IIASA Voices event on 6 June 2023 - video available. The panel discussion on the role of science in catalyzing sustainability transformation featured IIASA researchers, Lena Hoglund Isaksson, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and Piero Visconti and was moderated by Advancing Systems Analysis Program Director, Elena Rovenskaya.

Humankind is facing a multitude of challenges requiring collective action of all major stakeholders including businesses, governments, and citizens. Science has played a crucial role in generating knowledge that underpins our current living standards and reveals the proneness of our systems to external and internal shocks such as pandemics, technological advancements, or climate change. Scientists are working hard to develop possible solutions to our current challenges, but is science doing enough? Is the role of science confined to providing impartial knowledge? Should science and scientists be more proactive in shaping stakeholders' views on the global challenges and possible pathways? Would such a shift in the approach strengthen or deteriorate the credibility of science? What is the most effective way of infusing science into decision making at the time? 

Register today to learn more about this fascinating area of ethics and responsibility in science.

About the IIASA public webinar series

Through its research on the world’s most complex challenges, IIASA produces unique scientific insights and possible solutions to many of the critical challenges we face: What are the best ways to tackle the climate crisis? What are the ways forward towards sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable societies?

The IIASA public webinar series provides a virtual platform to get to know our experts and to share research, opportunities, knowledge, experiences, while fostering new connections.

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Upcoming Events

Matosinhos, a neighboring municipality of Porto, Greater Porto Metropolitan Area (Portugal)

CircEUlar featured in a Carbon Neutrality Exhibition in Portugal

Vienna, Austria & Online

IIASA at EGU General Assembly 2025

Rome, Italy

GEO Global Forum 2025

Vilnius, Lithuania

Cities Mission Conference

Oslo, Norway

The 8th Annual CeFH Symposium

Laxenburg, Austria (IIASA) and Online

MESSAGEix Community Meeting 2025

Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Great Policy Debate: National Interests vs. Global Goals

Vienna, Austria

Living Planet Symposium 2025

Samos, Greece

IIASA at IDRIM2025

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

INQUIMUS workshop 2025 edition: Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change