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

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29 April 2022

Brian Fath receives Board of Regents Faculty Award

Senior IIASA researcher and Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Scientific Coordinator, Brian Fath, has received the 2022 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in research, scholarship, and creativity.

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21 April 2022

IIASA researchers recognized for advancing open science

There is an increasing awareness in the scientific community that open-source scientific software is an integral requirement for open science, increasing transparency, and the reproducibility of research findings. Two manuscripts by IIASA researchers presenting state-of-the-art developments furthering these goals were recently recognized by the scientific journals where these works were published.

24 January 2022

Awards for outstanding early-career scientists

Four exceptional young scientists from the 2021 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) have been recognized as YSSP award finalists. Two will receive funding to continue their research projects at IIASA and two candidates have been given Honorable Mentions for outstanding effort.

18 January 2022

Kian Mintz-Woo receives Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy 2021

We are proud to announce that IIASA researcher Kian Mintz-Woo has been awarded the 2021 Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy by the International Society for Environmental Ethics.

Guenther Fischer, Albert van Jaarsveld, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic

16 November 2021

Two IIASA stalwarts honored with lifetime achievement awards

Internationally renowned IIASA researchers Guenther Fischer and Nebojsa Nakicenovic were the first to be honored with the newly established IIASA Lifetime Achievement Award at Monday night’s public lecture co-organized by IIASA and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

16 November 2021

IIASA celebrates 12 researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List

IIASA is proud to announce that 12 researchers from across various IIASA programs have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ list from Clarivate.

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19 October 2021

Joeri Rogelj receives ISC Early Career Scientist Award for Europe

IIASA researcher Joeri Rogelj received the Early Career Science Award for Europe during the International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly in Paris last week for his exceptional contribution to science, international scientific collaboration, and policy engagement.

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21 May 2021

Sebastian Poledna receives Complexity in Macroeconomics award

IIASA Acting Research Group Leader Sebastian Poledna has won a paper competition on the subject of complexity and macroeconomics, organized by the Rebuilding Macroeconomics (RM) Network. The network is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK, and hosted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which is the oldest independent economic research institute in the UK.

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11 November 2020

Yoshihide Wada to receive prestigious Earth and space science award

IIASA Acting Water Program Director Yoshihide Wada has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s James B. Macelwane Medal 2020, widely considered as the highest honor for early career scientists in the fields of Earth and space science.

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