
The Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) is the National Member Organization representing Sweden's membership of IIASA. FORMAS funds IIASA and is itself financed by the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy and Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.
Prior to the establishment of FORMAS in 2001, the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research served as the Swedish NMO for IIASA from 1983 when it took over membership from the Swedish Committee for IIASA which had joined IIASA in 1976.

Identifying strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Sustainable Energy Future and Climate Change

Swedish forests: Natural resources and ecosystem services

Analyzing ecological and evolutionary dynamics

Advancing our knowledge of the Arctic region

Projecting Demographic Change in Sweden

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News

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

31 January 2022
Forest management increases climate benefits provided by boreal forests

15 July 2021
Tracking COVID-19 across Europe
Events
30 November 2021 Virtual event
Young Scientists Summer Program Information Session: Finland, Norway, Sweden
15 September 2021 Virtual event at the Uppsala University
Multi-risk governance approach for interconnected critical infrastructures
Focus
28 November 2022
Standardizing migration data in Europe

28 November 2022
Collaborating for better research and management of wildland fires in Europe

17 November 2021
People at the heart of climate change

Publications
Cimdins, R., Krasovskiy, A. , & Kraxner, F. (2022). Regional Variability and Driving Forces behind Forest Fires in Sweden. Remote Sensing 14 (22) e5826. 10.3390/rs14225826. Cimdins, R., Krasovskiy, A. , & Kraxner, F. (2022). Regional Variability and Driving Forces behind Forest Fires in Sweden. Environmental Sciences Proceedings 17 (1) e23. 10.3390/environsciproc2022017023. Wijesinghe, C., Hansson, H., & Ekenberg, L. (2021). Determinants of ICT Innovations: Lessons Learned from Sweden and Sri Lanka. Administrative Sciences 11 (4) e135. 10.3390/admsci11040135. Di Baldassarre, G., Mondino, E., Rusca, M., Del Giudice, E., Mård, J., Ridolfi, E., Scolobig, A., & Raffetti, E. (2021). Multiple hazards and risk perceptions over time: the availability heuristic in Italy and Sweden under COVID-19. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 21 (11) 3439-3447. 10.5194/nhess-21-3439-2021. Zhemchugova, H. (2021). Evaluating Risk Governance Practice Against the Sendai Framework: The Case of Forest Fires in Sweden. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA Lin, H., Żebrowski, P. , Fath, B. , Liljenström, H., & Rovenskaya, E. (2021). Modelling stakeholder satisfaction for conflict resolution in wildlife management: a case of wolf population in Sweden. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67 (4) e61. 10.1007/s10344-021-01495-1.