The latest news, research, and other resources produced by members of the IIASA community who are working to provide decision-makers with the information they need to address the COVID-19 crisis.
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15 April 2020
COVID-19: An unprecedented shock to social and economic systems
Erich Striessnig discusses the risks posed by the current COVID-19 pandemic and shares insights from his latest research around socioeconomic indicators related to the pandemic in Austria.
08 April 2020
Reducing COVID-19 vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean
IIASA postdoc Raquel Guimaraes writes about efforts by the scientific community to encourage governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to increase COVID-19 test coverage to reduce vulnerability.
02 April 2020
Research-on-demand?
Leena Ilmola-Sheppard discusses the value of employing novel research methods aimed at producing fast results to inform policies that address immediate problems like the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications
Pachauri, S. , Poblete-Cazenave, M., Aktas, A., & Gidden, M.J. (2021). Access to clean cooking services in energy and emission scenarios after COVID-19. Nature Energy 6 1067-1076. 10.1038/s41560-021-00911-9.
Kikstra, J. , Vinca, A. , Lovat, F. , Boza-Kiss, B. , van Ruijven, B. , Wilson, C. , Rogelj, J. , Zakeri, B. , Fricko, O. , & Riahi, K. (2021). Climate mitigation scenarios with persistent COVID-19-related energy demand changes. Nature Energy 6 1114-1123. 10.1038/s41560-021-00904-8.
Strelkovskii, N. & Rovenskaya, E. (2021). Systems analysis of socio-economic impacts of COVID-19: State-of-the-Art, Gaps and Good Practices. In: COVID-19 PHSMs Research Outcome Conference, 5-6 October 2021.
Chen, S., Prettner, K., Kuhn, M., & Bloom, D.E. (2021). The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 20 e100328. 10.1016/j.jeoa.2021.100328.
Yazdanpanah, M., Zobeidi, T., Tajeri Moghadam, M., Komendantova, N. , Löhr, K., & Sieber, S. (2021). Cognitive theory of stress and farmers’ responses to the COVID 19 shock; a model to assess coping behaviors with stress among farmers in southern Iran. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 64 e102513. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102513.
Fiedler, S., Wyser, K., Rogelj, J. , & van Noije, T. (2021). Radiative effects of reduced aerosol emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic and the future recovery. Atmospheric Research 264 e105866. 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105866.
Poblete Cazenave, M. (2021). Simulating the Long-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sustainability of the Population-Economy-Environment Nexus. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 5 415-430. 10.1007/s41885-021-00094-3.
Watanabe, C., Akhtar, W., Tou, Y., & Neittaanmäki, P. (2021). Amazon's New Supra-Omnichannel: Realizing Growing Seamless Switching for Apparel During COVID-19. Technology in Society 66 e101645. 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101645.