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Modelling School

Summer School for Systems Modeling

APPLY NOW! Applications for the Summer School for Systems Modeling are open and will run until 21 February 2025. The school will take place from 7-18 July 2025 in Laxenburg, Austria

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Yidan Prize Foundation spotlights Wolfgang Lutz’s vision on education in new documentary

The Yidan Prize Foundation published a captivating short documentary on IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar Wolfgang Lutz, renowned statistician and demographer, whose groundbreaking work reveals how education drives human potential and wellbeing. Discover Lutz's insights and hear from his colleagues as they explore the profound impact of his research on shaping a better future for humanity.  

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Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber Honored with the German Cultural Policy Prize 2024

IIASA is proud to announce that its Director General, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, has been awarded the prestigious German Cultural Policy Prize 2024. The award, presented by the German Cultural Council, recognizes his exceptional and long-standing contributions to sustainability and climate protection.

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Analysis of Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals of EU Buildings and Construction

ECE-IIASA Scientists are using their modelling tools to support European efforts to reduce the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of buildings and construction.

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  • 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
    • bloom project
    • fairSTREAM project
    • JustTrans4All project
    • RESIST project
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22 January 2025

Winners of the 2024 Young Scientists Summer Program Awards Announced

IIASA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Awards in recognition of outstanding research conducted during the program.
Hans Joachim “John” Schellnhuber, Director General of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

17 January 2025

IICA explores research opportunities with IIASA

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, recently visited IIASA to discuss opportunities for future collaboration.
Scientific collaboration

16 January 2025

IIASA sets example for thriving scientific collaboration in challenging times

A new article emphasizes the need for “safe zones” for researchers amid escalating geopolitical tensions. It uses the history of IIASA – established as a neutral ground during the Cold War – as a prime example.

Events

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22 January 2025 Online

Tipping points webinar series: Tipping points across scales: Complexity in social and ecological systems

10 February 2025 ESA-ESRIN, Frascati - Italy

NODES at BIOSPACE25

11 February 2025 Online

Webstival on Advancing Finance Innovations for Nature-based Solutions

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.

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Hunt, J. , Nascimento, A., Zakeri, B. , Ilyas, A., Ramos, D.S., Kuriqi, A., Tolmasquim, M.T., de Freitas, M.A.V., Brandão, R., & Wada, Y. (2025). Optimizing hydropower generation with reservoir level management in humid regions. Energy Reports 13 856-864. 10.1016/j.egyr.2024.12.064. Elroy, O., Woo, G., Komendantova, N. , & Yosipof, A. (2025). A dual-focus analysis of wikipedia traffic and linguistic patterns in public risk awareness Post-Charlie Hebdo. Computers in Human Behavior Reports 17 e100580. 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100580. Pohanková, E., Hlavinka, P., Kersebaum, K.C., Nendel, C., Rodríguez, A., Balek, J., Balkovič, J. , Dubrovský, M., Hoogenboom, G., Moriondo, M., Olesen, J.E., Pullens, J.W.M., Rötter, R.P., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Shelia, V., Skalský, R. , Hoffmann, M.P., Takáč, J., Thaler, S., Eitzinger, J., Dibari, C., Ferrise, R., Leolini, L., Bohuslav, J., Bláhová, M., Fischer, M., & Trnka, M. (2025). Climate change impacts on two European crop rotations via an ensemble of models. European Journal of Agronomy 164 e127456. 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127456. Sterly, H., Borderon, M., Sakdapolrak, P., Adger, N., Ayanlade, A., Bah, A., Blocher, J., Blondin, S., Boly, S., Brochier, T., Brüning, L., Bunchuay-Peth, S., O’Byrne, D., Safra De Campos, R., Nii Ardey Codjoe, S., Debève, F., Detges, A., Franco-Gavonel, M., Hathaway, C., Funke, N., Gemenne, F., Gubert, F., Gurmu, E., Keeton, R., Ketsomboon, B., Leroy, M., Majidi, N., Marchisio, S., Abu, M., Naruchaikusol, S., Negozio, F., Nicolle, H., Nucera, G., Olsson, L., Owuor, J., Ozer, P., Piguet, E., Reckien, D., Redicker, S., Andreolla Serraglio, D., Sultan, B., Tänzler, D., Vigil, S., Vinke, K., Zantout, K., & Zickgraf, C. (2025). Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world. Global Environmental Change 90 e102953. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102953. Strelkovskii, N. & Komendantova, N. (2025). Integration of UN sustainable development goals in national hydrogen strategies: A text analysis approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 102 1282-1294. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.134. Aguilar-Garavito, M., Isaacs-Cubides, P., Peña-González, N., & Warren-Thomas, E. (2025). Challenges for policy and practice in meeting ambitious ecological restoration targets by 2030: A perspective from Colombia. Biological Conservation 302 e110973. 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110973.

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