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ECOSUPPORT-projektet syftar till att ta fram forskningsresultat om Östersjöns miljöstatus under olika scenarier av belastning av näringsämnen och fisketryck i ett framtida klimat. Resultaten kan ligga till grund som vägledning för beslutsfattare. För att forskningsresultaten skall kunna göras begripliga och tillgängliga har en ny form av vetenskapskommunikation prövats. Presentation av en stor mängd data samt beskrivning av fysiska och biogeokemiska processer på land och i havet gjordes med hjälp av en speciell visualiseringsplatform, Uniview, som visades på en kupolformad filmduk inuti en uppblåsbar domteater. Visualiseringen visades för olika typer av publik, t.ex. för beslutsfattare, politisk ledning, forskare och studenter. Överlag så har responsen varit mycket positiv och de flesta som tagit del av visningarna menar att den här formen av kommunikation gör det lättare att förstå och ta till sig komplexa data och sammanhang. Denna åsikt delades också av de vetenskapliga presentatörerna ; The ECOSUPPORT-project aims to help policy makers by supplying state-of-the-art research on the state of the Baltic Sea under different scenarios of nutrient supply, pressure from fisheries and impact of climate change. In order to make the research results accessible, a new form of scientific communication has been tested. Presentation of research data and physical, chemical and biogeochemical processes on land and in the sea were made using a special visualization platform, Uniview, which was projected onto a cupola-shaped screen inside an inflatable, enclosed dome. The visualization has been tested on different audiences including policy makers, politicians, researchers and university students. Overall, the response has been overwhelmingly positive with the audience expressing the view that the used visualization technique enhanced their understanding and receptiveness. This view was shared with the scientific presenters.

This paper describes the participatory process of developing and implementing a prototype model aimed at supporting the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of water resources and policy options at different scales. The model - called the World Cellular Model (WCM) focuses on the representation of agents' behaviours and their systemic relationships with their environment. This is achieved by examining the interests, motives, cultural beliefs and structural resources that drive agents' actions with regard to the use of stocks and flows of water, by looking at the impact of such water behaviours on the environment and on the natural ecosystems at different scales, and by examining in a coevolutionary way the impact of such environmental changes on the behaviours of agents. The WC model takes a 'total system', multi-scale, agent perspective. That is, agents operate in a single interrelated system in which each individual or collective agent responds to the availability and use of a set of stocks and flows of rules and/or institutions (S), energy and resources (E), information and knowledge (I) that in turn provokes environmental change (C) or impact on the social ecological system. . This model is being developed together with the use of participatory Integrated Assessment focus groups (IA-fgs) with real stakeholders to get insights about agents' behaviours and the possible architecture of the model so as to increase its socio-ecological robustness and policy relevance. Our research is part of the EU funded project Matisse (Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment).