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The Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) group is firmly committed to encourage and foster the participation of early career researchers who express an interest in collaborating with us and wish to contribute to our initiatives. We offer diverse pathways for individuals to join our group, and we are particularly enthusiastic about engaging with researchers who share a keen interest in our methodologies and ongoing projects.  

We are looking forward to bringing all former YSSPers together to connect with colleagues from your cohort, and to network with other former YSSPers!

The MOSAIC project conducted its second Project Partners Meeting, held from November 7th to 9th, 2023, in Innsbruck, Austria. This event was a convergence of in-person and virtual attendees, bringing together project partners from Austria, Slovenia, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.

The newly established International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum provided an opportunity to discuss best practices and present solutions to tackle climate change and achieve a green energy transition. Hossein Hassani and Nadejda Komendantova share their insights from a fireside chat at the event that focused on the role of young people in clean energy transitions.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: As cities draw in more and more people, the challenges and opportunities posed by urbanization are ever-increasing. How can we make sure that the cities of tomorrow will serve both people and the planet?

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA and Norway have enjoyed fruitful collaboration spanning multiple sectors for over two decades, helping to shape the political discourse at national, regional, and global levels. Represented by the Research Council of Norway, the country has been among the most active contributors to the work of IIASA.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: Looking back and moving forward: Systems analysis for sustainable wellbeing. 50 years of IIASA research, 40 years after the Brundtland Commission, and contributing to the post‑2030 global agenda.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group Leader, Shonali Pachauri, explores policy pathways for achieving universal access to basic services and technologies. She was a lead author of the Working Group III contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), and a member of the Extended Writing Team for the Synthesis Report.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA has a long history of being home to some of the most exceptional systems thinkers of our time. In the last year, several IIASA researchers were again honored with various awards and appointments.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: Every year, a select group of talented young scientists are offered the opportunity to embark on a transformative, career-shaping journey in the picturesque town of Laxenburg, Austria when they participate in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP).

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: Zuelclady Araujo Gutierrez’s research supports governments to have better data and tools for their longterm climate change mitigation planning, tailored to the realities of their countries.

Options Magazine, Winter 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. This year, India held the Presidency of the G20 under the banner of One Earth, One Family, One Future. To support India’s Presidency, IIASA produced four policy papers providing insight into the complexities of potential multilateral institutional reforms.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA researcher Martin Jung is a rising star in the field of conservation research with a passion for exploring how biodiversity and conservation issues can truly be embedded in complex systems.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: As a Climate Change Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) alumna, Esperanza González Mahecha, is supporting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to include climate change considerations in all aspects of planning, from infrastructure works and financing schemes, to policies that foster sustainable and inclusive development to improve lives.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: As IIASA Connect brings together the global systems analysis community, it also acts as a hub for regional communities to connect and engage.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: An international team of researchers explored a more inclusive and locally attuned approach to governance, challenging the existing top-down model and advocating for a holistic consideration of the socio-cultural and economic dimensions of Atlantic salmon fishing in Northern Fennoscandia.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: Population decline is a key demographic challenge facing modern society. While previous studies have examined population decline, less is known about the different contemporary trajectories of depopulation in small areas and their demographic and contextual factors.

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: The potential rise in fertility following the end of China's one-child policy might create a dual challenge for workers in the short term, according to a recent study.

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.