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Scenarios Forum 2022
Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures More
INQUIMUS Workshop
The INQUIMUS workshop has been postponed to Spring 2022. IIASA’s Population and Just Societies Program together with t... More
IIASA Public Webinar #4: In conversation with Leena Srivastava
Addressing global challenges such as sustainable development, climate justice, and the pandemic recovery requires coordi... More
Societal transformation towards global sustainability
IIASA Deputy Director for Science, Leena Srivastava, will give a keynote speech at the National Institute for Environmen... More
Discussion Series on ‘Tipping Elements, Irreversibility and Abrupt Change in the Earth System’: PERMAFROST
This discussion series aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the ... More
Integrative Research on Sustainable Systems
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science, Leena Srivastava will participate in a workshop organized by the Center for I... More
Science, technology, and innovation policy for reducing disaster risk in India
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will participate in a high-level round table co-organized by ... More
IIASA at AGU 2021
IIASA researchers and alumni are participating in the American Geosciences Union Fall Meeting 2021 presenting research o... More
Financial Times The Global Boardroom
4th Edition: Building Sustainable Growth
IIASA demographer Wolfgang Lutz is invited to participate in the 4th Global Boardroom digital conference organized by Fi... More
IIASA at IUSSP International Population Conference 2021
Population and Just Societies Program scientists will present and discuss latest IIASA research at the virtual IUSSP Int... More
IIASA at the International Conference of Resilient Cities from the Global South
International conference to promote the debate on the transformation of resilient cities, challenges and future opportu... More
Young Scientists Summer Program Information Session: Finland, Norway, Sweden
Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like mo... More
IIASA-China Expert Dialogue on Long-term and Integrated Modeling Analysis
Online workshop for the the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Strategic Partnerships for the Implementat... More
The causes and consequences of depopulation
The IIASA Population and Just Societies Program, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the University of Vienna are co-o... More
Discussion Series on ‘Tipping Elements, Irreversibility and Abrupt Change in the Earth System’: AMAZON
This discussion series aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the ... More
Young Scientists Summer Program Information Session: UK, Jordan, Egypt
Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like mo... More
IIASA Public Webinar #3: In conversation with Reinhard Mechler
Faced with increasing climate-related risks, decision-makers across the world need to strengthen and transform climate r... More
Kick-off event for Project FairSTREAM
Registrations now open for this kick-off event! More
What happened at COP26 and why it matters
IIASA and the Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a webinar to dis... More
IIASA brings transdisciplinary research insights to the Canadian Science Policy Conference 2021
IIASA organized a panel at the virtual Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) 2021. In this panel, international expe... More
Young Scientists Summer Program Information Session: Austria
Are you an early career researcher interested in applying to the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program and would like mo... More
Public Lecture: Scaling up Solutions for Sustainability: The Example of Tropical Deforestation
IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow Eric Lambin will speak at a hybrid public lecture offered by IIASA and the Austrian ... More
Discussion Series on ‘Tipping Elements, Irreversibility and Abrupt Change in the Earth System’: ICE SHEETS
This discussion series aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the ... More
RITE-IIASA side-event on EDITS at COP26
Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) side-event at COP26 as part of the Japan P... More
IUCA panel discussion
IIASA Researchers Thomas Schinko and Teresa Deubelli discuss tackling adaptation limits through transformational change More
Demographic theories. Repositioning the discipline at the core of social sciences.
