Announcing the winners of the 8th biennial
International Society for Ecological Modelling
Best Young Researcher Award
First prize, which includes complimentary registration to the ISEM conference in Japan and $200 travel grant:
Anjali Purathekandy et al. 2024. An agent-based model of elephant crop raid dynamics in the Periyar–Agasthyamalai complex, India. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110843
Second prizes, which includes $100 scholarship:
Etienne Rouby et al. 2024. Addressing temporal trends in survivorship from cross-sectional sampling designs: A modelling framework with applications for megafauna conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110647
AND
Yongchao Zeng et al. 2025. Simulating endogenous institutional behaviour and policy implementation pathways within the land system. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111032
Honorable mentions (certificate of recognition):
Dominck Holzer et al. 2024. Evaluating dynamic tree-species-shifting and height development caused by ungulate browsing in forest regeneration using a process-based modeling approach. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110741
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Sihui Xin et al. 2025. Environmental system dynamics: Current development and applications. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111135