{"id":108,"date":"2023-06-17T13:12:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-tool.org\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:38:21","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/m-tool.org\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"108\" class=\"elementor elementor-108\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-289c257 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"289c257\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41a4532\" data-id=\"41a4532\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550383d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"550383d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38c23dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38c23dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95da25\" data-id=\"f95da25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc1666b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc1666b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications about the M-Tool (all open access)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a9d7d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a9d7d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c169cff\" data-id=\"c169cff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecf561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ecf561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/sdr.1698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van den Broek, K. L., Klein, S. A., Luomba, J., &amp; Fischer, H. (2021). Introducing M-Tool: A standardised and inclusive mental model mapping tool. System Dynamics Review, 37(4), 353\u2013362. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/sdr.1698<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">This paper introduces M-Tool and guides researchers on how to use the tool in their research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.761882\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van den Broek, K. L., Luomba, J., van den Broek, J., &amp; Fischer, H. (2021). Evaluating the Application of the Mental Model Mapping Tool (M-Tool). Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.761882\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">This paper showcases the first application of the tool\u00a0with a\u00a0sample of Tanzanian fishers, and demonstrates support for M-Tool&#8217;s usability and validity.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.yoda.uu.nl\/geo\/UU01\/NFJJ2X.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van Boxtel, W. &amp; van den Broek, K.L. (2025). M-Tool data analysis scripts. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.24416\/UU01-NFJJ2X<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>This publication contains:<br \/>(1) an R-script that provides users with a starting point for their M-Tool data analysis . The script uses the edge list produced by M-Tool and transforms these into total number of nodes, total number of edges and various centrality measures (see <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.public.data.uu.nl\/vault-m-tool-analysis\/Publication%5B1747138979%5D\/original\/MTool_process_data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p><p>(2) an R script that allows you to visualise the aggregated mental models across all your participants. Using the images you used in your data collection, you can create a visual representation of the combined mental models of all participants. You can tailor the figure using the instructions in the R script (see <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.public.data.uu.nl\/vault-m-tool-analysis\/Publication%5B1747138979%5D\/original\/MTool_data_visualisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marioangst.github.io\/MToolR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angst, M. &amp;\u00a0van den Broek, K.L.\u00a0(2022). MToolR &#8211; A companion R package for M-Tool.\u00a0https:\/\/marioangst.github.io\/MToolR\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">MToolR is a companion package for the Mental Model Mapping Tool M-Tool (https:\/\/www.m-tool.org\/). The package provides: a) functionality to load and process data generated by M-Tool b) procedures for common (basic) analytical tasks c) visualization functions. More features are planned. We welcome feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa75a51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa75a51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e84605d\" data-id=\"e84605d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c41e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"50c41e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca3a595 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca3a595\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaebe7a\" data-id=\"aaebe7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286ee5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"286ee5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications with applications of the M-Tool<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b12654d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b12654d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced8000\" data-id=\"ced8000\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da639ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da639ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s43591-025-00141-w\">Bostrom, A., van den Broek, K. L., B\u00f6hm, G., Gr\u00fcnzner, M., Felipe-Rodriguez, M., Fian, L., Stevens, S., Abdeljaoued, A., Budhiraja, V., Carratta, G., Mondellini, S., \u00d6zdamar, A., Suffill, E., Pahl, S., &amp; Doran, R. (2025). Scientists\u2019 mental models of microplastics: insights into expert perceptions from an exploratory comparison of research methods.\u00a0<em>Microplastics and Nanoplastics<\/em>,\u00a0<em>5<\/em>(1), Article 36.\u00a0<\/a><br \/>In two complementary studies, our interdisciplinary team examined how microplastic scientists understand and think about the hazards of microplastic accumulation in freshwater systems, and what risks they may pose. Each study used a different approach.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/van den Broek, K., de Jager, L., Doran, R., &amp; B\u00f6hm, G. (2025).\u00a0Expert and citizen perceptions of the drivers of the energy transition: A mental model approach.\u00a0Journal of Cleaner Production,\u00a0494, Article 144949.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jclepro.2025.144949\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">van den Broek, K., de Jager, L., Doran, R., &amp; B\u00f6hm, G. (2025).\u00a0Expert and citizen perceptions of the drivers of the energy transition: A mental model approach.\u00a0Journal of Cleaner Production,\u00a0494, Article 144949.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jclepro.2025.144949<\/a><br \/>In this paper, we mapped experts&#8217; and citizens&#8217; mental models of the drivers of the energy transition. he results demonstrate (1) a key focus in the mental models on renewable energy generation such as solar panels, wind farms, and hydropower, (2) that expert mental models are more focused on policy pathways compared to citizen mental models, (3) that mental models of actors leaning towards the political right focus less on individual behaviour than left-leaning actors, and (4) that climate change worry results in more focus on individual behaviour and policy pathways in the mental models.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2666791624000162\">Luukkonen, R., &amp; van den Broek, K. L. (2024). Exploring the drivers behind visiting repair caf\u00e9s: Insights from mental models. Cleaner Production Letters, 7, Article 100070. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.clpl.2024.100070<\/a><br \/>In this paper, we mapped the mental models of the motivations to visit a repair cafe. The findings show that Visitors were strongly driven by environmental concerns and their perceived lack of repair skills.<\/li><li><a style=\"--linkdeco: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2210422424000467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van den Broek, K., Negro, S., &amp; Hekkert, M. (2024). Mapping mental models in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 51, 1-10. Article 100855. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eist.2024.100855<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>In this paper, we<\/span><\/span> outline the value of mapping mental models in sustainability transitions and present three types of transition mental models and illustrate them with M-Tool examples.