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The annual meeting of the LAMASUS project will take place at the end of November 2023. Senior Research Scholar Linda See (and LAMASUS work package leader) will present the status of the LAMASUS geodatabase on land use management to the consortium and to the science and policy advisory board.

The IIASA Tools for Raising and UnderStanding Trust in systems science through citizen engagement (TRUST) Strategic Initiative is organizing a 1.5 days' workshop at IIASA. The workshop will take place on 30 November and 1 December 2023 and is part of the activities of the Strategic Initiatives Program.

Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like more information?

Join our upcoming information webinars on the institute’s flagship doctoral fellowship program featuring previous participants and representatives of IIASA's National Member Organizations.

Big Data from Space 2023 (BiDS) brings together key actors from industry, academia, EU entities and government to reveal user needs, exchange ideas and showcase latest technical solutions and applications touching all aspects of space and big data technologies. 

Sub-regional workshop for experts from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) countries to improve their understanding of the GAINS model.

The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress is widely recognized as the premier event in the field of solid waste management. IIASA researcher Adriana Gomez Sanabria will participate in a panel discussion at the event which will take place in Oman.

This is the eleventh installment of the IIASA Voices webinar series with IIASA researchers Juliette Martin and JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer. The session will be moderated by Alberto Fresolone (video available).

Join us for this webinar series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. This installment will look into why methane is rising, how sources and sinks are changing, and what the risk from hydrates is.

Researchers from the Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program are participating in the Third Asian Population Forum. This forum centered around Population Projections for Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Climate Change Analysis will take place in Shanghai from October 31 to November 1, 2023. Preceding the forum, from October 25 to 30, 2023, these experts will contribute their expertise as instructors for the training workshop on Multidimensional and Multiscale Demographic Modeling.

The IIASA Connect Feature series shines a spotlight on the opportunities and achievements within our network. Register now for our event on 7 November 2023 where we will discuss the vital role of academic publishing.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), an IIASA National Member Organization, in collaboration with the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) regularly hosts Joint Academy Days to engage in discussions on matters of scientific and science to policy issues. The next event as part of the series will focus on sustainable energy solutions. IIASA Program Director and Principal Research Scholar Keywan Riahi will participate in a panel discussion.

Wolfgang Lutz, who will assume his tenure as IIASA Acting Director General on 1 November, will participate in the Working Group Meeting of the Federation of Austrian Industries, focusing on the competitiveness of the Lower Austrian industry sector.

The IIASA TRUST Strategic Initiative is set to take an important role at the upcoming “Connect. Collaborate. Create. Bridging communities to foster participatory research and citizen science” Conference, scheduled from October 19-21, 2023, at Aubervilliers, Campus Condorcet in Paris.

Join some of the world’s leading experts for a vibrant discussion about solutions to climate change and what we can all do to advance them.

This meeting will focus on synthesizing and integrating the information obtained form all technical work packages, including the results of measurements and modelling. The synthesis will also take into account the results from previous research and from other ongoing projects.

Organized by the European Urban Knowledge Network, the Polish Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT), the event “Driving a just Twin Transition” is dedicated to unpacking the concept of the Twin Transition. Throughout the event, speeches, presentations and panel sessions will delve into the main opportunities and challenges pertaining to the Twin Transition, including ensuring inclusive citizen engagement and fair access to digital and green urban infrastructure.

Wolfgang lutz will present "The applicability and intercultural acceptability of the Years of Good Life (YoGL) indicator in measuring wellbeing" at a roundtable meeting on the Demography of Sustainable Wellbeing organized by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 5th European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) conference will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 3 - 6 April 2024. This is one of the leading citizen science events in Europe, where people from multiple backgrounds and disciplines will discuss citizen science and explore its potential for addressing societal and environmental issues. Colleagues from the Novel Data Ecosystem for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group are involved in ECSA and will run workshops and give presentations throughout the event.

IIASA Acting Director General, Wolfgang Lutz, will receive the Science Prize of the Austrian Research Association for his outstanding scientific achievements and the scientific-political relevance and high topicality of his research. The event will take place in German.

Daniela Weber will participate in a webinar discussion on the state of healthy aging and prevention across Europe organized by the International Longevity Centre UK.