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20 June 2022

Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz elected as a new member of the Academia Europaea

IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Research Scholar Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz has been elected to the Academia Europaea

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17 June 2022

Arnulf Grubler elected as a member of the Academia Europaea

It is our pleasure to announce that IIASA Emeritus Research Scholar, Arnulf Grubler, has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea.

13 June 2022

Fact Sheet Migration

Migration is a highly complex social phenomenon and migration decisions depend on a variety of social, political and economic factors. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet Migration, providing information about the challenges, that might be confronted for a successful adaptation.

13 June 2022

Nadejda Komendantova appointed to UK Digital Environment Expert Network

IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader, Nadejda Komendantova, has been appointed as an international expert for the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)/Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)’s Constructing a Digital Environment Program.

09 June 2022

Simon Levin receives prestigious conservation award

It is our pleasure to announce that IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow and longtime collaborator, Simon Levin, was one of the three recipients of the 14th BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology.

09 June 2022

IIASA Director General awarded highest honor by the International Science Council

The International Science Council (ISC) has appointed IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld as a Foundation Fellow in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the role of science as a global public good.

03 June 2022

How we choose to end deforestation will impact future emissions

The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use signed at COP26 represents a commitment by leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030. But could the declaration’s ambitions be too ambiguous? An international team of researchers looked into this question.

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31 May 2022

Interim IIASA Deputy Director General for Science appointed

It is our pleasure to announce that Senior Population and Just Societies Program Advisor, Wolfgang Lutz, will take up the reins as interim IIASA Deputy Director for Science from 1 August 2022.

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31 May 2022

Kazu Takemoto awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure

We are proud to announce that Dr. Kazu Takemoto, Vice-Chair of the IIASA Council and Council member for Japan, has been awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan for distinguished service to the nation and for long years of public service.

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