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Annual Report 2025: Population and Just Societies Program Highlights

How can societies adapt to profound demographic, environmental, and social change while ensuring that no one is left behind? In 2025, the Population and Just Societies Program generated new evidence on aging, migration, labor markets, climate vulnerability, and the policies needed to build more inclusive and resilient societies. 

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Good science anywhere is good for science everywhere: In conversation with Subra Suresh

Following his recent Science Parliament Lecture at IIASA, Prof. Subra Suresh sat down with us to discuss the future of innovation, science diplomacy, and international collaboration. Drawing on a career spanning academia, government, and global research leadership, he reflects on the importance of building trust across borders, communicating science effectively, and ensuring that emerging technologies benefit society.

Education

The transformative power of education

Wolfgang Lutz will be a keynote speaker at the 8th World Congress of Education, taking place in Helsinki, Finland, from July 22 to 24, 2026.

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Towards a pan-European research infrastructure for excellent citizen science

Citizen science is changing how research is done, but fragmented platforms and tools continue to limit its potential. Through the Horizon Europe-funded RIECS-Concept project, IIASA is helping to lay the foundations for a pan-European research infrastructure that will connect citizen science efforts across Europe and strengthen their scientific and societal impact.

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Not everyone is equally vulnerable to heat – and workers are paying the price

Climate change does not affect everyone equally. Vulnerability to extreme heat is shaped by a combination of conditions in which people live and work. If climate adaptation is to reduce vulnerability rather than simply manage its consequences, it must address the underlying conditions that create vulnerability. This is particularly relevant for workers, whose experiences remain a major blind spot in climate adaptation despite their essential role in providing the goods and services society depends on.

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Sustainable travel: Showcasing electric buses in urban transport, highlighting emission reduction and public transit advancements

20 July 2026

Smarter mobility infrastructure for a lower-carbon future

As populations grow and economies develop, the world will need more roads, railways, and other mobility infrastructure, especially in rapidly urbanizing regions. The challenge is to provide that infrastructure while minimizing resource use and carbon emissions – a goal new research suggests is well within reach.
wildfire in southeast asia

17 July 2026

Connecting the dots behind Southeast Asia's catastrophic fires

How do wildfires grow into catastrophic events? By tracing the earliest detectable origins of the devastating 2015 equatorial Southeast Asian fires, researchers found that most large fires had multiple origin points and identified the ecological, climatic, and human factors associated with where fires begin. These findings provide new insights that could help improve fire prevention and understanding of fire risks under climate change across tropical landscapes.
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15 July 2026

Shift to healthy, sustainable diets would reshape global agriculture

IIASA researchers contributed to a new international study showing that a combination of healthier diets, improved farm productivity, and reduced food waste could fundamentally reshape global agriculture, substantially reducing pressure on land and greenhouse gas emissions while delivering significant benefits for human health and the environment.

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22 July 2026 Helsinki, Finland

The transformative power of education

02 September 2026 Segovia,Spain

Climate Change and Insurance Workshop 2026 (CCI26)

22 September 2026 Royal Belgian institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

The Final Event of NaturaConnect: Pathways to a Trans-European Nature Network

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The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute with National and Regional Member Organisations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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The IIASA vision for 2021 to 2030 is to be the primary destination for integrated systems solutions and policy insights to current, emerging and novel global sustainability challenges, threats, and opportunities.

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Each IIASA member is represented by a National or Regional Member Organization that governs and funds the institute and acts as a bridge to link the country’s research and policy communities to IIASA.

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