UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre
UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre acts as a convenor and organiser of the Madingley model community, and has ecological scientists continuing to develop the model.
Contacts: Mike Harfoot (mike.harfoot@unep-wcmc.org), Derek Tittensor (derek.tittensor@unep-wcmc.org)
University College London
UCL researchers are working to extend and develop the capabilities of the Madingley model, particularly in the terrestrial realm.
Contact: Tim Newbold (t.newbold@ucl.ac.uk)
Imperial College
Students and researchers at Imperial College are using Madingley to map Madingley functional groups to species and explore neutral ecological processes.
Contact: James Rosindell (j.rosindell@imperial.ac.uk)
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen has researchers improving the ecological realism of the model, particularly in the marine realm.
Contact: Erik Mousing (eamousing@snm.ku.dk)
Cambridge University
Cambridge University has researchers improving the software implementation of the model.
Contact: Mike Bithell (mb425@cam.ac.uk)
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Centre are integrating Madingley with models of agricultural systems to understand trade-offs in coupled socio-ecological systems
Contact: Ingo Fetzer (ingo.fetzer@su.se)
Radboud University
Researchers at Radboud University are using Madingley to investigate the ecological implications of projected scenarios of biofuels production.
Contact: Mark Huijbregts (m.huijbregts@science.ru.nl)
ZSL
The Zoological Society of London is using Madingley to project tipping points and ecosystem change.
Contact: Piero Visconti (pierovisconti@gmail.com)
Nereus Program
The Nereus Program is both funding and developing Madingley to look at fisheries and marine ecosystem future under global change.
Contact: Yoshitaka Ota (yoshitakaota@me.com) and William Cheung (w.cheung@oceans.ubc.ca)
Northern Arizona University
Researchers at Northern Arizona University are working to incorporate nutrient dispersal by animals into Madingley.
Contact: Chris Doughty (chris.doughty@nau.edu)
Funding partners
KR Foundation
The KR Foundation has provided funding to use the Madingley Model to explore the biodiversity planetary boundary.
Leverhulme Trust
The Leverhulme Trust has enabled greater development of the terrestrial plant components and climate sensitivities of the Madingley model
Previous institutions
Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research was a co-founder and developer of the original version of the Madingley model, along with UNEP-WCMC.