Interest in citizen participation is increasing generally. Almost all operational research (OR)
is engaged with clients, but it is mainly in the areas of Soft and Community OR that wider …

Green spaces and nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly considered by land-use
planning policies to respond to the multiple challenges related to sustainable development …

Participatory modeling (PM) is a craft that is often learned by training 'on the job'and
mastered through years of practice. There is little explicit knowledge available on identifying …

Climate change, population growth and urban sprawl have put a strain on water supplies
across the world, making it difficult to meet water demand, especially in city regions where …

Complex environmental and public policy decisions profit from structured procedures such
as multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). To support such decisions, the new open source …

Innovative online interfaces informing and consulting citizens about their preferences for
multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) could make public decision-making more …

Multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is well suited to address complex public policy
problems but could benefit from new tools to involve many laypeople. Online information on …

Data symmetry and asymmetry might cause difficulties in various areas including criteria
weighting approaches. Preference elicitation is an integral part of the multicriteria decision …

We developed four online interfaces supporting citizen participation in decision-making. We
included (1) learning loops (LLs), good practice in decision analysis, and (2) gamification, to …

Investigating wastewater management matters: in many OECD countries, the conventional
centralized system is reaching its limits. Alternative decentralized options exist. Some …