Melania Borit
Job description
Professor of Knowledge Integration / Methodologies for Interdisciplinary Research
- Leader of the Research Group CRAFT - Knowledge Integration and Blue Futures.
- Coordinator: AFO-JIGG - Service design thinking to improve welfare and product quality in the
Norwegian small-scale fishing fleet (NFR project number 302635). - Coordinator: FUTURES4Fish - Adaptive socio-technological solutions for Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture (NFR project number 325814).
- Main Coordinator: Qual2Rule - Using Qualitative Data to Inform Behavioural Rules in Agent-Based Modelling (Special Interest Group @ European Social Simulation Association).
- Co-coordinator: SSG - Social Simulation and Games (Special Interest Group @ European Social Simulation Association).
- Co-coordinator: MOOD - Models of Human Decision (Special Interest Group @ European Social Simulation Association).
- Secretary: ESSA - European Social Simulation Association.
Loïs Vanhée,
Karin Danielsson,
Lena Enqvist,
Kalle Grill,
Melania Borit
:
Hack it with EDUCHIC! educational hackathons and interdisciplinary challenges—Definitions, principles, and pedagogical guidelines
Loïs Vanhée,
Melania Borit
:
Thirty Years of Sense and Sensibility in Agent-Based Models: A Bibliometric Analysis
Francesca Giardini,
Melania Borit,
Harko Verhagen,
Nanda Wijermans
:
Modeling Realistic Human Behavior in Disasters. A Rapid Literature Review of Agent-Based Models Reviews
Sebastian Achter,
Melania Borit,
Clémentine Cottineau,
Matthias Meyer,
J. Gareth Polhill,
Viktoriia Radchuk
:
How to conduct more systematic reviews of agent-based models and foster theory development - Taking stock and looking ahead
Loïs Vanhée,
Melania Borit
:
Ethical By Designer - How to Grow Ethical Designers of Artificial Intelligence (Extended Abstract)
Rana Tallal Javed,
Osama Nasir,
Melania Borit,
Loïs Vanhée,
Elias Zea,
Shivam Gupta
et al.:
Get Out of the BAG! Silos in AI Ethics Education: Unsupervised Topic Modeling Analysis of Global AI Curricula (Extended Abstract)
Loïs Vanhée,
Melania Borit
:
Viewpoint: Ethical by Designer - How to Grow Ethical Designers of Artificial Intelligence
Sebastian Achter,
Melania Borit,
Edmund Chattoe-Brown,
Peer-Olaf Siebers
:
RAT-RS: a reporting standard for improving the documentation of data use in agent-based modelling
Rana Tallal Javed,
Osama Nasir,
Melania Borit,
Loïs Vanhée,
Elias Zea,
Shivam Gupta
et al.:
Get out of the BAG! Silos in AI Ethics Education: Unsupervised Topic Modeling Analysis of Global AI Curricula
Timo Szczepanska,
Andreas Angourakis,
Shawn Graham,
Melania Borit
:
Quantum Leaper: A Methodology Journey From a Model in NetLogo to a Game in Unity
Timo Szczepanska,
Patrycja Antosz,
Jan Ole Berndt,
Melania Borit,
Edmund Chattoe-Brown,
Sara Mehryar
et al.:
GAM on! Six ways to explore social complexity by combining games and agent-based models
Jan-Are Kolset Johnsen,
Melania Borit,
Lina Stangvaltaite-Mouhat
:
Using storytelling in undergraduate dental education: Students' experiences of emotional competence training
Peer-Olaf Siebers,
Sebastian Achter,
Cristiane Palaretti Bernardo,
Melania Borit,
Edmund Chattoe-Brown
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First Steps Towards RAT: A Protocol for Documenting Data Use in the Agent-Based Modeling Process
Jørn Weines,
Melania Borit
:
Better Game Worlds by Design: The GAS Framework for Designing and Analyzing Games Based on Socio-Ecological Systems Thinking, Demonstrated on Nusfjord (2017)
Flaminio Squazzoni,
J Gary Polhill,
Bruce Edmonds,
Petra Ahrweiler,
Patrycja Antosz,
Geeske Scholz
et al.:
Computational Models that Matter During a Global Pandemic Outbreak: A Call to Action
JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 2020 DOI
Melania Borit,
Lina Stangvaltaite-Mouhat
:
GoDental! Enhancing flipped classroom experience with game-based learning
Flaminio Squazzoni,
J. Gareth Polhill,
Bruce Edmonds,
Petra Ahrweiler,
Patrycja Antosz,
Geeske Scholz
et al.:
Computational Models That Matter During a Global Pandemic Outbreak: A Call to Action
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit,
Loïs Vanhée
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Modelling the “Captain’s Nose”: Exploring the Shift Towards Autonomous Fishing with Social Simulation
Springer Proceedings in Complexity 2020 DOI
Charlotte Teresa Weber,
Melania Borit,
Michaela Aschan
:
An interdisciplinary insight into the human dimension in fisheries models. A systematic literature review in a European Union context
Cornel Borit,
Melania Borit,
Petter Olsen
:
Representations of colonialism in three popular, modern board games: Puerto Rico, Struggle of Empires, and Archipelago
Harko Verhagen,
Melania Borit,
Giangiacomo Bravo,
Nanda Wijermans
:
Advances in Social Simulation. Looking in the Mirror
Springer Nature 2020
Holger Pötzsch,
Zoheb Mashiur,
Melania Borit,
Cornel Borit
:
Between ‘Stochastic Parrots’ and ‘Skynet’: Imaginaries of Data in Films on AI and Autonomous Technologies
2024
Zoheb Mashiur,
Melania Borit,
Marianna Osokina,
Lilli Mittner,
Andreia Conceição,
Antonio Jorge Fonseca Antunes Santos
:
Pasts and Futures of the Seas and Coasts: An Art-Based Educational Intervention
2024
Zoheb Mashiur,
Melania Borit
:
Ecological Crisis and Misanthropy in Video Games: Beyond Extractivism and Extinction
2024
Zoheb Mashiur,
Melania Borit,
Riyan J. G. van den Born,
Bernadette F. van Heel,
Krisztina Jonas,
Max Priebe
et al.:
FLOW D1.1 Open Access Transdisciplinary Dataset FLOW Encyclopædia
2023 FULLTEKST
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit
:
Mulig utvikling innen fiskeri og havbruk med digital teknologi og kunstig intelligens (Possible developments in fisheries and aquaculture with digital technologies and artificial intelligence)
2023
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit
:
Mer enn bare Kunstig Intelligens: mulig utvikling innen tradisjonell fiskeindustri og akvakultur med fokus på digitalteknologi
2023
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit
:
Reise til fremtiden(e) Kvaløya VGS II [Travel to the future(s) - preparing the future]
2023
Melania Borit,
Antonio Jorge Fonseca Antunes Santos
:
Reise til fremtiden(e) Sommerlyst [Travel to the future(s) - preparing the future]
2023
Antonio Jorge Fonseca Antunes Santos,
Melania Borit
:
PhD school Blue Route - Exploring the Oceans: Resources. Technology. Governance. Ethics. A Residential Workshop held at UiT- The ARctic University of Norway, October 2023
2023 FULLTEKST
Antonio Jorge Fonseca Antunes Santos,
Melania Borit,
Luís Azevedo Rodrigues,
Sara Mira
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A remote digital internship at the Science Center of Lagos, September 2023. PhD- school Blue Route.