Renowned IIASA demographer Wolfgang Lutz will present his new book "Advanced Introduction to Demography" at the high-lev... More
Climate crisis boosts displacement
An event by the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation will explore how the climate crisis affects ... More
UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)
COP26 will bring together parties from across the globe, offering a crucial opportunity to achieve pivotal, transformat... More
2021 ADBI-ADB-IIASA Workshop on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Technologies and Governance in Urban Development
This workshop will feature keynotes by Prof Sebastian Galiani and Prof Meera Mehta, and include a diversity of presentat... More
IIASA Public Webinar #2: In conversation with Piero Visconti
At a crucial moment for beleagured nature, IIASA research is showing that we can reverse biodiversity loss. IIASA Resear... More
Live Panel Discussion on COP 26
IIASA Research Scholar Thomas Schinko reaches wider audience through live panel discussion on upcoming COP 26 More
IIASA at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting 2021
Nadejda Komendantova who leads the IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Research Group, has been invit... More
China’s low fertility may not hinder future prosperity
IIASA demographer Guillaume Marois presents in a webinar organized by Shanghai University a new research published in th... More
IIASA at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Vienna Dialogue on Climate and Security
Nadejda Komendantova who leads the IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Research Group, has been invite... More
IIASA Regional Conference Side Event: Systems Analysis 101 Course
This 4-hour workshop will cover various aspects of systems thinking and models as well as practical applications and use... More
IIASA Water Security (WAT) Research Group at Danube Water Conference 2021
WAT Research Group colleagues are invited to speak and participate in panel discussions in a special session titled, "Ta... More
Population dynamics and climate change
Dr. Raya Muttarak, IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, is invited to talk about population dynamics an... More
Voting for Tomorrow: Climate Change, Environmental Concern, and Green Voting
IIASA demographer Raya Muttarak is invited by Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research to discuss the impact of expo... More
Training Workshop on Water Resources Management: Climate and Socioeconomic Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins
Scientists from the IIASA Water Security (WAT) Research Group will conduct a water resource management model-training wo... More
2nd ISC General Assembly
The International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly (GA) is the highest authority of the Council and consists of re... More
IIASA at the VII International Conference "Management, Economics, Ethics, Technics – MEET-2021"
The title of the VII MEET International Conference is: "Economic, social and civilization challenges in the globalizing ... More
IIASA at AFAC21, Australasia's emergency management conference & exhibition.
IIASA Researchers to give keynote on "The value of CRC research". More
9th NAVIGATE Webinar
Webinar on a sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda More
IIASA at the 6th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference
As a premier event in the global adaptation spectrum, Adaptation Futures is a unique platform to facilitate dialogues to... More
Citizen Science at the UN World Data Forum
IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld, Strategic Initiatives Program Director Steffen Fritz, and IIASA researcher ... More
STS Forum 2021
The Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum) will convene virtually for its 18th Annual Meeting to be held on... More
IIASA at the 55th Conference of the International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration (ICA)
The theme of the 55th ICA Conference is: The New Normal: "A radical leap to digital, one giant step for digital society.... More
IIASA public webinar #1: In conversation with Albert van Jaarsveld
In a world facing global crises it is vital to connect and share our knowledge and experience. IIASA Director General Al... More
ICONICS Public Webinar
The International Committee on New Integrated Climate Change Assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) continues its series of webi... More
Population and Environmental Change
IIASA demographer Wolfgang Lutz is invited to present the latest advances in demography on the interactions between huma... More
IIASA at IDRiM2021
IIASA co-organises 11th International Conference of the International Society for the Integrated Disaster Risk Managemen... More
NAVIGATE/ENGAGE Expert Workshop
Bringing best practice policies of climate mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals to Integrated Assessment Model s... More
2nd World Forum on Climate Justice
This year’s Forum brings together deep, rich and challenging conversations on two of the most pressing issues of our ... More
