Dr. Joost Vervoort

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 7.40
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Joost Vervoort

Associate Professor
Environmental Governance
+31 30 253 9151
j.m.vervoort@uu.nl

Publications

2026

Scholarly publications

Moossdorff, C., & Vervoort, J. M. (2026). Beyond awareness: Climate games as invitations to care for the future. Futures, 176, Article 103760. [DOI] [Portal]

2025

Scholarly publications

Vervoort, J., Pereira, L., Moossdorff, C., Triyanti, A., Newsom, A., Osman, K., Tóth, Á., Sénit, C.-A., Azib, H., Donato, V., Vanstraelen, K., Zatryb, A., Haardt, S., Dorel-Watson, C., Sosnowska, D., Arockiasamy, S., Mirjafari, N., Jungerling, R., Okamura, K., ... Rebel, K. (2025). Teaching the “heads, hearts, and hands” of futures literacy in sustainability education using radical seeds of change. Ecology and society : a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, 30(4), Article 48. [DOI] [Portal]
Helfgott, A., & Vervoort, J. (2025). Seeding the Future: Challenges to Global Food Systems. In Realistic Hope: Facing Global Challenges (pp. 165-186). Taylor and Francis. [DOI]
Mason-D'Croz, D., Kugler, C., Remans, R., Thornton, P., Vervoort, J. M., Zornetzer, H., van Meijl, H., & Herrero, M. (2025). Rigorous anticipatory governance is needed for responsible food system transformation. Nature Food, 6(10), 920-926. [DOI]
Eelderink, M., Smeenk, T., Driessen, P., van Laerhoven, F., & Vervoort, J. (2025). Participatory action research to address sustainability challenges: barriers and solutions. Journal of Environmental Management, 394, Article 127055. [DOI] [Portal]
Thompson, K. A., Vervoort, J. M., & Chang, A. (2025). Understanding games as a site of utopian resonance. Futures, 172, 1-14. Article 103646. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Scholarly publications

Vervoort, J. M., Moossdorff, C., & Thompson, K. A. (2024). Games for Better Futures: The Art and Joy of Making and Unmaking Societies. In Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis (pp. 181-198). Taylor and Francis. [DOI] [Portal]
Rutting, L., Veeger, M., von Breymann, R., Garcia, U., Sancir, N., Calel, S., Canek, F., Suyuk, M., & Vervoort, J. (2024). Prosperous futures inspired by prosperous pasts: Fostering imagination of radical food system alternatives in Guatemala. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 8, Article 100270. [DOI] [Portal]
Moossdorff, C., & Vervoort, J. (2024). The emotional energy of building institutions: live action role playing as interaction rituals. Paper presented at EASST-4S 2024 Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper/84854
Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Mees, H., & Driessen, P. (2024). Breaking out of conventions: How scenario planners can increase their reflexivity regarding societal imaginaries. Futures, 160, Article 103395. [DOI] [Repository]
Vervoort, J. M., Smeenk, T., Zamuruieva, I., Reichelt, L. L., van Veldhoven, M., Rutting, L., Light, A., Houston, L., Wolstenholme, R., Dolejšová, M., Jain, A., Ardern, J., Catlow, R., Vaajakallio, K., Falay von Flittner, Z., Putrle-Srdić, J., Lohmann, J. C., Moossdorff, C., Mattelmäki, T., ... Mangnus, A. C. (2024). 9 Dimensions for evaluating how art and creative practice stimulate societal transformations. Ecology and Society, 29(1), Article 29. [DOI] [Repository]
Heijmen, N., & Vervoort, J. (2024). It's Not Always About You: The Subject and Ecological Entanglement in Video Games. Games and Culture, 19(6), 743-760. [DOI] [Portal]

Professional publications

Vervoort, J. (2024). Infrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existence. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/infrastructures-of-mystery-scaffolding-the-wonder-of-existence-b449283d0c41

