R. Costanza, S. Aulenbach, S. Brewer, M. Burek, S. Sornell, C. Crumley, J. Dearing, C. Downy, L. Graumlich, M. Hegmon, S. Heckbert, K. Hibbard, S.T. Jackson, I kubiszewski, P. Sinclair, S. Sörlin, W. Steffen,"Toward an Integrated History to Guide the Future", Ecology and Society 16(4) (2011)
  • Lane, D.A., S.E. van der Leeuw, C. Sigaloff, F. Addarii, "Innovation, sustainability and ICT" Procedia Computer Science 7: 83-87 (2011)
  • Dearing, J.A., A.K. Braimoh, A. Reenberg, B.L. Turner II, S.E. van der Leeuw. "Complex land systems: the need for long time perspectives in order to assess their future". Ecology and Society (2010).
  • Méry, S., A Dupont-Delaleuf, S.E. van der Leeuw. Analyse technologique et experimentations: les techniques de façonnage céramique mettant en jeu la rotation à Hili (Emirats arabes unis) à la fin du IIIe millenaire (Âge du Bronze Ancien). Nouvelles de l’Archéologie (2010).
  • Miller, F., H. Osbahr, E. Boyd, F. Thomalla, S. Bharwani, G. Ziervogel, B. Walker, J. Birkmann, S.E. van der Leeuw, J. Rockström, J. Hinkel, T. E. Downing, C. Folke, D. R. Nelson,. Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?. Ecology and Society (2010).
  • S. Cornell, R. Costanza, S. Sörlin, S.E. van der Leeuw. Developing a systematic ‘science of the past’ to create our future. Global Environmental Change (2010).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. "The Archaeology of Innovation: lessons for our times". Innovation: Perspectives for the 21st Century, pp. 33-53, Madrid: BBVA (2010).
  • Zeder, M., J.E. Buikstra, S.E. van der Leeuw. Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. The Society for American Archaeology 75 years (2010).
  • J. Rockström, W. Steffen, K. Noone, Å. Persson, F. S. Chapin III, E. F. Lambin, T. M. Lenton, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, H. J. Schellnhuber, B.Nykvist, C. A. de Wit, T. Hughes, S.E. van der Leeuw, H. Rodhe, S. Sörlin, P. K. Snyder, R. Costanza, U. Svedin, M. Falkenmark, L. Karlberg, R. W. Corell, V. J. Fabry, J. Hansen, D. Liverman, K. Richardson, P. Crutzen, J. A. Foley,. A Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Nature (2009).
  • Rockström, J, W. Steffen, J. Schellnhuber, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. Liverman, J.E. Hansen, T. Lenton, S. Sörlin, V. Fabry, K. Noone, E. Lambin, R.W. Corell, R. Costanza, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, U. Svedin, T. Hughes, H. Rodthe, P. Crutzen. "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space in the Anthropocene. Ecology and Society (2009).
  • Rockström, J, W. Steffen, J. Schellnhuber, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. Liverman, J.E. Hansen, T. Lenton, S. Sörlin, V. Fabry, K. Noone, E. Lambin, R.W. Corell, R. Costanza, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, U. Svedin, T. Hughes, H. Rodthe, P. Crutzen,. Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space in the Anthropocene. Ecology and Society (2009).
  • D.A. Lane, S.E. van der Leeuw, D. Pumain, G. West. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change. (2009).
  • D. W. Read, S.E. van der Leeuw. Biology Is Only Part Of The Story …. Sapient Mind: Archaeology meets neuroscience (2009).
  • D.A. Lane, D. Pumain, S.E. van der Leeuw. Introduction. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change (2009).
  • D.A. Lane, R. Maxfield, D.W. Read, S.E. van der Leeuw. From population to organization thinking. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change (2009).
  • D.W. Read, D.A. Lane, S.E. van der Leeuw. The innovation innovation. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change (2009).
  • Ferrari, D., D.W. Read & S.E. van der Leeuw. An Agent-based Model of Information Flows in Social Dynamics. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change (2009).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. What is an ‘Environmental Crisis’ to an Archaeologist?. The archaeology of environmental change – Socio-natural legacies of degradation and resilience (2009).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw, D.A. Lane, D.W. Read,. The long-term evolution of social organization. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change (2009).
  • D.W. Read, S.E. van der Leeuw. Biology is only part of the story . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B (2008).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. Climate and Society: Lessons from the past 10,000 years. Ambio (2008).
