IIASA welcomes senior researchers, senior policy-makers and leaders from around the world to bring their sabbatical to IIASA and become a Guest Affiliate of the Institute, for a duration of three to twelve months.
Becoming a IIASA Guest Affiliate will enable you to spend time with a cohort of system thinkers, allowing you to return home and serve in your position applying a "systems analysis lens" to your work. While being here, you'll be able to familiarize yourself various IIASA models and research tools, as well as benefit from a multicultural, interdisciplinary team of colleagues with different backgrounds, trained in different methods and modes of thinking.
All Guest Affiliates are responsible to organize their own funding to bring their sabbatical to IIASA. Many universities have provisions for taking sabbaticals and spending time abroad. In addition, IIASA has Member Organizations (MOs) in 20 countries, some of which are willing to fund the living costs for a researcher to bring their sabbatical to IIASA. It is recommended that you directly reach out to your MO, to establish which type of support (if any) could be provided.
Read testimonials below to see how the being a Guest Affiliate at IIASA has impacted researchers from all over the world - here some impressions from those who came in 2024 and 2023.