Maryam Ghodsvali successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “A transdisciplinary decision-making approach to food-water-energy nexus: A guide towards sustainable development” on 5 July. This PhD research approached the transdisciplinary decision-making problem for the food-water-energy nexus in four steps: (1) understanding key drivers for an integrated system; (2) quantifying characteristics and indicators of the systems to be integrated; (3) identifying thresholds to multi-level actions in real-world; and (4) introducing a transdisciplinary decision support mechanism for innovations at the nexus of food, water, and energy systems via an online serious game.

Congratulations to Dr. Maryam Ghodsvali!