Events - 2018

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07 Jan 2018 - 09 Jan 2018
Israel and IIASA

IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat made a visit to new member country Israel on 7-9 January 2018.... More

16 Jan 2018
South Africa Workshop: Assessing the impact of road development on natural capital

Scaling impacts of major road and infrastructure development on African biodiversity and natural capital from local to c... More

16 Jan 2018 - 18 Jan 2018
IIASA and Russia: Gaidar Forum 2018

Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat led an IIASA delegation to participate in the Gaidar Forum in Moscow.... More

17 Jan 2018
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 Univ... More

18 Jan 2018
President of Peking University Visits IIASA

Jian-Hua Lin, President of Peking University led a delegation to visit IIASA on 18 January 2018. More

18 Jan 2018 - 19 Jan 2018
CO-designing the Assessment of Climate CHange Costs (COACCH) Project Kick-Off Meeting

IIASA scientists will be traveling to Venice in January for the first meeting of the COACCH Project on the economic impa... More

28 Jan 2018 - 01 Feb 2018
IIASA Introduces Water Modelling Approaches to Egyptian Academics

The IIASA Water Program in collaboration with the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), held a ... More

29 Jan 2018 - 30 Jan 2018
The World in 2050: Societal and political drivers of the global transformation

TWI2050 Governance Working Group Workshop - Participation by invitation only More

31 Jan 2018
IIASA - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development taskforce meets in Paris

IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat will lead an official delegation visit to Paris, to enhance res... More

01 Feb 2018 - 02 Feb 2018
World Sustainable Development Forum

Implementing The Paris Agreement And The SDGs More

01 Feb 2018 - 03 Feb 2018
Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2018

The Conference is the 4th in the series, looking to create a new generation of Citizen Scientists and discuss current ch... More

03 Feb 2018 - 06 Feb 2018
Moscow Winter Academy on Age-structured Modeling and Management of Biological and Economic Resources (MWA2018)

Moscow Winter Academy on Age-Structured Modeling and Management of Biological and Economic Resources 2018 (MWA 2... More

07 Feb 2018 - 08 Feb 2018
IIASA Director General at Russian Business Week

IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat traveled to Moscow to participate in the Russian Business Week ... More

07 Feb 2018 - 14 Feb 2018
9th UN-Habitat World Urban Forum

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the largest United Nations conference on sustainable urban development and cities. Focus ... More

15 Feb 2018 - 16 Feb 2018
Socio-economic disparity in adult mortality in India

IIASA researcher Nandita Saikia will present latest research from the World Population Program at this Conference of You... More

15 Feb 2018 - 19 Feb 2018
IIASA promotes science diplomacy at AAAS Annual Meeting

An IIASA delegation will attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Austin, Tex... More

18 Feb 2018 - 22 Feb 2018
IIASA and Mexico

IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat made an official visit to Mexico on 19-22 February 2018. More

19 Feb 2018
GROW Observatory Online Course "Citizen Science: From Soil to Sky"

Learn how to understand your soil and explore global environmental soil issues by becoming a citizen scientist. More

21 Feb 2018 - 23 Feb 2018
Global SDG 7 Conference

Energizing the 2030 Agenda: A Global Preparatory Meeting in Support of the Review of SD7 at the High-Level Political For... More

26 Feb 2018 - 27 Feb 2018
Delegation from RIHN visit IIASA

A delegation from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan visited IIASA on 26-27 February 2018. More

05 Mar 2018 - 06 Mar 2018
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Secretary-General Angel Gurría visits IIASA

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurira led a high-level OECD delegation to visit IIASA, the Secretary-General gave a specia... More

06 Mar 2018 - 07 Mar 2018
The World in 2050: 2018 Writing Meeting

TWI2050 Writing Meeting - Participation by invitation only More

08 Mar 2018 - 09 Mar 2018
Global Commons Initiative Working Meeting

The Global Commons initiative organizations convene at IIASA to plan the work ahead. More

14 Mar 2018
Forum on Market Mechanisms in Data Economy

The economic importance of data is increasing as user-driven services and business processes being developed require inf... More

14 Mar 2018 - 15 Mar 2018
Workshop on "How can advanced mathematical modeling tools be useful to address sustainability challenges?"

