By accessing or using the IIASA website, blog, annual reports, conference sites, and other web projects associated, owned or controlled by IIASA (collectively, “IIASA Projects”) you (the “User”) agree to be bound by these terms of use (“Terms”).

IIASA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms at any time. Your continued use of IIASA Projects means that you accept and agree to the changes.

These Terms affect your legal rights and obligations.
If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access the IIASA Projects.

About IIASA

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) was established in 1972 as a non-governmental, multi-national, autonomous scientific institution with headquarters located in Laxenburg, Lower Austria.

The objectives, governance, and activities of IIASA are laid out in the institute’s Charter. The institute is subject to the laws and jurisdiction of its host country, Austria, where it is legally registered as "Verein" with registration number (ZVR-Nr) 524808900.

In addition, IIASA has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

IIASA content

IIASA content on IIASA Projects is protected by copyright, and unless otherwise stated is owned by IIASA. To ensure wide dissemination of its information, IIASA is committed to making its own content freely available and encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of the text, multimedia and data presented.

IIASA content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. It may be translated, copied, printed and downloaded for private study, research and teaching purposes, and for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of IIASA as the source is given and that IIASA's endorsement of users' views, products or services is not stated or implied in any way. Specific restrictions and/or conditions may apply to specific materials within IIASA Projects. No written permission is required for such use.

IIASA also permits the incorporation of parts of its publications into other works or publications in printed, electronic, or any other media, provided these are for non-commercial research or teaching purposes and the used material is appropriately attributed to IIASA. No written permission is required for such use.

However, if the materials copyrighted to IIASA are intended to be used for commercial purposes, written permission from IIASA is required.

Requests for permission must be made in writing and:

  • Clearly identify what IIASA material you would like to copy, and
  • Briefly explain the intended use of the material.

Please send all requests to permissions@iiasa.ac.at, titled “Copyright and permissions”.

Non-IIASA content

IIASA Projects may include third-party copyright material for which rights and permissions must be obtained from the copyright holder(s) indicated. IIASA has made every reasonable effort to locate, contact, and acknowledge rights holders and to correctly apply terms and conditions to these materials. Under no circumstances shall IIASA be held responsible for any copyright infringements arising from the use of third-party content.

Links

IIASA Projects may contain links and references to third-party websites. The linked websites are not under the control of IIASA, and IIASA is not responsible for the content of any linked website or any link contained in a linked website. IIASA provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked website by IIASA.

Attending IIASA events in person, online, or visiting the institute 

When you attend an event or conference organized by IIASA, or visit the institute, either online or in person, your data is processed for the purpose of effective management of the visit/event. This may include the use of your data for receiving email messages and updates regarding the event, management and distribution of reports, visit follow-up, and sharing of event related information IIASA might need to share the personal data provided with the event partners or service providers.  

Photographs, audio, and video may be captured during your visit. By attending, visitors grant IIASA permission to photograph and/or record them at the visit and distribute (both now and in the future) the attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes of such events and activities. Additionally, presentations, interventions, or comments made during the event may be used on the IIASA website and for further publicity in relation to the event.  

IIASA is funded and governed by its National Member Organizations (NMOs). As part of our reporting to our funders, we provide them with information on conferences and visitors.  

This document explains how we use your data while using online meeting tools: IIASA Data Protection Information for Online Meetings, Teleconferencing, and Webinars

In online meetings, the Zoom AI Companion or the “Record and Transcribe” in MS Teams may be activated at the discretion of the host. Third-party applications that process meeting content (e.g., transcription bots, AI assistants, recording tools) may not be activated during meetings unless explicitly approved by IIASA. Other third-party applications which can be integrated as a plugin with MS Teams (e.g., project management tools) may be used if they have been approved by IIASA, and a suitable data processing agreement is in place.  

If you need any further information or want to withdraw this consent, please contact the Data Protection Manager and/or the contact you registered at for the specific event. 

Mailing lists

When you subscribe to receive information from IIASA, you grant your consent to the processing of personal data on the form for receiving information about IIASA, including general information, newsletters, publications, and events. IIASA will keep all personal data strictly confidential. We will not share your personal information with or sell it to third-party marketers. We may use the following third-party service providers (MailChimp.com, mailmanlist, Brevo) to process and store your data for the purpose above. 

This consent can be withdrawn at any time by sending a message to the Data Protection Manager or by updating your subscription preferences at iiasa.ac.at/signup.

Donors

IIASA collects and uses personal information, such as name, address, telephone number, and email address, when a donor voluntarily provides this information. Your data is kept on file for tax purposes. To claim a tax deduction, IIASA requires your name, date of birth, and address, which may be shared with tax authorities. Otherwise, your information is never shared with third parties.

With your explicit consent, your name and photo may be used to acknowledge your donation on the IIASA public website and in the Annual Report. Your contact information may also be used to notify you of development activities at IIASA. If you need any further information or want to withdraw this consent, please contact the Data Protection Manager. 

Read the IIASA Donations Policy.

Disclaimer

The information, products, and services contained on IIASA Projects are provided “as is” without any warranties. The information presented does not necessarily reflect the views of IIASA staff, visitors, National Member Organizations, partner organizations, or funders.

IIASA accepts no responsibility for losses, damages, costs, and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from use of IIASA Projects and any information or material available from them. Nor does it guarantee that use of the information is free of any claims of copyright infringement.

The mention of names of specific companies, products, or services on the IIASA site does not imply any endorsement or recommendation on the part of IIASA.

