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The National Member Organization (NMO) for Germany is the German Association for the Advancement of IIASA. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds the NMO and the IIASA annual membership fee.
Founding membership since 1972 as Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences, Federal Republic of Germany (1972-1983), Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic (1972 to 1990), and German Association for the Advancement of IIASA (1984 to present but affiliate member 1998 to 2002).
Main areas of collaborations:
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Supporting Germany’s changing energy landscape
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Research collaborations to tackle climate change
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Transformations towards a sustainable future: TWI2050
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Improving our understanding of the carbon cycle
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Increasing climate and disaster resilience
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Advancing the methods of systems analysis
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IIASA Connect
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News
25 January 2023
Driving inclusive and green urban transitions
A new Horizon Europe project led by IIASA called Urban ReLeaf leverages citizen science for public sector innovation.
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.
05 September 2022
Lessons learned from COVID-19 mitigation measures
Due to the uncertainty of the timing of vaccine approval at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers struggled to find the best mitigation measures. In a new study, researchers analyzed how the expectation of a vaccine influences optimal lockdown measures.
Focus
28 November 2022
Standardizing migration data in Europe
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: Researchers illustrated the discrepancies in migration flow statistics across Europe to help standardize data and better understand migration patterns.
28 November 2022
Collaborating for better research and management of wildland fires in Europe
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: In a collaborative effort, researchers, practitioners, and managers created an overview of current wildland fire patterns and challenges across Europe.
18 June 2022
Gaining popular support for green tax reform
Options Magazine, Summer 2022: In the effort to combat climate change, the notion of green tax reform has become increasingly common, but how do different carbon tax designs affect people at different income levels?
Publications
Rasche, L., Schneider, U.A., & Steinhauser, J. (2022). A stakeholders’ pathway towards a future land use and food system in Germany. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-022-01212-0.
Rasche, L. & Steinhauser, J. (2022). How will an increase in organic agricultural area affect land use in Germany? Organic Agriculture 10.1007/s13165-022-00405-2.
Brauers, H., Braunger, I., & Jewell, J. (2021). Liquefied natural gas expansion plans in Germany: The risk of gas lock-in under energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science 76 e102059. 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102059.
Sawyer, G., Oligschläger, C., & Khabarov, N. (2021). Lake Water Quality Management in Germany. European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)
Komendantova, N. (2021). Transferring awareness into action: A meta-analysis of the behavioral drivers of energy transitions in Germany, Austria, Finland, Morocco, Jordan and Iran. Energy Research & Social Science 71 e101826. 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101826.
Palka, M. & Hanger, S. (2019). Agricultural drought risk management in Germany: Insurance solutions and other public support measures. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis , Laxenburg, Austria.