The objective of the workshop is capacity building for undergraduate students from the University of Tokyo. Participants... More

18 Mar 2018 - 23 Mar 2018
IIASA at the 8th World Water Forum

IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat will lead a delegation of researchers to participate in the 8th... More

19 Mar 2018
IIASA at the 1st Meeting of the OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group

IIASA contributed to the discussions on energy security and critical energy infrastructure security during the meeting o... More

19 Mar 2018 - 21 Mar 2018
Sixth Saltsjöbaden Workshop

Clean Air for a Sustainable Future – Goals and Challenges is the main theme for the international science-policy works... More

20 Mar 2018
Urban Climate Change Adaptation for Austrian Cities: Urban Heat Islands Kickoff Meeting

IIASA researcher Linda See will participate in the kickoff meeting of the project that takes aim at climate change adapt... More

20 Mar 2018 - 21 Mar 2018
The Second Global Adaptation Network Forum

The 2nd Global Adaptation Network Forum addresses main challenges for climate change adaptation and provides an opportun... More

22 Mar 2018
IIASA and World Water Day 2018

World Water Day is held annually on the 22 March and is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. IIASA is ... More

23 Mar 2018
Pathways to achieving India's ambient air quality standards

Round-table on Pathways to Achieving National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) More

23 Mar 2018 - 26 Mar 2018
I Stakeholder Workshop in the Indus Basin

IIASA to meet Indian and Pakistan stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities for cross-sectoral and transboun... More

25 Mar 2018 - 29 Mar 2018
Re-mapping global education

World Population Program researcher Stephanie Bengtsson and Melissa Lima will present latest research at this important ... More

27 Mar 2018
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna visits IIASA

The newly appointed Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna H.E.... More

30 Mar 2018 - 03 Jun 2018
Landsense Innovation Challenge

Empowering communities to monitor & report on their environment More

03 Apr 2018 - 05 Apr 2018
GCREEDR 2018

IIASA presents the results of multi-criteria decision analysis project on a number of electricity generation technologie... More

08 Apr 2018 - 13 Apr 2018
IIASA at EGU 2018

IIASA researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, presenting new research on w... More

09 Apr 2018 - 13 Apr 2018
IPCC Fourth Lead Author Meeting of the Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C

The Special Report is being developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II and III with support... More

10 Apr 2018
Special Lecture: Meteorite impact and airbursts as a natural hazard

Professor Dr. Christian Köberl Director General of the Natural History Museum of Vienna and Deputy Head of the Departm... More

10 Apr 2018 - 11 Apr 2018
Shaping the future: Domestic and international migration in Europe

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited keynote speaker at the Berlin Demography Forum 2018. More

10 Apr 2018 - 12 Apr 2018
Bioenergy Conference - BBC Brazil 2018

The Biomass and Bioenergy Conference will bring together leading professionals, researchers and students from all over t... More

11 Apr 2018
Lecture on "New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy" by Professor Daryl Copeland

IIASA Senior Science Advisor Professor Daryl Copeland will visit IIASA on April 11th to deliver a lecture on science dip... More

12 Apr 2018
Research launch and expert discussion - "Uncovering the hidden cost of internal displacement"

The research launch will let participants learn more about an innovative approach and take part in lively discussions on... More

12 Apr 2018 - 13 Apr 2018
The trajectory of gender disparity in health across life course

IIASA researcher Nandita Saikia will present latest research from the World Population Program at a seminar on poverty a... More

15 Apr 2018 - 20 Apr 2018
IIASA Director General visits China

IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat is made an official visit to the People's ... More

17 Apr 2018 - 18 Apr 2018
2018 ISWEL Project Steering Committee Meeting

The Project Steering Committee Meeting of the ISWEL project meets at IIASA to discuss the progress achieved half-way thr... More

17 Apr 2018 - 18 Apr 2018
Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk (CCCR) 2018

The Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2018 discusses recent developments in the field of existential and global ... More

18 Apr 2018
IIASA at the OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee

IIASA provides scientific input to the deliberations of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Committee during its themati... More

18 Apr 2018
Launch of Policy Briefs on SDG7 and its interlinkages with other SDGs

In support of SDG7 review at the High-Level Political Forum 2018 More

18 Apr 2018 - 19 Apr 2018
Demographic scenarios for the EU: Investigating the role of migration

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz will present new alternate assumptions on future migration, fertility, m... More

20 Apr 2018
Opportunities and Risks of Changing Geopolitics and Technology in Europe

A delegation of corporate decision-makers and experts from Finland is visiting IIASA to learn about the Institute's rese... More

