SESAM Conference Contributions

Conference contributions

2025

World Agroforestry Congress

Best, L., Speelman, E.N. Perspectives on Agricultural Livelihood Decisions and trade-offs through Serious Games. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Poster.

Best, L., Speelman, E.N., Landburg, G., Teuling, A.J.. Shifting cultivation and water-related ecosystem services: insights from the rainforest in Suriname. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral presentation.

Wamucii, C.N., Speelman, E.N. Serious gaming as an experiential learning tool: exploring the human–water perspectives in the case of the agro-forested landscape of Mt. Kenya water tower. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Poster.

Debay, A., Tsendbazar, T., Speelman, E.N. Land-use change and lake eutrophication: Investigating stakeholders perceptions on the drivers of invading water hyacinth in lake basins in Ethiopia, 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral presentation.

Speelman, E.N, Wamucii, C.N., Andreotti, F., Best, L., Githinji, M, Lagneaux, E.G., Miccolis, A., Rosero, P., Sari, R.R., Tanika, L., van Noordwijk, M. Stakeholder perceptions on the Forest-Water-People nexus: A comparative analysis from pantropical agroforestry landscapes. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Poster.

Lagneaux, E.G., Abdala, T., Descheemaeker, K., Callo-Concha, D., Speelman E.N. Exploring Smallholder Land-Use Decisions through Play: the case study of an Amazonian landscape in Peru. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral Presentation.

Rosero, P., Vivanco, J., Hofstede, G.J., Zhu, A., Cuesta, F., Speelman, E.N. A game to explore relational dynamics in agroforested landscapes: the case of the Ecuadorian Amazon. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral presentation.

Miccolis, A., van Noordwijk, M., Peña-Claros, M., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Speelman, E., Souza, S.F., Amaral, J., Marques, H., Arco-Verde, M., Takamatsu, J., Meier, M. Cash Crops and Conservation: Financial Feasibility and Socio-Environmental Suitability of Oil Palm Agroforestry Systems in Pará, Brazil. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral presentation.

Miccolis, A., Souza, S., van Noordwijk, M., Speelman, E.N., Peña-Claros, M., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Rodrigues, S., Almeida, F., Silva, A., Armand, C., Lima, M., Castilho, A. Decisions in Play: How the OPSAFS Serious Game Unveils Smallholder Strategies for Resilient Landscapes. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Poster.

van Noordwijk, M., Speelman, E.N., Hofstede, G.J. Serious games to support collective action in nature-people relationships in agroforestry landscapes6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Oral presentation.

Tanika, L., van Noordwijk, M., Leimona, B. Sustainable Finance and Conservation Model Facilitated through a Serious Game. 6th World Congress on Agroforestry (2025), Kigali, Rwanda. Poster.

Other conferences

Debay, A., Tsendbazar, T., Speelman, E.N. Managing lakes as commons: Stakeholder priorities and land-use challenges in Ethiopia. 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (2025), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Oral presentation.

Speelman, E.N., Game Frontiers: from understanding collective action to supporting it. 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (2025), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Oral online presentation.

Speelman, E.N, van Noordwijk, M., Hofstede, G.J., Introducing the SESAM programme. CGIAR Science week, 7-12 April 2025, Nairobi, Kenya. Oral presentation.

2024

Best L., Speelman E.N., Exploring instrumental and relational perspectives in livelihood decisions through serious games. FLARE Conference 2024. Oral presentation (in person).

Best L., Schwarz N., Speelman E.N., Urban green space and wellbeing in the tropics: understanding challenges, conditions, and values through serious games. ESP Europe Conference 2024. Oral presentation (in person)

Rosero-Añazco, P. Relationally Shaped Landscapes. WUR Awards for transdisciplinary research, 2024. Award nominee, pitch

Lagneaux, E.G., Callo-Concha, D., Speelman, E.N., Descheemaeker, K. Exploring institutional interventions on the agricultural system in the Peruvian Amazon, 5th Global Food Security Conference, Oral presentation, April 11, 2024, Leuven, Belgium.

2023

International Simulation and Gaming Conference

Speelman, E.N., Rodela, R. Impact assessment of serious games in natural resource management: a conceptual proposal International Simulation and Gaming Conference, Oral presentation, July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France.

Rosero-Añazco, P. The role of social relations in land-use decision making in challenging scenarios. International Simulation and Gaming Conference. Poster presentation and Nunka Niniuri game session. July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France.

Wamucii, C. N., Exploring the potential role of serious gaming in guiding community discussions on water management. The case of the upper Ewaso Ng’iro river basin, Kenya. International Simulation and Gaming Conference. Poster presentation. July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France.

Best L., Speelman E.N., Teuling A.J., Exploring sustainable agriculture transitions through serious games. International Simulation and Gaming Conference. Poster presentation. July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France.

Sari, R.R. Farmer Options and Risks in Complex Ecological–Social Systems (FORCES). International Simulation and Gaming Conference. Poster presentation. July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France.

