RIKS aims at producing state-of-the-art integrated models and Decision Support Systems for the assessment of socio-economic and environmental policies with an important spatial component. To enable this we invest a lot in maintaining and improving our knowledge base and carry out research in collaboration with partners in the Netherlands, Europe and the world beyond. In the Netherlands we have a preferential and direct link with the University of Maastricht but have just as well ongoing collaboration with the technical universities, the GTI's and the research divisions of public and private institutions. As the result of the work carried out in a large number of EU research projects we have built-up an important network of partners located in the top research organisations of Europe. Beyond Europe, we collaborate with universities and research institutes in Australia, South East Asia and the USA. We have a particular collaboration with Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Our recent research is focused on: high resolution spatial models and their linkage to GIS; cellular automata models for land use change and land cover change; cellular automata models for hydro- and morpho-dynamics in rivers and coastal zones; multi-agent models and individual based models; system dynamics models of socio-economic and environmental systems; integration of models; calibration and validation of integrated models; map comparison, pattern recognition and fractal analysis of spatial structures; complexity and self-organising systems; software architecture, software design and software implementation methods; development and implementation of Decision Support Systems; usability, transparency and user friendliness of Decision Support tools; application of Decision Support Systems for practical policy-making.