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Shorouk Elkobros shares her love for science communication and why she thinks it is pivotal for humanity.

The Third meeting of the Big Research Infrastructures for Diplomacy and Global Engagement through Science (BRIDGES) network took place on 20 November 2020 as a webinar.

Together with colleagues from the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, Silesian University of Technology, Poland, and Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Russia, Nadejda Komendantova from the Advanced Systems Analysis program provides the opening statement of the VI International Conference on Management, Economics, Ethics and Technics (MEET 2020). The conference is organized by the Silesian University of Technology and Saint-Petersburg Mining University. 

Nadejda Komendantova from the Advanced Systems Analysis program is invited to give a presentation on "COVID-19 pandemic and artificial intelligence methods for risk analysis" at the 13th International Scientific Conference on Intelligent Data Processing: Theory and Applications (IDP‐2020). The conference is organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in cooperation with RAS Computing Center of the Federal Research Center "Informatics and Management" of RAS, the Center for Big Data Storage and Analysis Technologies (CASS) based at Lomonosov Moscow State University and the National Technology Initiative (NTI) Competence Center for Artificial Intelligence based at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).

Being mindful of biodiversity loss and environmental impact can disrupt the beef industry globally, here’s how.

Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like more information? FORMAS, the Swedish Council for Sustainable Development and Swedish National Member Organisation for IIASA is hosting a webinar on the institute’s flagship doctoral fellowship program featuring former participants from Sweden.

What has been driving recent tropical forest loss? A new Geo-Wiki campaign, starting on December 9th, tries to elucidate the answer.

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.

Greg Davies-Jones sits down with 2020 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) participant Lisa Thalheimer to discuss how attribution science can play a leading role in addressing disaster displacement.

Options Winter 2020: Arame Tall was a participant of the 2010 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). She is currently supporting the implementation of the World Bank’s Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience.

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.

Leena Ilmola-Sheppard is invited to speak at a panel discussion at the Budapest Eurasia Forum 2020. The forum is organized by Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the Central Bank of Hungary and is opened by H.E. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary. 

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”.

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.

Greg Davies-Jones delves into the topic of Capacity Development at IIASA and what the institute hopes to achieve in the coming years.

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.

How can we reach a sustainable and equitable new normal in a post COVID-19 world? This virtual meeting addresses game-changing measures that will help build a more resilient world and summarizes key policy insights on how to move forward sustainably.