Jenan Irshaid
Guest Researcher
Water Security Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Jenan Irshaid joined the IIASA Risk and Resilience (RISK) Program as a Research Assistant in September 2015. She previously worked on the MENA Sustainable Electricity Trajectories (MENA SELECT) project that aims to provide policy makers in the MENA region with alternative options to fossil fuels. She is particularly interested in climate change mitigation and adaptation schemes in the context of sustainable socio-economic development. She worked on the coDesign (Addressing Energy Transition Gaps in Climate and Energy Model Regions of Austria Through Policy Co-Design) project exploring causes and innovative solutions for the policy implementation gap in Austrian climate and energy model regions. Ms. Irshaid further worked as a predoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology at the Alpen Adria University in Klagenfurt, where she is collaborating on the project Reflexive Governance in a Changing Climate: How to Address Uncertainties in Transformation Strategies (RefGovCC.AT), while also writing her dissertation.Currently, Ms. Irshaid is working on conducting a Political Economy Analysis within the ScaleWays project focusing on the scaling of sustainable intensification practices in rice and fodder crop production in East African countries.
Ms. Irshaid holds an MSc in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Bristol (UK), where she specialized in statistical modeling of development indicators, the effects of resources on peace, conflict and prosperity and the implementation and management of renewable resources.
Prior to joining IIASA, Ms. Irshaid worked at the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna and the International Climate Initiative of the Federal German Ministry for the Environment.
Last update: 18 FEB 2020
Publications
Martin, J. , Irshaid, J., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Scolobig, A., Rodriguez, J.A., & Fresolone-Caparrós, A. (2023). Opportunities and barriers to NBS at the EU, national, regional and local scales, with suggested reforms and innovations. Deliverable 5.2 of the PHUSICOS project
Kariuki, P., Edel, I., Hauser, M., Irshaid, J., Joseph, J., Kahil, T. , Luna Gonzalez, D., Smilovic, M. , Tramberend, S. , & Yillia, P. (2023). Report: scaleWAYS Final Workshop. IIASA Report. Laxenburg: IIASA
Martin, J. , Kanade, R., Bhadbhade, N., de Bruijn, J. , Hanger-Kopp, S., Irshaid, J., Joy, K., Lokahare, K., Thomas, B., & Willaarts, B. (2022). Transdisciplinarity in practice: the food-water-biodiversity nexus and its fairness in the Upper Bhima Basin. In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience, 16-17 November, 2022, Vienna, Austria.
Irshaid, J., Mochizuki, J. , & Schinko, T. (2022). Challenges to local innovation and implementation of low-carbon
energy-transition measures: A tale of two Austrian regions. In: Österreichischer Klimatag 2022, 20-22 April 2022.
Irshaid, J., Mochizuki, J. , & Schinko, T. (2022). Herausforderungen für die lokale Energiewende in Österreich: Innovation und Umsetzung in ländlichen und städtischen Gemeinden. In: Österreichischer Klimatag 2022, 20-22 April 2022.