2023

Scholarly publications

Moghayer, S., Zurek, M., Muzammil, M., Mason-D’Croz, D., Magrath, J., Tabeau, A., Vervoort, J. M., & Achterbosch, T. (2023). A low-carbon and hunger-free future for Bangladesh: An ex- ante assessment of synergies and trade-offs in different transition pathways. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, Article 977760. [DOI] [Repository]
Helfgott, A., Midgley, G., Chaudhury, A., Vervoort, J., Sova, C., & Ryan, A. (2023). Multi-level participation in integrative, systemic planning: The case of climate adaptation in Ghana. European Journal of Operational Research, 309(3), 1201-1217. [DOI] [Repository]
Muiderman, K., Vervoort, J., Gupta, A., Norbert-Munns, R. P., Veeger, M., Muzammil, M., & Driessen, P. (2023). Is anticipatory governance opening up or closing down future possibilities? Findings from diverse contexts in the Global South. Global Environmental Change, 81, Article 102694. [DOI] [Repository]
Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Mees, H., Pereira, L., Veeger, M., Muiderman, K., Mangnus, A., Winkler, K., Olsson, P., Hichert, T., Lane, R., Bottega Pergher, B., Christiaens, L., Bansal, N., Hendriks, A., & Driessen, P. (2023). Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations. Sustainability Science, 18(3), 1117-1133. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

Vervoort, J. (2023). Take a course, build a video game, change the world. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/take-a-course-build-a-video-game-change-the-world-532170cab1ec
Vervoort, J. (2023). Transformative imagination: linking resonant action, deeply creative practice, and imagination infrastructures. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/transformative-imagination-0cdec484f4c0
Vervoort, J. (2023). Unity and the destruction of imagination infrastructure. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/unity-and-the-destruction-of-imagination-infrastructure-6d82790b4b6f
Vervoort, J. (2023). Heart constellations: killing the capitalist god of loneliness. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/heart-constellations-killing-the-capitalist-god-of-loneliness-97984b9fa27a
Vervoort, J. (2023). Wonder + X: cosmic connection, difficult emotions, and real social change. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/wonder-x-cosmic-connection-difficult-emotions-and-real-social-change-5122f78a3277
Vervoort, J. (2023). How Dark Souls (and therapy, meditation, psychedelics, heartbreak and everything else) helped me get my driver’s license. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/how-dark-souls-and-therapy-meditation-psychedelics-heartbreak-and-everything-else-helped-me-94cd56839a15
Vervoort, J. (2023). The mushroom at the end of the universe: feeling Citizen Sleeper. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/the-mushroom-at-the-end-of-the-universe-feeling-citizen-sleeper-8c3cd1aad24f
Vervoort, J. (2023). Terra Nil: techno-fixes, nature for nature, and the importance of feeling ecological vibes. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/terra-nil-techno-fixes-nature-for-nature-and-the-importance-of-feeling-ecological-vibes-dee5b8a47fe7
Vervoort, J. (2023). Our climate court case game All Rise has been funded!. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/our-climate-court-case-game-all-rise-has-been-funded-efc0c56f3e80
Vervoort, J. (2023). Do you work on games and want to get involved in climate action? Join the Game Dev Rebellion!. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/do-you-work-on-games-and-want-to-get-involved-in-climate-action-join-the-game-dev-rebellion-7a179fad9c74
Vervoort, J. (2023). All Rise — a climate courthouse game: meet our new team members!. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/all-rise-a-climate-courthouse-game-meet-our-new-team-members-af2291cfbb44
Vervoort, J. (2023). Game Developers Rebellion: learning from the resonant realities of climate activism. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/game-designers-rebellion-learning-from-the-resonant-realities-of-climate-activism-e0ddae241285

