Roger Cremades

Roger Cremades is an Associate Professor of Urban Environmental Change at the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. He has previously held academic positions at Wageningen University and the Climate Service Center Germany, and his work is deeply rooted in complex systems science applied to global change and urban sustainability.

His research focuses on the human and economic dimensions of environmental change, particularly in cities. Key interests include urban resilience, social tipping points, climate-economic systems, and cascading disasters. He integrates agent-based modeling, artificial intelligence, and behavioral science to simulate complex urban systems and co-produce tools with societal stakeholders for sustainable transformations.

The recent publications highlight a strong trend toward data-rich, AI-enhanced simulations of urban systems under global crises, with a focus on food systems, behavioral dynamics, and cross-scale sustainability transformations. His work consistently bridges computational modeling and real-world policy applications.

Scientific Leadership and Service:

• Member, Executive Board, Complex Systems Society
• Member, Executive Board, Network for Computational Modeling in the Social and Ecological Sciences
• Editorial Board Member, Complexity (Wiley)
• Editorial Board Member, PLOS Complex Systems

Roger has coordinated major research projects on the complex dynamics of global change in urban environments and has pioneered methods for integrating stakeholder knowledge into modeling processes. His PhD, funded by the Max Planck Society, was supervised by Nobel laureate Klaus Hasselmann, underscoring the high caliber of his academic training. He continues to lead cutting-edge research at the intersection of climate science, economics, and urban systems.

He is actively involved in labs and research groups focused on computational modeling of socio-ecological systems, urban sustainability, and crisis response, often working in transdisciplinary teams that include policymakers, data scientists, and community representatives.