  • Sander Van Der Leeuw. Durabilité et Archeeologie environnementale. Archéopages (2008).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. Agency, Networks, Past and Future. Material Agency Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Approach (2008).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. "Including Humans in Earth System Modelling". Global Change Newsletter (2007).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Buizer, James, Redman, Charles, Sarewitz, Daniel, Redman, Charles, Sarewitz, Daniel, Buizer, James, Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Redman, Charles, Sarewitz, Daniel, Buizer, James, Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Redman, Charles, Sarewitz, Daniel, Buizer, James, Van Der Leeuw, Sander. Transforming the Global Institute of Sustainability. (2007).
  • Kohler, T, Van Der Leeuw, Sander. The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems. (2007).
  • J.A. Dearing, L.J. Graumlich, R.H. Grove, A. Grübler, H. Haberl, F. Hole, C. Pfister. Group Report: Integrating Socioenvironmental Interactions over Centennial Timescales – Needs and Issues. Sustainability or Collapse? (2007).
  • Janssen, Marcus Alexander,Anderies, John M. Stylized Models to Analyze Robustness of Irrigation Systems. The Model-based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems (2007).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw. Information Processing and Its Role in the Rise of the European World System. Sustainability or Collapse? (2007).
  • S.E. van der Leeuw, J.-F. Berger, L. Nuninger. Modeling the Role of Resilience in Socio–Environmental Co–evolution: The Middle Rhône Valley between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems (2007).
  • T. Kohler, S.E. van der Leeuw. Introduction: Historical Socionatural Systems and Models. The Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems (2007).
  • O Young, F Berkhout, G Gallopin, Marcus Janssen, Elinor Ostrom, Sander Van Der Leeuw. The Globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research. Global Environmental Change (2006).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . Crises vécues, crises perçues. Temps et espaces des crises de l'environnement (2006).
  • Sander Van Der Leeuw. Climate, hydrology, land use, and environmental degradation in the lower Rhone Valley during the Roman Period. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, Académie des Sciences, Paris (2005).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander. Global Land Project Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2005).
  • Brandt, R W (Author) ,Gazenbeek, M (Author) ,Verhagen, Ph,Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . La gestion du patrimoine archéologique régional ou de l’usage des modèles prédictifs en SIG: l’Argonne, un cas d’école. Temps et espace de l’homme en société, analyses et modèles spatiaux en archéologie, (2005).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . Why Dutch archaeology isn't what it was forty years ago. Innovatie in de Nederlandse Archeologie (2005).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Aschan-Leygonie, Chr (Author) . A long-term perspective on resilience in socio-natural systems. Micro-Meso-Macro. Addressing Complex Systems Couplings (2005).
  • S Méry, K McSweeney, Sander Van Der Leeuw, W Al Tikriti. New approaches to a collective grave from the Umm an-Nar period at Hili (UAE). Paléorient (2004).
  • Sander Van Der Leeuw. Why Model?. Cybernetics and Systems - An International Journal (2004).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . Non-linear processes and archaeology. Key concepts in archaeology (2004).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Girardot, J.J. (Author) ,Favory, F. (Author) . The Archaeological Study of Environmental Degradation: An example from Southeastern France. The Archaeology of Global Change (2004).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Green, S (Author) . Vegetation dynamics and land use in Epirus. Dynamics in Mediterranean Vegetation Landscapes (2004).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Kaase, M, Godelier, M, Smith, J. Defining a Methodology to Assess the State of the Art of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe. (2003).
  • Leveque, C, Van Der Leeuw, Sander. Quelles natures voulons nous ? Pour une approche socio-écologique du champ de l’environnement. (2003).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Favory, F, Fiches, J.-L. Archéologie et systèmes socio-environnementaux: études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône dans le programme ARCHAEOMEDES. (2003).