Data Protection Information

IIASA is committed to protecting and respecting your personal data. Processing of personal data takes place in strict compliance with the principles and requirements of the GDPR and relevant Austrian legislation. IIASA exclusively processes data that is necessary for the relevant purpose and continuously aims at safeguarding that your personal data remains secure and correct. With this document, we inform you about how we process your personal data, and how you are protected according to Art 13 and 14 GDPR. 

"Personal data" means any information relating to a natural person that can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier. 

"Processing" means any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or any kind of disclosure or other use. 

For what purposes and on what legal basis will your personal data be processed? 

We process your personal data only for the purpose that you are made aware of at the start of the concrete processing activity. We might further process your personal data for the purpose of scientific research.  

Controller: 
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 
Schlossplatz 1 
A-2361 Laxenburg 
Data Protection Manager

Who receives your personal data? 

Within IIASA, only those staff receive your personal data to the extent that this is necessary for processing for corresponding purposes. We only transfer your personal data to third parties if there is a valid legal basis for the transfer. This may include the following recipients: courts and authorities; tax advisers and auditors; banks and insurance companies; and other service providers. In addition, processors commissioned by us (e.g. IT service providers) receive your personal data and only process your personal data on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. In particular, the processors are not permitted to use your personal data for their own purposes. Some of the recipients of your personal data stated above are located or process your personal data outside your country. The data protection standard in other countries may not be the same as the one in Austria. However, we transfer your personal data only to countries for which the European Commission has decided that they offer an adequate level of data protection; if this is not the case, we take measures to ensure that all recipients offer an adequate level of data protection, for which purpose we conclude standard contractual clauses (2010/87/EU and/or 2004/915/EC). 

How long will your personal data be stored? 

We process your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to achieve the abovementioned purposes, as well as in addition in accordance with the legal obligations for storage and documentation, which result among others especially from the Austrian Research Organization Act (FOG), the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB), and the Austrian Business Code (UGB). In general, your personal data will be deleted after processing of the application procedure has been completed, revocation of your consent or your objection to the processing of personal data, provided that the storage of personal data is not necessary to fulfil a legal obligation or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. Further processing will only take place if you have expressly consented to the further use of your personal data or if we have reserved the right to process the personal data in excess thereof, which is permitted by law. It is possible that personal data may be made anonymous instead of being deleted. In this case, any personal reference will be irretrievably removed, which is why the deletion obligations under data protection law also cease to apply. In this case, no personal reference can be restored. 

Data security 

Your personal data is protected through appropriate technical and organizational measures. Those measures include but are not limited to protection against unauthorized, unlawful or accidental access, processing, loss, use, and tampering. Irrespective of our efforts to observe an appropriately high standard of due diligence at all times, it cannot be excluded that information which you have provided to us via the internet will be inspected and used by other persons. Please note that we, therefore, assume no liability whatsoever for disclosure of information due to errors in data transfers that were not caused by us and/or unauthorized access by third parties (e.g. hacker attack on accounts). 

What rights do you have? 

You have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data: 

  • Request access to your personal data. 
  • Request correction of your personal data. 
  • Request erasure of your personal data. 
  • Object to processing of your personal data. 
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data. 
  • Request transfer of your personal data. 
  • Right to withdraw consent. 

To exercise your rights, please contact our Data Protection Manager.

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, or your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in any way, you can file a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Austria, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde) is the responsible authority. 

Austrian Data Protection Authority 
Barichgasse 40-42 
1030 Wien 
Phone: +43 1 52 152-0 
E-mail: [email protected] 

Cookies

By accessing IIASA Projects, certain information, such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, navigation behavior through the Site, the software used, and the time spent, along with other similar information, will be collected using cookies. This information is anonymous and will not specifically identify users.  

The IIASA website only uses essential cookies by default. You may enable optional cookies in the “Cookies” menu for enhanced functionality. Other IIASA Projects may use cookies that are mentioned on the respective sites.  

The collected information will be used internally only for traffic analysis, statistical purposes, and will not be published for general access. IIASA assumes no responsibility for the security of this information. 

No information collected on IIASA Projects will be sold or rented to parties outside of IIASA. IIASA will use this information only for the purposes disclosed by IIASA in advance of such data collection.  

Forums

IIASA Projects may contain forums, comment sections, bulletin boards, chat rooms, possibility to subscribe to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Forums”), the User agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and materials that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example and not as a limitation, the User agrees that when using a Forum, he or she shall not do any of the following:
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
  • Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
  • Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all consents therefor as may be required by law;
  • Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer;
  • Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
  • Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
  • Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file posted by another user of a Forum that the User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

The User acknowledges that all Forums and discussion groups are public and not private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, emails and other communications by other Users are not endorsed by IIASA, and that such communications shall not be considered to have been reviewed, screened or approved by IIASA. IIASA reserves the right to remove, for any reason and without notice, any content of the Forums received from Users, including, without limitation, email and bulletin board postings.

IIASA Logo

 

The IIASA logo should not be used without the prior consent of IIASA. Consult our guidelines on external use of IIASA branding.

Information according to Section 24 and 25 of the Austrian Media Act and Section 5 of Austrian E-Commerce Act (§§ 24 and 25 MedienG and § 5 ECG):

Media Owner: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Internationales Institut für angewandte Systemanalyse), ZVR-524808900, Schloßplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0
Email: [email protected]

Objectives: IIASA’s mission is to provide insights and guidance to policymakers worldwide by finding solutions to global and universal problems through applied systems analysis in order to improve human and social wellbeing and to protect the environment.   

Director General: Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber

Editorial Policy: IIASA Projects are independent electronic mediums for scientific research and publications.