Nadejda Komendantova from the Advanced Systems Analysis program is invited to speak at the The International Urban Forum "Territory of the Future. View from the Heart of Eurasia" and gives a talk on "Monocities: challenges and models of socio-economic development and financing". Her experience was gained by analysing regional strategies of regional development of the Austrian Climate and Energy Model regions as well as from the team work (with Elena Rovenskaya, Nikita Strelkovskii and Love Ekenberg) in preparation of the Strategy of Sustainable Industrial Development for Kyrgyzstan.
Landslide EVO will be having its annual meeting virtually from 14th to 17th September, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual meeting will take place instead of the physical annual meeting to have been held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The IDRiM Society will hold the IDRiM Virtual Workshop for Interactive Discussions between Senior and Early-Career Scientists on 23-24 September 2020. This will provide an opportunity for engagement and the exchange of ideas and discussions for both experienced scientists and early-career researchers.
IIASA in collaboration with the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration is hosting an online symposium to share recent research and discuss challenges that demographers may face in studying demographic consequences of COVID-19.
IIASA researcher Jonas Peisker is presenting new demographic research at a webinar series organized by the European Association for Population Studies.
The aim of the first consultation of the Advisory Group “Emerging trade routes between Europe and Asia” scenario-building project is to collect critical comments and suggestions of the Advisory Group Members to the envisaged methodology of the project. Several candidate global scenario frameworks pre-selected by the project team are discussed. An attempt is made to prioritize one framework to serve as an overarching framework within which regional scenarios focusing on shipping in the Arctic are positioned.
World Population Deputy Program Director Raya Muttarak was invited by Aalborg University to give an online keynote lecture on the demographic perspective on migration challenges.
The annual UN 2020 Sustainable Development Goal 7 Energy Tracking Report is being launched along with 2020 Sustainable Development Goal 7 policy briefs, to which several IIASA researchers have contributed.
This year due to the coronavirus pandemic the International Conference Risk Management in Energy is held in the format of webinar. On the invitation of the Russian Deputy Minister of Energy IIASA provides scientific input to the discussions.
IIASA researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online presenting research on climate change, risk and resilience, water systems, energy, food systems, and more.
A high-level IIASA delegation visited the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) for the third meeting of the IIASA-OECD Task Force on Systems Thinking, Anticipation, and Resilience.
IIASA researcher Sonja Spitzer will discuss health misperception and healthcare utilisation among older Europeans at an online socioeconomics research seminar hosted by the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
World Population Deputy Program Director Raya Muttarak is organizing a cyberseminar on 18-25 May 2020 in the context of the Population and Environment Networks (PERN) that she is also chairing.
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava joined the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) / Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) International Energy Symposium presenting the challenges of meeting carbon neutrality targets and achieving economic growth for developing countries.
IIASA’s RISK and Resilience Program researchers, as part of the Flood Resilience Alliance, collaborated with various partners across development, research and private sectors in a virtual learning event. The annual event took a step in the virtual direction this year due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. IIASA Alliance members pointed out that 'learning and interpersonal connections can take place successfully remotely and that even a multiple-day event can take place online'.
World Water Day held annually on 22 March, celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis.
IIASA is involved in several regional and global activities and initiatives focused on how to raise awareness and find solutions that will ensure sustainable water futures.