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The SHAW Group’s research activities directly and comprehensively addresses the measurement of human wellbeing in its multiple dimensions with a special focus on health as a key component and social cohesion as a key determinant of wellbeing.
SHAW employs various demographic methods, statistical techniques, and empirical concepts to comprehensively assess different dimensions of good health and wellbeing, while also considering equity in the distribution of wellbeing over time and over the life course for different populations around the world. In doing so, the group aims to develop alternative indicators of wellbeing to effectively measure development progress. The aim is for such indicators of wellbeing to be applied as long-term sustainability criteria that can help to pinpoint vulnerable subgroups of populations for policy priorities. Due to the group’s strong focus on sustainable human wellbeing, particular attention is paid to the feedback of emerging situations such as pandemics, economic crises, and extreme weather events that can pose risks to human health and wellbeing.
Projects
The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing (EmpoweredLifeYears)
Cognitive health in aging society – The role of context for cognitive functioning and related policy implications in Europe (CHIAS)
Sustainability Performances, Evidence and Scenarios (SPES)
Staff
Arda Aktas
Guest Research Scholar (SHAW)
Landis MacKellar
Guest Emeritus Research Scholar (SHAW)
Daniela Weber
Research Scholar (SHAW)
Arodys Robles
Senior Research Scholar (SHAW)
News
16 August 2023
IIASA recognizes researchers as Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholars
In a momentous celebration of their outstanding contributions to systems analysis and lifelong dedication to IIASA, five eminent researchers have been honored with the esteemed title of IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar.
20 June 2023
Sergei Scherbov elected as a new member of the Academia Europaea
IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Guest Emeritus Research Scholar Sergei Scherbov has been elected to the Academia Europaea.
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
21 August 2023 Rotterdam, the Netherlands
IIASA at the 21st ISQOLS Annual Conference 2023
12 April 2023 New Orleans, USA
IIASA at the PAA Annual Meeting 2023
09 March 2023 Online
Round Table on Understanding Climate-related Mobility in Contexts of Urbanization
Focus
07 September 2022
The migration maze
To navigate the intricate intersection of climate change, migration, and urbanization, we need a holistic approach.
17 June 2021
Getting a fuller picture of COVID-19 infections
Options Summer 2021: Knowing how many people are infected is key to accurately monitor pandemics. IIASA researchers used a novel approach to indirectly estimate the fraction of people ever infected and the fraction of people detected among the infected in the United States.
24 June 2020
The gender dimension of sustainable development
Options Summer 2020: Our world is in the midst of an economic transformation as labor upheavals and climate change wreak havoc on present sustainability models. Could a focus on women’s empowerment help find a way out?
Publications
Lutz, W. & Pachauri, S. (2023). Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 years of IIASA research, 40 years after the Brundtland Commission, contributing to the post-2030 Global Agenda. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 10.5281/zenodo.8214208. Eker, S. , Liu, Q., Reiter, C. , & Kuhn, M. (2023). Full of Economic-Environment Linkages and Integration dX/dt (FeliX): Technical Model Documentation. IIASA Report. Laxenburg: IIASA Adhikari, S., Lutz, W. , & K.C., S. (2023). Rural/urban fertility differentials in the Global South: Is female education the key driver of declining birth rates? IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-004 Sanchez-Romero, M. & Prskawetz, A. (2023). Social Security Reforms in Heterogeneous Aging Populations. In: The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing. Eds. Bloom, D.E., Souza-Posa, A., & Sunde, U., Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-036771-332-4 (In Press) Scherbov, S. & Sanderson, W. (2023). Aging and Dependency. In: The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing. Eds. Bloom, D.E., Souza-Posa, A., & Sunde, U., Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-036771-332-4 (In Press)