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Austria
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
21 March 2023
Wolfgang Lutz awarded the Science Prize of the Austrian Research Association
IIASA Interim Deputy Director for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, has received the Austrian Research Association’s 2023 Science Prize for his excellent scientific achievements and the scientific-political relevance and high topicality of his research.
24 January 2023
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected immigration?
New research finds a high variation between how pandemic mitigation measures affected immigration to different destination countries, from a slight increase to huge reductions.
20 January 2023
Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science, and Research visits IIASA
IIASA recently welcomed Austria's Federal Minister for Education, Science, and Research, Martin Polaschek, to discuss ongoing research projects and explore potential collaborations between the institute and the Austrian government.
Focus
16 May 2023
Would Vienna still be Vienna without migrants?
What would Vienna look like without migrants, and what kind of socioeconomic implications would such a situation have? IIASA researchers Anne Goujon and Thomas Schinko delved into these questions in response to a recent public debate on the topic.
15 February 2023
From farm to space and back: adapting Austrian agriculture to climate change
Juan Carlos Laso Bayas and colleagues reflect on the outcomes of the SATFARM Services project, which set out to create models that demonstrate the potential of satellite data to track climate-smart agricultural practices and visualize indicators to track their success in a prototype web platform for Austrian farmers.
05 December 2022
In pursuit of resilience at 1.5°C
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: How would your community cope if floods or wildfires raced through it? With a 1.5°C rise in global temperature drawing nearer, such crises become more likely, but it is hard to gauge how prepared communities are. Does everyone have savings in place? Could schools remain open? Do people know the flood drill?
Publications
Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Reiter, K. (2023). Revealing indirect risks in complex socioeconomic systems: A highly detailed multi‐model analysis of flood events in Austria. Risk Analysis 10.1111/risa.14144. (In Press)
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.