  • Lévèque, Chr (Author) ,Muxart, T (Author) ,Abbadie, L (Author) ,Weill, A (Author) ,Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . L'anthroposystème: entité structurelle et fonctionnelle des interactions sociétés-milieux. Quelles natures voulons-nous? Pour une approche socio-écologique du champ de l'environnement (2003).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . Les études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône. Archéologie et systèmes socio-environnementaux: études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône dans le programme ARCHAEOMEDES (2003).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Audouze, F (Author) . Conclusion: vers une pluridisciplinarité élargie. Archéologie et systèmes socio-environnementaux: études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône dans le programme ARCHAEOMEDES (2003).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Berger, J-F (Author) ,Favory, F (Author) ,Muxart, T (Author) ,Tourneux, F-P (Author) . Comment identifier, analyser et évaluer les dynamiques d'interactions entre les sociétés et leurs environnements?. Quelles natures voulons-nous? Pour une approche socio-écologique du champ de l'environnement (2003).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,Verhagen, Ph. (Author) ,Favory, F (Author) . Intégration et traitement des données géographiques. Archéologie et systèmes socio-environnementaux: études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône dans le programme ARCHAEOMEDES (2003).
  • Godelier, M, Laredo, Ph, Bruhns, H, Van Der Leeuw, Sander. L’état des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société en France et leur rôle dans la construction de l’Espace Européen de la Recherche. (2002).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander. Développement d’outils pour une politique de valorisation du patrimoine paysager: le cas de l’Argonne. (2002).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) . Introduction. Princesses celtes en Lorraine (2002).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander (Author) ,De Vries, B L (Author) . Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean. Mappae Mundi: Humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective (2002).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander. Why model?. (2002).
  • Van Der Leeuw, Sander, Oberg, S. Environmental Communication. (2001).
  • . . Vingt ans de recherches à Sallèles d'Aude (2001).
  • van der Leeuw, S. The Archaeomedes Project - Understanding the natural and anthropogenic causes of land degradation and desertification in the Mediterranean. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Union (1998).
  • van der Leeuw, S., Pumain, D. et al. Des Oppida aux métropoles Paris : Anthropos (Collection Villes) (1998).
  • van der Leeuw, S. & McGlade, J. (Eds.) Archaeology: Time, process and structural transformations. London: Routledge (1997). 
  • van der Leeuw, S. (Ed.) L'Homme et la dégradation de l'environnement. Antibes : APDCA (Actes du XVe Colloque international d'archéologie et d'histoire d'Antibes) (1995). 
  • van der Leeuw, S & Fiches, J.-L. (Eds.) Archeologie et Espaces, Antibes: Editions A.P.C.D.A. (Actes du Xe Colloque international d'archéologie et d'histoire d'Antibes) (1990) 
  • van der Leeuw, S & Torrence, R. (Eds.) What's New? A  closer look at the process of innovation. London: Hyman & Unwin (1989). 
  • van der Leeuw, S, Brandt R.W. & Groenman -van Waateringe, W). Assendelver Polder Papers, vol I, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam (1987). 
  • van der Leeuw, S & Pritchard, A.C. The Many Dimensions of Pottery: Ceramics in Archaeology and Anthropology. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam (1984)
Research Activity: 
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 584Internship
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 584Internship
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 590Reading and Conference
SOS 591Seminar
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 584Internship
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 590Reading and Conference
SOS 591Seminar
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 584Internship
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 590Reading and Conference
SOS 591Seminar
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 584Internship
ASM 590Reading and Conference
ASB 590Reading and Conference
ASM 592Research
ASB 592Research
ASM 790Reading and Conference
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASM 792Research
ASB 792Research
ASM 799Dissertation
ASB 799Dissertation
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
ASB 484Internship
ASB 492Honors Directed Study
ASB 493Honors Thesis
ASB 499Individualized Instruction
ASB 580Practicum
ASB 590Reading and Conference
SOS 591Seminar
ASB 592Research
ASB 790Reading and Conference
ASB 792Research
ASB 799Dissertation
Honors / Awards: 

