I coordinate the transdisciplinary Horizon Europe project Butterfly on pollinator stewardship in view of the cascading impacts of pollinator decline.

For a topical list of publications see my Google Scholar profile

 

• Public lecture: Urgent decisions in uncertain times, the case of global insect decline. Collaboration with the Bergen Society for the Advancement of Science (Selskapet til Vitenskapenes Fremme). See PowerPoint slides here. 10.05.23
• Op-ed in Norwegian daily Stavanger Aftenblad with Anne Jorunn Frøyen, PhD and authorized conservator at Jærmuseet: Heller føre var enn etter snar - bruk ikkje gift mot løvetann! (Better safe than sorry - don't use poison against the daffodil!) 12.04.23
• Interviewed about bee decline in the film The Bee Battle by Norwegian film production company Tempo Film (Norwegian audio with English subs) 20.03.2023
• Interview in Forskningspolitikk ("Research Policy" - an open and independent Norwegian magazine for analysis and debate on research and innovation): Å kuratere kunnskap for ei ny tid (Curating knowledge for a new age) - 13.06.22
• Op-ed in forskning.no (website for Norwegian and international research news): Forskere må ta ansvar for å stanse den globale biedøden (Researchers must assume responsibility for halting the global bee decline - based on the following article) - 27.10.21.
• -> Response to the op-ed: Må forskere ta ansvar for å stanse biedøden? (Must researchers assume responsibility to halt the bee decline?) Anders Nielsen, 09.11.21
• Online open course in Knowledge Quality Assessment (hint: click the blue [+] in front of each main lesson to see sub-lessons)
• How can we make good decisions when experts lack the answers? (uib.no, 17.04.2020)
• EU Ban on Neonics: Too Little, Too Late (invited opinion article in Green European Journal, 19.12.2018)
• Interview in Morgenbladet on Post Normal Science: Fakta, faen (in Norwegian) (23.09.2016)
• Putting scientific facts under the magnifying glass (uib.no, 21.06.2016)
• Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship (Food Ethics, 09.05.2016)
• Professor van der Sluijs number 25 on top 100 list (article in Dutch) (13.10.2015)
• We live in times of science on demand: an interview with Jeroen van der Sluijs (originally published in the Dutch Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth) magazine, June 2014)
• Uncertainty and Dissent in Climate Risk Assessment: A Post-Normal Perspective (Nature and Culture, 2012)
• Room for climate debate: Perspectives on the interaction between climate politics, science and the media (Rathenau Institutt, 2010)

Coordinator of the PhD course “Theory of Science and Ethics” for all PhDs in the Fac. of Mathematics & Natural Science, University of Bergen:

MNF990 Theory of Science and Ethics (formerly known as MNF490!)

Supervisor and assessor of MSc Thesis projects of UiB's Master's program Sustainability

2025

• Roos, Roxana; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2025). Bridging different ways of knowing in climate change adaptation requires solution-oriented cross-cultural dialogue. (external link)

2024

• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2024). Science advice. (external link)

2023

• Saltelli, Andrea; Kuc-Czarnecka, Marta; Piano, Samuele Lo et al. (2023). Impact assessment culture in the European Union. Time for something new?. (external link)
• Piano, Samuele Lo; Lőrincz, Máté János; Puy, Arnald et al. (2023). Unpacking the modeling process for energy policy making. (external link)

2022

• Bremer, Scott; Wardekker, Arjan; Pacchetti, Marina Baldissera et al. (2022). Editorial: High-Quality Knowledge for Climate Adaptation: Revisiting Criteria of Credibility, Legitimacy, Salience, and Usability. (external link)
• Bremer, Scott; Bremer, Anne; Iversen, Lisbeth et al. (2022). Recognising the social functions of climate services in Bergen, Norway. (external link)
• Bremer, Scott; Soares, Marta Bruno; Pacchetti, Marina Baldissera et al. (2022). High-Quality Knowledge for Climate Adaptation: Revisiting Criteria of Credibility, Legitimacy, Salience, and Usability. (external link)

2021

• Bremer, Scott; Wardekker, Arjan; Jensen, Elisabeth Schøyen et al. (2021). Quality Assessment in Co-developing Climate Services in Norway and the Netherlands. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Foucart, Stéphane; Casas, Jérôme (2021). Halting the pollinator crisis requires entomologists to step up and assume their societal responsibilities. (external link)
• Drivdal, Laura; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2021). Pollinator conservation requires a stronger and broader application of the precautionary principle. (external link)
• Drivdal, Laura Elisabet; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2021). WP2 Case study: Neonicotinoid insecticides. (external link)

