Ian McCallum
Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scholar
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Ian McCallum leads the Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group of the Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. NODES exploits both citizen and data science combined with Earth observations to monitor, analyze, and foster progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The group is comprised of 30 members with expertise in applied research, development, and project management.McCallum contributes to numerous research projects within NODES, applying various geo-spatial analysis techniques to global environmental and socioeconomic challenges. For example, he is leading the efforts to develop new and novel data and methods within the GRANULAR Project – an ambitious project developing indicators of rural development in Europe. He also leads the activities on stakeholder engagement within the EuropaBON project, a policy-oriented effort with the aim to develop a comprehensive biodiversity monitoring coordination center in Europe. Furthermore, he contributes to the development of the Geo-Wiki, a globally recognized Citizen Science platform designed to monitor the Earth's surface and related activities.
McCallum holds graduate degrees in Forest Science, where he specialized in the application of Geographic Information Systems to issues surrounding view-shed analysis and wildlife habitat modeling, and a doctoral degree applying satellite derived biophysical variables to model vegetation productivity. He is currently on the faculty of the Master of Science in Environmental Technology and International Relations (ETIA) in Vienna, Austria, where he teaches a course on Remote Sensing and the Environment.
Prior to joining IIASA, he worked for both forest industry and forest consulting firms in central and western Canada and the United States.
Last update: 20 MAR 2023
Publications
Balzter, H., George, C.T., Rowland, C.S., Gerard, F., McCallum, I. , Shvidenko, A., & Schmullius, C. (2004). Forest fires in Central Siberia and their impact on emissions of greenhouse gases. In: Proceedings of the RSPSoc Annual Conference, 2004.
Nilsson, S., Vaganov, E.A., Shvidenko, A., Stolbovoi, V., Rozhkov, V.A., McCallum, I. , & Jonas, M. (2003). Carbon budget of vegetation ecosystems of Russia. Doklady Earth Sciences 1281-1283.
George, C.T., Gerard, F., Balzter, H., McCallum, I. , Shvidenko, A., Nilsson, S., & Schmullius, C. (2003). Disturbances in the Siberian boreal forest - Mapping fire-scars using a multi-temporal, multi-sensor approach. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293657. In: Proceedings: IGARSS 2003 - 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sysposium, 21-25 July 2003.
Nilsson, S., Shvidenko, A., McCallum, I. , & Schmullius, C. (2003). Quantification of full terrestrial biota major greenhouse gases budget at a regional scale: A combination of modeling systems, geographical information systems and remotely sensed data. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293657. In: Proceedings: IGARSS 2003 - 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sysposium, 21-25 July 2003.
Nilsson, S., Jonas, M. , Stolbovoi, V., Shvidenko, A., Obersteiner, M. , & McCallum, I. (2003). The missing "missing sink". The Forestry Chronicle 79 (6) 1071-1074.