2022

Scholarly publications

Vervoort, J. (2022). The value of creative practices for sustainability transformations – a dialogue about art, power and change between researchers, governing actors, and artists. Abstract from 2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance, Toronto, Canada.
Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Mees, H., & Driessen, P. (2022). Strengthening foresight for governance of social-ecological systems: An interdisciplinary perspective. Futures, 141, 1-12. Article 102988. [DOI] [Repository]
Muiderman, K., Zurek, M., Vervoort, J., Gupta, A., Hasnain, S., & Driessen, P. (2022). The anticipatory governance of sustainability transformations: Hybrid approaches and dominant perspectives. Global Environmental Change, 73, 1-14. Article 102452. [DOI] [Repository]
van Beek, L., Milkoreit, M., Prokopy, L., Reed, J. B., Vervoort, J., Wardekker, A., & Weiner, R. (2022). The effects of serious gaming on risk perceptions of climate tipping points. Climatic Change, 170(3-4), 1-23. Article 31. [DOI] [Repository]
Vervoort, J. M., Milkoreit, M., van Beek, L., Mangnus, A. C., Farrell, D., McGreevy, S. R., Ota, K., Rupprecht, C. D. D., Reed, J. B., & Huber, M. (2022). Not just playing: The politics of designing games for impact on anticipatory climate governance. Geoforum, 137, 213-221. [DOI] [Repository]
Vervoort, J., Mangnus, A., McGreevy, S., Ota, K., Thompson, K., Rupprecht, C., Tamura, N., Moossdorff, C., Spiegelberg, M., & Kobayashi, M. (2022). Unlocking the potential of gaming for anticipatory governance. Earth System Governance, 11, 1-12. Article 100130. [DOI] [Repository]
Mangnus, A. C., Vervoort, J. M., Renger, W. J., Nakic, V., Rebel, K. T., Driessen, P. P. J., & Hajer, M. (2022). Envisioning alternatives in pre-structured urban sustainability transformations: Too late to change the future? Cities, 120, 1-9. Article 103466. [DOI] [Repository]
Mangnus, A. C., Rebel, K. T., Vervoort, J. M., Dotinga, R.-A., Hoogendoorn, E., Driessen, P. P. J., & Hajer, M. A. (2022). Picture the future, play the present: Re-imagining sustainable cities through a large-scale location-based game. Futures, 135, 1-16. Article 102858. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

Vervoort, J. (2022). Games, Activism and the Art of Destroying Shit. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/games-activism-and-the-art-of-destroying-shit-8c2ab2d1dd1d

Popularising publications

Vervoort, J. (2022). Chocolate covered magic mushrooms. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/chocolate-covered-magic-mushrooms-6bc760a6d850

2021

Scholarly publications

van der Hel, S., & Vervoort, J. (2021). Evaluating creative practices for sustainability transformations. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Vervoort, J., & Gupta, A. (2021). How do global financial organizations engage with transformative futures?. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Veeger, M., Muiderman, K., & Vervoort, J. (2021). Ambition hits the mark: Costa Rica´s foresight driven climate regime shift. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Vervoort, J. (2021). From ‘gamergate’ to ‘streaming for Bernie’: investigating the influence of game-based media on the politics of sustainability futures. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Vervoort, J., Milkoreit, M., van Beek, L., Mangnus, A., Farrell, D., McGreevy, S. R., Ota, K., Rupprecht, C., Reed, J., & Huber, M. (2021). Not just playing: Designing simulation game processes for impact on anticipatory climate governance. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Muiderman, K., Zurek, M., Vervoort, J., Gupta, A., Husnain, S., & Driessen, P. (2021). The anticipatory governance of food system transformations: an analysis of the governance-literacy of foresight processes. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Mees, H., & Driessen, P. (2021). Participatory scenario planning and framing of social-ecological systems: an analysis of policy formulation processes in Rwanda and Tanzania. Ecology and Society, 26(4), Article 20. [DOI] [Repository]
Dinesh, D., Hegger, D. L. T., Klerkx, L., Vervoort, J., Campbell, B. M., & Driessen, P. P. J. (2021). Enacting theories of change for food systems transformation under climate change. Global Food Security, 31, 1-11. Article 100583. [DOI] [Repository]
Pereira, L., Asrar, G. R., Bhargava, R., Fisher, L. H., Hsu, A., Jabbour, J., Nel, J., Selomane, O., Sitas, N., Trisos, C., Ward, J., Ende, M. V. D., Vervoort, J., & Weinfurter, A. (2021). Grounding global environmental assessments through bottom-up futures based on local practices and perspectives. Sustainability Science, 16(6), 1907-1922. [DOI] [Repository]
Mangnus, A. C., Oomen, J., Vervoort, J. M., & Hajer, M. A. (2021). Futures literacy and the diversity of the future. Futures, 132, 1-9. Article 102793. [DOI] [Repository]
Roura-Pascual, N., Leung, B., Rabitsch, W., Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Bacher, S., Dullinger, S., Erb, K.-H., Jeschke, J. M., Katsanevakis, S., Kühn, I., Lenzner, B., Liebhold, A. M., Obersteiner, M., Pauchard, A., Peterson, G. D., Roy, H. E., Seebens, H., Winter, M., ... Essl, F. (2021). Alternative futures for global biological invasions. Sustainability Science, 16(5), 1637-1650. [DOI] [Repository]
Dinesh, D., Hegger, D. L. T., Vervoort, J. M., & Driessen, P. P. J. (2021). A Changing Climate for Knowledge Generation in Agriculture: Lessons to Institutionalize Science-Policy Engagement. Frontiers in Climate, 3, Article 615463. [DOI] [Repository]
Pereira, L., Kuiper, J. J., Selomane, O., Aguiar, A. P. D., Asrar, G. R., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Calvin, K., Hedden, S., Hsu, A., Jabbour, J., King, N., Köberle, A. C., Lucas, P., Nel, J., Norström, A. V., Peterson, G., Sitas, N., Trisos, C., ... Ward, J. (2021). Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments. Ecosystems and People, 17(1), 191-204. [DOI] [Repository]
Dinesh, D., Hegger, D., Vervoort, J., Campbell, B. M., & Driessen, P. P. J. (2021). Learning from failure at the science–policy interface for climate action in agriculture. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 26(1), Article 2. [DOI] [Repository]
Herrero, M., Thornton, P. K., Mason-D'Croz, D., Palmer, J., Bodirsky, B. L., Pradhan, P., Barrett, C. B., Benton, T. G., Hall, A., Pikaar, I., Bogard, J. R., Bonnett, G. D., Bryan, B. A., Campbell, B. M., Christensen, S., Clark, M., Fanzo, J., Godde, C. M., Jarvis, A., ... Rockström, J. (2021). Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(1), E50-E62. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

Veeger, M., Muiderman, K., & Vervoort, J. (2021). Anticipatory climate governance in Central America. (CCAFS Working Papers; No. 388). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/116174 [Repository]
Peou, R., Muiderman, K., Vervoort, J., & Verkuil, L. (2021). Anticipatory climate governance in Southeast Asia. (CCAFS Working Papers; No. 389). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/116173 [Repository]
Vervoort, J. (2021). Games and sustainability transformations: a new paradigm. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/games-and-sustainability-transformations-a-new-paradigm-1183965cab52
Vervoort, J. (2021). Beyond the Pale: Disco Elysium and the three spheres of transformation. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/beyond-the-pale-disco-elysium-and-the-three-spheres-of-transformation-9a950bb79e34
Vervoort, J. (2021). OBJECTION! Help us build a courthouse climate game where you sue the powerful. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/objection-help-us-build-a-courthouse-climate-game-where-you-sue-the-powerful-ebe538772c90
Vervoort, J. (2021). Games for Better Futures invites you to join our community of practice!. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/games-for-better-futures-invites-you-to-join-our-community-of-practice-35342097c44c
Vervoort, J. (2021). Games for better futures & futures for better games: building a movement. Web publication/site, Anticiplay Medium. https://anticiplay.medium.com/games-for-better-futures-futures-for-better-games-building-a-movement-d73ec244dbe3
Muzammil, M., Muiderman, K., & Vervoort, J. (2021). Approaches through which anticipation informs climate governance in South Asia. (CCAFS Working Papers; No. 387). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116324 [Repository]
van den Ende, M. A., Wardekker, J. A., Mees, H. L. P., Hegger, D. L. T., & Vervoort, J. M. (2021). Towards a climate-resilient future together: A toolbox with participatory foresight methods, tools and examples from climate and food governance. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Portal]