2020

• Saltelli, Andrea; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Piano, Samuele Lo et al. (2020). Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto,. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2020). Insect decline, an emerging global environmental risk. (external link)
• Saltelli, Andrea; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar et al. (2020). Post-normal pandemics: Why COVID-19 requires a new approach to science. (external link)
• Saltelli, Andrea; Benini, Lorenzo; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar et al. (2020). The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability. (external link)
• Waltner-Toews, David; Biggeri, Annibale; Marchi, Bruna De et al. (2020). Pandemie post-normali. Perché CoViD-19 richiede un nuovo approccio alla scienza. (external link)

2019

• Bremer, Scott; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2019). Initial Guidance Framework for Knowledge Quality Assessment in CoCliServ (CoCliServ D5.1). (external link)
• Piano, Samuele Lo; Saltelli, Andrea; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2019). Silver as a Constraint for a Large-Scale Development of Solar Photovoltaics? Scenario-Making to the Year 2050 Supported by Expert Engagement and Global Sensitivity Analysis. (external link)
• Bremer, Scott; Wardekker, Johannes Adrianus; Dessai, Suraje et al. (2019). Toward a multi-faceted conception of co-production of climate services. (external link)

2018

• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Uncertainties and Quality Assurance in Research. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Higher Education Institutions & responsible research and Innovation (HEIRRI). (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Co-development of place-based climate services for action (CoCliServ). (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Kaiser, Matthias; Drivdal, Laura Elisabet (2018). Research Integrity in Norway (RINO). (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Integrated Assessment Modeling and the Participatory Challenge: The Case of Climate Change. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Post-Normal Science & Controversy Studies. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Responsible Evidence Appraisal. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Dealing with uncertainty in model-based assessment: the NUSAP approach. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Knowledge Quality Assessment in model based scientific assessment. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Maintaining Scientific Integrity in Present Day Academic Reality. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Knowledge Quality Assessment. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Dealing with scientific uncertainty at the science-policy interface. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). The role of convenience pesticides in the collapse of the entomofauna. (external link)
• Maxim, Laura; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Quality of epidemiological studies: Procedural rules for uncertain science for policy, a case study on bisphenol-A. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). EU Ban on Neonics: Too Little, Too Late. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). NEONICS - Hoe lobby en framing gemakslandbouwgif buiten beeld hielden. (external link)
• Goulson, Dave; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; signatories, s and 231 (2018). Call to restrict neonicotinoids. (external link)
• Woudenberg, F; Erisman, J.W.; Hazel, P.J. van den et al. (2018). Gevaarlijke stoffen in een circulaire economie. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). We beschermen onze gewassen tegen insecten. Maar wie beschermt de insecten tegen ons?. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Stop de mallemolen van pesticiden. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). From bee health to insectageddon: the battle over problem frames seen through a post-normal science lens. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). ‘Bayer zette wetenschap jarenlang op dwaalspoor’. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Ze zijn net als de tabaksindustrie. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Liaisons troubles entre recherche publique et agrochimie. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Doet Europa bijengif in de ban?. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2018). Unraveling Controversy on Vexed Environmental Risks. (external link)

2017

• Pisa, Lennard W.; Goulson, Dave; Yang, En-Cheng et al. (2017). An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems. (external link)
• Maxim, Laura; Blanchemanche, Sandrine; Grabar, Natalia et al. (2017). Analyser la qualite de l'evaluation des risques: L'exemple des perturbateurs endocriniens. (external link)
• Haque, Mohammad Mahfujul; Bremer, Scott; Aziz, Saifullah Bin et al. (2017). A critical assessment of knowledge quality for climate adaptation in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2017). The NUSAP approach to uncertainty appraisal and communication. (external link)
• Dankel, Dorothy Jane; Vaage, Nora Sørensen; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2017). Post-normal science in practice. (external link)

2016

• Wardekker, J. Arjan; Wildschut, Diana; Stemberger, Sara et al. (2016). Screening regional management options for their impact on climate resilience: an approach and case study in the Venen-Vechtstreek wetlands in the Netherlands. (external link)
• Saltelli, Andrea; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar; Giampietro, Mario et al. (2016). Modelling: Climate costing is politics not science. (external link)
• Benessia, Alice; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar; Giampietro, Mario et al. (2016). Science on the verge. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2016). Numbers running wild. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Vaage, Nora Sørensen (2016). Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship. (external link)

