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Raiffa Academy

Inaugural Howard Raiffa Lecture: The Ethics of National Security Decisions: Lessons from the Social Sciences

IIASA, the Friends of IIASA, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences will host the inaugural Howard Raiffa Lecture, featuring Avril Haines, President-elect of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former United States Director of National Intelligence. The lecture is part of the launch of the Howard Raiffa Academy, a joint initiative of IIASA and the Friends of IIASA.

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Annual Report 2025: Population and Just Societies Program Highlights

How can societies adapt to profound demographic, environmental, and social change while ensuring that no one is left behind? In 2025, the Population and Just Societies Program generated new evidence on aging, migration, labor markets, climate vulnerability, and the policies needed to build more inclusive and resilient societies. 

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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.

Education

The transformative power of education

Wolfgang Lutz will be a keynote speaker at the 8th World Congress of Education, taking place in Helsinki, Finland, from July 22 to 24, 2026.

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Not everyone is equally vulnerable to heat – and workers are paying the price

Climate change does not affect everyone equally. Vulnerability to extreme heat is shaped by a combination of conditions in which people live and work. If climate adaptation is to reduce vulnerability rather than simply manage its consequences, it must address the underlying conditions that create vulnerability. This is particularly relevant for workers, whose experiences remain a major blind spot in climate adaptation despite their essential role in providing the goods and services society depends on.

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  • Population and Just Societies Research groups
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15 July 2026

Shift to healthy, sustainable diets would reshape global agriculture

IIASA researchers contributed to a new international study showing that a combination of healthier diets, improved farm productivity, and reduced food waste could fundamentally reshape global agriculture, substantially reducing pressure on land and greenhouse gas emissions while delivering significant benefits for human health and the environment.
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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. 
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10 July 2026

CropSuit app to help farmers grow the right crops in the right places

Farmers, extension workers, and governments now have a powerful new tool to help identify the crops best suited to specific parcels of land, enabling more efficient use of resources and greater resilience to climate change.

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12 July 2026 University College Dublin (UCD)

Special Issue in Futures and July iEMSs Workshop

22 July 2026 Helsinki, Finland

The transformative power of education

02 September 2026 Segovia,Spain

Climate Change and Insurance Workshop 2026 (CCI26)

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The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute with National and Regional Member Organisations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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The IIASA vision for 2021 to 2030 is to be the primary destination for integrated systems solutions and policy insights to current, emerging and novel global sustainability challenges, threats, and opportunities.

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