Lagneaux, E.G., Descheemaeker, K., Callo-Concha, D., Speelman, E.N. Exploring the effect of external interventions on smallholder farmers’ decision-making with serious games in the Peruvian Amazon, International Simulation and Gaming Conference, Oral presentation, July 6, 2023, La Rochelle, France.

Tanika, L., van Noordwijk, M., Peña-Claros, M., Purwanto, E., Speelman E.N., Collective action for tropical peatland restoration through the H₂Ours game, International Simulation and Gaming Conference, Oral presentation, July 6, 2023, La Rochelle, France.

Speelman, E.N., Rodela, R. Straight talking about serious games; why, what, and how communication about games be improved. International Simulation and Gaming Conference, Oral presentation, July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France. Thematic activity workshop.

Andreotti, F., Bregt, A.K., Bazile, D., Speelman, E.N. Games for social learning: game development and application on transforming fairtrade rules for smallholder organizations. International Simulation and Gaming Conference, July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France. Poster

SESAM. International Simulation and Gaming Conference, July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France. Game Exhibition Stand

SESAM. Exploring the world of tropical agro-forestry in 10 games, International Simulation and Gaming Conference, July 4–7, 2023. La Rochelle, France. Game workshop

The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry

Sari, R. R., The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry. Oral presentation, August 29–31, 2023, Malang, Indonesia.

Speelman, E.N. Agroforestry-Water-People games as emerging scenario evaluation tools interfacing values and decisions. The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry. Keynote presentation, August 29–31, 2023, Malang, Indonesia.

Speelman, E.N. SESAM programme overview. The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry. Keynote presentation, August 29–31, 2023, Malang, Indonesia. Oral presentation,

Speelman, E.N. Agroforestry-Water-People games as emerging scenario evaluation tools interfacing values and decisions. The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry. August 29–31, 2023, Malang, Indonesia. Oral presentation,

Tanika, L., Sari, R.R., Hakim, A.L., van Noordwijk, M.,Speelman E.N., Leimona, M., Khasanah, N., Peña-Claros, M., Serious Game Simulation for Promoting Agroforestry in the Recharge Area of Rejoso Watershed, East Java, Indonesia, The first International Conference of Tropical Agroforestry, Oral presentation, August 29–31, 2023, Malang, Indonesia.

TRED conference

Rosero-Añazco, P. Serious games for Transdisciplinary Research and Education. TRED conference, Wageningen, 2023. Nunka Niniuri game session

Lagneaux, E.G., Speelman, E.N., Descheemaeker, K., Callo-Concha, D. TRED Conference, Oral presentation, 2023, Wageningen University, Netherlands.

Andreotti, F., Galarza Villemar, J., Speelman, E.N. Serious games for transdisciplinary research & education. TRED Conference, 2023, Wageningen University, Netherlands. Oral presentation.

Other conferences

Best L., Schwarz N., Obergh D., Teuling A.J., Van Kanten R., Willemen L., Urban green spaces as nature-based solution in the Caribbean? Diurnal and seasonal variation of cooling effects. Caribbean Urban Forum 2023. Oral presentation, May 2023, Paramaribo, Suriname.

Best L., Teuling A.J., Speelman E.N., A multi-scale assessment of the hydrologic sensitivity to shifting cultivation in the early stage of forest transition. IUFRO Latin America Conference 2023. Curitiba, Brasil. Oral presentation (in person)

Wamucii, C. N., “Science and Impact” A2 Project: Forest-Water-People Seminar. SENSE Symposium, 15th November 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Poster presentation.

Rosero-Añazco, P. How emotions can lead to actions among farmers. International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, London 2023. Oral presentation.

Rosero-Añazco, P. Modelling Artificial Sociality. Social Simulation Conference, Glasgow, 2023. Poster presentation.

Sari, R.R. Tree diversity affects socio-ecological resilience of coffee agroforestry after a volcanic eruption. Wageningen–Indonesia Scientific Exposure, March 8. Oral presentation. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Lagneaux, E.G., Speelman, E.N., Descheemaeker, K., Callo-Concha, D. Juegos de mesa científicos con agricultores, para una agricultura sostenible, Foro: La Educación Ambiental para la Sustentabilidad, Oral presentation, October 26, 2023, Universidad Nacional Amazonica Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), Peru.

Miccolis, A., van Noordwijk, M., Pena Claros, M., Rozendaal, D., Speelman, E., Amaral, J., Souza, S., Arco-Verde, M., Marques, H., Meier, M. Financial viability and social suitability of oil palm agroforests in the Brazilian Amazon. VIII Wallace conference, CATIE, Costa Rica, May 31-June 3, 2023. Oral presentation

2022

World Agroforestry Congress

Sari, R. R., Plot-level scenario games for sustainable agroforestry management. World Agroforestry Congress, Oral presentation, July 17–20, 2022, Quebec, Canada.