2015

• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Wardekker, J. Arjan (2015). Critical appraisal of assumptions in chains of model calculations used to project local climate impacts for adaptation decision support-the case of Baakse Beek. (external link)
• Thissen, Wil; Kwakkel, Jan; Mens, Marjolein et al. (2015). Dealing with uncertainties in fresh water supply: experiences in the Netherlands. (external link)
• Chagnon, Madeleine; Kreutzweiser, David; Mitchell, Edward A.D. et al. (2015). Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services. (external link)
• Simon-Delso, Noa; Amaral-Rogers, Vanessa; Belzunces, Luc P. et al. (2015). Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites. (external link)
• Pisa, Lennard W.; Amaral-Rogers, Vanessa; Belzunces, Luc P. et al. (2015). Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates. (external link)

2014

• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Neonicotinoids: risks to pollinators, ecosystems and humans. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Ingredients for a socially robust smart electricity grid. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Bijensterfte Oorzaken, gevolgen oplossingen. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). The risks of neonicotinoids to aquatic ecosystems. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Social robustness of smart electricity networks in Europe. (external link)
• Bree, Leendert Van; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Dealing with uncertainty in climate adaptation decision-making. (external link)
• Wardekker, J A; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Climate change and health in the Netherlands. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Wildschut, Diana; Maxim, Laura (2014). Bijen en insecticiden: late lessen uit vroege waarschuwingen. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen Pieter van der; Amaral-Rogers, Vanessa; Belzunces, Luc P. et al. (2014). Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Wardekker, J A (2014). Strategies on dealing with uncertainties in urban climate change adaptation. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Tools for Knowledge Quality Assessment. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Adaptation to uncertain future climate change. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). SCRUTINISE DISCORD. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Post Normal Science - theory and practice. (external link)
• Woudenberg, F; Berg, Martin van den; Erisman, Jan Willem et al. (2014). Advisory letter The health risks of Bisphenol A analogues. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Post Normal Science and Knowledge Quality Assessment. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der; Kovacic, Zora; Wildschut, Diana et al. (2014). The future social robustness of smart electricity networks in Europe. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Critical reflection on assumptions: the NUSAP approach. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Knowledge Quality Assessment - an introduction. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Post Normal Science: A reflective approach to Knowledge Quality Assessment. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Decades of climate research: Lessons for science. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Tools for Post Normal Science. (external link)
• Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Wrapping up: The future of Post Normal Science. (external link)
• Woudenberg, F; Berg, Martin van der; Erisman, Jan Willem et al. (2014). Briefadvies Risicocommunicatie op een nieuwe leest schoeien. (external link)
• Hochkirch, Axel; McGowan, Philip J. K.; Sluijs, Jeroen Pieter van der (2014). Biodiversity reports need author rules. (external link)
• Bouwknegt, M; Knol, A B; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der et al. (2014). Uncertainty of population risk estimates for pathogens based on QMRA or epidemiology: a case study of Campylobacter in the Netherlands. (external link)
• Maxim, Laura; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der (2014). Qualichem in vivo: A tool for assessing the quality of in vivo studies and its application for Bisphenol A. (external link)

2013

• Saltelli, Andrea; Pereira, Ângela Guimarães; Sluijs, Jeroen P van der et al. (2013). What do i make of your latinorum? Sensitivity auditing of mathematical modelling. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

For a topical list of publications see my Google Scholar profile

Selected publications:

I guest-edited a special issue of Current Opinion in Insect Science on 'Pollinator decline:  human and policy dimensions', and a special issue of Frontiers of Climate on 'What is high quality knowledge for climate adaptation?'.

