Tim Williams

Tim Williams is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Economic-Ecological Policy Modeling at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He leads modeling coordination in the BEATLE project investigating economic-ecological transitions to organic farming. His work focuses on integrating social processes like power structures into agricultural policy models.

• PhD: Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan (Dissertation: Agent-Based Modeling of Resilience in Smallholder Agriculture)
• M.Sc.: Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
• B.Eng.: Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury

Research interests include sustainability transitions, agent-based modeling of social-ecological systems, and climate adaptation strategies. He has professional experience as an Environmental Modeller at Climate Farmers GmbH and interned at UFZ Leipzig's Ecological Modelling Department.

Teaching responsibilities include courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, and he supervises master's theses. His current role involves scaling agricultural land-use models and developing interdisciplinary modeling frameworks.