2023 FULLTEKST
Antonio Jorge Fonseca Antunes Santos,
Melania Borit
:
Reise til fremtiden(e) Kvaløya VGS I [Travel to the future(s) - preparing the future]
2023
Patrycja Antosz,
Sukaina Bharwani,
Melania Borit,
Bruce Edmonds
:
An introduction to the themed section on ‘Using agent-based simulation for integrating qualitative and quantitative evidence’
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice 2022 DOI
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos
:
Imagining the futures of fisheries and coasts - Nord-Troms videregående skole avd. Skjervøy, 2022
2022
Petter Olsen,
Shaheen Syed,
Melania Borit,
Céline Boéchat
:
Application, limitations, costs and benefits related to the use of blockchain technology in the seafood industry
2022 ARKIV
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos
:
Imagining the futures of fisheries and coasts - Steiner School, Tromsø, September 2022
2022
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit
:
A Work Experience For All:Simulated Internship In The Virtual Reality Of A Leading Fisheries Company
2022
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos
:
AFO-JIGG: Service design thinking to improve welfare and product quality in the Norwegian small-scale fishing fleet
2020 FULLTEKST
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos,
Roger B. Larsen
:
Tenker nytt om kystfiskerienes fremtid
21. April 2020
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos,
Roger B. Larsen
:
Rethinking the future of coastal fisheries
28. April 2020
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos,
Roger B. Larsen
:
Nå skal et nytt prosjekt se på kvalitet og sikkerhet i juksaflåten
24. April 2020
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos,
Roger B. Larsen
:
Vil heise opp juksa som redskap
22. April 2020
Melania Borit,
Petter Olsen
:
Beyond regulatory compliance – Seafood traceability benefits and success cases
Melania Borit,
Jorge Santos
:
Imagining the future of fisheries and coasts - Kvaløya High-school, 2020
2020
Harko Verhagen,
Melania Borit,
Giangiacomo Bravo,
Nanda Wijermans
:
Preface
Springer Proceedings in Complexity 2020 DOI
Petter Olsen,
Melania Borit,
Shaheen Syed
:
Applications, limitations, costs, and benefits related to the use of blockchain technology in the food industry
2019 ARKIV
Jørn Weines,
Melania Borit
:
Playing with the Past to Understand the Present: The potential of using Nusfjord (2017) to Teach About the Complexity of Fisheries as SocioEcological Systems
Charlotte Teresa Weber,
Melania Borit,
Fabien Canolle,
Eva Hnatkova,
Davide Pacitti,
Filomena Parada
et al.:
Identifying and Documenting Transferable Skills and Competences to Enhance Early Career Researchers Employability and Competitiveness.
2018 ARKIV
Jørn Weines,
Melania Borit
:
Playing with the Past to Understand the Present: The potential of using Nusfjord (2017) to Teach About the Complexity of Fisheries as Socio-Ecological Systems
2018 FULLTEKST
Jorge Santos,
Melania Borit
:
What knowledge, skills do our students get here? Or, are they getting the wrong skills?
2018
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Publications outside Cristin
Research interests
- social simulation, agent-based modelling, design of autonomous social agents, autonomous systems;
- evidence synthesis / knowledge integration;
- critical futures studies;
- pedagogy and didactics in higher education, student active learning, game-based learning;
- traceability, certification, standardisation; risk communication;
- fisheries / natural resource management, IUU fishing; fisheries as socio-ecological complex adaptive systems;
- related legislation;
- culture and trust.
External collaborations:
Teaching
Member of research group
CV
- 2023 Professor of knowledge integration / methodologies for interdisciplinary research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2016 Associate professor of modelling and simulation of social processes and game-based learning, UiT The Arctic University of Norway - 2014 PhD in Resource Management - Social Science, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (Thesis title: Trust and traceability. Using culturally tailored environmental risk communication and transparency as trust-building tools)
- 2014 Accredited Lecturer in Intercultural Management, The Hofstede Centre, Finland
- 2023 Professor in knowledge integration / methodologies for interdisciplinary research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- 2016 Associate professor in modelling and simulation of social processes and game-based learning, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- 2014 PhD in Resource Management - Social Science, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (Thesis title: Trust and traceability. Using culturally tailored environmental risk communication and transparency as trust-building tools)
- 2013 Accredited Lecturer in Organisational Culture and Change, The Hofstede Centre, Finland
- 2010 UniPed (Teacher Training in Higher Education), University of Tromsø, Norway
- 2009 Master of Science in International Fisheries Management, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway
- 2005 Master of Laws in Maritime Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo, Norway
- 2003 Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law, "Ovidius" University, Constanta, Romania
- 2003 Teachers' Training Program, "Ovidius" University, Constanta, Romania