1995-                      Corresponding Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

2000-                      External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2002-2003              Marion R. & Adolph J. Lichtstern Distinguished Research Scholars, University of Chicago, USA. 

2002–2006             Chair of Archaeology, Institut universitaire de France, Paris

2009                       Visiting Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

2012                       UNEP Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation

2013                       Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan

2013 –                    Visiting Professor, Beijing Normal University

2013 – 2017           Distinguished Guest Professor at the Center for Human and Environment System Sustainability        (CHESS), Beijing Normal University (BNU)

2014 –                    Honorary Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Johannesburg

2014 –                    Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Arizona State University

2015 –                    Fellow, Global Climate Forum, Berlin, Germany

2016 –                    Visiting Fellow, Institut Méditeranéen de Recherche Avancée, Aix-Marseille Université         

2016                       Invited Scholar, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan

2016 –                    Fellow, European Center for Living Technology, Università Ca’Foscari, Venice

2016 – 2018           Gastwissenschaftler at the Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation (CGSC) at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany

2016 –                    Director Emeritus, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute for Sustainability, Arizona State University

2017-2019              Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainability, Potsdam, Germany

                  

 

 

 

Editorships: 
  • Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology (U.K.), Member, Editorial Board, (1988-1993)
  • Journal of World Prehistory (Plenum, U.S.A.), Member, Editorial Board, (1987-2001)
  • Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory (U.S.A.), Member, Editorial Board (1986-2000)
  • MAN (U.K.) Member, Editorial Board, (1989-1992)
  • Ecology and Society, Member, Editorial Board (2004 - 2014)
  • Global Environmental Change, Member, Editorial Board (2004 - 2014)
  • Natures, Sciences, Sociétés, Member Editorial Board (2002 - present)
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History: 

University of Cambridge 1990 : “ Ceramic Petrography of the Late Minoan on Eastern Crete ” (P. Day) ; • “ Ceramic Technology of the Nubian pottery from Quasr Ibrim ” (L.M.V. Smith). • “ Dynamical Modelling of Long-term Trends in the archaeology of Wessex ” (J. McGlade). 1993 : “ Ritual and Rubbish in the Iron Age of Wessex ” (J.D. Hill). 1994 : “ Burial rite of Middle Neolithic Beaker Cultures in Britain ” (K. Misoguchi) ; • “ Acculturation in the Caribbean: the case of ‘La Poterie’ ” (S. England) ; • “ Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology of Bolivian and Peruvian Highland Pottery ” (W.J.M. Sillar). 1995 : “ Burial customs of three Etrurian Cities ” (D. Thoden van Velsen) ; • “ Social Structure and Cemeteries of the Iron Age in Eastern France ” (L. Olivier) ; • “ Manufacture of Textiles in Iron Age England ” (D. DeRoche) ; 1997: “ Bronze Age / Iron Age Transitions in Northwestern Poland ” (H. Zawadska) , • “ Modelling Prehistoric Communications ” (S. Hudson). Université de Paris I / Panthéon-Sorbonne 1995 : “Occupation du sol et evolution environnementale depuis le néolithique dans la Montagnette et la partie occidentale des Alpilles ” (M. Gazenbeek). 1998 : “ La céramique du haut moyen age (6e-10e s.) du sud de la vallée du Rhin supérieur ” (M. Châtelet) 1999 : “ Les poteries et les potiers de Vallauris, 1501-1945 ” (J.-F. Petrucci) ; • “ Outils isotopiques pour l’analyse des pratiques d’élevage au néolithique ” (M. Balasse) • Habilitation: “ Dynamique des paysages et intervention humaine, du Tardiglaciaire à l’Holocène, de la Méditerranée aux préalpes sud-occidentales - apport de l’analyse anthracologique ” (S. Thiébault) 2000 : “ Contribution des micromammifères de la Balma d’Abeurador à la connaissance de l’évolution des paysages tardiglaciaires et holocènes en Languedoc-Roussillon ” (V. Mistrot). 2001 : “ Subsistance, systèmes techniques et gestion territoriale en milieu insulaire antillais précolombien - Exploitation des Vertébrés et des Crustacés aux époques Saladoïdes et Troumassoïdes de Guadeloupe (400 av. J.-C. à 1 500 ap. J.C.) ” (S. Grouard). 2002 : “ Etude de la malacofaune des sites mésolithiques et néolithiques de la façade atlantique. Contribution à l’économie l’identité culturelle des groupes concernés ” (C. Dupont) • “ Méthodes de télédétection en infra-rouge : applications à l’archéologie en Crète et dans la vallée de l’Aisne ” (M. Civet) : • “ Paysage et peuplement dans l’est lyonnais et l’Ile Crémieux de la protohistoire au moyen âge” (E. Gonzalez) : 2003 : “ Pétroarchéologie des mortiers de support des peintures murales romaines ” (A. Coutelas) • “ Artefacts, environnements naturels et comportements des chimpanzés du Sud-Ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire : une approche etho-archéologique ” (V. Leblan) ; • “ Mollusques terrestres holocènes et caractérisation de l’anthropisation en Provence à différentes échelles d’espace et de temps ” (S. Martin); • “ L’exploitation des invertébrés marins par les populations précolombiennes des petites Antilles ” (N. Serrand) 2004 : “ Géographie historique d’une région frontalière du Sud du Cambodge. Le Phnom Bayang et ses environs ” (E. Bourdonneau) • “ L’évolution de l’agriculture depuis le néolithique jusqu’à l’époque historique à travers les données archéo-botaniques en Syrie ” (G. Klesly); 2005 : Habilitation: “ Angelus novus : temporalités archéologiques et temps du passé ” (L. Olivier) Arizona State University 2013 J. Watts The Organization and Evolution of the Hohokam Economy: Agent-Based Modeling of Exchange in the Phoenix Basin, AD 200-1450. 2013 C. Roberts "The Form, Aspect, and Definition of Anglo-Saxon Identity: A study of Medieval British words, deeds, and things" 2015 S. McClintock, "Challenges of Advocacy for Sustainability Scientists" 2015 R. Cesaretti -"Modeling Maya society" (ongoing)

