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Inaugural Howard Raiffa Lecture: The Ethics of National Security Decisions: Lessons from the Social Sciences
IIASA, the Friends of IIASA, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences will host the inaugural Howard Raiffa Lecture, featuring Avril Haines, President-elect of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former United States Director of National Intelligence. The lecture is part of the launch of the Howard Raiffa Academy, a joint initiative of IIASA and the Friends of IIASA.
Annual Report 2025: Economic Frontiers Program Highlights
From poverty and resource extraction to climate policy and economic modeling, the Economic Frontiers Program explored some of the most pressing questions at the intersection of economy, society, and sustainability. Research conducted in 2025 challenged conventional assumptions and generated new perspectives on how progress can be measured and achieved.
The social side of climate action
What can millions of online conversations tell us about climate action? A new dashboard developed at IIASA uses AI to analyze social media discussions on food, mobility, and home energy choices, helping researchers track the social norms, barriers, and motivations that shape low-carbon lifestyles. By complementing traditional surveys with large-scale social media data, the LOW-AI project offers a new perspective on how climate-relevant behaviors are discussed and adopted in everyday life.
You can’t spell IIASA without AI
From cat videos to automated science, Bettina Greenwell of the IIASA Communications Team explores the questions that lingered after a panel on AI and digitalization at the IIASA Interaction Festival.
The origins of the Raiffa Academy: A father’s request
The Raiffa Academy, anchored at IIASA, is the hub of a global network of researchers, government officials, and decision analysts promoting the application of decision science and negotiation analysis methodologies in the development of solutions to complex, science-intensive policy challenges. In this personal reflection, Howard Raiffa's daughter, Judy Raiffa, shares the story of her father's transformative years at IIASA, the profound impact they had on his life's work, and the enduring vision he hoped would continue to shape the Institute's future.