2020

Scholarly publications

Rupprecht, C. D. D., Vervoort, J., Berthelsen, C., Mangnus, A., Osborne, N., Thompson, K., Urushima, A. Y. F., Kóvskaya, M., Spiegelberg, M., Cristiano, S., Springett, J., Marschütz, B., Flies, E. J., McGreevy, S. R., Droz, L., Breed, M. F., Gan, J., Shinkai, R., & Kawai, A. (2020). Multispecies sustainability. Global Sustainability, 3, Article e34. [DOI] [Repository]
Wardekker, J. A., Bremer, S., Krauß, W., da Cunha, C., Rocha, A. P. F., Baztan, J., Jaffrès, L., Breton, F., Runhaar, H. A. C., Vervoort, J. M., van der Sluijs, J. P., Wildschut, D., & Vanderlinden, J.-P. (2020). Protocol for Designing Incremental Scenarios. CoCliServ. [Repository] [Portal]
Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Peterson, G. D., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Norström, A. V., Pereira, L., Vervoort, J., Iwaniec, D. M., McPhearson, T., Olsson, P., Hichert, T., Falardeau, M., & Aceituno, A. J. (2020). Seeds of good anthropocenes: developing sustainability scenarios for Northern Europe. Sustainability Science, 15(2), 605-617. [DOI] [Repository]
Pereira, L., Frantzeskaki, N., Hebinck, A., Charli-Joseph, L., Drimie, S., Dyer, M., Eakin, H., Galafassi, D., Karpouzoglou, T., Marshall, F., Moore, M. L., Olsson, P., Siqueiros-García, J. M., van Zwanenberg, P., & Vervoort, J. M. (2020). Transformative spaces in the making: key lessons from nine cases in the Global South. Sustainability Science, 15(1), 161-178. [DOI] [Repository]
Muiderman, K., Gupta, A., Vervoort, J., & Biermann, F. (2020). Four approaches to anticipatory climate governance: Different conceptions of the future and implications for the present. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 11(6), 1-20. Article e673. [DOI] [Repository]
Herrero, M., Thornton, P. K., Mason-D’Croz, D., Palmer, J., Benton, T. G., Bodirsky, B. L., Bogard, J. R., Hall, A., Lee, B., Nyborg, K., Pradhan, P., Bonnett, G. D., Bryan, B. A., Campbell, B. M., Christensen, S., Clark, M., Cook, M. T., de Boer, I. J. M., Downs, C., ... West, P. C. (2020). Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system. Nature Food, 1(5), 266-272. [DOI]
Eelderink, M., Vervoort, J. M., & van Laerhoven, F. (2020). Using participatory action research to operationalize critical systems thinking in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 25(1), Article 16. [DOI] [Repository]
Marschütz, B., Bremer, S., Runhaar, H., Hegger, D., Mees, H., Vervoort, J., & Wardekker, A. (2020). Local narratives of change as an entry point for building urban climate resilience. Climate Risk Management, 28, Article 100223. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Scholarly publications

