17 January 2018
Wageningen University, Netherlands

Public PhD defense of Guido Schmidt-Traub

On Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat will travel to Wageningen University for the public PhD defense of Guido Schmidt-Traub. 

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IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat will travel to Wageningen University for the public PhD defense of Guido Schmidt-Traub, Executive Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Schmidt-Traub's thesis was co-supervised by Professor Kabat, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Special Advisor to UN Secretary General on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Professor Columbia University, and Professor van Ierland and Dr. Klomp of Wageningen University.  

The defense will take place in the Aula of Wageningen University, with the thesis “On metrics and financing for the Sustainable Development Goals”.



About IIASA and the Netherlands


IIASA collaborates with over forty organizations in the Netherlands in areas ranging from air pollution to demographic change to flood resilience. Research collaborations between IIASA and the Netherlands have been highly productive ever since the Netherlands joined IIASA in 1977. Since 2008, this cooperation has involved 45 Dutch organizations and led to over 300 joint scientific publications and a wide range of advice to policymakers working in areas from agriculture to demography to energy.


Joint studies focus on the complex global systems that affect the Netherlands, its economy, and its people. Research topics include identifying measures that simultaneously tackle air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, analyzing the impact of demographic change in the Netherlands and optimizing strategies to increase flood resilience.


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