The latest news, research, and other resources produced by members of the IIASA community who are working to provide decision-makers with the information they need to address the COVID-19 crisis.
News
05 July 2022
Fact Sheet Demographic Aspects of COVID-19
COVID-19 showed that the ability to cope, recover and adapt to the pandemic and its social and economic consequences varies across population subgroups as well as institutional and geographical contexts. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet that sheds light on the impact of the pandemic on people’s health, family dynamics, economies and migration.
11 January 2022
Health fears can increase pandemic isolation habits in older Europeans
A study found that older Europeans are more likely to stick to pandemic rules if they think they are unhealthier than they actually are.
11 October 2021
How recovery from COVID-19’s impact on energy demand could help meet climate targets
The pandemic-related drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 was likely the largest on record in a single year, but how our recovery might affect future emissions is less clear. New modeling examines alternative scenarios and how they could impact climate mitigation targets.
Events
Virtual meeting / Glasgow
2nd World Forum on Climate Justice
Virtual event
IIASA at CMC Masters Club Panel Discussion
Virtual event
IIASA at ECCA 2021 (virtual event)
Blog
15 September 2020
How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050
IIASA researchers Michael Obersteiner, David Leclère, and Piero Visconti discuss the findings of their latest paper, which proposes pathways to reverse the current trend of biodiversity loss and shows that the next 30 years will be pivotal for the Earth’s wildlife.
24 August 2020
How COVID-19 complicates the journey for climate migrants
Lisa Thalheimer shares her journey in researching climate-related migration in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of taking mental health issues into account in climate science and the policy realm.
14 August 2020
The coronavirus crisis as an opportunity for an innovative future
IIASA Emeritus Scholar Nebojsa Nakicenovic explains how the societal disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic can offer an opportunity for a more sustainable and innovative future.
Publications
Vicari, R. & Komendantova, N. (2023). Systematic meta-analysis of research on AI tools to deal with misinformation on social media during natural and anthropogenic hazards and disasters. In: Herrenhausen Conference "Climate Related Systemic Risks: Lessons Learned from Covid-19", 21-23 June 2023, Hannover, Germany.
González-Leonardo, M., Rowe, F., & Vegas-Sánchez, A. (2023). A ‘donut effect’? Assessing housing transactions during COVID-19 across the Spanish urban–rural hierarchy. Regional Studies, Regional Science 10 (1) 471-472. 10.1080/21681376.2023.2191684.
K.C., S. & Moradhvaj, M. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the age-sex pattern of COVID-19 deaths in India. Asian Population Studies 1-20. 10.1080/17441730.2023.2193077.
Rowe, F., González-Leonardo, M., & Champion, T. (2023). Virtual special issue: Internal migration in times of COVID‐19. Population, Space and Place 29 e2652. 10.1002/psp.2652.
Zobeidi, T., Homayoon, S.B., Yazdanpanah, M., Komendantova, N. , & Warner, L.A. (2023). Employing the TAM in predicting the use of online learning during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology 14 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1104653.
Zhu, P., Tan, X., Wang, M., Guo, F. , Shi, S., & Li, Z. (2023). The impact of mass gatherings on the local transmission of COVID-19 and the implications for social distancing policies: Evidence from Hong Kong. PLoS ONE 18 (2) e0279539. 10.1371/journal.pone.0279539.
Jäger, J., Brutschin, E. , Pianta, S., Omann, I., Kammerlander, M., Sudharmma Vishwanathan, S., Vrontisi, Z., MacDonald, J., & van Ruijven, B. (2023). Stakeholder engagement and decarbonization pathways: Meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Sustainability 3 10.3389/frsus.2022.1063719.
Sperling, F., Havlik, P. , Denis, M., Valin, H. , Palazzo, A. , Gaupp, F., & Visconti, P. (2022). Toward resilient food systems after COVID-19. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 e100110. 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100110.
Di Giulio, P., Goujon, A. , Marois, G. , & Goldstein, J., eds. (2022). Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022: Special Issue on Demographic Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Consequences. Vienna, Austria: Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Sokolov, A., Royzenzon, G.V., Komendantova, N. , & Ekenberg, L. (2022). Intelligent Risk Analysis using the example of the COVID-19 Epidemic. In: Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence with International Participation. pp. 322-334 MPEI.