Africa is taking a leading role in shaping global dialogues by empowering researchers, institutions, and policymakers to influence decision-making and co-develop evidence, based solutions to shared challenges. At the heart of this effort lies systems analysis, a powerful approach for understanding and addressing the complex interconnections between food, energy, water, and climate systems.
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Through the Sub-Saharan African Regional Member Organization (SSARMO), IIASA, and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have made significant strides across the continent, by contributing to innovative solutions in priority areas while also building capacity through initiatives such as the South Africa Systems Analysis Center (SASAC) and the South African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP).
In celebrating these achievements, IIASA and the NRF have partnered with the University of Pretoria to host a high-level dialogue, that:
• Showcases Africa’s systems analysis priorities
• Highlight IIASA’s long-standing partnership with African institutions
• Strengthen institutional collaboration
• Identify strategic opportunities for joint initiatives and policy engagement.
Together, let’s shape Africa’s contribution to solving the world’s most complex challenges.
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