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04 May 2023

Antitrust Needs a New Toolkit for the Platform Economy: Inspired by Ecology

Until recently, most competition authorities have prioritized consumer welfare and efficiency in their approach to regulate industry markets. However, the multisided nature of the platform economy means that monitoring of markets must consider not just consumer welfare, but also the welfare of complementors, third parties, and all participants of digital platform ecosystems (DPE) in the short and long term.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

04 May 2023

A Data Treasure Trove: How social media has become an unexpected source of natural experiments

A person using digital communication leaves behind a trail of information on their activities, their interactions, and even some about who they are. Social media has become quintessential to the modern lives of billions of people which means that billions of trails are recorded on social media and communications platforms. This data has come to be a treasure trove of aggregated information which scientists can use to decipher the most unique trends and behaviors on a societal level. As part of her ongoing research at ASA, Elena Rovenskaya presented on the significance of social media as a source of information for science and its usefulness in understanding complex systems behaviors.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

04 May 2023

Improving science systems to better respond to novel global challenges: IIASA research insights at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2023 Conference

On 25th and 26th of April 2023, IIASA researchers Elena Rovenskaya and Pratik Patil participated as panelists in the EGU conference, which brings together geoscientists from all over the world to discuss latest research on geosciences, climate change, risk and resilience, energy, citizen science, and more. Their contributions were based on their research as part of the Transformations within Reach project at the IIASA

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

04 May 2023

Researchers from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute visit IIASA

Researchers from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) visited IIASA on 24 April to finalize a five-year collaboration on nature-based solutions for meeting climate and biodiversity targets, and to plan a proposal to continue their collaboration.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

Norway

Hydrogen economy vector illustration. Concept with connected icons related to hydrogen use as fuel

28 April 2023

How solid air can spur sustainable development

The green hydrogen economy is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. However, one of the challenges of constructing a global hydrogen economy is hydrogen transportation by sea. A new paper proposes solid air as a medium for recycling cold energy across the hydrogen liquefaction supply chain.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Little planet view of village houses and distant green cultivated agricultural fields with growing crops on bright summer day

27 April 2023

Nadejda Komendantova appointed to UNEP Foresight Expert Panel

IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader, Nadejda Komendantova, has been appointed as an independent expert on the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Foresight Expert Panel established in cooperation with the International Science Council (ISC).

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels

26 April 2023

Wolfgang Lutz appointed as Special Adviser to European Commission Vice President

IIASA Interim Deputy Director General for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, has been appointed as a Special Adviser to Dubravka Šuica, the European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, starting in April 2023.

25 April 2023

IIASA at Renexpo Interhydro Conference

IIASA researchers present results from the WaterStressAT project at the Renexpo Interhydro Conference in Salzburg.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

21 April 2023

Social media data sheds light on air conditioning interest

With increasing temperatures caused by climate change, air conditioning is becoming a necessity for people’s comfort and health. A new study provides insight into consumers’ interest in home cooling by analyzing social media data, and addresses data gaps in demographic heterogeneity of global air conditioner adoption.

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)