IIASA researchers will participate in the virtual European Geosciences Union 2021. The event aims to provide a forum where scientists can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.
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The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. As per last year and in place of its annual General Assembly in Vienna, the EGU will host the meeting fully online.
This year's theme is "Engage - Discover - Inspire": An exciting benefit of the virtual meeting will be to allow Earth, planetary, and space scientists to engage with a broader and more diverse audience than is possible during a traditional in-person meeting. The EGU General Assembly is synonymous with exploration and discovery. It is also a platform for early career Scientists, who often attend the annual meeting seeking new ideas.
To arrange interviews with IIASA researchers please contact the IIASA Press Office.
Below is a selection of IIASA participation. Please visit the EGU program page for full details.
Wednesday 21 April, 09:00-10:30
The role of scientific information in an emerging environmental crisis
Speakers include: Nadejda Komendantova, Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Monday 26 April, 09:00–12:30
Seismic hazard assessments and multi-risk disaster reduction
Co-conveners include: Nadejda Komendantova, Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Monday 26 April, 11:49–11:51
Virtual PICO presentation: A Bayesian-inferred physical module to estimate robust mitigation pathways with cost-benefit IAMs
Including Thomas Gasser, Exploratory Modeling Of Human-Natural Systems Research Group and Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group, Artem Baklanov, and Michael Obersteiner, both Exploratory Modeling Of Human-Natural Systems Research Group
Monday 26 April, 11:29–11:31
Virtual PICO presentation: Showcasing the compact Earth system model OSCAR v3.1 with CMIP6 simulations
Including Thomas Gasser, Exploratory Modeling Of Human-Natural Systems Research Group and Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Tuesday 27 April, 15:30–17:00
Groundwater and water scarcity in dry regions: causes, processes, regional solutions
Co-conveners include: Taher Kahil and Ting Tang, both Water Security Research Group
Wednesday 28 April, 09:00–11:45
Plant traits, adaptation, and biogeochemical cycles – from measurements to models
Co-conveners include: Oskar Franklin, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Wednesday, 28 April, 15:35–15:40
Virtual PICO presentation: Climate Land Energy Water nexus models reviewed across scales: progress, gaps and best accessibility practices
Including: Adriano Vinca, Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group and Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group; and Keywan Riahi, Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Wednesday 28 April, 15:42–15:44
Virtual PICO presentation: Collecting training data to map forest management at global scale
Including: Myroslava Lesiv, Novel Data Ecosystems For Sustainability Research Group, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Ivelina Georgieva, Novel Data Ecosystems For Sustainability Research Group, and Steffen Fritz, Strategic Initiatives Program
Wednesday 28 April, 15:30–17:00
Multi-scale water-energy-land nexus planning to manage socio-economic, climatic, and technological change
Co-conveners include: Edward Byers, Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Wednesday 28 April, 15:30–17:00
Natural hazard event analyses for risk reduction and climate adaptation
Co-conveners include: Reinhard Mechler, Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Thursday 29 April, 13:30–14:15
Advances in African hydrology and climate: modelling, water management, environmental and food security
Co-conveners include: Peter Burek, Water Security Research Group
Thursday 29 April, 14:23–14:25
Virtual PICO Presentation: Eco-evolutionary responses of plant communities to drought and rainfall variability
Including: Jaideep Joshi, Exploratory Modeling Of Human-Natural Systems Research Group, Florian Hofhansl, Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group and Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group, and Ulf Dieckmann, Exploratory Modeling Of Human-Natural Systems Research Group, Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group and Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Thursday 29 April, 14:15–15:00
General organising principles and optimality in ecohydrological systems
Co-conveners include: Oskar Franklin, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Friday 30 April, 11:00–12:30
Bridging between Earth Science disciplines: Participatory Citizen Science and Open Science as a way to go
Co-conveners include: Dilek Fraisl, Novel Data Ecosystems For Sustainability Research Group
Friday 30 April, 11:00–12:30
Fate and transport processes of pathogens and emerging contaminants at multiple scales, and water quality assessments with remote sensing
Co-conveners include: Ting Tang, Water Security Research Group
Friday 30 April, 13:59–14:01
Virtual PICO presentation: New estimate of growing stock volume and carbon sequestration of Russian forests based on national forest inventory and remote sensing data
Including: Dmitry Schepaschenko, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Linda See, Novel Data Ecosystems For Sustainability Research Group, Anatoly Shvidenko, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Steffen Fritz, Strategic Initiatives Program, and Florian Kraxner, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Friday 30 April, 15:30–17:00
Risk and Resilience at the Science-Policy-Practice Interface
Co-conveners include: Finn Laurien, Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Friday 30 April, 15:45–15:47
Virtual PICO presentation: Potentials and limitations of climate change adaptation with crop calendar optimization in rice-based multiple cropping system
Including: Christian Folberth, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Friday 30 April, 15:30–17:00
Modeling agricultural systems under global change
Co-conveners include: Christian Folberth, Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Friday 30 April, 15:55–15:57
Virtual PICO presentation: Practical resilience measurement for the management of multiple hazards
Including: Adriana Keating and Reinhard Mechler, Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Friday 30 April, 16:03–16:05
Virtual PICO presentation: The flood resilience dashboard: community resilience
Including: Ian McCallum, Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group, Stefan Velev, Finn Laurien, Reinhard Mechler, Adriana Keating, and Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, all in Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group
Upcoming Events
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Training workshop: Demographic analysis with applications to aging, health, and education
Antalya, Türkiye
IIASA at the UN Climate Change Conference
COP31 Cryosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone
SPARCCLE, ACCREU and CROSSEU to Organise a Side Event at COP31
Vienna, Austria
On sense and nonsense of end-of-the-world predictions
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Festive Hall, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
On a Collision Course in Orbit: Who Bears Responsibility for Space Debris?
Beijing, China
Overshoot Conference 2026
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Seminar Room 1, Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Citizen Science and Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring
IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria