Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment (CBIE)

"We'll never fully understand what motivates people's behavior. But we can observe what they actually do in a given set of circumstances, develop models of their decision-making behavior and map that onto data and models of the environment. We can then look across history and time and space to see how people's decisions and the environment interact."

– J. Marty Anderies

The Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment (CBIE) is a transdisciplinary endeavor to improve our understanding of effective governance of social-ecological systems by an increased understanding of the interactions of human behavior, institutional arrangements and the biophysical environment. We do this by comparative analysis of observational and experimental studies in different regions in the world within an international network of academics and practitioners.

At CBIE, research questions are addressed from a multi-method approach. We combine methods from original field research and historical analysis to controlled experiments and formal modeling. We have scholars, students and faculty, trained in diverse methodologies, who work together on common projects.

Games for Sustainability
Games for Sustainability

For Researchers, Practitioners & Educators

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SES Library

Library on Governance in Social-Ecological Systems

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Winter School

Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems

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Games for Sustainability
CBIE Newsletter

Action Arenas is CBIE's newsletter published three times a year.

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Free eBook Download

This textbook discusses the main framework, concepts and applications of the work of Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues for an undergraduate audience.

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CBIE Core Team

Marco A. Janssen
Director / Professor
marco.janssen@asu.edu

J. Marty Anderies
Associate Director / Professor
marty.anderies@asu.edu

Caren Burgermeister
International Coordinator, Sr.
caren.burgermeister@asu.edu

Allen Lee
Associate Research Professional
allen.lee@asu.edu