Online Discussion Series on ‘Tipping Elements, Irreversibility and Abrupt Change in the Earth System’
This discussion series aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the ... More
ENGAGE Project: Asian Stakeholder Workshop
Partners in the ENGAGE project to present new research results to Asian stakeholders More
Climate Change and Population Dynamics
IIASA prominent demographers Raya Muttarak and Wolfgang Lutz are co-organizing and debating on climate feedback on popul... More
Multi-risk governance approach for interconnected critical infrastructures
Dr. Nadejda Komendantova from Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) group is invited to speak at the workshop ... More
IIASA at JVI Course for Policymakers
IIASA Reseracher Schinko reaches policy makers through Climate Change Economics Course More
Laxenburg Environment and Climate Day 2021
IIASA participated in this community event, focusing on biodiversity in Laxenburg. The event - organized by the municipa... More
IIASA hosts a policy simulation on energy transition at INGSA 2021
IIASA is co-organizing a policy simulation at a satellite event of the INGSA2021 conference in Montreal. This event will... More
IIASA at INGSA Conference 2021: Build Back Wiser: Knowledge, Policy and Publics in Dialogue
IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld will participate in a panel discussion at the 4th International Conference o... More
IIASA at World Water Week 2021
The IIASA Water Security Research Group will co-convene a session at Stockholm International Water Institute World Water... More
IIASA at CMC Masters Club Panel Discussion
Thomas Schinko represents IIASA in panel discussion on the effects of the climate and the COVID crisis. More
Third workshop of the Foresight Exercise “Emerging Trade Routes between Europe and Asia”
The third workshop of the Foresight Exercise is organized in the framework of the “Emerging trade routes between Europ... More
Ambassador of Uzbekistan visits IIASA
The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna H.E... More
Ambassador of Vietnam visits IIASA
The new Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna H.E. A... More
IBFRA 2021: Changing Boreal Biome
The International Boreal Forest Research Association will bring together researchers, managers, policymakers, and member... More
Lecture on climate change at the Indian National Defence College
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will deliver a lecture: Climate Change, Treaties, and Recomme... More
Policy Simulation: Cascading Resource Scarcity in the Arctic
IIASA is co-organizing an Arctic simulation that will provide early career researchers in Canada with an opportunity to ... More
Evidence for Action 2021 International Symposium
Dr. Thomas Schinko represents IIASA at international research symposium on Aligning the Climate and SDG Agendas organise... More
Open mind, society, and world
IIASA scientist Anastasia A. Lijadi will present latest research from the ERC funded IIASA project "The Demography of ... More
UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, will participate in the UN High-Level Political F... More
Unleashing Science: Delivering Missions for Sustainability
IIASA Director General Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld will participate in an official side event at the UN High-Level Politica... More
Vienna Energy Forum 2021
Since its founding in 2008 by a joint initiative of IIASA, the Austrian Government, and the United Nations Industrial De... More
IIASA at the OSCE High-Level Conference marking 30 years of the Bonn Document
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is organizing a High-Level Conference to celebrate 30th ... More
JVI Climate Webinar: Modelling Climate Change
IIASA Researcher Thomas Schinko represents IIASA in webinar series on climate change economics. More
Complex Systems Modelling: An Opportunity to Better Understand and Anticipate Humanitarian Needs?
IIASA at OCHA Center for HumData Webinar
IIASA Research Scholar Asjad Naqvi will speak at the webinar held by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data on modeling d... More
IIASA at the Global Atmosphere Watch Symposium of the World Meteorological Organization
Cooperation and Transformative Governance group at the Diversity Global Atmosphere Watch Panel DiscussionNadejda Komenda... More
Power Tech 2021
IIASA researcher discusses the importance of open-source models in energy systems analysis at PowerTech 2021. More
People need People - Online Exchange
IIASA Researchers Franziska Gaupp and Thomas Schinko organize an interactive online workshop to address the question "wh... More
2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development
Reinhard Mechler and Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler will give a keynote on Understanding and managing fiscal disaster risk fo... More
Toward a Fit for Future United Nations: IIASA at ACUNS 2021
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will speak at the Global Annual meeting of the Academy Counci... More
Columbia Climate School Conference 2021: At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice
IIASA researcher Reinhard Mechler will host a panel discussion on transdisciplinary science insights for understanding m... More
4th European Conference on Flood Risk Management: Science and practice for an uncertain future
IIASA researchers Reinhard Mechler and Adriana Keating will give a keynote on Measuring community flood resilience acros... More
Mobilizing for affordable and clean energy for all, on the road to net-zero emissions
IIASA will participate with ministers and experts at the virtual UN Ministerial-level Thematic Forums to mobilize transf... More
The 2nd Edition of IntelAgri: Digital technologies for smart, safe, and sustainable agriculture
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will be the distinguished speaker at India's most important ... More
Launch of the Global Agro-Ecological Zoning platform version 4 (GAEZ v4)
IIASA and collaborative partners will launch the new Global Agro-Ecological Zones platform version 4 (GAEZ v4) in a web... More
IIASA becomes an observer to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
At the eighth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Serv... More
International Energy Workshop
IIASA researchers discuss future demand for residential space heating and the goal of net-zero emissions at the 39th Ann... More
Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2021
IIASA Deputy Director of Science Leena Srivastava and researchers Reinhard Mechler, Teresa Deubelli, and John Handmer wi... More
Global Forum on Communication in Science
IIASA Director General and CEO Albert van Jaarsveld will attend the Global Forum on Communication in Science - a hybrid ... More
Promoting sustainable development in the aging world
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program Director Raya Muttarak is invited to talk about demographic perspectives ... More
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New NGFS Climate Scenarios
IIASA researchers teamed up with NGFS to publish an updated set of climate scenarios to assess future climate-related ri... More
Web-Conference on Our Ethical Responsibility Towards the Himalayan Ecosystem
Join us live for a web-conference on the World Environment Day More
IIASA at Symposium for Policy Makers
Scientists inform policy makers about different aspects of the pandemic: risks and opportunities, lessons to be learned ... More
IIASA at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021
IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program Director Elena Rovenskaya is invited to speak at the 24th St. Petersburg Intern... More
IIASA provides scientific input to the OSCE discussions on critical infrastructure dependencies
IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader Nadejda Komendantova is invited by the Secretariat... More
Join EuropaBON’s first stakeholder workshop!
The Europa Biodiversity Observation Network - EuropaBON is hosting its first stakeholder workshop aiming to develop a ... More
IIASA at ECCA 2021 (virtual event)
IIASA researchers co-organize webinar as part of ECCA 2021, the 5th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference More
SDSN Leadership Council Meeting
IIASA Director General and CEO Albert van Jaarsveld will attend the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Lea... More
Risk Management in Energy Post-COVID-19
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava and IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research ... More
Climate Exp0: Advancing a Resilient, Zero-Carbon World, 17-21 May 2021 (virtual event)
IIASA researchers present at Climate ExpO on the enablers and barriers to the practice of adaptation More
What Does the Global Future Hold? Population and Demography
IIASA demographer Wolfgang Lutz is invited to speak at the International Resource Panel Webcast Series on the topic of p... More
IIASA at the PAA Virtual Annual Meeting 2021
IIASA Population and Just Societies program is presenting new demographic research at the Population Association of Ame... More
Ambassador of Pakistan visits IIASA
H.E. Ambassador Aftab Ahmad Khokher, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to UN and other International Organizations in... More
IIASA on Transboundary Climate Risk at Adaptation Futures
This webinar, focusing on transboundary climate risk and adaptation, is organised by Adaptation Without Borders (AWB), ... More
Platform Value Now Webinar
Leena Ilmola-Sheppard from Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) group is moderating and co-organizing an inte... More
EU Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic
Pollution Management Research Group Leader Zbigniew Klimont is a speaker at an online event held to publicise the EU-fun... More
Energy Transition Week 2021
IIASA scientists will participate as keynote speakers and panelists at the upcoming virtual Energy Transition Week 2021... More
Building Global Funding Alliances
IIASA Director General and CEO Albert van Jaarsveld will participate in the Second Global Forum of Funders - a platform ... More
First Nobel Prize Summit
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will take part in the Academic Science Section in the first N... More
Carbon neutrality - what does this mean for the world?
