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Ian McCallum

Research Group Leader and Principal 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

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Obersteiner, M. , Benitez, P.C., McCallum, I. , Lexer, M.J., Nilsson, S., Schlamadinger, B., Sohngen, B., & Yamagata, Y. (2005). The Role of Forests in Carbon Cycles, Sequestration, and Storage. IUFRO Newsletter No. 3 - 2005, 5 p. [2005]

Schmullius, C., Santoro, M., Balzter, H., Bartsch, A., Beer, C., Cramer, W., Lehmann, E., McCallum, I. , Nilsson, S., & Shvidenko, A. (2005). SIBERIA-II Final Report. Contract Number EVG1-CT-2001-00048, EC Deliverable: EC17, Reporting Period 1.1.2002-30.09.2005, October 2005, 69 p [2005] , IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Stolbovoi, V., Nilsson, S., & McCallum, I. (2005). The carbon management domain in Russia: application of a country-scale biospheric greenhouse gas inventory model. In: 7th International Conference on CO2, Proceedings, 25-29 September 2005.

Benitez, P.C., McCallum, I. , Obersteiner, M. , & Yamagata, Y. (2004). Global Supply for Carbon Sequestration: Identifying Least-Cost Afforestation Sites Under Country Risk Consideration. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-04-022

Stolbovoi, V., Nilsson, S., Shvidenko, A.Z., & McCallum, I. (2004). Aggregated estimation of basic parameters of biological production and carbon budget of Russian terrestrial ecosystems: 3. Biogeochemical carbon fluxes. Russian Journal of Ecology 35 (3) 150-155. 10.1023/B:RUSE.0000025964.54981.c7.