The Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress is the world’s largest transdisciplinary gathering for the global sustainability community. Join us onsite or online in Pretoria, South Africa, to participate in sessions focusing on transdisciplinary research, citizen science, and more.
IIASA will participate as a sponsor of SRI2022, and Monika Bauer, IIASA Network and Alumni Officer, is a member of the conference program committee.
In the second edition of SRI, the program offers over 200 interactive sessions, workshops, trainings, networking events, innovation demonstrations, satellite events, and much more. The full program is available here.
Featured IIASA sessions
Monday, 20 June
3:00-4:30 PM CEST
Session: Citizen Science and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Speakers:
Linda See, IIASA
Karen Bett, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Elena Proden, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Dilek Fraisl, IIASA
Liliana Suchodolska, PARIS21
Sarah Omache, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Jency Maria Sojan, Future Earth Global Hub South Asia
5:00-6:30 PM CEST
Session: Speed Networking: Meet with Networking Experts
Speakers:
Nicole Arbour, Belmont Forum
Eve de la Mothe Karoubi, Sustainable Development Soutions Network (SDSN)
Monika Bauer, IIASA
Kekeletso Makau, Africa Centre for Evidence
Claudia Bhuda, University of Pretoria
Tuesday, 21 June
9:00-10:30 AM CEST
Session: Regional approaches to systemic sustainability analysis, knowledge sharing and capacity building
Organizer: Monika Bauer
Speakers:
Tyseer Aboulnasr, IIASA
Sepo Hachigonta, National Research Foundation
Leiwen Jiang, Asian Demographic Research Institute
Mary Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Anupama Nair, Future Earth Global Hub South Asia
Fabian Wagner, IIASA
5:00-6:30 PM CEST
Session: Women Voices at the SRI Conference 2022
Speakers:
Uzma Alam, Independent Public Health Consultant
Monika Bauer, IIASA
Ana Watson, University of Calgary
Faten Attig Bahar, National Engineering School of Tunis and Tunisia Polytechnic School
Nora Ndege, African Centre for Technology Studies
Valencia Mashiloane, Team SRI
Thursday, 23 June
11:00 AM-12:30 PM CEST
Session: Developing Systems Thinking and Transdisciplinary Science for North Africa and the broader MENA Region
Speakers:
Tyseer Aboulnasr, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ARST)
Khaled Shagrouni, Libyan Authority for Research, Science and Technology
Fabian Wagner, IIASA
Atef Alshabrawy, Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity
Nicole Arbour, Belmont Forum
Ntokozo Tshabalala, Team SRI
Friday 24 June
9:00-10:30 AM CEST
Session: Transdisciplinary research for fostering inclusive knowledge co-creation in the context of governing the grand sustainability challenges
Speakers:
Andreas Melcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Raymond Ouedraogo, Institute for Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA)
Linda Rosengren, University of Helsinki
Jan Sendzimir, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Gabi Slezak, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Adama Oueda, Universite de Ouahigouya
Swati Pillai, IORA Ecological Solutions
Thomas Schinko, IIASA
Manish Kumar Shrivastava, TERI School of Advanced Studies
Kavya Michael, Chalmers Technical University
Naledi Mmekwa, Team SRI
Upcoming Events
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Training workshop: Demographic analysis with applications to aging, health, and education
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?
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Seminar Room 1, Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna, Austria