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Teaching Mission
To engage students in systemic thinking about dynamic problems, particularly economics and economic policy issues, and develop students' system dynamics modeling skills.
Courses
At the University of Bergen in Norway, I teach modeling to international students in the two-year master's degree program in system dynamics. My primary fall course is the System Dynamics Modeling Process (GEO SD304). Students learn to define problems dynamically, develop hypotheses for problematic dynamic behaviour, formulate and validate computer simulation models, and design policies to improve systemic behaviour. In the spring, I teach Policy Design and Implementation (GEO SD308), and the focus is on improving the behaviour of social systems with feasible and robust policies. Students gain experience using a structured method for policy design and evaluation that reflects an informed view of institutional and cultural constraints on policy feasibility and outcomes, including costs and benefits. Students also develop skills for interacting with those for whom the modelling work is done, including elicitation of information about the dynamic problem, relevant organizational procedures, and potential obstacles to implementing new policies.
I also teach distance learning courses in macroeconomics and microeconomics to U.S. students at Virginia Western Community College, using an interactive computer simulation model of the U.S. economy called MacroLab. In addition, I teach an SD-based applied microeconomics course to graduate students at ISM University of Management and Economics in Lithuania.
Guest Lectures & Seminars
Business School of the Catholic University of Peru (2010)
Riga Technical University, Latvia (2009)
Chemnitz Technical University, Germany (2007)
Brandenburg Technical University at Cottbus, Germany (2007)
University of Talca, Chile (2007)
Staffordshire University, U.K. (2007)
Cairo University, Egypt (2007)
My PhD Students
Ricardo Rodriquez.
My Master Students
Current Students & Thesis Working Titles
Tej Gautam. "Microeconomics Teaching Experiment in Nepal."
Catalina Henao Tobon. "Can the Feedback Method be used to Teach International Trade Theories?"
Muhammed Jahanzeb. "A System Dynamics Interpretation of Corporate Finance Theory."
Yik Nam Lee. "The Challenges of Malaysia Oil Palm Plantation Expansion."
Yin Jien Lee. "An Endogenous Relationship between Wages, Job Opportunity, and Skilled Labor Shortage in Norway."
Patience Linda Madoma. "Auto Pollution in Zimbabwe."
Godfried Nortei Nortey. "Teaching Mathematics to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: An Experimental System Dynamics Approach."
Eric Quarm. "Ghana's Emigration Model: A System Dynamics Approach."
Wei Shao. "Sovereign Debt Crisis in Greece: A System Dynamics Approach to Policy Development."
Lili Shi. "A System Dynamics-based Analysis of China's Housing Policy in Shanghai."
Previous Students & Thesis Titles
Juan Pérez Velásquez. "A System Dynamics Study of Instability in the Colombian Coffee Sector." (2010)
Doaa El-Kordy Ahmed Amin. "An Experimental Study for Assessing a System Dynamics-based Training Process for Software Project Management." (2010)
Richard McDowell. "Prison Overcrowding: Finding Successful Policies to Manage Capacity Utilization." (2010)
Mai Adel Ibrahim. "Employment and Unemployment in Egypt." (2010)
Baobing An. "A System Dynamics-base Study of Policies to Reduce the Number of Rework Projects for a Marine Crane Manufacturer." (2009)
Haiyan Yan. "Subsidy Policy Design for Inreasing Sola Photovoltaic Installed Capacity in China." (2009)
Junaid Hassan. "Capturing the Dynamics of Panic Disorder" (2008)
Alexander Focus. "The AIDS Epidemic in Tanzania: A System Dynamics Approach for Policy Development." (2008)
Huang Lizhen. "Can System Dynamics Improve Project Management Teaching? An Experimental Study." (2008)
Hu Qian. "Modeling Oscillatory Shortage of Electricity Generating Capacity in China." (2008)
Ying Wenjun. "Portfolio Contracts In Supply Chain Risk Management: Analysis of Procurement Strategy with System Dynamics Models." (2008)
Maria González Galvis. "Can System Dynamics in the Classroom have Effects that Go Beyond the Classroom? An Experiment with Civics Instruction." (2008)
Margarita Cruz Barrientos. "Evaluating System Dynamics as a Tool for Teaching History." (2007)