The "IIASA 50th Anniversary Science Diplomacy Event - the Need for International Scientific Cooperation and Multilateralism" was held on 14 June 2022 in Vienna, Austria. It brought together members of the research community, experts, representatives of the diplomatic corps and international organizations.
The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy emerged from the discussions held during this event.
Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy
The Signatories to this Statement,
Recognising that Science Diplomacy uses scientific collaborations among nations and peoples to address common and shared problems and to build constructive international partnerships to this end;
Acknowledging that international scientific cooperation was crucial in maintaining relations between antagonistic parties during the Cold War and beyond. Now is the time for the world community to boost international scientific cooperation, and in response to current major challenges, inter alia, climate change, the global pandemic, and armed conflict, not to withdraw from such informal diplomacy, but to strengthen it;
Believing that this objective can best be achieved through international co-operation based on the universal values of science and bridge-building across a broad group of relevant stakeholders;
Being convinced that science, technology, and innovation, if wisely directed, can benefit all humankind;
Appreciating that international collaboration between national and international institutions promotes co-operation between nations and is necessary to ensure sustainable development;
Supporting measures for scientific support and provision of infrastructure to address emerging global and regional challenges through cooperation and collaborative work;
Recognising activities of institutions worldwide in the field of science diplomacy, both practicing science diplomacy in their everyday activities, or doing research on science diplomacy, or teaching science diplomacy as a discipline; and
Recalling the Madrid Declaration on Science Diplomacy from 2019 that emphasises the benefits science diplomacy can bring to tackling the global challenges of our time and outlines the principles needed to foster science diplomacy worldwide;
Hereby, resolve to actively collaborate in advancing and implementing the fundamental principles of Science Diplomacy for the benefit of humanity.
The Signatories shall actively work towards ensuring conditions that allow them to fulfil their commitments and mandates to promote (i) freedom and access in the conduct of science; (ii) free and open exchange of scientific ideas and information; (iii) open access to publications, and other knowledge and research findings; (iv) research integrity and societal responsibility of science; and (v) freedom of cooperation across borders for individuals participating in research/scientific activities.
The Signatories reject discrimination, violence, and harassment of any kind, including that based on factors such as religion, ethnic origin, geographical location, language, citizenship, politics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or age.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed and support the objectives of this Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy.
14 June 2022
Vienna, Austria
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The signatories of the Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy
Speakers of the IIASA 50th Anniversary Science-Diplomacy Event signed the statement:
- Michael Clegg, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine); Chair of the Council of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Chair of the U.S. Committee for IIASA, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, USA
- Sir Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council (ISC)
- Tarja Halonen, 11th President of the Republic of Finland, Member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation
- Teresa Indjein, Director General for International Cultural Relations at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria
- Ban Ki-moon, 8th UN Secretary-General, Co-chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
- Christian Köberl, Professor, University of Vienna; IIASA Council member for Austria
- Paul W. Meerts, Senior Research Associate at Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium
- Jan Marco Müller, Coordinator Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Relations, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Romain Murenzi for UNESCO-TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, USA
- Albert van Jaarsveld, Director General of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Other signatories:
| First Name | Last name | Position and affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Benita | Tuzon | Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I - Department of Agarian Reform - Support Services Office | Philippines |
| Jerry | Miller | President, Science for Decisions LLC | United States of America |
| Uzma | Alam | Independent Consultant, Africa Institute for Health Policy | |
| Elena | Alekseenkova | Leading Research Fellow and Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation |
| Saleem H. | Ali | Chair and Professor, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware | United States of America |
| Mihail | Arandarenko | Professor of Economics, Belgrade University | Serbia |
| Nicole | Arbour | Executive Director, Belmont Forum | Uruguay |
| Priscilla | Baker | Member, Academy of Science South Africa (ASSAf); Co-director, International Associated Laboratory Đ SENERGYLAB; Senior Professor | South Africa |
