Austria is the host country of IIASA. The Austrian Academy of Sciences is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Austria and entrusts the Austrian IIASA Committee with oversight of IIASA.
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News
23 April 2024
FLAM Goes EGU: Exploring Wildfire Research in 2024
22 April 2024
Marta Kozicka is National Champion for Austria in prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize
09 April 2024
Understanding the impacts of migration on the Austrian economy
Events
University of Vienna, Großer Festsaal, 1010 Vienna
Award ceremony: Austrian Research Association presents Science Prize to Wolfgang Lutz
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
IIASA-OeAW public lecture: Starless through the night
Focus
21 December 2023
High wellbeing with low energy demand towards modern net-zero cities
Following the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum in November 2023, IIASA researcher Benigna Boza-Kiss reflects on the contribution from the IIASA EDITS project team to this conference, which brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss multi-faceted energy demand in cities like Vienna.
13 November 2023
Empowering youth to spearhead the energy transition
The newly established International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum provided an opportunity to discuss best practices and present solutions to tackle climate change and achieve a green energy transition. Hossein Hassani and Nadejda Komendantova share their insights from a fireside chat at the event that focused on the role of young people in clean energy transitions.
Projects
Publications
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Reiter, K., & Bosello, F. (2024). Risk management against indirect risks from disasters: A multi-model and participatory governance framework applied to flood risk in Austria. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 106 e104425. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104425. Poledna, S., Strelkovskii, N. , Conte, A., Goujon, A. , Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Catalano, M., & Rovenskaya, E. (2024). Economic and labour market impacts of migration in Austria: an agent-based modelling approach. Comparative Migration Studies 12 (1) e18. 10.1186/s40878-024-00374-3. Schinko, T. , Karabaczek, V., Menk, L., & Kienberger, S. (2024). Identifying constraints and limits to climate change adaptation in Austria under deep uncertainty. Frontiers in Climate 6 10.3389/fclim.2024.1303767. Steininger, K.W., Riahi, K. , Stagl, S., Kromp-Kolb, H., Kirchengast, G., Rosenfeld, D.C., Bockreis, A., Huber-Humer, M., & Rechberger, H. (2024). Nationaler Energie- und Klimaplan (NEKP) für Österreich - Wissenschaftliche Bewertung der in der Konsultation 2023 vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen [National Energy and Climate Plan (NEKP) for Austria - Scientific assessment of the measures proposed in the 2023 consultation]. Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) , Vienna, Austria. Schirpke, U., Tasser, E., Borsky, S., Braun, M., Eitzinger, J., Gaube, V., Getzner, M., Glatzel, S., Gschwantner, T., Kirchner, M., Leitinger, G., Mehdi-Schulz, B., Mitter, H., Scheifinger, H., Thaler, S., Thom, D., & Thaler, T. (2023). Past and future impacts of land-use changes on ecosystem services in Austria. Journal of Environmental Management 345 e118728. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118728. Hagen, I., Allen, S., S.Bahinipati, C., Frey, H., Huggel, C., Karabaczek, V., Kienberger, S., Mechler, R. , Menk, L., & Schinko, T. (2023). A reality check for the applicability of comprehensive climate risk assessment and management: Experiences from Peru, India and Austria. Climate Risk Management 41 e100534. 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100534.