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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 Annual report 2022

Annual Report 2022

The Annual Report showcases IIASA research and various other endeavors on a global, regional, and national scale. It demonstrates how the institute has effectively utilized science diplomacy, capacity building, collaborations, and networks throughout 2022 and provides a comprehensive overview of the structures, policies, and processes implemented at IIASA to enrich the research ecosystem and uphold the institute's position as a renowned hub for impactful, policy-oriented applied systems analysis.

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Options Magazine Summer 2023 cover

Options magazine: Into the great wide open

The summer 2023 edition of Options proudly showcases the ongoing endeavors of IIASA researchers across various domains and disciplines, as they persistently strive to address the pressing challenges confronting society today.

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Flag of Nicaragua pinned in world map

A community-driven flood resilience information platform for Nicaragua

IIASA researchers and colleagues from Plan International are using modern digital tools to enhance community-driven flood resilience in rural flood-prone communities in Nicaragua.

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2023 YSSP group working in the forest

IIASA welcomes the 2023 YSSP cohort

IIASA is proud to host the 2023 cohort of its Young Scientists Summer Program, consisting of 50 PhD students representing 30 nationalities from all over the world.

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  • The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy
  • IIASA 50th Anniversary: 1972-2022

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 groups
    • Economics of Equal Life Chances (EELC)
    • Economics of disruptive change (EDC)
  • Energy, Climate, and Environment Research groups
    • Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
    • 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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Scenic summer nature landscape in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

28 June 2023

Martin Jung receives 2023 European Early Career Conservation Award

Martin Jung, a researcher in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program has received the Society for Conservation Biology’s 2023 European Early Career Conservation Award for his outstanding contributions to conservation science.
Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)
Sustainable Development Goals

27 June 2023

Revealing the power of citizen science for SDG advancement

A new collection in the journal Citizen Science: Theory and Practice demonstrates the potential of citizen science to aid in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international agreements and frameworks. The authors call for urgent dialogue between citizen science practitioners, researchers, and decision makers to build partnerships and work together to advance citizen science for a sustainable world.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
Technicians installing solar panels on a roof

26 June 2023

Are we building back better yet?

With the pandemic thankfully receding in the rear-view mirror while the climate crisis looms ever larger in front of us, it’s worth remembering the calls from 2020 to “build back better”. A recent study investigated how we are progressing on achieving this ambitious goal.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)
Sustainable Service Systems (S3)
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
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Germany
Korea (Republic of)
United Kingdom

Events

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26 June 2023 Panama City, Panama and online

Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2023

29 June 2023 Seoul, Korea

Wolfgang Lutz to deliver keynote address at the Munhwa Future Report 2023 launch

04 July 2023 Virtual Event

Exploring Nature Future Scenarios for a resilient Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N)

Focus

11 May 2023

Human development, sustainability, and agency

Science for Society Brief #1, May 2023. This brief presents insights from an event co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to mark the Austrian launch of the Human Development Report 2021-2022, Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World.
Science for Society

28 March 2023

The future of biodiversity monitoring in Europe

Policy Brief #37, March 2023. Increasing the policy impact and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Europe: current state and gaps.
Globe on moss

11 June 2022

Systems of understanding - building a network of science diplomacy

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: As it forges the links of systems science, IIASA can also help to connect the world in a network of science diplomacy.
Systems

16 November 2021

What is systems analysis?

Options Winter 2021: The concept of systems analysis is difficult to pin down, but in fact, the flexible, shapeshifting nature of this discipline turns out to be its superpower.
Systems analysis concept, complicated figure

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, shown in blue on the map, 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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Hagen, I., Allen, S., S.Bahinipati, C., Frey, H., Huggel, C., Karabaczek, V., Kienberger, S., Mechler, R. , Menk, L., & Schinko, T. (2023). A reality check for the applicability of comprehensive climate risk assessment and management: Experiences from Peru, India and Austria. Climate Risk Management e100534. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100534. (In Press) Shu, Y., Li, H., Wagner, F. , Zhang, S. , Yang, T., Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Wang, H., Sander, R. , & Nguyen, B. (2023). Pathways toward PM2.5 air quality attainment and its CO2 mitigation co-benefits in China's northern cities by 2030. Urban Climate 50 e101584. 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101584. Yang, T., Shu, Y., Zhang, S. , Wang, H., Zhu, J., & Wang, F. (2023). Impacts of end-use electrification on air quality and CO2 emissions in China's northern cities in 2030. Energy 278 e127899. 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127899. Proden, E., Fraisl, D. , & See, L. (2023). Citizen Science: What is in it for the Official Statistics Community? Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8 (1) e35. 10.5334/cstp.584. Fraisl, D. , See, L. , Campbell, J., Danielsen, F., & Andrianandrasana, H.T. (2023). The Contributions of Citizen Science to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Other International Agreements and Frameworks. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8 (1) 1-6. 10.5334/cstp.643. Buchadas, A., Jung, M., Bustamante, M., Fernández‐Llamazares, Á., Garnett, S.T., Nanni, A.S., Ribeiro, N., Meyfroidt, P., & Kuemmerle, T. (2023). Tropical dry woodland loss occurs disproportionately in areas of highest conservation value. Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.16832. (In Press)

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