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ManagementHenry Bartelet
PhD Candidate
MPhil, University of Bergen (2016) • MSc, New University of Lisbon (2016) • MBA, Radboud University (2016) • BBA, University of Groningen (2012)
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
PhD Candidate
MPhil, University of Bergen (2016) • MSc, New University of Lisbon (2016) • MBA, Radboud University (2016) • BBA, University of Groningen (2012)
James Cook University
Henry is a PhD candidate at James Cook University in Australia, where he works on quantifying the socio-economic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef region and other Pacific communities that are economically dependent on coral reefs. His research focuses on understanding, through a systems lens, how severe coral bleaching events impact commercial users of the reef (e.g. tourist operators and fishermen); and how different actors and institutions within the system respond to the ecological disturbance. The research will contribute to improving the ability of communities to deal with an increasingly volatile ecological environment.
Henry holds a joint European master degree (‘cum laude’) in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen (Norway), New University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the Radboud University (the Netherlands). System dynamics is grounded in the theory of nonlinear dynamics and feedback control developed in mathematics, physics, and engineering and is used as a modeling tool for examining complex systems characterized by feedback and delayed effects, characteristics that underlie most issues concerning sustainability. For his master thesis, Henry developed a simulation model to better understand how human development around coral reefs in the Philippines leads to rapid coral reef degradation. The simulation model is used to help policy makers evaluate the effectiveness of current coastal management programs. His work received an Honorable Mention by the Dana Meadows Award committee at the 2017 International System Dynamics Conference.
After his master degree, Henry worked in Oslo as an energy system modeler in DNV GL’s Energy Transition Program, the most objective and comprehensive forecast on the future of the global energy system and consequent carbon emissions. He is also the founder of DynaMundo, an international advisory company that has the goal to increase the application of systems thinking and modeling outside the academic world.
Publications
Bartelet, H., & Mulder, M. (2019). Natural Gas markets in the European Union: Testing Resilience. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 9 (1)
Bartelet, H. (2017) Exploring the effectiveness of policies to reverse rapid coral reef degradation in the Philippines. System Dynamics Conference: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Bartelet, H., & Fletcher, P. (2017) Exploring disease dynamics on coral reef ecosystems through system dynamics models. System Dynamics Conference: MIT
Radulovic, I., Bartelet, H., Guerrero, A. (2016) Modeling sustainability of mass tourism in Lisbon. System Dynamics Conference: Technical University Delft, the Netherlands
Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) Professor Terry Hughes was recently awarded an honorary Doctor in Science from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Pr
Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island.
A flotilla of Vietnamese fishing boats with crews suffering in harsh conditions is stripping Pacific coral reefs of seafood as the poaching escalates to become an international human rights and securi
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Abstract: I will talk about what we have learned from studying symbioses in algae and corals. Origin of the photosynthetic organelle in algae led to the major rewiring of host metabolic pathw
Abstract: Because coastal fisheries have been a major provider of food and economic growth in modern human history, the inherent characteristics of fish populations have been studied by researchers f
Abstract Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to the world's natural and cultural heritage. No systematic approach to assess climate vulnerability of protected areas and their communit
Abstract: This presentation will provide an updated prognosis of the overgrazing collapse of kelp beds driven by the range-extending sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) and outline antidotes cur
Abstract: Disturbances are fundamental to structuring many ecosystems, yet climate-driven alterations to disturbance regimes may prevent recovery in many biomes. Coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
Abstract: Outbreaks of the corallivorous Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have been responsible for 40% of the decline in coral cover on the GBR over the last 35 years. With
Abstract: Complex interdependencies between social and ecological dynamics underpin many important environmental problems. To account for these complex dynamics, over the past several years my collea
Abstract: Coral reef restoration is gaining momentum globally in response to the threat of climate change and associated coral bleaching. In Australia, as part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptatio
Partner Research Institutions
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au