Science Advisory Committee

The role of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC), established by the IIASA Council in 2002, is to ensure that IIASA work continues to meet highest standards in both scientific and policy relevant community.

Professor Jim Hall is the fourth SAC Chair, succeeding Professor Mary Scholes of the Wits University. 

The SAC was established in 2002 by the IIASA Council – the governing body of the Institute with the main task to ensure that IIASA work continues to meet the highest standards in both scientific merit and policy relevance.

The Committee meets approximately once per year, or more often if required, and the SAC Chair is invited to attend Council meetings as a guest.

Current SAC members are: 

Chair from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022
Member from Jan 2016 to Dec 2022
Professor Dr. Jim HALL
Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks
School of Geography and the Environment
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Engineering Science
Oxford University
Oxford, UK

Member from January 2017 to December 2022
Professor Dr. Bojie FU   
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, P.R. China

Member from January 2017 until December 2022
Dr. Youba SOKONA 
The South Centre and the University of Surrey
Geneva, Switzerland

Member from August 2017 to August 2023
Dr. John R. BIRGE 
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago, IL, USA

Member from August 2017 to August 2023
Professor Dr. Ruth DEFRIES 
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Member from July 2020 to June 2023
Professor Elke U. WEBER
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs
Princeton University
USA

Member from July 2020 to June 2023
Dr. Olga KORDAS
Director of Viable Cities (a Swedish strategic innovation programme for smart and sustainable cities)
Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Sweden

Member from July 2020 to June 2023
Professor Dr. Christoph MEINEL 
Internet Technologies and Systems
Hasso-Plattner-Institute
University of Potsdam
Germany

Member from January 2022 to December 2024
Professor Dr. Taikan OKI 
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
University of Tokyo
Japan

Member from January 2022 to December 2024
Dr. Marianne Fay
Director for Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank

Member from January 2022 to December 2024
Professor Yacob Mulugetta
Professor of Energy and Development Policy; Department of Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy (STEaPP) at the University College London (UCL), UK; Founding Member of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) 

Member from January 2022 to December 2024
Professor Dr.  Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy;                                      Central European University, Austria


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