Article: News
07 March 2024
New projections of population and human capital provide insights into what our future could look like all the way until the year 2100 under different developmental scenarios. The findings are presented in datasets compiled by IIASA scientists in partnership with the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital.
Article: News
05 March 2024
This year, the institute celebrates 30 years of Ukraine’s IIASA membership – a period marked by many impactful research partnerships in forestry, agriculture, water resource management, and energy, among others. Amid the challenges posed by the ongoing conflict in the country, IIASA is proud to highlight some of its achievements and joint projects with Ukrainian scientists.
Event
Leuven, Belgium
On the 1st of July 2024 in Leuven (Belgium), CircEUlar, together with IAM-Circ, CIRCOMOD, and ScarCyclET, will organize a Joint workshop on Circular Economy Economic Modelling. The objective is to provide a platform for researchers – especially young, non-tenured economists – who are interested in advancing our understanding of the economic aspects of the circular economy.
Article: News
29 February 2024
Energy systems essential to supporting our everyday activities face increasing threats from wars, pandemics, climate change, and other unexpected events. An international team of researchers found that demand-oriented solutions have a significantly greater potential to reduce our vulnerability to energy crises compared to supply measures.
Event
Venice, Italy and online
Climate services play a pivotal role in the European Union's efforts to propel climate action,
strengthen resilience, and foster a data-driven economy. The 2015 European research and
innovation roadmap exemplified this commitment by fostering the co-development of climate
services and enabling their market growth, aligned with the objectives of the EU Green Deal.
Climateurope2, funded by EU Horizon Europe, is a coordination and supporting action dedicated
to promoting the use of trustworthy climate services, enhancing the climate service community,
and fostering grassroots standardisation
Event
This is the kick-off meeting of the HEU project MultiFutures, the 10 partners of the project will come together for 1,5 days to discuss the workplan for the project in the next 12 months.
Article: News
28 February 2024
Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) aims to create a world free of hunger. Africa is not making enough progress towards achieving this target with about 20% of the population experiencing ongoing hunger. In a new study, IIASA researchers developed a model to demonstrate how the reliability of food supply in West Africa can be enhanced in a cost-effective way by accounting for low-yield events.
Article: News
27 February 2024
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) hosted a delegation from the Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS). The visit aimed at fostering collaboration and in-depth discussions on key economic models and research areas.
Event
Grand Gongda Jianguo Hotel (No.100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China)
As part of the COMMITTED project, Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) and Tsinghua University (TU) will host a knowledge-sharing and capacity-building workshop aimed at addressing critical issues related to climate change mitigation in China and beyond.
Research Project
Horizon Europe: Link4Skills is a global project addressing skill shortages through four processes: upskilling established populations, raising wages, automation, and migration. It spans Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, analyzing skill shortages and flows. The project includes the development of an AI-Assisted Skill Navigator for stakeholders in employment and vocational training organizations across origins and destinations
Article: News
26 February 2024
Research conducted by scientists from IIASA and Princeton University suggests that a combination of insurance subsidies and policies that promote “prosocial preferences” ― decision-making preferences that account for community wellbeing ― can help facilitate optimal climate risk management and reduce economic losses.