The EDC theme embraces economic behaviors under the risk of large disruptive (regime changing) shocks, including climate tipping points, eco-system breakdown, pandemic shocks, and disruptive technological or political changes.
The ICI group focuses on advancing the understanding of physical climate impacts and risks in a scenario context, and their societal and economic consequences.
The Equity and Justice Research Group at IIASA advances the justice debate in global change research and sustainability science using mixed, systems-based, and participatory methods.
The objective of the WAT Group is to provide the scientific foundation needed for addressing the quest for water security across scales and to help bridge science-policy-practice gaps related to water management by leading global efforts on integrated assessment of water resources and exploring transformation pathways towards a water secure future.
Austria is the host country of IIASA. The Austrian Academy of Sciences is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Austria and entrusts the Austrian IIASA Committee with oversight of IIASA.
The Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Brazilian membership of IIASA.
The Finnish Committee for IIASA is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Finland. The Academy of Finland appoints the members of the committee and finances the annual membership fee.
The National Member Organization (NMO) for Germany is the German Association for the Advancement of IIASA. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds the NMO and the IIASA annual membership fee.
India’s Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) represents India and its scholarly community at IIASA. TIFAC has established a national committee for the India–IIASA Programme to oversee research collaborations and capacity-building activities between the Indian research community and IIASA.