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People with placards and posters on a global strike for climate change

13 July 2022

Supporting Austria’s path to climate neutrality

Over the next three years, more than 120 scientists will be working on a new comprehensive climate report for Austria. IIASA is taking a leading role in the activities with IIASA researchers Keywan Riahi and Daniel Huppmann serving as co-chairs of the Austrian Panel on Climate Change.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Austria

08 July 2022

POPNET Newsletter is out!

A new issue of the POPNET Newsletter of the Wittgenstein Centre is now available.

Economic Frontiers (EF)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)

Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

Woman wearing face mask indoors at home for social distancing

05 July 2022

Fact Sheet Demographic Aspects of COVID-19

COVID-19 showed that the ability to cope, recover and adapt to the pandemic and its social and economic consequences varies across population subgroups as well as institutional and geographical contexts. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet that sheds light on the impact of the pandemic on people’s health, family dynamics, economies and migration.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

Purple еarth globe surrounded by people. Cooperation of people at the world level. Solving global problem challenges.

04 July 2022

IIASA joins the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

We are delighted to announce that IIASA has been accepted as a full member of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, a collaborative initiative launched under the auspices of several Horizon 2020 science diplomacy projects, to sustain and grow their networks, impact, and momentum.

27 June 2022

Fact Sheet Longevity, Health, Well-being

POPJUS researchers contributed with their pioneering work on new measures of aging, healthy life expectancy, and a well-being indicator to measure the quality of life to the Fact Sheet Longevity, Health, Well-being recently published by Wittgenstein Centre.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

22 June 2022

Jeffrey Sachs awarded Tang Prize in Sustainable Development

IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow and longtime collaborator, Jeffrey Sachs, has received this year’s prestigious Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for his contributions to the establishment and promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

United States of America

20 June 2022

Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz elected as a new member of the Academia Europaea

IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Research Scholar Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz has been elected to the Academia Europaea

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

Abstract network concept with yellow light bulbs

17 June 2022

Arnulf Grubler elected as a member of the Academia Europaea

It is our pleasure to announce that IIASA Emeritus Research Scholar, Arnulf Grubler, has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

13 June 2022

Fact Sheet Migration

Migration is a highly complex social phenomenon and migration decisions depend on a variety of social, political and economic factors. Researchers from IIASA and Wittgenstein Centre published the Fact Sheet Migration, providing information about the challenges, that might be confronted for a successful adaptation.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)