23 Apr 2018 - 25 Apr 2018
19th Austrian Climate Day

The 19th Austrian Climate Day (Österreichischer Klimatag) takes place in Salzburg. More

24 Apr 2018
Think Austria – Strategy Unit of the Austrian Federal Chancellor visits IIASA

A delegation of Think Austria – Strategy Unit of the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, led by its Head an... More

24 Apr 2018 - 25 Apr 2018
IIASA at the “Systems Analysis and Decision Analytical Methods with Applications in Energy Transitions, Regional Planning and Socio-Economic Development” workshop in Iran

IIASA provides scientific input to the discussion about methods, which are available to decision-makers to fulfill the i... More

26 Apr 2018 - 27 Apr 2018
Expert Group Meeting on Accelerated Technological Change, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Their Policy Implications for Sustainable Development Targets

The meeting will collect recommendations from experts on disruptive technologies and will synthesize information in the ... More

26 Apr 2018 - 28 Apr 2018
IIASA at the PAA Annual Meeting 2018

IIASA's World Population Program is presenting new demographic research at the Population Association of America Annual ... More

27 Apr 2018
Director General of INEEL visits IIASA

The Director General of the National Institute of Electricity and Clean Energies (INEEL) and former IIASA Colosio Resear... More

27 Apr 2018 - 31 May 2018
Yellow Flowers citizen science campaign

Citizen scientists are taking pictures of flowering rapeseed in a new twitter campaign for environmental monitoring More

02 May 2018 - 04 May 2018
Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic

The first EU-BC Action Technical Workshop takes place at IIASA from 2-4 May 2018. More

03 May 2018
Sustainability, peace and education – exploring promise and practice

World Population Program researcher Stephanie Bengtsson will discuss peaceful, just and inclusive societies in and throu... More

04 May 2018 - 05 May 2018
The economics of ageing and inequality

IIASA researcher Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz is invited keynote speaker at this international workshop where she will di... More

08 May 2018 - 09 May 2018
STI Roadmaps for SDGs - Expert Group Meeting in Tokyo

The overall objective of this Expert Group Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Roadmaps is to to cultiva... More

14 May 2018 - 16 May 2018
Vienna Energy Forum 2018 Special Session

The Vienna Energy Forum 2018 Special Session (VEF18), held at the Vienna International Centre on 14 May, concluded with ... More

14 May 2018 - 18 May 2018
IIASA at Understanding Risk Forum (UR)

The UR Forum brings together the global community of risk research and practice to discuss innovation in the creation, c... More

15 May 2018
R20 Austrian World Summit

The R20 AUSTRIAN WORLD SUMMIT is a long-term initiative to create a network platform that will help regions, states and... More

15 May 2018 - 16 May 2018
IIASA Director General to attend SDSN Leadership Council Meeting

IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat will attend the Sustainable Development So... More

17 May 2018 - 18 May 2018
IIASA Represented at Science Diplomacy Panel in Montreal

Head of IIASA Directorate Office, Science to Policy Coordinator, and Science Officer Dr. Jan Marco Mueller will particip... More

17 May 2018 - 19 May 2018
Changing demography, changing families

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited keynote speaker at this International Sociological Associatio... More

20 May 2018 - 27 May 2018
Green Culture

Based on the observation that artists and cultural workers have always been social leaders and are some of the most inf... More

22 May 2018 - 24 May 2018
International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions

Exploration of various areas of research relating to negative CO2 emissions, including the role of biomass combined with... More

23 May 2018 - 24 May 2018
Projecting elderly populations in ageing society

Dalkhat Ediev was invited to give a two days lecture about the methods and issues of measuring population aging at the I... More

24 May 2018
Sixth Laxenburg Climate and Energy Day 2018: Focus on our Footprints

IIASA researchers will join the Laxenburg community and their Klimabundnis committee for the sixth Laxenburg Climate and... More

24 May 2018 - 25 May 2018
IIASA at the 2nd Preparatory Meeting of the 26th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum

IIASA provides scientific insight to the evidence-based discussion during the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 26th Eco... More

29 May 2018 - 02 Jun 2018
Knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement in the Indus Basin

A two-part event bringing over 100 researchers and policy makers from the four basin countries and beyond to share knowl... More

30 May 2018
Reconceptualizing ageing in China and North-East Asia

World Population Program Deputy Director Sergei Scherbov will present latest IIASA research at an invited lecture at the... More

