Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like more information? The US National Member Organization for IIASA is hosting a webinar on the institute’s flagship doctoral fellowship program featuring award winning 2019 participants.
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will give a virtual seminar at the Payne Institute for Public Policy presenting key insights and areas for transformative action in the post-COVID recovery process that have emerged from the IIASA-ISC Consultative Science Platform.
IIASA researcher Behnam Zakeri will speak at the International Conference of the Institute of National Planning of Egypt on energy and sustainable development. He will present a perspective that bridges national boundaries focusing on the implications of the Paris Agreement for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Leena Ilmola-Sheppard gives a talk on "Global economic system behaviour after COVID-19 - how to use systems analysis in the case of extreme uncertainties" at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU 2020) co-organized by Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. The meeting is centered on the theme “New Ideas, Frontiers and Transformations”.
Nadejda Komendantova is invited to speak at the meeting on Scientific cooperation organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay in Austria. The meeting is dedicated to the Austrian experience and energy policy. H.E. Ambassador Juan Facetti provides opening remarks at the meeting.
Scientists from IIASA and the Royal Scientific Society will meet to discuss their respective expertise and research interests in water modeling. This webinar is part of a series providing opportunities for systems researchers from both organizations to explore common research interests and develop future collaborations.
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will give a keynote lecture at the virtual International Symposium: Developing Research towards Achieving the SDGs in the Post COVID-19 Era. She will present findings from the IIASA-ISC Consultative Science Platform identifying sustainable pathways in the post-COVID recovery process.
Scientists from IIASA and the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan will meet to discuss their respective expertise and research interests in energy and climate change. This webinar is part of a series providing opportunities for systems researchers from both organizations to explore common research interests and develop future collaborations.
Populations of Europe are ever changing, requiring new policies and adaptations. What are the goals and tools of modern population policies? How can we respond, anticipate, and proactively mitigate demographic challenges? Building on the work of the Finnish Populations Policy Project, the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office and IIASA are holding an interactive seminar featuring leading global experts of demographic change and ageing societies to examine the causes of the current demographic situation in Finland and to discuss policy recommendations, aimed at forward-looking sustainable demographic development.
How do we ensure that disruptions to food supply caused by crises like COVID-19 do not disproportionately impact the poor and marginalized? This virtual meeting will focus on how the post-COVID recovery process could catalyze paths towards more resilient and sustainable food systems.
Nadejda Komendantova is invited to speak at the session on Mitigating Trans-Border Environmental Risks and Challenges of the 2020 OSCE Asian Conference on Multilateral Responses to the Global Security Challenges. The conference is co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The main topic of the conference is “Multilateral responses to the global security challenges”.
The Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA) exists to promote global collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas of research. IIASA is organizing a joint IIASA-CODATA workshop on Big Data and Systems Analysis to continue investigating the possibilities and potential benefits of strengthening this collaboration.