Bosch Pereira, L., Bennett, E., Biggs, R., Mangnus, A. C., Norström, A. V., Peterson, G., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Sellberg, M., & Vervoort, J. (2019). Seeding Change by Visioning Good Anthropocenes. The Solutions Journal.
Lucas, P. L., van Vuuren, D. P., Pereira, L., Vervoort, J. M., & Bhargava, R. (2019). Outlooks in GEO-6. In UN. Environment (Ed.), Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (pp. 462-469). Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Repository]
Muiderman, K. B., Ballard, C. A. C., & Vervoort, J. M. (2019). Blog about RE-IMAGINE (CCAFS). Web publication/site
Pereira, L., Ghassem, A., Fisher, L. H., Hsu, A., Nel, J., Sitas, N., Ward, J., & Vervoort, J. M. (2019). Bottom-up Initiatives and Participatory Approaches for Outlooks. In UN. Environment (Ed.), Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (pp. 544-579). Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Repository]
Muiderman, K. B., Gupta, A., Vervoort, J. M., & Biermann, F. H. B. (2019). Understanding the Anticipatory Governance of Climate Futures: Towards an Analytical Frame-work. Paper presented at 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Dirth, E. P., Feola, G., Hegger, D. L. T., van der Hel, S. C., Kim, R., Mees, H. L. P., Thungren, G., Vervoort, J. M., & Wardekker, J. A. (2019). Between Governance and Transformations: Insights from a Meta-analysis of 180 Case Studies. Abstract from Leverage Points for Sustainability 2019 Conference, Lüneburg, Germany.
Vervoort, J. M. (2019). New frontiers in futures games: leveraging game sector developments. Futures, 105, 174-186. [DOI] [Repository]
Mangnus, A. C., Vervoort, J. M., McGreevy, S., Ota, K., Rupprecht, C., Oga, M., & Kobayashi, M. (2019). New pathways for governing food system transformations: a pluralistic practice-based futures approach using visioning, back-casting, and serious gaming. Ecology and Society, 24(4), Article 2. [DOI] [Repository]
Sarah, B., Aarti, G., Cristina Y.A, I., Agni, K., Åsa, P., Andrea K, G., Atsushi, I., James, P., Jonathan, P., Michelle, S., Jeroen, V. D. H., Joost, V., Carolina, A., Michael, B., Riyante, D., John, D., Victor, G., Christopher, G., Renée, H., ... Ruben, Z. (2019). New directions in earth system governance research. Earth System Governance, 1, Article 100006. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

Hoofd, I. M., Vervoort, J. M., Noortmann, M., & Koning, J. (2019). Imaginative Scenario Planning: A toolkit for practising with uncertain security futures. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST). https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/imaginative-scenario-planning-toolkit/ [Repository]
Hoofd, I. M., Noortmann, M., Koning, J., & Vervoort, J. M. (2019). Imaginative Scenario Planning for Security and Law Enforcement Organisations: A report for practising with uncertain security features. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST). https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/imaginative-scenario-planning-report/ [Repository]

Popularising publications

Dekker, S. C., Driessen, P. P. J., van Egmond, N. D., Moors, E. H. M., Raven, R. P. J. M., Rietkerk, M. G., Worrell, E., van Dijk, J., Calisto Esquetini-Friant, P. M., Kraaijeveld, L. D., Mees, H. L. P., Vaas, J., Vermeulen, W. J. V., Vervoort, J. M., Verweij, P. A., Vijge, M. J., Wesseling, J. H., & Wojtynia, N. (2019). Klimaatakkoord: tijd voor politiek leiderschap! Dagblad Trouw. [Repository]

Other output

Rebel, K. T., Mangnus, A. C., Bootsma, M. C., Keetels, N., van de Grint, E. J. M., & Vervoort, J. M. (2019). Interdisciplinary participatory development of a sustainability game; by students - for students. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, Article EGU2019-14537. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-14537.pdf

