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The EQU Group focuses on the human dimension of selected globally relevant policy challenges, with the aim of delineating and advancing their analysis, management, and governance with special attention paid to the design and application of equity and justice frameworks, both within the group and across IIASA.
The EQU Group aims to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global challenges, both in its own right and as part of broader IIASA initiatives by developing and applying conceptual and analytical frameworks for integrating equity and justice aspects into assessments of societal and environmental challenges. The group has a specific focus on ethical questions in the context of distributive and procedural justice concerns that may arise within the currently living generation, as well as across current and future generations, and explores options to enable transformative policy change towards just societies. EQU works closely with other IIASA research programs and groups to position IIASA research activities in a well-grounded equitable and just systems analysis framework.
Projects
Systems approach to EU wildfire risk management project (FIRELOGUE)
PHUSICOS
makingAchange
fairSTREAM
Staff
Eva Preinfalk
Researcher (EQU)
Katharina Schwarzfurtner
Guest Research Assistant (EQU)
Magdalena Tordy
Researcher (EQU)
Piotr Magnuszewski
Research Scholar (WAT, EQU)
News
14 November 2022
Global distributive justice and systemic transformations are key to planetary stability
In a new study just published in the journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists from the Earth Commission, convened by Future Earth, investigated the Earth system impacts of escaping poverty and achieving a dignified life for all. The research was inspired by discussions on potential trade-offs between achieving social and environmental goals.
28 September 2022
IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award
Alberto Fresolone winner of IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award.
10 May 2022
IIASA recognizes outstanding research contributions
IIASA recently instituted a new system of awards to recognize outstanding contributions towards meeting the strategic priorities and values of the institute. We are proud to announce that five IIASA research activities have been recognized in the inaugural 2022 award cycle.
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.
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.
13 June 2022
People profile: From Everest to systems analysis
Options Magazine, Summer 2022: Before joining IIASA in 1980, Michael Thompson was a Himalayan mountaineer. Navigating risk in the mountains has influenced his research on risk theory, and environment and development in Nepal.
Publications
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.
Novy, A., Haderer, M., Kubeczko, K., Aigner, E., Bärnthaler, R., Brand, U., Brudermann, T., Daniel, A., Exner, A., Frankhauser, J., Getzner, M., Görg, C., Jonas, M., Ohndorf, M., Ornetzeder, M., Plank, L., Schinko, T. , Schlitz, N., Strüver, A., & Tödtling, F. (2023). Kapitel 2: Perspektiven zur Analyse und Gestaltung von Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben. 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.
Novy, A., Kubeczko, K., Haderer, M., Bärnthaler, R., Brand, U., Brudermann, T., Daniel, A., Exner, A., Getzner, M., Görg, C., Jonas, M., Ohndorf, M., Ornetzeder, M., Plank, L., Schinko, T. , Schlitz, N., Strüver, A., & Tödtling, F. (2023). Kapitel 24. Theorien des Wandels und der Gestaltung von Strukturen. 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.
Sperling, F., Havlik, P. , Denis, M., Valin, H. , Palazzo, A. , Gaupp, F., & Visconti, P. (2022). Toward resilient food systems after COVID-19. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 e100110. 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100110.