Publications
2023
Scholarly publications
Zimmermann, S., Dermody, B., Theunissen, B., Wassen, M., Divine, L., Padula, V., von Wehrden, H., & Dorresteijn, I. (2023). A leverage points perspective on Arctic Indigenous food systems research: A systematic review. Sustainability Science, 18(3), 1481-1500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01280-2
2022
Scholarly publications
Nordquist, R., Dermody, B., Kamstra, J. H., Mughini Gras, L., Runhaar, H., Verburg, R., & de Vries, S. (2022). Assessing risk and building resilience to facilitate the transition towards circular food systems. Abstract from 28th annual ISDRS Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. https://2022.isdrsconferences.org/2022/06/08/book-of-abstracts-is-now-available/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423499/Pages_from_Updated_BookofAbstracts_ISDRS2022.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423499/Pages_from_Updated_BookofAbstracts_ISDRS2022.pdf?sequence=1
2020
Scholarly publications
Brelsford, C., Dumas, M., Schlager, E., Dermody, B., Aiuvalasit, M., Allen-Dumas, M. R., Beecher, J., Bhatia, U., D'Odorico, P., Garcia, M., Gober, P., Groenfeldt, D., Lansing, S., Madani, K., Méndez-Barrientos, L. E., Mondino, E., Müller, M. F., O'Donnell, F. C., Owuor, P. M., ... Zipper, S. C. (2020). Developing a sustainability science approach for water systems. Ecology and Society, 25(2), [23]. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11515-250223
2019
Scholarly publications
Dolfing, A. G., Leuven, J. R. F. W., & Dermody, B. J. (2019). The effects of network topology, climate variability and shocks on the evolution and resilience of a food trade network. PLoS One, 14(3), e0213378. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213378
2018
Scholarly publications
Nooren, K., Hoek, W. Z., Dermody, B. J., Galop, D., Metcalfe, S., Islebe, G., & Middelkoop, H. (2018). Climate impact on the development of Pre-Classic Maya civilisation. Climate of the Past, 14(8), 1253-1273. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1253-2018
Dermody, B. J., Sivapalan, M., Stehfest, E., Van Vuuren, D. P., Wassen, M. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Dekker, S. C. (2018). A framework for modelling the complexities of food and water security under globalisation. Earth System Dynamics, 9(1), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-103-2018
2016
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B., van Beek, L. P. H., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Dekker, S. C. (2016). Societal resilience to hydroclimatic change in the Roman World. Poster session presented at EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-14126.pdf
Dermody, B., Bierkens, M. F. P., Wassen, M. J., & Dekker, S. C. (2016). A framework for unravelling the complexities of unsustainable water resource use. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-14307.pdf
Dermody, B. (2016). A framework for unravelling the complexities of unsustainable environmental change in food production. Abstract from 2016 Conference on Complex Systems, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2015
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B., Klein Goldewijk, C. G. M., van Beek, L., & Dekker, S. C. (2015). A Food Redistribution Model of the Roman World. Abstract from Complexity: a new framework to interpret ancient economic proxy data, Sagalassos, Turkey.