| Francoise | Baylis | Distinguished Research Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada; Member of the Governing Board | Canada |
| Lynn | Beckwith | President, Automation Consultants Inc. | United States of America |
| Paul Arthur | Berkman | Associated Fellow, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); President, Science Diplomacy Center; Associate Director of Science Diplomacy | United States of America |
| Rasmus Gjedsso | Bertelsen | Professor of Northern Studies, Barents Chair in Politics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway | Norway |
| Rose | Boswell | Professor, National Research Foundation | South Africa |
| Emil | Brix | Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna | Austria |
| Viktor | Bruckman | IIASA NMO Secretary for Austria, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW); President of the Division on Energy, Resources and the Environment, European Geosciences Union (EGU) | |
| Ismael | Buchanan | Vice Chairperson, Pan African Movement Rwanda Chapter; Senior Lecturer, University of Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Jurgen | Busch | ĘHead of Humanities, Social and Health Sciences, Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG) | Austria |
| Tatjana | Christelbauer | President and founder, ACD-Agency for Cultural Diplomacy | Austria |
| E. William | Colglazier | Former Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State | United States of America |
| Margaret | Goud Collins | Executive Director, Friends of IIASA | United States of America |
| FranŤoise | Combes | Chair of Galaxies and Cosmology, CollŹge de France, France; 2021 L'OrŽal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award Laureate | France |
| Saths | Cooper | President, Pan-African Psychology Union (PAPU); Board Member, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC); Chair | South Africa |
| Marcos Regis | da Silva | Executive Director, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) | Uruguay |
| Elke | Dall | Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Austria; Founding Chair, EU Science Diplomacy Alliance | |
| Roger P. | Deane | DSI/NRF SARAO Chair in Radio Astronomy, University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| Xiang Zheng | Deng | Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; Director, Research Laboratory on Environmental Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China |
| Fan | Deshang | General Secretary, Center for Global Governance Studies, Peking University | China |
| Stephen | Devereux | SARChI Chair in Social Protection for Food Security, University of the Western Cape | South Africa |
| Egbert-Jan | van Dijck | Researcher Lecturer, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | Netherlands |
| Pearl | Dykstra | former Deputy Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission; Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| Luisa F. | Echeverria-King | Researcher, Corporaci—n Universitaria del Caribe (CECAR), Colombia;Advisor, National Training Service (SENA) | Colombia |
| Heinz W. | Engl | Rector, University of Vienna | Austria |
| Sabiha Yusuf | Essack | DST/NRF South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa |
| Jahou Samba | Faal | Secretary General, Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (ATUPA) | |
| Ulrike | Famira-Mühlberger | Deputy Director and Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Austria | Austria |
| Pedro | Figueroa | President, DiploCientifica - the Science Diplomacy Network and Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Michael Lysander | Fremuth | Scientific Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights | Austria |
| Patricia J. | Garcia | former Minister of Health of Peru; Professor, School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) | Peru |
| Martin | Gerzabek | President, Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG) | Austria |
| Silvia E. | Giorguli-Saucedo | President, El Colegio de MŽxico (COLMEX) | Mexico |
| Anne | Goujon | Population and Just Societies Program Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Mellony | Graven | South African Numeracy Chair, Rhodes University | South Africa |
| Thorvaldur | Gylfason | Professor Emeritus, University of Iceland | Iceland |
| Sabine | Haag | Director General, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Art History Museum Vienna); President, Austrian UNESCO Commission | Austria |
| Heide | Hackmann | Interim Director, Future Africa, University of Pretoria | South Africa |
| Pirkko | Hamalainen | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Austria; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Finland to the International Organizations in Vienna | |
| Timothy | Hardcastle | Head, Clinical Department Trauma and Burns, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and Durban University of Technology (DoH) Đ University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) | South Africa |
| Mathias | Harzhauser | Head of Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna | Austria |
| Hubert | Hasenauer | Head, Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) | Austria |
| Roman | Hoffmann | Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Leen | Hordijk | Professor Emeritus, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) | Netherlands |
| Mahouton Norbert | Hounkonnou | President of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC); President of the International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA), University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin |
