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News

18 May 2022

IIASA supports scientists in exile

IIASA has joined international science organizations across the world to sign the Science in Exile Declaration in support of at-risk, displaced, and refugee scientists.

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10 May 2022

IIASA recognizes outstanding research contributions

IIASA recently instituted a new system of awards to recognize outstanding contributions towards meeting the strategic priorities and values of the institute. We are proud to announce that five IIASA research activities have been recognized in the inaugural 2022 award cycle.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

05 May 2022

Identifying global poverty from space

Despite successes in reducing poverty globally in the last two decades, almost one billion people are still living without access to reliable and affordable electricity, which in turn negatively affects health and welfare, and impedes sustainable development. Knowing where these people are is crucial if aid and infrastructure are to reach them. A new IIASA-led study proposes a novel method to estimate global economic wellbeing using nighttime satellite images.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Events

19 May 2022 IIASA

IIASA-PEER workshop on Climate Information Services for Society

25 May 2022 Delivered online via Zoom

Mary Douglas Memorial Lecture

02 June 2022 Hybrid Meeting

Finland and IIASA Seminar on Systems Analysis

Focus

29 November 2021

Supporting sustainable reindeer management in Finland

Options Winter 2021: The integrity of traditional reindeer husbandry in Finland is under threat. In a study that analyzed the perceptions of herders on the drivers of change in reindeer management, IIASA researcher Mia Landauer and colleagues hoped to amplify local voices so they can be included in future policy decisions.

29 November 2021

Assessing the cost of a herd immunity approach to COVID-19 in the USA

Options Winter 2021: The herd immunity approach was initially considered as a management option for the COVID-19 pandemic. IIASA researchers looked at what the cost of inaction would have been in the USA.

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28 February 2021

Cooperation and joint investments are key to sustainable development in the Indus basin

Policy Brief #28, February 2021. Achieving sustainable development in the Indus basin will strongly depend on the capacity of riparian countries to realize the opportunities that arise when cooperation and joint investments across sectors and countries are embraced.

18 January 2021

Assessing biofuels for transport

Impact Sheet #18, January 2021. IIASA models feed into the biofuel policies of international aviation and the EU road transportation sector, helping to steer them towards cleaner feedstocks.

Vision and Members

The international Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute with National 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 country, shown in blue on the map, is represented by a National Member Organization which governs and funds the institute as well as acts as a bridge to link the country’s research and policy communities to IIASA.

Publications

Shahangian, S.A., Tabesh, M., Yazdanpanah, M., Zobeidi, T., & Raoof, M.A. (2022). Promoting the adoption of residential water conservation behaviors as a preventive policy to sustainable urban water management. Journal of Environmental Management 313 e115005. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115005.

di Lego, V., Sanchez-Romero, M., & Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 vaccines on the Case Fatality Rate: The importance of monitoring breakthrough infections. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 119 178-183. 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.059.

Oliveira, B., Boumans, R., Fath, B. , & Harari, J. (2022). Socio-ecological systems modelling of coastal urban area under a changing climate – Case study for Ubatuba, Brazil. Ecological Modelling 468 e109953. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109953.

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

U.S. and IIASA Workshop on 50 Years of Building Research Bridges

IIASA at EGU 2022

IIASA Climate Migration Policy Simulation

Fifty Years of IIASA - Timeline