Dekker, S. C., de Boer, H. J., Dermody, B., Wagner, F., Wassen, M. J., & Eppinga, M. B. (2015). Holecene peatland initiation in the Greater Everglades. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2776.pdf
Dekker, S. C., de Boer, H. J., Dermody, B., Wagner-Cremer, F., Wassen, M. J., & Eppinga, M. B. (2015). Holocene peatland initiation in the Greater Everglades. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(2), 254-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002806
Other output
Dermody, B., van Beek, R., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, K., Scheidel, W., van der Velde, Y., Bierkens, M., Wassen, M., & Dekker, S. (2015). Virtual water trade in the Roman Mediterranean. 2490. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015EGUGA..17.2490D
2014
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B. (2014). Sol Invictus: Holocene climate change and its impact in the Roman Mediterranean. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/301857/dermody.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/301857/dermody.pdf?sequence=1
Dermody, B. J., Van Beek, R. P. H., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, K., Scheidel, W., Van Der Velde, Y., Bierkens, M. F. P., Wassen, M. J., & Dekker, S. C. (2014). A virtual water network of the Roman world. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 5025-5040. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5025-2014
2013
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B., van Beek, L. P. H., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, C. G. M., Bierkens, M. F. P., Scheidel, W., Wassen, M. J., van der Velde, Y., & Dekker, S. C. (2013). Virtual water management in the Roman world. In Geopysical Abstracts GC11A-0965 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFMGC11A0965D
Other output
Dermody, B., Van der Velde, Y., Bierkens, M. F., de Boer, H., Donders, T., Dekker, S. C., Wassen, M. J., & Drijfhout, S. S. (2013). The Tropical Pacific: A changeable communicator or Holocene solar forcing. PP51A-1908. Abstract from American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, United States. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFMPP51A1908D
Dermody, B. J., van Beek, R. L. P. H., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, K., Bierkens, M. F. P., Scheidel, W., Wassen, M. J., van der Velde, Y., & Dekker, S. C. (2013). Water management in the Roman world. 6567. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014EGUGA..16.6567D
Dermody, B., Van Beek, L. P., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, K., Bierkens, M. F., Scheidel, W., Wassen, M. J., Van der Velde, Y., & Dekker, S. C. (2013). Virtual water management in the Roman world. 965. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFMGC11A0965D
Dermody, B., van der Velde, Y., Bierkens, M. F. P., de Boer, H. J., Donders, T. H., Dekker, S. C., Wassen, M. J., & Drijfhout, S. S. (2013). The Tropical Pacific: A changeable communicator or Holocene solar forcing. Abstract from American Geophysical Union 2013, Oral Session, San Francisco, USA.
2012
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B., de Boer, H. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., Weber, S. L., Wassen, M. J., & Dekker, S. C. (2012). A seesaw in Mediterranean precipitation during the Roman Period linked to millennial-scale changes in the North Atlantic. Climate of the Past, 8(2), 637-651. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-637-2012
2011
Scholarly publications
Dermody, B. J., Tanner, C. J., & Jackson, A. L. (2011). The Evolutionary Pathway to Obligate Scavenging in Gyps Vultures. PLoS One, 6(9), e24635. [e24635]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024635
Dermody, B., de Boer, H. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., Weber, S. L., Wassen, M. J., & Dekker, S. C. (2011). Revisiting the humid Roman Hypothesis: novel analyses depict oscillating patterns. Climate of the Past Discussions, 7(4), 2355-2389. https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-7-2355-2011
Dolfing, A.G., Leuven, J.R.F.W., Dermody, B.J., 2019. The effects of network topology, climate variability and shocks on the evolution and resilience of a food trade network. PLOS ONE 14, e0213378. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213378
Nooren, K., Hoek, W.Z., Dermody, B.J., Galop, D., Metcalfe, S., Islebe, G., Middelkoop, H., 2018. Climate impact on the development of Pre-Classic Maya civilisation. Climate of the Past 14, 1253–1273. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1253-2018
Dermody, B.J., Sivapalan, M., Stehfest, E., van Vuuren, D.P., Wassen, M.J., Bierkens, M.F.P., Dekker, S.C., 2018. A framework for modelling the complexities of food and water security under globalisation. Earth Syst. Dynam. 9, 103–118. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-103-2018
Dekker, S.C., de Boer, H.J., Dermody, B.J., Wagner-Cremer, F., Wassen, M.J. & Eppinga, M.B. (2015) Holocene peatland initiation in the Greater Everglades. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, p.p.2014JG002806.
Dermody, B.J., van Beek, R.P.H., Meeks, E., Klein Goldewijk, K., Scheidel, W., van der Velde, Y., Bierkens, M.F.P., Wassen, M.J. & Dekker, S.C. (2014) A virtual water network of the Roman world. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18 (12), p.pp.5025–5040.
