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IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

We are an international research institute that advances systems analysis and applies its research methods to identify policy solutions to reduce human footprints, enhance the resilience of natural and socioeconomic systems, and help achieve the sustainable development goals.

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IIASA at Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2024

The Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress is the world’s largest transdisciplinary gathering for the global sustainability community. This year it will be held for the first time in Europe, taking place in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, from 10-15 June.

Options 2023

Empowerment through science

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group Leader, Shonali Pachauri, explores policy pathways for achieving universal access to basic services and technologies. She was a lead author of the Working Group III contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), and a member of the Extended Writing Team for the Synthesis Report.

Citizen science and its power to engage the public with scientific endeavors.

Breaking boundaries through citizen science

The way we do science has come a long way—from having only experts work on scientific projects, to where many projects now also include members of the public as participants. This change is thanks to citizen science, which creates opportunities for science to be taken to the next level.

Modelling School

Summer School for Systems Modeling

The Summer School for Systems Modeling will take place from 15-26 July 2024

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Programs

  • Advancing Systems Analysis Research groups
    • Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)
    • Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
    • Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)
    • Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
  • Biodiversity and Natural Resources Research groups
    • Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)
    • Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)
    • Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)
    • Water Security (WAT)
  • Economic Frontiers Research fields
    • Economics of Equal Life Chances (EELC)
    • Economics of disruptive change (EDC)
  • Energy, Climate, and Environment Research groups
    • Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
    • Integrated Climate Impacts (ICI)
    • Pollution Management (PM)
    • Sustainable Service Systems (S3)
    • Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
  • Population and Just Societies Research groups
    • Equity and Justice (EQU)
    • Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)
    • Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)
    • Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
  • Strategic Initiatives Current intitiatives
    • fairSTREAM project
    • JustTrans4All project
    • RESIST project
    • TRUST project

News

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The world in a drop of water on a leaf. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

22 April 2024

Marta Kozicka is National Champion for Austria in prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize

IIASA researcher Marta Kozicka is one of the 23 National Champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize announced today. The winners were drawn from research teams across six continents.
Cost of climate inaction

19 April 2024

What are the economic costs of climate inaction?

A new study by an international team of researchers quantified the impacts of climate change on gross domestic product (GDP) across the globe, revealing a global GDP loss of 10% if the planet warms by more than 3ºC.
African people collecting recyclables from trash.

15 April 2024

Collaborating to devise a strategy for organic waste management in Uganda

IIASA researchers are participating in a new project kicking off in Uganda this week, in which IIASA and a number of international partners will work with Ugandan stakeholders to co-develop a national strategy for organic waste management in the country.

Events

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24 April 2024 Online

Tipping points webinar series: Soils

25 April 2024

Martinlaakso upper secondary school to visit IIASA

25 April 2024 IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

CATALYSE Meeting

Vision and Members

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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Vision

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.

Members

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.

Publications

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Fishman, T. , Mastrucci, A. , Peled, Y., Saxe, S., & van Ruijven, B. (2024). RASMI: Global ranges of building material intensities differentiated by region, structure, and function. Scientific Data 11 (1) e418. 10.1038/s41597-024-03190-7. Venier-Cambron, C., Helm, L.T., Malek, Z. , & Verburg, P.H. (2024). Representing justice in global land-use scenarios can align biodiversity benefits with protection from land grabbing. One Earth 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.03.006. (In Press) Bandari, R., Moallemi, E.A., Kharrazi, A. , Sakic Trogrlic, R., & Bryan, B.A. (2024). Transdisciplinary approaches to local sustainability: aligning local governance and navigating spillovers with global action towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-024-01494-6. Zobeidi, T., Yazdanpanah, M., Komendantova, N. , Lohr, K., & Sieber, S. (2024). Evaluating climate change adaptation options in the agriculture sector: a PROMETHEE-GAIA analysis. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 22 e100395. 10.1016/j.indic.2024.100395. Deka, C., Dutta, M.K., Yazdanpanah, M., & Komendantova, N. (2024). When ‘Fear Factors’ Motivate People to Adopt Electric Vehicles in India: An Empirical Investigation of the Protection Motivation Theory. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption e100191. 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100191. (In Press) Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Albrich, K., André, F., Derci Augustynczik, A.L., Bohn, F., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A., Cristal, I., Dalmonech, D., De Caceres, M., De Coligny, F., Dobor, L., Dollinger, C., Forrester, D.I., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González, J.R., Hiltner, U., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., Huber, N., Jonard, M., Maria Jönsson, A., Lagergren, F., Nieberg, M., Mina, M., Mohren, F., Moos, C., Morin, X., Muys, B., Peltoniemi, M., Reyer, C., Storms, I., Thom, D., Toïgo, M., & Seidl, R. (2024). A harmonized database of European forest simulations under climate change. Data in Brief 54 e110384. 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110384.

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