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Farmer's hands holding a fresh young plant in dark fertile soil

20 October 2023

Successful joint workshop supports equitable development in rural Africa

A workshop on the water-energy-land nexus jointly organized by IIASA and the World Resources Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, brought together 30 researchers and practitioners from 14 African countries to deliberate on equitable development in rural Africa.

Two firefighters fighting fire with a hose and water

18 October 2023

Creating a platform for disaster management and risk reduction

IIASA researchers are contributing to the Horizon Europe funded PARATUS project, which aims to promote disaster preparedness and resilience by co-developing stakeholder support tools for managing the systemic risk of compounding disasters.

17 October 2023

New Team Members in Focus: Advancing Research Works in Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystem Services Group

We are pleased to announce the arrival of four new researchers to the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group. With varying backgrounds and research objectives, this quartet is poised to elevate the group's interdisciplinary research in global and regional agriculture, forestry, and natural land ecosystems.

Icons and field on background. Concept of smart agriculture and modern technology

16 October 2023

Increasing the contribution of EU agriculture to climate change action

The BrightSpace Project funded under Horizon Europe brings together partners from across Europe, including IIASA, to design a roadmap for effective and sustainable strategies for assessing and addressing the challenges of EU agriculture to navigate within a safe and just operating space.

Farmer in Thailand planting young rice paddy on agriculture area

09 October 2023

IIASA at the Expert Group Meeting on Food System Risk Assessment

IIASA researcher Ali Kharrazi contributed to the Expert Group Meeting on Food System Risk Assessment at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the World Food Program (WFP).

Smart digital agriculture technology concept with sprout in soil and AI data

05 October 2023

Employing artificial intelligence in the transition to healthy soils

IIASA researchers are collaborating on a new Horizon Europe project, which will use artificial intelligence to help farmers and land managers analyze their soil health without the need for a laboratory.

05 October 2023

Spotlight on Anastassios Haniotis

Former Director at the European Commission, Anastassios Haniotis, joined IIASA as a senior guest research scholar in the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group earlier this year. We want to take this opportunity to share his journey to IIASA, as well as to highlight the unique expertise he brings to the institute.

04 October 2023

FLAM Presentation at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Florian Kraxner and Andrey Krasovskiy participated in the workshop "Drivers of Climate Risks in Europe: Harmonizing Research on Impact Attribution of Past Events," which took place on Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam, Germany.

04 October 2023

Migration Estimates, Scenarios and Policies: Three new QuantMig online tools

The project Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy (QuantMig) has launched three freely-accessible, open online tools.

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