Dermody, B.J., de Boer, H.J., Bierkens, M.F.P., Weber, S.L., Wassen, M.J. & Dekker, S.C. (2012) A seesaw in Mediterranean precipitation during the Roman Period linked to millennial-scale changes in the North Atlantic. Clim. Past, 8 (2), p.pp.637–651.
Dermody, B.J., Tanner, C.J. & Jackson, A.L. (2011) The evolutionary pathway to obligate scavenging in Gyps vultures. PLoS ONE, 6 (9).
Conferences, presentations and awards________________
2019 Invited Presentation at the Roman Discussion Forum, Oxford School of Archaeology
2019 SENSE Master Class on Grasping Sustainability, Wageningen
2018 Awarded travel grant to join workshop on Socio-hydrological Systems at Santa Fe Institute
2018 SENSE Master Class on Grasping Sustainability, Wageningen
2017 Invited presentation at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
2017 SENSE Master Class on Grasping Sustainability, Wageningen
2017 Workshop on Agent-based Modelling, Complexity Laboratory, Utrecht
2016 Oral presentation at Conference on Complex Systems, Amsterdam
2016 Winner of the Martinus van Marum Prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities for my PhD thesis. The prize of €12,500 is awarded every 5 years for a thesis focusing on the topic of environmental sciences
2016 Press conference at European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria
2016 Two oral presentations at European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria
2015 Invited presentation at Utrecht University Sustainability Symposium, the Netherlands
2015 Invited presentation at workshop on Complexity: a new framework to interpret ancient economic proxy data, Sagalassos, Turkey
2015 Invited lecture at UNESCO Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands
2015 Invited presentation at Inter-University Attraction Poles meeting, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Invited presentation at the Geohuis, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2015 Oral presentation at European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria
2013 Two Poster Presentations at American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, USA
2013 Invited lecture at Centre for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford University, USA
2011 Invited presentation at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
2011 Invited lecture at Aosta Summer School on Regional Climate Dynamics in the Mediterranean and beyond: An Earth System perspective
2011 Oral presentation Darwin centre of Biogeosciences Congress, the Netherlands
2010 Poster Presentation at International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), London
Outreach___________________________
2018 'Cities drive food and water security', Evan Davies, Nature Sustainability
2017/18 Teaching Sustainability to Primary School Students
2016 Coordinator of Complex Systems Studies Workshop, part of Utrecht University focus area
2016 ‘Keeping 60 million Romans fed as climate changed’ L. Kalaugher, IOP Science
2016 ‘Kingdom-busting volcanoes linked to the rise of the Roman Empire’ A. Coghlan, New Scientist
2016 Coordinator of the Copernicus Institute Sustainability Blog
2015 Featured Early Career Scientist of the American Geophysical Union Hydrology section
2015 ‘Rome’s hidden water trade led to glory, maybe ruin’, J. Rosen, Earth Magazine
2015 ‘Aufstieg und Fall des Römischen Reiches hing vom Wasser ab’ B. Ferreira, Der Standard
2014 ‘Ancient Roman Water Networks Made the Empire Vulnerable’, F. Diep, Smithsonian
2014 ‘The food-water-energy nexus defeated the Romans. It could defeat us too’, J. Bridge, The Conversation
2014 'What did the Roman's ever do for us?They left a water warning', J. Bridge, The Conversation
2014 ‘Water’s role in the rise and fall of the Roman Empire’, B. Ferreira, Science Daily
2014 ‘Hoe het Romeinse succes omsloeg na klimaatverandering’, K. de Vre, Trouw
2014 ‘The Roman Method of Water Management’, D. Jolivet, Archaeology Magazine
2014 ‘Romeinen kampioenen watermanagement’, R. Fransen, Nederlands dagblad
2014 ‘L'empire romain est-il tombé à l'eau?, B. Ferreira, L’Obs
2014 ‘Roman Empire's downfall could have been caused by a breakdown in trade and food supply’, M. Russon, International Business Times
2014 'Acqua e grano alla base del destino dell'Impero Romano' B. Ferreira, Le Scienze