Post-Doc                                                                                            

Research focus

• Transdisciplinary methodology
• Participatory methods in land and water management (Actor-based modelling, Bayesian Network Modelling)
• Integrating the concept of ecosystem services into land and water management
• Decision support

Current project

“Actor-based modelling for understanding ecosystem services and integrating them into land and water management” within SuMaRiO transdisciplinary project (Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River, China)

Curriculum Vitae

Since 03/2011: Post-Doc at the Hydrology Research Group, Goethe-University Frankfurt

05/2014 - 09/2014: Research Associate, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, USA

10/2005 - 07/2009: PhD at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Transdisciplinary research “Scientific decision support for decision makers in practice through collaborative knowledge management: A systemic approach and a case study integrated flood management” (DAAD scholarship holder)

11/2002 - 04/2005: Forest Manager, PITC Malaysia

05/2001 - 09/2002: Master of Environmental Science (Land Use and Water Resources Management) at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) (DANCED scholarship holder)

08/2000 - 04/2001:Scientific Officer, WWF Malaysia

05/1999 - 08/2000: Research Officer, MPOB Malaysia

06/1996 - 04/1999: Bachelor (Hons) Molecular Biology (Biotechnology with Management) at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Publications

Rumbaur, C., Thevs, N., Disse, M., Ahlheim, M., Brieden, A., Cyffka, B., Doluschitz, R., Duettmann, D., Feike, T., Frör, O., Gärtner, P., Halik, Ü., Hill, J., Hinnenthal, M., Keilholz, P., Kleinschmit, B., Krysanova, V., Kuba, M., Mader, S., Menz, C., Othmanli, H., Pelz, S., Schroeder, M., Siew, T.F., Stender, V., Stahr, K., Thomas, F.M., Welp, M., Wortmann, M., Zhao, X.N., Chen, X., Jiang, T., Zhao, C.Y., Zhang, X.M., Yu, R.D., Yimit, H. (2014). Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River in North-Western China under conditions of climate change. Earth System Dynamics, 5, 1221-1273 (peer-reviewed)

Siew, T.F., Döll, P., Yimit, H. (2014). Experiences with a transdisciplinary research approach for integrating ecosystem services into water management in Northwest China. In: Bhaduri, A., Bogardi, J.J., Leentvar, J., Marx, S. (Eds.). The Global Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Springer: 303-319, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07548-8 (peer-reviewed) 

Siew, T.F., Döll, P. (2012). Transdisciplinary research for supporting the integration of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Arid Land, 4(2), 196-210, doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2012.00196   (peer-reviewed)

Siew, T.F. (2009). Scientific decision support for decision makers in practice through collaborative knowledge management: A systemic approach and a case study integrated flood management.Institut für Forstökonomie, Freiburg. (Dissertation)

Conference Proceedings and Posters

Düspohl, M., Siew, T.F., Döll, P. (2014). Building trust while modeling with stakeholders as requirement for social learning. In: Ames, D.P., Quinn, N.W.T., Rizzoli, A.E. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, June 15-19, San Diego, California, USA. ISBN: 978-88-9035-744-2        

Düspohl, M., Frank, S., Siew, T.F., Döll, P. (2012). Transdisciplinary research for supporting environmental management. In:R. Seppelt, A.A. Voinov, S. Lange, D. Bankamp (Eds.). International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2012 - International Congress on Environmental Modelling and SoftwareManaging Resources of a Limited Planet, Sixth Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 01-05 July 2012.http://www.iemss.org/society/index.php/iemss-2012-proceedings

Siew, T.F., Döll, P. (2011). Actor-based modelling for integrating ecosystem services in land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang/China. 4th ESP Conference Ecosystem Services: integrating Science and Practice, Wageningen, Niederlande, 4–7 Oktober 2011.

Siew, T.F. (2008). Connecting science and decision-making: A conceptual framework through organisation knowledge management. In: M. Sànchez-Marrè, J. Béjar, J. Comas, A. Rizzoli and G. Guariso (Eds.) Proceedings International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2008.

Siew, T.F. (2008). Knowledge networking to support multi-function forest management, Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2008, Freiburg, 24-27 September 2008.