| Alik | Ismail-Zadeh | former Secretary General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG); Inaugural Secretary, International Science Council (ISC); Senior Research Fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany |
| Evgeny | Ivanko | Leading Researcher, Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation |
| Jonathan D. | Jansen | President, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), | South Africa |
| Matthias | Jonas | Senior Research Scholar, Advancing Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Pavel | Kabat | Secretary-General, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) | France |
| Taher | Kahil | Water Security Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Harald | Kainz | Rector, Graz University of Technology | Austria |
| Salim S. | Abdool Karim | Director, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University; Vice-President, International Science Council (ISC) | |
| Helen | Kavvadia | Researcher in Residence, Institute of Political Science University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Yoichi | Kaya | Advisor, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) | Japan |
| Marko | Keskinen | Associate Professor, Aalto University | Finland |
| Ayesha BM | Kharsany | Professor, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) | South Africa |
| Makobetsa | Khati | Executive Director of Research Chairs and Centers of Excellence, National Research Foundation | South Africa |
| Aftab Ahmad | Khokher | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Republic of Austria; Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the International Organizations in Vienna | |
| Gottfried | Kirchengast | Founding Director, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, and Speaker Climate Change Graz, University of Graz | Austria |
| Dirk-Jan | Koch | Chief Science Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Netherlands |
| Nadejda | Komendantova | Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Erika | Kraemer-Mbula | Chair holder of the DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Helga | Kromp-Kolb | Professor, Centre for Global Change and Sustainability, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) | Austria |
| Michael | Kuhn | Economic Frontiers Program Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Devenie | Latchmanan | Head of Compliance, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) | South Africa |
| Martin | Lees | former Secretary General, Club of Rome | Switzerland |
| Roger | Levien | President, Friends of IIASA | United States of America |
| Maggi J | Linington | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Vaal University of Technology | South Africa |
| Terry | Linkletter | Professor, Central Washington University | United States of America |
| Elke | Loichinger | Head, Research Group Global and Regional Population Dynamics, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) | Germany |
| Mauricio Antonio | Lopes | former President, Senior Scientist, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa | Brazil |
| Sari Helena | Lšytškorpi | Senior Adviser, Government Strategy Department, Prime MinisterŐs Office | Finland |
| Wolfgang | Lutz | Interim Deputy Director General for Science, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Founding Director, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA), OeAW, University of Vienna | Austria |
| Catriona Ida | Macleod | SARChI Chair of Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction, Rhodes University | South Africa |
| Fazal M | Mahomed | Director, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| Tinyiko | Maluleke | Vice Chancellor and Principal, Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa |
| Heinz | Mayer | Professor and former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna | Austria |
| Claire | Mays | Institut Symlog de France, France; Executive Director, H2020 InsSciDE.eu; former Co-Chair, EU Science Diplomacy Alliance | |
| Gordon | McBean | former President, International Science Council (ISC); Director for Policy, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University | Canada |
| Dennis | Meadows | Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, University of New Hampshire | United States of America |
| Reinhard | Mechler | Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Christoph | Meinel | Director and CEO, Hasso Plattner Institute | Germany |
| Henning | Melber | Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa; President, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) | |
| Kirti | Menon | Senior Director, Division for Teaching Excellence, University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Thandi | Mgwebi | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University | |
| Jerry | Miller | President, Science for Decisions LLC | United States of America |
| Khotso | Mokhele | Chair of the Advisory Council, African Open Science Platform | |
| Kebogile | Mokwena | NRF Research Chair in Substance Abuse and Population Mental Health, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | South Africa |
| Maggy NB | Momba | SARChI Chair for Water Quality and Wastewater Management, Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa |
| Ana Elorza | Moreno | Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) Coordinator, Office for Science and Technology, Spanish Congress of Deputies | Spain |
