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Dale Rothman

  • Associate Professor

    Contact Info

    Rothman
    Name
    Dr. Dale S. Rothman
    Job Title
    Associate Professor
    Website
    Google Scholar
    Phone Number
    703-993-6754
    Office Number
    Research Hall,Room 374, MS: 6A12, Fairfax
    Skype: DaleScott66

    Affiliations

    Departments

    Centers

    • Center for Social Complexity

    Research Areas

    • Modeling and Simulation
    • Climate Science
    • Environmental Science and Policy
    • Sustainability

    Education

    • ​​​​PhD, Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University, (1993)
    • SB, Environmental Earth Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1984)

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    Current Research

    I am currently doing research in the use of scenario development and integrated modeling as applied to social-ecological systems. My recent work has focused on applying these to issues related to climate change economics and policy, including new technologies for greenhouse gas removal and solar radiation management. As a new faculty member, I look forward to exploring opportunities to work with, among other groups, the Institute for a Sustainable Earth and the Center for Social Complexity.

    Teaching Focus

    Prof. Rothman teaches the introductory courses on Computational Social Sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as beginning and advanced courses in modeling and simulation. He has more than 20 years of experience teaching and advising students in systems thinking, scenario development, simulation, and ecological economics.

    Selected Publications

    • Elsawah, S., S. Hamilton, A. Jakeman, Dale S. Rothman, V. Schweizer, E. Trutnevyte, H. Carlsen, C. Drakes, B. Frame. B. Fu, C. Guivarch, M. Haasnoot, E. Kemp-Benedict, K. Kok, H. Kosow, M. Ryan, and H. van Delden. (2020). Scenario processes for socio-environmental systems analysis of futures: A review of recent efforts and a salient research agenda for supporting decision making Science of the Total Environment 79. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138393.
    • O’Neill, B. C., E. Kriegler, K. L. Ebi, E. Kemp-Benedict, K. Riahi, Dale S. Rothman, B. J. van Ruijven, et al. (2015) The Roads Ahead: Narratives for Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Describing World Futures in the 21st Century Global Environmental Change. doi: 10.1016/ j.gloenvcha.2015.01.004.
    • Rothman, Dale S., P. Romero-Lankao, V. J. Schweizer, and B. A. Bee (2014). Challenges To Adaptation: A Fundamental Concept for the Shared Socio-Economic Pathways and Beyond Climatic Change 122(3): 495-507. doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0907-0.
    • Rothman, Dale S., C. van Bers, J. Bakkes, and C. Pahl-Wostl (2009). How to Make Global Assessments More Effective: Lessons from the Assessment Community Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 1(2): 214-218. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2009.09.002

    Contact Info

    Rothman
    Name
    Dr. Dale S. Rothman
    Job Title
    Associate Professor
    Website
    Google Scholar
    Phone Number
    703-993-6754
    Office Number
    Research Hall,Room 374, MS: 6A12, Fairfax
    Skype: DaleScott66