2018

Scholarly publications

Pereira, L. M., Bennett, E., Biggs, R., Peterson, G., McPhearson, T., Norström, A., Olsson, P., Preiser, R., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., & Vervoort, J. (2018). Seeds of the Future in the Present. In C. Griffith, D. Maddox, D. Simon, M. Watkins, N. Frantzeskaki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Parnell, T. Elmqvist, T. McPhearson, & X. Bai (Eds.), Urban Planet: Knowledge towards Sustainable Cities (pp. 327-350). Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Portal]
Vervoort, J. M., & Mangnus, A. C. (2018). The roles of new foresight methods in urban sustainability transformations. Urban Futures Studio. http://docdro.id/Uphtbyn [Repository]
Wardekker, J. A., Baztan, J., Bremer, S., Krauβ, W., Runhaar, H. A. C., van der Sluijs, J. P., Vanderlinden, J. P., Vervoort, J. M., & Wildschut, D. (2018). Draft scenario protocol. ERA4CS CoCliServ report M2.1. CoCliServ.
Burch, S., Gupta, A., Inoue, C. Y. A., Kalfagianni, A., Persson, Å., Gerlak, A., Ishii, A. K., Patterson, J. J., Pickering, J., Scobie, M., van der Heijden, J., Vervoort, J. M., Adler, C., Bloomfield, M. J., Djalante, R., Dryzek, J. S., Galaz, V., Gordon, C., Harmon, R., ... Zondervan, R. (2018). Earth System Governance: Science and Implementation Plan of the Earth System Governance Project 2018. Earth System Governance Project. https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Earth-System-Governance-Science-Plan-2018.pdf
Zurek, M., Hebinck, A., Leip, A., Vervoort, J., Kuiper, M., Garrone, M., Havlík, P., Heckelei, T., Hornborg, S., Ingram, J., Kuijsten, A., Shutes, L., Geleijnse, J. M., Terluin, I., van ’t Veer, P., Wijnands, J., Zimmermann, A., & Achterbosch, T. (2018). Assessing Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security of the EU Food System—An Integrated Approach. Sustainability, 10(11), Article 4271. [DOI] [Repository]
Wiebe, K., Zurek, M., Lord, S., Brzezina, N., Gabrielyan, G., Libertini, J., Loch, A., Thapa-Parajuli, R., Vervoort, J., & Westhoek, H. (2018). Scenario Development and Foresight Analysis: Exploring Options to Inform Choices. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 43, 545-570. [DOI] [Repository]
Vervoort, J., & Gupta, A. (2018). Anticipating climate futures in a 1.5°C era: the link between foresight and governance: Sustainability governance and transformation 2018. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 31, 104-111. [DOI] [Repository]
Rutten, M., Achterbosch, T. J., de Boer, I. J. M., Cuaresma, J. C., Geleijnse, J. M., Havlík, P., Heckelei, T., Ingram, J., Leip, A., Marette, S., van Meijl, H., Soler, L.-G., Swinnen, J., van't Veer, P., Vervoort, J., Zimmermann, A., Zimmermann, K. L., & Zurek, M. (2018). Metrics, models and foresight for European sustainable food and nutrition security: The vision of the SUSFANS project: Agricultural Systems Perspectives on Global Food Security. Agricultural Systems, 163, 45-57. [DOI] [Repository]
Hebinck, A., Vervoort, J. M., Hebinck, P., Rutting, L., & Galli, F. (2018). Imagining transformative futures: participatory foresight for food systems change. Ecology and Society, 23(2), Article 16. [DOI] [Repository]
Dinesh, D., Zougmore, R. B., Vervoort, J., Totin, E., Thornton, P. K., Solomon, D., Shirsath, P. B., Pede, V. O., Noriega, I. L., Läderach, P., Körner, J., Hegger, D., Girvetz, E. H., Friis, A. E., Driessen, P. P. J., & Campbell, B. M. (2018). Facilitating change for climate-smart agriculture through science-policy engagement. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10(8), Article 2616. [DOI] [Repository]

