Article: Other
08 November 2023
Options Magazine, Winter 2023: In the quest for sustainable development, IIASA researchers advocate for a paradigm shift, urging a greater focus on mobilizing the private sector and using the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to reshape humanity's approach to conservation and development policies.
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Cyprus University of Technology, online presentation
To celebrate GIS Day, the Department of Civil Engineers and Geomatics at the Cyprus University of Technology is hosting a one-day conference, bringing together a wide variety of users of spatial data from academia to the public sector and commerce.
Article: News
06 November 2023
The G20 is a global platform for the discussion of cooperation, policy, and governance pathways aligned with the common interests of its member states, which include the world’s largest economies. This year, to support the G20 process, IIASA produced four policy papers providing insight into the complexities of potential multilateral institutional reforms.
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Wageningen Economic Research, The Hague, The Netherlands
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.
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IIASA
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.
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Paris, France
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.
Article: Blog Post
09 October 2023
Using the journey of chocolate, from the sun-drenched cocoa plantations to the sweet bars that we all know and love, IIASA researchers Ali Kharrazi and Zuelclady Araujo Gutierrez recently guided a group of young learners through the practical applications of systems thinking and life-cycle analysis in our everyday lives.
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Warsaw, Poland and online
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.
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Vienna, Austria
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.
Article: Blog Post
29 September 2023
Managing land for agriculture has shaped civilization, but it has also led to biodiversity decline and other problems that today threaten the future of humanity. The EU Horizon 2020 FRAMEwork project is supporting a transition to biodiversity sensitive farming by uniting farmer clusters and citizen observatories to protect sensitive ecosystems while ensuring food security.
Article: News
27 September 2023
Introducing a Game-Changing Social Media Intelligence Mining Tool!
The ASA/CAT Groups proudly unveil a groundbreaking tool that promises to redefine our understanding of public sentiment and discourse across digital landscapes. With support from contributors Hossein Hassani, Nadya Komendantova, Elena Rovenskaya, and Mohammad Reza Yeganegi, this cutting-edge innovation is set to transform the way we harness insights from platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Google, and news outlets.
Article: News
27 September 2023
IIASA scientists contributed to a new UN report focusing on the importance and potential benefit from synergistic action with regard to climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report highlights potential knowledge barriers and major political and economic challenges and provides recommendations to address them.
Event
Cascais, Portugal
From October 18th- 20th 2023, NODES’ researchers Inian Moorthy and Gerid Hager will showcase the IIASA-led Urban ReLeaf project at the European Urban Resilience Forum in Cascais, Portugal. They will launch a Community of Practice to bring together public authorities, urban planners and other key stakeholders to design citizen-centric urban greening actions and address wider policy making processes in pursuit of urban climate resilience.
Article: News
21 September 2023
Accurate estimates and forecasts of crop area and yield play an important role in guiding policy decisions related to food security, especially in light of the growing impacts of climate change. IIASA researchers and colleagues highlight the value of integrating remote sensing and data sharing for timely agricultural information critical for food security and sustainability planning in a new paper.
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Potsdam, Germany
Climate impacts in one location that propagate to other locations through trade and value chains, development and security policies, and financial systems, may have disrupting effects similar to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war on Ukraine. These effects are not easily represented in traditional analysis frameworks and need to be embedded in the wider context of social vulnerability and climate change. The conference aims to bring together scientists across disciplines that work on approaches to better understand and respond/adapt to cross-border climate impacts and risks. The conference also seeks to identify knowledge gaps and directions for future research. Research presented in the conference will highlight what needs arise from a consideration of cross-border climate impacts, how to design research that is actionable for decision-making or how to improve the monitoring of risks.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
Multi-hazard and sYstemic framework for enhancing Risk-Informed mAnagement and Decisionmaking in the E.U. (MYRIAD-EU)
REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade (RECEIPT)
Smart Policy Support for Integrated Climate Risk Management (SMARTSUPPORT)