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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
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05 July 2022
Fact Sheet Demographic Aspects of COVID-19
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11 January 2022
Health fears can increase pandemic isolation habits in older Europeans
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11 October 2021
How recovery from COVID-19’s impact on energy demand could help meet climate targets
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Blog
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Publications
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.
Gonzalez-Leonardo, M., Rowe, F., & Fresolone-Caparrós, A. (2022). Rural revival? The rise in internal migration to rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who moved and where? Journal of Rural Studies 96 332-342. 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.11.006.
Özdemir, C., Reiter, C. , Yildiz, D. , & Goujon, A. (2022). Projections of adult skills and the effect of COVID-19. PLoS ONE 17 (11) e0277113. 10.1371/journal.pone.0277113.
Gonzalez-Leonardo, M. & Spijker, J. (2022). The impact of Covid-19 on demographic components in Spain, 2020–31: A scenario approach. Population Studies 1-17. 10.1080/00324728.2022.2138521.
Scherbov, S. , Gietel-Basten, S., Ediev, D. , Shulgin, S., & Sanderson, W. (2022). COVID-19 and excess mortality in Russia: Regional estimates of life expectancy losses in 2020 and excess deaths in 2021. PLOS ONE 17 (11) e0275967. 10.1371/journal.pone.0275967.
Yazdanpanah, M., Komendantova, N. , Ekenberg, L. , & Al-Salaymeh, A. (2022). Editorial: Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on rural areas in low and middle income countries. Frontiers in Public Health 10 e976978. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.976978.
Gonzalez-Leonardo, M. & Rowe, F. (2022). Visualizing the impact of COVID-19 on internal and international migration in the Spanish provinces. Regional Studies, Regional Science 9 (1) 600-602. 10.1080/21681376.2022.2125824.
Erokhin, D. (2022). Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Cooperation in Eurasia. In: From Business Digitalization to COVID-19 Management: Eurasian Responses. Eds. Klemensits, P., pp. 13-32 Eurasia Center, John von Neumann University. ISBN 978-615-6435-16-3