2017

Scholarly publications

van Soesbergen, A., Arnell, A. P., Sassen, M., Stuch, B., Schaldach, R., Göpel, J., Vervoort, J., Mason-D’Croz, D., Islam, S., & Palazzo, A. (2017). Exploring future agricultural development and biodiversity in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi: a spatially explicit scenario-based assessment. Regional Environmental Change, 17(5), 1409-1420. [DOI] [Repository]
Eelderink, M., Vervoort, J., Snel, D., & de Castro, F. (2017). Harnessing the plurality of actor frames in social-ecological systems: ecological sanitation in Bolivia. Development in Practice, 27(3), 275-287. [DOI] [Repository]
van der Grift, E., Vervoort, J. M., & Cuppen, E. (2017). Transition initiatives as light intentional communities: Uncovering liminality and friction. Sustainability, 9(3), 448. [DOI] [Repository]
Brzezina, N., Biely, K., Helfgott, A. E. R., Kopainsky, B., Vervoort, J. M., & Mathijs, E. (2017). Development of Organic Farming in Europe at the Crossroads: Looking for the Way Forward through System Archetypes Lenses. Sustainability, 9(5), 821. [DOI] [Repository]
de Lattre-de Gasquet, M., Hubert, J., & Vervoort, J. M. (2017). Foresight for institutional innovation and change in agricultural systems: Three examples. In I. Oborn, B. Vanlauwe, M. Phillips, R. Thomas, W. Brooijmans, & K. Atta-Krah (Eds.), Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture: An Integrated Systems Research Approach (pp. 130-142). (Earthscan Food and Agriculture). Routledge.
Palazzo, A., Vervoort, J. M., Mason-D’Croz, D., Rutting, L., Havlík, P., Islam, S., Bayala, J., Valin, H., Kadi Kadi, H. A., Thornton, P., & Zougmore, R. (2017). Linking regional stakeholder scenarios and shared socioeconomic pathways: Quantified West African food and climate futures in a global context. Global Environmental Change, 45, 227-242. [DOI] [Repository]
Patterson, J., Schulz, K., Vervoort, J. M., van der Hel, S. C., Widerberg, O. E., Adler, C., Hurlbert, M., Anderton, K., Sethi, M., & Barau, A. (2017). Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 24, 1-16. [DOI] [Repository]

2016

Scholarly publications

Galli, F., Arcuri, S., Bartolini, F., Vervoort, J., & Brunori, G. (2016). Exploring scenario guided pathways for food assistance in Tuscany. Bio-based and Applied Economics, 5(3), 237-266. [DOI] [Portal]
Andres, P., Per, B., Alex, O., Joost, V., & Ashley, K. (2016). Experiential Lock-In: Characterizing Avoidable Maladaptation in Infrastructure Systems. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 22(1). [DOI]
Lord, S., Helfgott, A., & Vervoort, J. M. (2016). Choosing diverse sets of plausible scenarios in multidimensional exploratory futures techniques. Futures. The Journal of Forecasting, Planning and Policy, 77, 11-27. [DOI]
Mason-D'Croz, D., Vervoort, J., Palazzo, A., Islam, S., Lord, S., Helfgott, A., Havlík, P., Peou, R., Sassen, M., Veeger, M., van Soesbergen, A., Arnell, A. P., Stuch, B., Arslan, A., & Lipper, L. (2016). Multi-factor, multi-state, multi-model scenarios: Exploring food and climate futures for Southeast Asia. Environmental Modelling and Software, 83, 255-270. [DOI] [Repository]
Bennett, E., Solan, M., Biggs, R., McPhearson, T., Norström, A., Olsson, P., Pereira, L., Peterson, G., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Biermann, F., Carpenter, S., Ellis, E., Hichert, T., Galaz, V., Lahsen, M., Milkoreit, M., Martin-López, B., Nicolas, K., Preiser, R., ... Xu, J. (2016). Bright Spots: Seeds of a good Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(8), 441-448. [DOI] [Portal]

2015

Scholarly publications

Patterson, J., Schulz, K., Vervoort, J., Adler, C., Hurlbert, M., van der Hel, S., Schmidt, A., Barau, A., Obani, P., Sethi, M., Hissen, N., Tebboth, M., Anderton, K., Borner, S., & Widerberg, O. (2015). ‘Transformations towards sustainability’ Emerging approaches, critical reflections and a research agenda. (Earth System Governance Working Paper; No. 33). Earth System Governance Project. [DOI] [Repository]

2014

Scholarly publications

Vervoort, J. M., Keuskamp, D. H., Kok, K., van Lammeren, R., Stolk, T., Veldkamp, T. A., Rekveld, J., Schelfhout, R., Teklenburg, B., Borges, A. C., Jánoškóva, S., Wits, W., Assmann, N., Dezfouli, E. A., Cunningham, K., Nordeman, B., & Rowlands, H. (2014). A sense of change: Media designers and artists communicating about complexity in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 19(3), Article 10. [DOI]