Research Programs
As all research carried out at IIASA is interdisciplinary, research programs work together within and across the three global problem areas:
Research in the three global problem areas is supported by research into the main drivers of the transformations taking place in our world: population, technology, and economic growth.
IIASA research is problem-driven and solution-oriented, conducted with policy relevance as its main principle.
All program work uses advanced systems analysis to examine the complex systems which are at the heart of today's complex global challenges.
Advanced Systems Analysis
ASA’s overall objective is to conduct cutting edge research in systems analysis and to provide a substantial basis for tying together systems methods and applied research on global problems. More
Ecosystems Services & Management
The Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Program aims to improve our understanding of ecosystems in today’s changing world—in particular, the current state of ecosystems, and their ecological thresholds and buffering capacities. More
The Energy Program
The overall objective of the Energy Program (ENE) is to understand the nature of alternative future energy transitions, their implications for human well-being and the environment, and how they might be shaped and directed by current and future decision makers. More
Evolution and Ecology
Developing new methods and pioneering their applications, the Evolution and Ecology Program (EEP) analyzes and forecasts how ecological and evolutionary dynamics shape populations, communities, and ecosystems. More
Mitigation of Air Pollution & Greenhouse Gases (MAG)
Around the world, MAG's systems approach is framing new policies that maximize co-benefits between air quality management, greenhouse gas mitigation and other policy priorities. More
Risk, Policy, and Vulnerability
The long-term aim of the IIASA Program on Risk, Policy and Vulnerability (RPV) is to conduct conceptual and applied analyses that contribute to decreasing the risk and vulnerability of societies More
Transitions to New Technologies
The strategic goal of the Transition to New Technologies (TNT) Program is to further the understanding of the patterns, drivers, constraints and impacts of technological change, particularly in the areas that are key for framing global sustainability conditions (such as climate change) and to disseminate policy-relevant research findings through high-level global forums and participation in major international scientific assessments. More
World Population Program
Human population trends are a key factor in sustainable development. We study and project how the changing composition of population matters for social, economic and the environmental change and how human health and well-being are being affected. More
research at iiasa
Global Problem Areas
Cross-cutting Research
Events
Lecture & Discussion - Urania, Berlin
09 Apr 2013
Policy Forum: Global Energy Assessment
09 Apr 2013
11 Apr 2013
07 Apr 2013 - 12 Apr 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Nielsen JO, Olwig MF, Rubow C... (2012)
Collet P, Meleard S, Metz JAJ (2012)
Galos B, Haensler A, Kindermann G... (2012)