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1364815224001580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gebhardt, S., Assis, J. C., Lacayo-Emery, M., Scherpenisse, A., van den Broek, K.L., Speelman, E., Wassen, M. J., Bakker, M., &amp; van Dijk, J. (2024). Supporting stakeholder dialogue on ecosystem service tradeoffs with a simulation tool for land use configuration effects. Environmental Modelling and Software, 179, Article 106097. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envsoft.2024.106097<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>In this paper, we used the M-Tool to assess the impact of a new tool to elucidate ecosystem service tradeoffs in user-designed scenarios. The results show the comparison of stakeholder&#8217;s mental models of ecosystem tradeoffs before and after the use of the new tool.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2022.2129054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de Ridder, D. T. D., van den Boom, L. A. T. P., Kroese, F. M., Moors, E. H. M., &amp; van den Broek, K. L. (2024). How do people understand the spread of COVID-19 infections? Mapping mental models of factors contributing to the pandemic. Psychology &amp; Health, 1\u201320. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2022.2129054<\/a><p>How do citizens perceive the development of the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the perceived dynamics of the factors that influence transmissions of the virus and the number of cases? These are the questions that this team of researchers is investigated by mapping citizens&#8217; mental models of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0272494422001517?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van den Broek, K. L., Luomba, J., van den Broek, J., &amp; Fischer, H. (2023). Content and complexity of stakeholders\u2019 mental models of socio-ecological systems: Evidence from Tanzanian fishers. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 85, 101906. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvp.2022.101906<\/a><br \/><\/span>In this paper, we\u00a0mapped Tanzanian fishers&#8217; mental models of the Nile perch fish stock fluctuation. We find complex and diverse mental models of the causes of changes in the fish stock. These mental models\u00a0tended to focus on the causal influence of destructive fishing activities. Mental model complexity consistently differed\u00a0across geographical regions in Tanzania.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0195666323001484?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">van den Boom, L. A. T. P., van den Broek, K. L., Kroese, F. M., Moors, E. H. M., &amp; de Ridder, D. (2023). Mental models of the protein shift: Exploring consumers\u2019 perceptions of the transition. Appetite, 187, 106595. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.appet.2023.106595\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d91883e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d91883e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d5fcea\" data-id=\"6d5fcea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84fe3f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"84fe3f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a9a0d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a9a0d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c7fb5e\" data-id=\"5c7fb5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb39176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cb39176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-145c080 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"145c080\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d276fc9\" data-id=\"d276fc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c428b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17c428b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ongoing projects using the M-Tool<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06fe849 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06fe849\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c287b40\" data-id=\"c287b40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2d5357 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2d5357\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dbfd7f\" data-id=\"0dbfd7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562fbf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"562fbf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Mental models of climate change in West and East Africa\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><i style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">Maryse Chappin &amp; Karlijn van den Broek (<\/i><em style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University), Gisela B\u00f6hm &amp;\u00a0Usman Isyaku (Department of Psychosocial Science, Bergen University)<br \/><\/em><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">The\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\" href=\"https:\/\/mecca.sites.uu.nl\/\" data-type=\"url\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mecca.sites.uu.nl\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/mecca.sites.uu.nl\/\">MECCA project<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">\u00a0aims to\u00a0identify adaptation and mitigation strategies by analyzing the gap between stakeholder\u2019s mental models\u00a0of change and risk and projected impacts of human activities under changing climatic conditions in East Africa (Lake Victoria) and West Africa (Lagos). M-Tool will be used in this project to capture stakeholders&#8217; mental models of the drivers and\u00a0consequences of climate change among fishing, farming, and urban communities as well as relevant policymakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3477667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3477667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\">Integrating mental models into energy systems models to foster social change towards support for wind power deployment<\/span><\/p><p><i style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">Leanda Vedder, Karlijn van den Broek, Luis Eduardo Ramirez Camargo &amp; Martin Junginger (<\/i><em style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University)<br \/><\/em><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">This research project focuses on the acceptability of wind energy and investigates the involved stakeholder\u2019s perception of the impact of wind power deployment. Stakeholders&#8217; mental models of the impact of wind power deployment are mapped and integrated into energy system models to identify and address possible misjudgments among stakeholders on the impacts of wind energy deployment that may impede the energy transition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc8941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cc8941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ECO-MIND \u2013 Enhancing Pro-Environmental Behaviours and M<\/strong><b>ental Health through Nature Contact for Urban Youth: A multi-country study using geographic ecological momentary assessment and mental models<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><i style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">Martina Bubalo, S.M. Labib Karlijn van den Broek &amp; Marco Helbich (<\/i><em style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University)<br \/><\/em><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/en\/research\/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development\/eco-mind-enhancing-pro-environmental-behaviours-and-mental-health-through-nature-contact-for-urban\">Eco-Mind project<\/a> will be the first to integrate high-resolution, longitudinal data on nature exposure with cognitive and behavioural models in daily life. We will investigate urban youths\u2019 PEB and mental health in relation to nature contact in varying urban settings. We will test if causal pathways between nature exposure, mental health, and PEB are moderated\/mediated by individuals\u2019 mental models about nature exposure and nature connectedness.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24e2af6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24e2af6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eef678a\" data-id=\"eef678a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications about the M-Tool (all open access) van den Broek, K. 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