Tanika, L., Sari, R.R., Hakim, A.L., van Noordwijk, M.,Speelman E.N., Leimona, M., Khasanah, N., Peña-Claros, M., Serious Game Simulation for Promoting Agroforestry in the Recharge Area of Rejoso Watershed, East Java, Indonesia, World Agroforestry Congress, Oral presentation, July 17–20, 2022, Quebec, Canada.

Lagneaux, E., Descheemaeker, K., Callo-Concha, D., Speelman, E.N., Mapping past and present trends in heavily intervened farming systems in the Peruvian Amazon, World Agroforestry Congress, Oral presentation, July 17–20, 2022, Quebec, Canada.

Speelman, E.N., Sari, R.R., Andreotti, F. Exploring the re-usability of serious games to support management of complex (agro)forested landscapes; the case of the RESORTES board game. World Agroforestry Congress, Oral presentation, July 17–20, 2022, Quebec, Canada. Oral presentation

Speelman, E.N., Becu, N., Marcos, D., van Noordwijk, M. Citizen science and serious games as complementary steps to landscape governance involving trees and agroforestry. World Agroforestry Congress, Oral presentation, July 17–20, 2022, Quebec, Canada. poster

Other conferences

Wamucii, C. N., Competing demands and governance of water resources from East African forested water towers: Understanding the dynamics of coupled human-water systems. African roads to Sustainable Agroecology Transdisciplinary Field Course, Oral presentation, July 11, 2022, Kenya.

Sari, R.R. Soil protection or nutrient supply? Dual role of litter layer in cacao agroforestry systems. World Congress of Soil Science, July 31–August 5 2022. Oral presentation. Glasgow, UK.

Speelman, E.N. SESAM: opening up the Forest-Water-People nexus to action. WIFI, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Oral presentation. 13-14 June 2022

Speelman, E.N., Andreotti, F, Assogba, G., Sari, R.R. SESAM: opening up the Forest-Water-People nexus to action. Methods and approaches WIFI, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Oral presentation. 13-14 June 2022

2021

Abdurrahim, A. Y. Socio-Ecological Profile of the Pelang Peat Landscape and Introduction to Access Analysis. The 2nd International Conference on Rural Socio-Economic Transformation (RUSET), September 14–15, 2021, Bogor, Indonesia. Oral presentation.

Abdurrahim, A. Y. Stakeholders Analysis of Forest and Land Fire Prevention in the Pelang Peat Landscape, Ketapang Regency. The 2nd International Conference on Rural Socio-Economic Transformation (RUSET), September 14–15, 2021, Bogor, Indonesia. Oral presentation.

Lagneaux, E., Jansen, M., Quaedvlieg, J., Zuidema, P.A., Anten, N.P., García Roca, M.R., Corvera-Gomringer, R. and Kettle, C.J. Forests, trees and agroforestry for diverse sustainable landscapes, FTA-Kunming Science Conference, Oral presentation, June 22–24, 2021, Kunming, China.

Wamucii, C. N., Socio-hydrological modeling to understand the competition for water in an upstream-downstream continuum: The case of the Upper Ewaso Ng’iro river basin, Kenya. Delft International Conference on Socio-hydrology (September 6 - 8), Netherlands. Online presentation.

Rosero-Añazco, P. SESAMSIM: understanding dynamics in tropical agro-forestry. Social Simulation Conference. Oral presentation (online)

Githinji, M., SESAMSIM paper, Social Simulation Conference 2021, Oral presentation, 2021.

Sari, R.R. Revitalizing agroforestry options for improving economic and ecological function. International Webinar Series, November 24. Online, Indonesia.

Tanika, L., Revitalizing Agroforestry options for improving economic and ecological function, International Webinar Series, Oral presentation, November 24, 2021, Indonesia.

2020

Abdurrahim, A. Y., Collective Action in Lake Management (CALM): An Indonesian Stocktake. International Conference on the Ocean and Earth Sciences, Oral presentation, November 18–20, 2020, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia.

Andreotti, F., Forum Origin Diversity Territory 2020, Oral presentation.

Andreotti, F., Sustainability Through Art 2020, Oral presentation.

van Noordwijk, M., How forest management affects hydrological services, with emphasis on water quality, SINCERE Webinar Forests and Water, European Forestry Institute, Oral presentation, September 25, 2020, Online.

van Noordwijk, M., Climate-Forest-Water-People relations from tree- to earth system scales, New Zealand Forest Ecosystems Services Forum, Keynote, December 1, 2020, New Zealand.

Sari, R. R., World Congress of Soil Science, Oral presentation, July 31–August 5, 2020, Glasgow, UK.

2019

Sari, R.R. Carbon stocks in agroforestry systems correlate with tree diversity. World Agroforestry Congress, May 20–22. Oral presentation. Montpellier, France.

Sari, R.R. Farmer’s preference on coffee-based agroforest using participatory board game: Case study in Ngantang, Malang, Indonesia. The 3rd International Conference in Agroforestry (ICAF), October 16–17. Oral presentation. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.