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava joined the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) / Asia ... More
Human Migration in the Face of Global Climate Change
World Population and Just Societies Program Director Raya Muttarak is invited to talk about relationship between global ... More
50th TFIAM meeting
Scientists from the Pollution Management Research Group will participate in the 50th meeting of the Task Force on Integr... More
IIASA at #vEGU21: Engage - Discover - Inspire
IIASA researchers will participate in the virtual European Geosciences Union 2021. The event aims to provide a forum wh... More
IPCC WGIII virtual Lead Author Meeting (eLAM)
IIASA scientists are contributing to the IPCC Working Group III Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Author teams will be gath... More
Redefining Old Age
IIASA demographer Sergei Scherbov is invited to talk about new ways of measuring aging that more accurately represent th... More
Systems Analysis in Eurasia
The conference Systems Analysis in Eurasia will take place at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (N... More
Modelling the Impact on Circular Economy and Low Carbon Transitions of the COVID-19 Recovery Packages
Experts convene to discuss how to use economic models to investigate the links between the COVID-19 pandemic, response m... More
NEW DATE - COVID-19 recovery: Towards a just and sustainable society (public lecture)
IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow Sir Peter Gluckman will speak at a virtual public lecture offered by IIASA and the A... More
Population, food and environment
World Population and Just Societies Program Director Raya Muttarak will talk on 9 April at the webinar on Population, Fo... More
6th Viennese Talks on Resilience and Networks: Principles for resetting a post-Corona world
The 6th Viennese Talks on Resilience and Networks is co-organized by IIASA and FASresearch. In an effort to support a co... More
IIASA Perspective on Digital Economy and Sustainable Development
IIASA researcher Nadejda Komendantova will give a keynote speech at the International Conference of the Institute of Nat... More
VIII International Workshop: Critical Infrastructures in the Digital World (IWCI 2021)
Nadejda Komendantova from the Cooperation and Transformative Governance group is invited to provide an opening keynote p... More
OECD-IIASA Strategic Partnership: Fourth Task Force meeting
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and IIASA are presenting the Fourth OECD-IIASA Systems... More
Education distributions and sustainable development
IIASA demographer Wolfgang Lutz is invited to speak at the Berlin Demography Days on the topic of human capital and how ... More
IIASA and World Water Day 2021
World Water Day held annually on 22 March, celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living withou... More
Joint Academy Day 2021: Interdisciplinary responses to global challenges
IIASA researcher Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and IIASA alumnus Verena Winiwarter will speak at this year’s Joint Acad... More
IIASA leadership at the S4D4C meeting on science diplomacy
IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld spoke at the Using Science for/in Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges... More
IIASA leadership at the NASEM workshop on science diplomacy
IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld spoke at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASE... More
International Workshop “China's Belt and Road Initiative: curse or blessing for democracy in Eurasia?”
Dmitry Erokhin is invited to speak on the determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in the Belt and Road... More
ALPS International Symposium
Future strategy towards carbon neutral society was the focus of the ALternative Pathways toward Sustainable development ... More
Innovation for Sustainable Development: Stakeholders' Consultation at UNECE
Nadejda Komendantova from the Advancing Systems Analysis Program is invited to speak at the Stakeholders' Consultation o... More
Third ENGAGE Project Meeting
96 participants from more than 30 institutions and 15 countries participated in the 3rd ENGAGE Project Meeting, which wa... More
Digital ALPTREES conference 2021
The digital ALPTREES conference displays a platform for citizens, experts, young adults, and stakeholders to share thei... More
Working life and health expectancies
IIASA demographer Daniela Weber presents her research in online seminar organized by the Aging Research Center (ARC). More
IIASA discusses resilient food systems post COVID at the AAAS Annual Meeting
IIASA is organizing a panel discussion at the 2021 virtual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) me... More
Pathways to a sustainable post-COVID world – reports from the IIASA-ISC consultative platform
IIASA and the International Science Council (ISC) will present reports outlining key findings and insights drawn from th... More
What demographers tell us about the COVID-19 pandemic
IIASA researchers present their latest findings on the demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. More