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13 July 2026
From innovation to impact: Professor Subra Suresh visits IIASA
IIASA recently welcomed Professor Subra Suresh – Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professor at Large at Brown University, former Director of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and former President of Carnegie Mellon University and Nanyang Technological University Singapore – for a full day of exchange culminating in a Science Parliament Lecture titled, Innovation 4.0 for Humanity 4.0.
03 July 2026
Building bridges: Indian Ambassador visits IIASA
H.E. Ambassador Shambhu S. Kumaran, India's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, recently visited IIASA to explore deeper research cooperation and meet the Institute's Indian Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) cohort.
02 February 2026
Education matters more than income to reduce premature adult mortality in India
IIASA researchers explored why mortality among adults of working age remains high in India alongside rapid economic growth, finding that education – at both individual and community levels – is more strongly associated with lower premature mortality than income or household wealth.
Events
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10 July 2026
Good science anywhere is good for science everywhere: In conversation with Subra Suresh
Following his recent Science Parliament Lecture at IIASA, Prof. Subra Suresh sat down with us to discuss the future of innovation, science diplomacy, and international collaboration. Drawing on a career spanning academia, government, and global research leadership, he reflects on the importance of building trust across borders, communicating science effectively, and ensuring that emerging technologies benefit society.
Annual Report 2025
Annual Report 2025: Strategic Initiatives Program Highlights
Throughout 2025, the Strategic Initiatives (SI) Program continued to foster close collaboration with IIASA’s National and Regional Member Organizations, supporting targeted, solution-oriented research aligned with national and global priorities.
Projects
Streamlining participatory approaches and agent-based models to explore ideas of fairness at the food-water-biodiversity(FWB) nexus (fairSTREAM)
Advancing the prediction of extreme hydrological events to save lives and livelihoods (SEED-FD)
ECOANTITRUST
Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST)
Publications
Srivastava, P., Purohit, P. , Schöpp, W. , Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Dey, S., Nygard, J., Tiwari, A., Sharma, M., & Amann, M. (2026). Integrated assessment of cost-effective air quality mitigation pathways for Uttar Pradesh, India. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu26-6350. In: EGU General Assembly 2026, 03 May - 08 May 2026, Vienna.
Yeganegi, R. & Rovenskaya, E. (2026). Disaster impact forecasting for risk-informed decision making with socioeconomic indices: evidence from earthquake-tsunami in India. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu26-21655. In: EGU General Assembly 2026, 03 May - 08 May 2026, Vienna.
Purohit, P. , Schöpp, W. , Srivastava, P., Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Dey, S., Nygard, J., Tiwari, A., Sharma, M., Amann, M. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Dedring, S., Joshi, P., Lal, H., Ghosh, S., Sander, R. , & Nguyen, B. (2026). Cost-effective mitigation strategies for air quality management in Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Environmental Management 405 e129784. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129784.
John, P., Bajpai, R. , Shukla, S.K., Chugh, P., Pushkar, R.R., Murugan, G.T., Sadanandan, R., Budaraju, S.R., & Singh, N. (2026). Abdominal obesity in India: sex stratified multilevel estimates across 707 districts from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Scientific Reports 16 e14837. 10.1038/s41598-026-42458-3.
Dhakad, M. , Striessnig, E. , Saikia, N., K.C., S., & Lutz, W. (2026). For reducing premature adult mortality in India, education matters more than income. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (6) e2503809123. 10.1073/pnas.2503809123.
Watanabe, C., Tou, Y., Nagamatsu, A., & Neittaanmaki, P. (2026). Generative AI-Driven Innovation Leads the Way to Coevolution Between Japan, India and the Global South Towards Decarbonization. In: Challenges in Design Methods, Numerical Tools and Technologies for Sustainable Aviation, Transport and Industry. Eds. Tuovinen, T., Neittaanmäki, P., & Knoerzer, D., pp. 209-229 Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-98674-1 10.1007/978-3-031-98675-8_14.