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News
23 May 2025
Strengthening collaboration with Vietnamese partners
IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips represented the Institute at last week’s Austria–Vietnam High-Technology and Innovation Forum in Vienna. Following her participation in a high-level panel discussion on digital transformation, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to boost collaboration in AI and digital transformation.
21 March 2025
Strengthening policy for clean air and climate solutions in the ASEAN region
A new report released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), highlights the urgent need for integrated policies to address air pollution and climate change across Southeast Asia. IIASA researchers contributed as authors of the first chapter, laying the foundation for science-based policy action.
20 March 2025
Solutions to urgent environmental protection challenges in Vietnam
Zbigniew Klimont, who leads the Pollution Management Research Group in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, was invited to share the group's expertise in assisting cities to mitigate air pollution at a recent conference co-organized by the Hanoi People's Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) - the IIASA National Member Organization for Vietnam and its scholarly community.
Events
Peking, Seoul, Hanoi
IIASA delegation visits IIASA members in Asia
Focus
Annual Report 2025
Annual Report 2025: Science Diplomacy Highlights
In 2025, IIASA reinforced its role as a trusted actor in science diplomacy by deepening engagement with international institutions and supporting research‑informed policy dialogue across global platforms.
Annual Report 2024
Annual Report 2024: Strengthening Partnerships Highlights
In 2024, IIASA expanded its global partnerships to drive collaborative research and policy innovation in sustainability, climate action, and systems science through new agreements, joint initiatives, and high-level engagements.
Projects
Pollution Management in the Hanoi Region (GAINS Vietnam)
Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH)
Publications
Park, C. (2027). Beyond error reduction: Dimensional analysis reveals qualitative differences in motor expertise. Information Processing & Management 64 (1) e104951. 10.1016/j.ipm.2026.104951.
Lakmayer, S. & Danielson, M. (2027). Surrogate Weights in Group MCDM Decisions. In: Perspectives on Group Decision and Negotiation: Theory, Technology, and Practice. Eds. Wachowicz, T., Morais, D.C., & Ke, G.Y., pp. 91-104 Springer Cham. ISBN 978-3-032-29551-4
Lint, K. & Yosipof, A. (2027). Benchmarking Textual and Metadata Features Against Transformer-Based Embeddings for Crowdfunding Technology Success Prediction. In: Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2026. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Eds. Maglogiannis, I., Iliadis, L., Zervakis, M., & Papaleonidas, A., pp. 125-138 Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-032-30809-2 10.1007/978-3-032-30809-2_9.
Berger, K., Requena Suarez, D., Szantoi, Z., César de Sá, N., Fritz, S. , Milenkovic, M., Maso, J., Heinrich, V., & Herold, M. (2026). Towards a FAIRer future: insights from Europe's geospatial community. European Journal of Remote Sensing 59 (1) e2676254. 10.1080/22797254.2026.2676254.
Eker, S. , Reiter, C. , Liu, Q., Kuhn, M., & Lutz, W. (2026). Wellbeing cost of carbon. Global Sustainability 9 e1. 10.1017/sus.2025.10042.
Fan, Y.V., Wilson, C. , Kamiya, G., & Mastrucci, A. (2026). Data centre energy demand projections within shared socioeconomic pathways. Energy and Climate Change 7 e100253. 10.1016/j.egycc.2026.100253.
Nishiura, O., Fujimori, S. , & Oshiro, K. (2026). Development of a computable general equilibrium model representing direct air capture and carbon dioxide utilization. Energy and Climate Change 7 e100250. 10.1016/j.egycc.2026.100250.
Chlela, S., Forsell, N., & Selosse, S. (2026). Land–energy nexus to assess the contribution of carbon dioxide removal in net-zero emission pathways. Applied Energy 421 e128215. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.128215.
D'Elia, I., Briganti, G., Kiesewetter, G. , Cappelletti, A., Sander, R. , D'Isidoro, M., Schöpp, W. , & Piersanti, A. (2026). High-resolution Atmospheric Transfer Matrices for policy-oriented air quality assessment in Italy: the new GAINS-Italy model. Atmospheric Environment 382 e122183. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122183.
Hu, Q., Cai, Z., You, L., Fritz, S. , Zhang, X., Yin, H., Wei, H., Yang, J., Li, Z., Yu, Q., Wu, H., Xu, B., & Wu, W. (2026). Hcropland30: A hybrid 30-m global cropland map generated by leveraging global land cover products and Landsat data via deep learning. Remote Sensing of Environment 344 e115552. 10.1016/j.rse.2026.115552.