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The POPJUS Program continues and builds upon research activities previously undertaken in the IIASA World Population and Risk and Resilience programs. Insights into current and future population sizes, structures, and distributions are fundamental to understanding human impacts on ecosystems and simultaneously, the impact of environmental changes on human wellbeing differentiated by sub-populations.
The program’s research agenda embraces the key priority in the IIASA strategic plan by identifying sustainable development challenges and exploring people-centric systems solutions for sustainable, resilient, just and equitable societies. The program focuses on strengthening the human-centered and population-based approach, taking into consideration equity and the just distribution of opportunities, outcomes, and processes. In doing so, the program builds on existing strengths and expertise in population and human capital modeling as well as expertise in understanding, managing, and equitably governing systemic and existential risks associated with global change. The program will continue to invest in advancing its methods, approaches, and data to deliver results that can be incorporated into system analytical models, inclusive policy processes, and ultimately into equitable and effective policy pathways and transformations.
Projects
Systems approach to EU wildfire risk management project (FIRELOGUE)
Future Migration Scenarios for Europe (FUME)
The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing (EmpoweredLifeYears)
Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy (QuantMig)
Staff
Denise Watzenig
Program and Project Officer (POPJUS, EQU)
Katja Scherbov
Program and Project Officer (POPJUS)
Gladys Shamirian
Administrative Assistant for Research Program (POPJUS)
Wolfgang Lutz
Interim Deputy Director General for Science (DDGS); Senior Program Advisor (POPJUS, SHAW)
News
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.
20 January 2023
Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science, and Research visits IIASA
IIASA recently welcomed Austria's Federal Minister for Education, Science, and Research, Martin Polaschek, to discuss ongoing research projects and explore potential collaborations between the institute and the Austrian government.
24 November 2022
How COVID-19 school closures will affect inequalities in adult skills
School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected learning to varying degrees in different countries. A new study sheds light on what this learning loss will mean for countries' human capital in the decades to come.
Events
01 February 2023 Roma Tre University, Rome-Italy
Giornate di Studio sulla Popolazione - Population Days 2023
Focus
04 December 2022
IIASA and Austria: supporting Austria into a sustainable future
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: IIASA researchers have been working closely with all levels of Austrian society including scientific institutions, policymakers, and the public to help the country move towards a more sustainable and just future.
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.
08 September 2022
Co-development – more than just a buzz word
Striving for excellence and designing truly innovative solutions in science requires many creative minds from different disciplines and parts of society to work together.
Publications
Ghio, D., Bosco, C., Natale, F., Loeschner, J., & Goujon, A. (2023). Age patterns of net migration and urbanisation dynamics across European municipalities. Population, Space and Place e2599. 10.1002/psp.2599.
González-Leonardo, M., Newsham, N., & Rowe, F. (2023). Understanding Population Decline Trajectories in Spain using Sequence Analysis. Geographical Analysis 10.1111/gean.12357.
González-Leonardo, M., Potančoková, M. , Yildiz, D. , & Rowe, F. (2023). Quantifying the impact of COVID-19 on immigration in receiving high-income countries. PLOS ONE 18 (1) e0280324. 10.1371/journal.pone.0280324.
Haderer, M., Brand, U., Daniel, A., Exner, A., Frankhauser, J., Görg, C., Novy, A., Schinko, T. , Schlitz, N., & Strüver, A. (2023). Kapitel 28. Theorien des Wandels und der Gestaltung von Strukturen: Gesellschaftsperspektive. In: APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben. Eds. Görg, C., Madner, V., Muhar, A., Novy, A., Posch, A., Steininger, K., & Aigner, E., Berlin/Heidelberg: SpringerSpektrum.
Jonas, M., Novy, A., Bärnthaler, R., Karabaczek, V., Plank, L., & Schinko, T. (2023). Kapitel 27. Theorien des Wandels und der Gestaltung von Strukturen: Bereitstellungsperspektive. In: APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben. Eds. Görg, C., Madner, V., Muhar, A., Novy, A., Posch, A., Steininger, K., & Aigner, E., Berlin/Heidelberg: SpringerSpektrum.