Work History: 

1969-1972 University of Amsterdam, Graduate Research Assistant. 1972-1976 University of Leiden/Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO), Co-investigator in a project researching the technology of ancient pottery in the Euphrates Valley, NW Syria. 1976-1985 University of Amsterdam, Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer ('Wetenschappelijk Medewerker I'), from 1981 with tenure. 1985-1988 Assistant Lecturer, Cambridge University. 1988-1995 Lecturer, Cambridge University (since 1991 with tenure) 1995-2009 Professor in the “Archaeology and History of Techniques” at the Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (on secondment from 2004) 2002-2007 Chair in Archaeology, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France 2004-2011 Professor of Anthropology and (Founding) Director of the School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA 2009- Director Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Arizona State University 2010- Foundation Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University 2010-2013 Dean, ASU School of Sustainability 2013- (Foundation) Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University 2014- Director, ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems

Service: 
  • Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Co-Director (2009 - Present)
  • Faculty International Committee, Member (2007 - Present)
  • International Human Dimensions of Global Change Program, Treasurer (2007 - 2010)
  • International Human Dimensions of Global Change Program, Member of Scientific Council (2004 - 2010)
  • National Scientific Committee of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, External Foreign Expert (2014 - 2018)
  • ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, Director (2014 - present)
  • Board of Directors, Julie A. Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability (ASU), Member (2005-2009; 2013 - 2016)
  • Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System Program of the IGBP, Co-chair (2013 - present)
  • Complex Systems Society (European), Chair, CCS'15 conference (2014 - 2015)
  • Board of Directors Institute of Human Origins (ASU), Member (2010 - present)
  • Digital Antiquity Board of Directors (ASU), Chair (2010 - 2017)
  • IHOPE Research Program (IGBP-IHDP), Co-chair (2007 - 2015)
  • Netherlands Doctoral School on Environment and Society "SENSE", Co-chair, international Evoluation Panel (2014)
  • School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Director (2004 - 2014)
  • Environmental science program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Evaluator (2014)
  • European Research Council, Member, evaluation committee 'Synthesis' program (2012 - 2013)
  • School of Sustainability, Dean (2010 - 2013)
  • Scientific Steering Committee, Analysis Integration and Modeling of the Earth System Program (IGBP), Member (2007 - 2013)
  • Council of the (European) Complex Systems Society, Member (2005 - 2012)
  • IHOPE workshops on Maya Archaeology, Organizer (2009 - 2011)
  • Resilience 2011 International Meetings, Member of scinetific and local orgaqnizing committees (2009 - 2011)
  • Scientific Steering Committee, Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System, Co-Chair (2013 - )
  • European Union/European Environment Forum, Organizing Committee, Conference on "Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research" (2008 - 2009)
  • Organizing Committee Conference on EU research Policy on Sustainability, Member (2008 - 2009)
  • International Program Committee, IHDP Open Meeting, Member (2007 - 2009)
  • Midterm Evaluation Committee, Department of Archaeology, Leyden University, Member (2008 - 2008)
  • President's Academic Council (ASU), Member (2006 - 2008)
  • Fyssen Foundation, Paris, Member of Scientific Council (2000 - 2008)
  • Seach Committee, Chair of School of Geographical Sciences, Member (2006 - 2007)
  • Search Committee for a new Provost (ASU), Chair (2005 - 2006)
Expertise Areas: 
Archaeology
Complex Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Urban Systems
Land Use Change
Sustainability