The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis is a nongovernmental research organization located in Austria. The institute conducts interdisciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. It is sponsored by its National Member Organizations in Asia, Europe, and North America.

In their study of environmental, economic, technological, and social developments, IIASA researchers generate methods and tools useful to both decision makers and the scientific community. The work is based on original state-of-the-art methodologies and analytical approaches that link a variety of natural science and social science disciplines. Since its inception in 1972, IIASA has been the site of successful international scientific collaboration on areas of concern to all advanced societies, such as energy, water, environment, risk, and human settlement.

The Russian Academy of Sciences is Russia's major center of fundamental research into natural and social sciences, technology, and humanities. It is a self-governed organization of scientists, among which are members, associates, and other scholars and specialists.

Throughout its history, since the beginning of the 18th century, the Academy's activities have been closely connected with the development of education, economy, and the culture of Russia, and have contributed greatly to world science. The Academy has always fostered and maintained scientific contacts with both the institutions and scholars of other countries and has actively participated in the research of global problems.