IIASA is offering half-day workshops for individual school classes on a topic in systems thinking. Each workshop is focusing on a specific topic in systems thinking, with well-defined learning objectives and will have interactive activities based on real situations and the challenge of solving specific tasks during the practical part of the sessions.
At IIASA we believe that thinking in systems is a skill that is essential for dealing with today’s and tomorrow’s complex challenges. We also believe that future leaders need to acquire systems thinking skills as early as possible. Therefore, we not only train graduate and postgraduate students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and professionals but also bring systems thinking to the kids and teenagers at schools to develop relevant skills at a point where young people start to think fundamentally about the complexity of the natural and social world they live in.
The Summer School will be held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg (Austria), which is located 15 km south of Vienna. The commute from Vienna to IIASA will take 30 to 60 minutes (depending on the location of your accommodation) as the institute is based in a former imperial palace located in Laxenburg, Lower Austria.
The Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) Group aims to assess and support the management of systemic anthropogenic and environmental risks. The SYRR research group analyses the increasingly systemic socio-ecological risks associated with global and local change, and with policy, practice and civil society co-generates options for building resilience.
The Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) group is firmly committed to encourage and foster the participation of early career researchers who express an interest in collaborating with us and wish to contribute to our initiatives. We offer diverse pathways for individuals to join our group, and we are particularly enthusiastic about engaging with researchers who share a keen interest in our methodologies and ongoing projects.