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IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming WEtransFORM Festival, taking place from 5 to 7 June 2025, at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber joined leading voices for this year’s Global Delos Gathering, part of the visionary ALPHA MISSION ΔELOS 2025 initiative. Held on the Greek island of Delos, this two-day event was marked by forward-looking dialogue on the ecological and ethical challenges of humanity’s future.

IIASA, UKRI and the Royal Society bring together scientific leaders from the UK and IIASA's global networks to strengthen the UK’s strategic engagement with IIASA across science, policy, and diplomacy, identifying high-impact collaborative opportunities to drive lasting solutions to global challenges.

Managing carbon and nitrogen together can bring major benefits for the climate, public health, and ecosystems, while reducing overall costs. This is the key finding of a new study by researchers from IIASA, Zhejiang University, Wageningen University, and Stanford University.

On 30 May 2025, IIASA, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the National Institute for Economic Research of Moldova (NIER) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve national migration research and demographic projections to address radical population decline in the country.

A new study by IIASA researchers shows that a more rigorous and widespread application of already tested demand-side policies could get us halfway toward achieving net-zero emissions in residential heating and cooling.

The ECSA 2026 conference is framed around the notion of Citizen Science bridging Centre and Periphery. This theme will explore the diversity of contexts in which citizen science unfolds. Scholars, practitioners, and community actors are welcome to assess the state of the field, explore emerging directions, and imagine its future potential.

IIASA offers a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support international employees and their families. This reflects the Institute’s commitment to being an employer of choice for global talent and to creating an environment where international hires feel welcomed, supported, and empowered to thrive - both professionally and personally.

IIASA is proud to host the 2025 cohort of its Young Scientists Summer Program, consisting of 49 PhD students representing 26 nationalities from all over the world.

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is taking part in the 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP) in Geneva, the UN’s main forum for reviewing progress on the Sendai Framework.

At the Upper Austria Climate Summit 2025: Act Today, Live Well Tomorrow, Thomas Schinko will deliver a keynote on the science-policy interface in climate risk management and adaptation. His talk will focus on how scientific knowledge can inform concrete, effective policies at local and regional levels, bridging the gap between research, policy, and practical action.

The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress is an annual convening focused on action-forward, knowledge-based, and inclusive approaches to sustainability. 

The World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics (WEED) Project is hosting its hands-on Living Lab Workshop at IIASA.This three-day event will bring together key project partners and Champion Users for collaborative, hands-on engagement.

As part of the IIASA initiative for schools and youth organizations, 25 students from the HAK Eisenstadt will be visiting IIASA on 10 June to learn more about systems thinking, this time focusing on sustainability issues, and interconnections between Earth's systems.

Around 25 students accompanied by their teachers from the Draschestrasse High School in Vienna will visit IIASA on Thursday, 12 June.

Trees, shrubs, and other plants along roads and sidewalks play an important role in making cities more resilient to climate change, improving public health, and advancing environmental justice. Yet, tracking its distribution and change over time remains a major challenge – especially across large, rapidly urbanizing regions of the world. A new IIASA-led study addresses this gap.

After an unseasonably hot early May in Vienna, the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly concluded, having gathered more than 19,000 scientists, practitioners, and policymakers from around the globe. Themes of vulnerability, compounding risk, and systemic transformation took centre stage, reinforcing the need for grounded, science-informed resilience-building. Alliance colleagues from the Z Zurich Foundation, IIASA, and Concern Worldwide share their reflections on this year’s General Assembly.