News
15 January 2026
Winners of the 2025 Young Scientists Summer Program Awards Announced
IIASA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Awards in recognition of outstanding research conducted during the program.
14 February 2025
Strengthening citizen science and sustainability monitoring in Europe
Researchers from the IIASA Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group are part of the newly launched RIECS-Concept (Towards A Pan-European Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science), a project designed to develop a conceptual framework for a pan-European citizen science research infrastructure. The initiative aims to enhance the role of citizen science in data collection, validation, and policy engagement, ensuring long-term sustainability and broader participation in scientific research across Europe.
01 February 2024
Putting theory into practice: Regulating digital ecosystems based on insights from ecology
Competition policy is recognizing the challenges of regulating conglomerate ecosystems in the era of digitalization. However, the need to bridge the gap between recognition and policy action remains. To discuss how, Elena Rovenskaya led a thematic session at the UNCTAD eWeek 2023.
Events
Davos- Switzerland
World Biodiversity Forum: Leading Transformation Together
CERN Science Gateway, Geneva
IIASA Deputy Director General at the OSCE conference: Anticipating technologies – for a safe and humane future
CMCC, Milan, Italy
Kick-Off meeting of The Horizon Europe project NEWPATHWAYS
Focus
Annual Report 2024
Annual Report 2024: Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Highlights
As the climate clock ticks, the Energy, Climate, and Environment Program continued to examine the intricate links between climate, energy, and institutional resilience.
Feasible futures
Policy Brief #41, October 2023. Embracing the notion of feasibility, this research shows that the world will probably overshoot
1.5°C, largely owing to low institutional capacity. Energy demand reduction and electrification are two options to turn down the heat, and addressing weak institutions is crucial.
Projects
Transformative Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in the Danube Region (TiCCA4Danu)
Systems approach to EU wildfire risk management project (FIRELOGUE)
'According to nature' - solutions to reduce risk in mountain landscapes (PHUSICOS)
