
Austria is the host country of IIASA. The Austrian Academy of Sciences is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Austria and entrusts the Austrian IIASA Committee with oversight of IIASA.
Main areas of collaborations:

Advancing demographic methods

Tackling climate change and greenhouse gas emissions

Transitions toward a sustainable energy future

Increasing climate and disaster resilience in Austria

Land use in Austria and Europe

Developing expertise in big data

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News

24 January 2023
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected immigration?

20 January 2023
Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science, and Research visits IIASA

13 October 2022
Dealing with higher fire frequencies in the alpine region
Focus
05 December 2022
In pursuit of resilience at 1.5°C

04 December 2022
Celebrating 50 years of global collaboration

04 December 2022
IIASA and Austria: supporting Austria into a sustainable future

Publications
Seebauer, S., Thaler, T., Hanger-Kopp, S., & Schinko, T. (2023). How path dependency manifests in flood risk management: observations from four decades in the Ennstal and Aist catchments in Austria. Regional Environmental Change 23 (1) e31. 10.1007/s10113-023-02029-y.
Zwickl, K., Miklin, X., & Naqvi, A. (2023). Sociodemographic Disparities in Ambient Particulate Matter Exposure in Austria. SSRN Electronic Journal (Submitted)
Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Reiter, K., & Pflug, G. (2022). Revealing the indirect risks of flood events: A multi-model assessment for Austria. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Poledna, S., Knittel, N., Bachner, G., & Reiter, K. (2022). Modelling the indirect impacts of flood risks in Austria. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz , Laxenburg, Austria.
Zwickl-Bernhard, S., Huppmann, D. , Golab, A., & Auer, H. (2022). Disclosing the heat density of district heating in Austria in 2050 under the remaining European CO2 budget of the 1.5 °C climate target. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks 31 e100775. 10.1016/j.segan.2022.100775.
Karabaczek, V., Schinko, T. , Menk, L., & Kienberger, S. (2022). Perceptions on intolerable climate-related risks and limits to adaptation in Austria. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May 2022, Vienna.