• Lo Piano, S., Lőrincz, M. J., Puy, A., Pye, S., Saltelli, A., Smith, S. T., & van der Sluijs, J. (2024). Unpacking the modeling process for energy policy making. Risk Analysis, 44(6), 1273-1284.
• Saltelli, A., Kuc-Czarnecka, M., Piano, S. L., Lőrincz, M. J., Olczyk, M., Puy, A., ... & van der Sluijs, J. P. (2023). Impact assessment culture in the European Union. Time for something new?. Environmental Science & Policy, 142, 99-111.
• RECIPES consortium (2022) Guidance for future application of the precautionary principle
• Bremer, S., Bremer, A., Iversen, L., Soares, M. B., & van der Sluijs, J. (2022). Recognising the social functions of climate services in Bergen, Norway. Climate Services, 27, 100305.
• Drivdal L & Van der Sluijs, JP (2021) Pollinator conservation requires a stronger and broader application of the precautionary principle. Current opinion in insect science.
• Van der Sluijs, JP (2020) Insect decline, an emerging global environmental risk. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Altmetric: 360. Highest-scoring output from this source (#1 of 962)
• Saltelli A, Benini L, Funtowicz S, Giampietro M, Kaiser M, Reinert E, van der Sluijs JP (2020) The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability. Environmental Science & Policy, 106, 87-98 [112x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric:45
• Bremer S, Wardekker A, Dessai S, Sobolowski S, Slaattelid R, van der Sluijs JP (2019) Toward a multi-faceted conception of co-production of climate services. Climate Services doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2019.01.003. [179x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric:23
• Maxim L & van der Sluijs JP (2018) Quality of epidemiological studies: Procedural rules for uncertain science for policy. Environmental Science & Policy 84: 80–87.
• van der Sluijs JP et al. (30 authors) (2015) Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22 (1) 148-154. [368x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric: 74
• Chagnon M, Kreutzweiser D, Mitchell EAD, Morrissey CA, Noome DA, van der Sluijs JP (2015) Risks of large scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22 (1) 119-134. [ ISI Highly Cited Paper; 565x Google Scholar] Altmetric:110
• van der Sluijs JP, Delso NS, Goulson D, Maxim L, Bonmatin JM, Belzunces LP (2013) Neonicotinoids, bee disorders and the sustainability of pollinator services, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5: 293-305. [ISI Highly Cited Paper; 621x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric:140
• van Dijk TC, van Staalduinen MA, van der Sluijs JP (2013) Macro-invertebrate decline in surface water polluted with imidacloprid. PLOS ONE, 8(5): e62374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062374 [482x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric:213; Covered in international media, the Guardian, Le Monde
• Petersen AC, Cath A, Hage M, Kunseler E, & van der Sluijs JP (2011) Post-Normal Science in Practice at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Science Technology & Human Values, 36 (3) 362-388 [153x cited Google Scholar] Altmetric:3
• Maxim L & van der Sluijs JP (2011) Quality in environmental science for policy: Assessing uncertainty as a component of policy analysis. Environmental Science & Policy 14:482-492. [168x Google Scholar]

Overview of publications in Cristin:

I have long-standing experience in various leading roles in transdisciplinary international research projects, including 13 different EU projects funded under FP5, FP6, FP7 and H2020.

Current projects:

Pesti-Sci Controversy in carcinogenicity expertise: capturing agrochemical modes of action in publicresearch, industrial testing and regulatory science (Institut National du Cancer, France)

PI of Utrecht University team in SeMPER-Arctic: SeMPER-Arctic - Sense Making, Place attachment, and Extended networks as sources of Resilience in the Arctic (The Belmont Forum) [2020-2024]

Finalized projects:

PI of BeeCaution Bees pesticides and precaution: building an epistemic network in Norway (The Research Council of Norway) [2020-2022]

PI of Bergen team in RECIPES REconciling sCience, Innovation and Precaution through the Engagement of Stakeholders (H2020 Swafs) [2019-2022]

PI of Bergen team in CoCliServ Co-development of place-based climate services for action (JPI Climate ERA 4CS) [2017-2020] (Spin-off of UC4A!)

Go Figure: Visualizing Climate Change (FIGO) (SAMKUL Researcher Network)

Partner in PARENT, Participatory platform for sustainable energy management (EU JPI Urban Europe) [March 2016 - February 2019]

Mainstreaming Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Auditing (Peder Sather Grant) [July 2017 - June 2018] (with Philip Stark, UC Berkeley; Andrea Saltelli UiB and Leif Hellevik, NTNU)

HEIRRI Higher Education Institutions & Responsible Research and Innovation (H2020) [2015-2018]

PI of UC4A [Understanding Cultural Conditions for Climate Change Adaptation] (SAMKUL Researcher Network, Norwegian Research Council) [2015-2016]

ELSA of SALMOSTERILE (The Research Council of Norway) [2013-2018]

EPINET (FP7) [2012-2015]

Scientific coordinator on the IUCN international Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (Triodos Foundation) [2011-2013]