| Lynn | Morris | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| Sibusiso | Moyo | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Durban University of Technology | South Africa |
| Khumbulani | Mpofu | NRF SARChI Research Chair in Future Transport Manufacturing Technologies, Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa |
| Patricia | Mussi-Mailer | Administrative Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights | Austria |
| Adil | Najam | Dean Emeritus and Professor, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University | United States of America |
| Nebojsa | Nakicenovic | Emeritus Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Deputy Chair, Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission | |
| Busisiwe | Ncama | Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa |
| Bongani | Ncube | DSI-NRF/WRC SARChI Chair in Governance and Economics for Water and Sanitation Sector Institutions, Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa |
| Fulufhelo | Nelwamondo | Chief Executive Officer, National Research Foundation | South Africa |
| Wolfgang | Neubauer | Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut for Archaeological Science and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) | Austria |
| Chris | Nhlapo | Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa |
| Leila | Niamir | Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Member, Global Young Academy (GYA) | |
| Guillermo Gutierrez | Nieto | Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | |
| Sten | Nilsson | Chief Executive Officer, Forest Sector Insights; Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Sweden and Foreign Member, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences | Lithuania |
| Carol Anne | O'Brien | Development Phase Implementation Manager, Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (SDCfA) | South Africa |
| Taikan | Oki | Professor and Special Advisor to the President, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Ariadna Garza | Ortiz | Professor, Autonomous University of Campeche | Mexico |
| Anshu | Padayachee | Chief Executive Officer, Technological Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA) | South Africa |
| Vathi | Papu-Zamxaka | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa |
| Francesco | Petruccione | Interim Director, National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS); Professor of Quantum Computing, Stellenbosch University | South Africa |
| Eric | Piaget | Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, Brugge | Belgium |
| Gansen | Pillay | former Council Vice Chair, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and Honorary IIASA Scholar | |
| Uwe Christian | Plachetka | Agricultural Anthropologist and Historian, Association of Historians of Latin America and the Caribbean; Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic |
| Christiane | Pohn-Hufnagl | Chief Operations Officer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Remi | Quirion | Quebec Chief Scientist, Canada; President, International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) | |
| Olegas | Riapolovas | Chief Executive Officer, N.I. Veduta Strategic Planning Scientific School (Russia) | Lithuania |
| Daya | Reddy | Former President, International Science Council (ISC); International Advisory Board Chair, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Elisa P. | Reis | Professor of Political Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Director, Interdisciplinary Research Network for the Study of Social Inequality (NIED) | Brazil |
| Elena | Repman | Professor, Guglielmo Marconi University; Chief Operations Officer, Pareto Academy | Italy |
| Marco | Ricceri | Secretary General, EURISPES Institute | Italy |
| Mark | Robinson | Tutor of Science Diplomacy, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London | United Kingdom |
| Ylva | Rodny-Gumede | Senior Director, Division for Internationalisation, University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Jose Ramon | Lopez-Portillo Romano | Science Diplomacy Adviser to Mexican Government; member of the 10-Member Group to support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM), United Nations | |
| Janet | Rossant | President and Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation | Canada |
| Fatima | Roumate | President, International Institute of Scientific Research; Professor, Mohammed V University | Morocco |
| Elena | Rovenskaya | Advancing Systems Analysis Program Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Samantha | Sampson | SARChI Chair in Mycobactomics, Stellenbosch University | South Africa |
| Florian | Schaffenrath | Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies | Austria |
| Mary | Scholes | Full Professor and NRF-DST Research Chair in Global Change and Applied Systems Analysis, University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| David M. | Serwadda | Professor, Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) | Uganda |
| Seyed | Shahmy | Senior Scientist, National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) | Sri Lanka |
| Corinthias P. M. | Sianipar | Assistant Professor,ĘDepartment of Global Ecology & Division of Environmental Science and Technology, Kyoto University | Japan |
| John David | Simnett | Director, Sustainable Energy Microsystems Community Interest Company | United Kingdom |
| Prabhpreet | Singh | Assistant Professor of Law, Manipal University Jaipur | India |
| Rachael Jesika | Singh | Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Partnerships, University of Limpopo | South Africa |
