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New research suggests that the effective management of protected areas in Europe can help to advance the range shifts of wintering water birds toward the north as the climate warms.

Many of the complex global challenges that we face are interlinked with socioeconomic issues. This webinar features citizen science expert Linda See and her experience in using earth observation and participatory approaches to conduct research and provide innovative tools and services to achieve the sustainable development goals. 

Four exceptional young scientists from the 2021 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) have been recognized as YSSP award finalists. Two will receive funding to continue their research projects at IIASA and two candidates have been given Honorable Mentions for outstanding effort.

After more than 40 years of collaboration, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IIASA have established a formal partnership on a variety of policy-relevant projects related to energy, climate, air quality, and more.

Through the 50th anniversary of the institute, IIASA also celebrates opportunities to build capacity in systems analysis worldwide. In March, IIASA will host a virtual workshop in collaboration with the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan on using systems analysis to tackle global challenges. 

IIASA Regional Conference "Systems Analysis in Asia" will take place on 20-22 October 2021 as a hybrid event, combining online and in person attendance. The physical part of the meeting will be hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. 

This event is part of a series of discussions on tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system. Join the discussion on monsoon system tipping points with world leading researchers.

This event is part of a series of discussions on tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system. This session will focus on issues relating to the world's oceans.

This event is part of a series of discussions on tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system. This session will focus on the ice sheets.

Discussion series on tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system. This event in the series focuses on permafrost.

IIASA Deputy Director for Science, Leena Srivastava, will give a keynote speech at the National Institute for Environmental Studies International Forum, recommending pathways to provide scientific evidence to feed into societal decision-making processes to improve the state of the environment.

Addressing global challenges such as sustainable development, climate justice, and the pandemic recovery requires coordinated systemic research. IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will discuss setting impactful and relevant research agendas in a constantly evolving global context, during the 4th IIASA Public Webinar.

IIASA Deputy Director General for Science, Leena Srivastava will participate in a workshop organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies at the University of Stuttgart focusing on the conceptual and methodical implementation of integrative research on sustainable systems.

In collaboration with the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and the Institute of National Planning, IIASA is proud to announce the launch of the North Africa Applied Systems Analysis Center (NAASAC).

We need more basic sciences to achieve Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the message sent to the world by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 December 2021 when Member States approved the resolution promulgating 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD2022).

Options Winter 2021: Jessica Jewell was a 2010 YSSP participant and researcher at IIASA between 2011 and 2019. She continues to support the work of the institute as a guest researcher.

Options Winter 2021: Kian Mintz-Woo participated in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in 2018 and is currently a guest researcher in the Equity and Justice Research Group of the Population and Just Societies Program. He is also a permanent lecturer at University College Cork in Ireland.

Options Winter 2021: Dilek Fraisl researches how citizen science can provide data needed to monitor progress on the UN Sustainable Goals (SDGs).

Options Winter 2021: Q&A with Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor of Economics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and member of the Global Young Academy (GYA). IIASA collaborates with the GYA to develop, connect, and mobilize young research talent from around the world. The GYA gives young scientists a voice in the global scientific community and empowers them to make evidence-based and inclusive decisions, and lead international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational collaboration.

The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna H.E. Ambassador Abat Fayzullaev has visited IIASA to explore opportunities for scientific cooperation between the institute and Uzbekistan.