Goethe High School visits IIASA

IIASA researchers Juliette Martin and Silvia Artuso spent the morning with the students in the park addressing the subject of biodiversity and understanding ecosystem services.

This visit marked the sixth of several more to come in the Fall of 2024. Systems thinking is crucial for tackling global issues. Encouraging students to think about the complexity of the natural and social world they live in is one of the key objectives of the IIASA School Visits Initiative.

IIASA’s engagement program for schools

We believe that future leaders need to acquire systems thinking skills as early as possible. Therefore, we at IIASA not only train graduate and postgraduate students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and professionals, but also bring systems thinking to the children and teenagers at schools (initially in Austria) to develop relevant skills at a point where young people start to think fundamentally about the complexity of the natural and social world they live in.

If you and your school wish to participate, do not hesitate to get in touch.