Awards and honors

IIASA takes pride in supporting policymakers in working towards sustainable, equitable solutions to global problems. Alongside the combined impacts of their science and other engagement activities, IIASA staff members are frequently recognized for their individual contributions in the form of numerous honors, awards, and prizes.

Awards

01 August 2023

Nebojsa Nakicenovic awarded title of IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar

It is our honor to announce that Nebojsa (Naki) Nakicenovic has been awarded the title of IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar. This prestigious honor marks a momentous occasion as he celebrates his 50th anniversary at IIASA at the same time.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Sustainable development concept with different aspects such as sustainable energy highlighted

21 July 2023

Nebojsa Nakicenovic appointed as a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science

We are delighted to announce and extend our warmest congratulations to IIASA Emeritus Research Scholar Nebojsa Nakicenovic on his appointment as a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

03 July 2023

IIASA researchers shine in annual online rankings

IIASA is proud to announce that no less than 32 researchers and alumni affiliated with the institute have been included in the 2023 Research.com Top Scientists ranking in various areas of expertise.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

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)

20 June 2023

Sergei Scherbov elected as a new member of the Academia Europaea

IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Guest Emeritus Research Scholar Sergei Scherbov has been elected to the Academia Europaea.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

Elke Weber, Linda Greenhouse, and Richard Shiffrin

15 May 2023

Elke Weber awarded the 2023 Patrick Suppes Prize in Psychology

IIASA Scientific Advisory Committee member, Elke Weber, has received the Patrick Suppes Prize of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the USA, for her work on advancing the understanding of how people make important decisions in real-world environments.

United States of America

Little planet view of village houses and distant green cultivated agricultural fields with growing crops on bright summer day

27 April 2023

Nadejda Komendantova appointed to UNEP Foresight Expert Panel

IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader, Nadejda Komendantova, has been appointed as an independent expert on the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Foresight Expert Panel established in cooperation with the International Science Council (ISC).

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels

26 April 2023

Wolfgang Lutz appointed as Special Adviser to European Commission Vice President

IIASA Interim Deputy Director General for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, has been appointed as a Special Adviser to Dubravka Šuica, the European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, starting in April 2023.

21 March 2023

Wolfgang Lutz awarded the Science Prize of the Austrian Research Association

IIASA Interim Deputy Director for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, has received the Austrian Research Association’s 2023 Science Prize for his excellent scientific achievements and the scientific-political relevance and high topicality of his research.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Austria