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
31 March 2020
COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt from its disruptive effects. IIASA researchers are working to visualize key demographic and socioeconomic information to help inform decisions by health professionals, governments, and policymakers to address the crisis.
16 March 2020
IIASA operational while taking coronavirus protective measures
In accordance with the Austrian government’s measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, IIASA premises in Laxenburg are closed. However, the institute remains operational via remote working.
Events
Virtual meeting
IIASA leadership at the S4D4C meeting on science diplomacy
Blog
06 May 2020
Resilience thinking: Preparing for and recovering from COVID-19 in the context of compound risks
The global COVID-19 crisis is challenging the social fabric of countries and communities across the globe. Interventions such as lockdowns, social distancing measures, and economic stimulus packages have been introduced to reinforce societal resilience. The resilience of national health systems is particularly in the spotlight – primarily keeping occupancy numbers of intensive care beds under a critical threshold, as well as improving access to basic health services for people infected with the virus, and ensuring that infections do not spread further.
29 April 2020
Air travel and COVID-19: How effective are travel bans?
Tamás Krisztin discusses the air travel restrictions instituted by governments across the globe and how effective they really are in terms of curbing the spread of COVID-19.
22 April 2020
Lifting COVID-19 restrictions: Visualizing real-time Twitter sentiments
Santosh Karanam describes his efforts to visualize people’s reactions to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in real time as they are expressed on Twitter.
Publications
Mintz-Woo, K. , Dennig, F., Liu, H., & Schinko, T. (2021). Carbon Pricing and COVID-19. Climate Policy 21 (10) 1272-1280. 10.1080/14693062.2020.1831432.
Chen, S., Prettner, K., Cao, B., Geldsetzer, P., Kuhn, M., Bloom, D.E., Bärnighausen, T., & Wang, C. (2020). Revisiting the association between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility across 117 countries. ERJ Open Research 6 (4) e00550-2020. 10.1183/23120541.00550-2020.
Marois, G. , Muttarak, R. , & Scherbov, S. (2020). Assessing the potential impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy. PLOS ONE 15 (9) e0238678. 10.1371/journal.pone.0238678.
Strelkovskii, N. , Rovenskaya, E. , Sizov, S. , & Kaplan, D. (2020). Bouncing Forward Sustainably: Pathways to a post-COVID World. Strengthening Science Systems. Systems map. IIASA-ISC
Bragge, P., Becker, U., Breu, T., Carlsen, H., Griggs, D., Lavis, J.N., Zimm, C. , & Stevance, A.-S. (2022). How policymakers and other leaders can build a more sustainable post-COVID-19 ‘normal’. Discover Sustainability 3 (1) 10.1007/s43621-022-00074-x.
Ekenberg, L., Fasth, T., Koulolias, V., Larsson, A., Larsson, A., Danielson, M., Komendantova, N. , & Mihai, A. (2022). A Framework for COVID-19 Pandemic Intervention Modelling and Analysis for Policy Formation Support in Botswana. The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions 15 (3)
Tajeri Moghadam, M., Zobeidi, T., Sieber, S., & Lohr, K. (2022). Investigating the Adoption of Precautionary Behaviors Among Young Rural Adults in South Iran During COVID-19. Frontiers in Public Health 10 e787929. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.787929.
Strelkovskii, N. , Rovenskaya, E. , Ilmola-Sheppard, L., Bartmann, R., Rein-Sapir, Y., & Feitelson, E. (2022). Implications of COVID-19 Mitigation Policies for National Well-Being: A Systems Perspective. Sustainability 14 (1) p. 433. 10.3390/su14010433.
Ringsmuth, A.K., Otto, I.M., van den Hurk, B., Lahn, G., Reyer, C.P.O., Carter, T.R., Magnuszewski, P., Monasterolo, I., Aerts, J.C.J.H., Benzie, M., Campiglio, E., Fronzek, S., Gaupp, F., Jarzabek, L., Klein, R.J.T., Knaepen, H., Mechler, R. , Mysiak, J., Sillmann, J., Stuparu, D., & West, C. (2022). Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience. Climate Risk Management 35 e100395. 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100395.
Spitzer, S. , Shaikh, M., & Weber, D. (2022). Older Europeans’ health perception and their adaptive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Public Health ckab221. 10.1093/eurpub/ckab221.