| Jan David | Smeddinck | Co-Director & Principal Investigator, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention (LBI-DHP) | Austria |
| Youba | Sokona | Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | |
| Himla | Soodyall | Executive Officer, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) | South Africa |
| Leena | Srivastava | Deputy Director General for Science, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | |
| Pradeep | Srivastava | Executive Director,ĘTechnology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) | India |
| Gianfranco | Tamburelli | Senior Researcher, Institute of International Legal Studies, National Research Council of Italy | Italy |
| Antonella | Di Trapani | Senior Analyst, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) | |
| Radhika | Trikha | Senior Policy Fellow, DST-Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) | India |
| Arnold | Tukker | Scientific Director, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability | Netherlands |
| Ivan | Turok | NRF Research Chair, City-Region Economies, University of the Free State; Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council; Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| Jean-Robert | Tyran | Vice-Rector, University of Vienna | Austria |
| Diana | Urge-Vorsatz | Director, Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy, Central European University (CEU) | |
| Peter | Valent | Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology (LBI HO) | Austria |
| Judy | van Biljon | Professor, University of South Africa | South Africa |
| Elena | Veduta | Director, N.I. Veduta Strategic Planning Scientific School; Professor of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation |
| Miroslav | Veskovic | Professor of Physics, University of Novi Sad, Serbia | Serbia |
| Bettine | van Vuuren | Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives and Administration, University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Gang | Wang | Chair of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, China Agricultural University | China |
| Peter | Warren | former Executive Secretary, The Royal Society of London; Secretary at IIASA Charter signing ceremony in 1972 | United Kingdom |
| Elke U. | Weber | Professor, Princeton University, USA; member of IIASA Science Advisory Committee | |
| Peter | Weish | Human Ecologist, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) | Austria |
| Verena | Winiwarter | Environmental Historian, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW); Chairperson, Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies and the National Global Change Committee | Austria |
| Detlof | von Winterfeldt | Professor, University of Southern California; Executive Director, USC Center for Sustainability Solutions | United States of America |
| Veronika | Wittmann | Associate Professor, Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria |
| Xiang Yang | Xu | Director, Center of Resources and Environmental Policy Research, China University of Mining and Technology | China |
| Guli | Yuldasheva | Professor, Coordination-Methodological Center on Contemporary History of Uzbekistan, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan |
| Zhong Xiang | Zhang | Founding Dean and Distinguished University Professor, Ma Yinchu School of Economics, Tianjin University | China |
| Xiao Ying | Zheng | Dean, APEC Health Science Academy, Peking University (HeSAY) | China |
| Tong | Zhu | Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University | China |
| Mohsen | Ghafory-Ashtiany | Distinguished Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
| Rafael Gustavo Miranda | Delgado | Professor, Los Andes University | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| Ramin | Forghani | Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Political Science, University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Andrei | Gorokhov | Editor-in-chief, Russian Political Science journal | Russian Federation |
| Jim W | Hall | Director of Research, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Miho | Kamei | Researcher, Integrated Sustainability Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies | Japan |
| Quarraisha | Abdool Karim | Associate Scientific Director, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA); Co-Chair, 10-Member Group to support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM), United Nations; Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV, UNAIDS | South Africa |
| KC | Moon | Distinguished Professor, Korea University | Korea (Republic of) |
| Goshtasb | Mozafari | Advisor in City Diplomacy and Local Governance, Tehran Municipality | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
| Josef | Niebauer | President, Austrian Association of Prevention and Rehabilitation; Chair, Section of Sports Cardiology, European Association of Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology; Chair of the Institute of Sports Medicine, Paracelsus Medical Univers | Austria |
| Vladimir | Novikov | Professor and Principal Investigator, National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute" | Russian Federation |
| Sir Paul | Nurse | 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Francis Crick Institute | United Kingdom |
| Matej | Stefanik | Programme Manager, Section of Cross-border Cooperation Programmes, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic | Slovakia |
| Istvan | Szabo | President, Green Cross Hungary (NGO) | Hungary |
| Sergey | Sizov | Science Diplomacy Officer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) |