30 May 2018 - 31 May 2018
IIASA at the OSCE Regional Ministerial Conference in Turkmenistan

IIASA contributes to the discussions of the OSCE Regional Ministerial Conference “Good Governance and Economic Connect... More

31 May 2018 - 01 Jun 2018
International conference "Systems Analysis: Modeling and Control" in memory of Academician Arkady Kryazhimskiy

IIASA is co-organizing the international conference "Systems Analysis: Modeling and Control" dedicated to the memory of ... More

04 Jun 2018 - 06 Jun 2018
WeObserve introduces communities of practice for citizen observatories

The WeObserve project will launch its first three Communities of Practice related to Citizen Observatories More

05 Jun 2018 - 06 Jun 2018
Third annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

Science, Technology and Innovation for sustainable and resilient societies – Focus on SDGs 6, 7, 11, 12 and 15 More

06 Jun 2018
Prospects for a deeper EU – EAEU economic cooperation and perspectives for business

As part of its international research project “Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within a Wider Eur... More

06 Jun 2018 - 07 Jun 2018
Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH)

A kick-off workshop of Work Package 3 of the CUSSH project is being held at IIASA on 6-7 June 2018. More

06 Jun 2018 - 09 Jun 2018
Population, diversity and inequality

IIASA's World Population Program is presenting new demographic research at this year's European Population Conference in... More

07 Jun 2018 - 08 Jun 2018
The Real Urban Emissions Initiative City Symposium

Jens Borken-Kleefeld, senior researcher in the IIASA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program, will be keynote speaker a... More

08 Jun 2018 - 10 Jun 2018
Surviving and thriving in times of change

World Population Program Deputy Director Sergei Scherbov will present latest IIASA research at the Fourth Asian Conferen... More

08 Jun 2018 - 14 Jun 2018
41st International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) international conference

Shaohui Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher on the IIASA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases research program, will give a tal... More

09 Jun 2018
FACING GAÏA conversation: Scientist and Artist envision the future

RISK researchers will participate in a conversation on climate change at the Christine König Galerie, Vienna. More

09 Jun 2018 - 13 Jun 2018
18th International conference on Group Decision and Negotiation

IIASA Risk and Resilience Program researcher Nadejda Komendantova is participating at the 18th International Conference... More

11 Jun 2018 - 12 Jun 2018
IIASA collaborates with the University of Koblenz-Landau on introducing systems thinking into university education

The University of Koblenz-Landau is a key German center for teacher training and research in the field of education. It ... More

11 Jun 2018 - 22 Jun 2018
The Mellon Summer School for Performance Research at Harvard University

IIASA Science and Arts project leader Gloria Benedikt gave two seminars at this intensive two-week workshop. More

13 Jun 2018
Brain power for sustainable development

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited keynote speaker at this International Sociological Associatio... More

14 Jun 2018 - 15 Jun 2018
ClimateWorks Foundation 2050 Today

Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA deputy director general and deputy CEO, and research scholar Joeri Rogelj, will be particip... More

14 Jun 2018 - 16 Jun 2018
Promotion of quality of life in the changing world

World Population Program scientist Anastasia Aldelina Lijadi will present latest research from the ERC funded IIASA proj... More

18 Jun 2018 - 21 Jun 2018
RISK at Adaptation Futures 2018

Adaptation Futures to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 18-21 June is the world’s premier conference on climate ... More

24 Jun 2018 - 26 Jun 2018
IBFRA science-policy workshop in conjunction with the June 2018 Boreal Summit

This event will provide an opportunity for a diverse group of researchers and policy analysts from across the circumbore... More

25 Jun 2018
Joint IIASA and Austrian Academy of Sciences Lecture: Why Evidence Matters by Dame Anne Glover of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Life is full of decisions and some of the most important of these are taken by governments on our behalf. This lecture w... More

25 Jun 2018 - 29 Jun 2018
World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists 2018

IIASA researcher Hugo Valin will present research on biofuel, land use, and sustainability challenges at an invited poli... More

26 Jun 2018 - 29 Jun 2018
26th International Input-Output Conference

IIASA project leader Narasimha Rao is keynote speaker at this conference on input-output analysis More

02 Jul 2018 - 04 Jul 2018
Forest Fires Global Expert Workshop and Issue Paper

Wildfires are a major factor that deplete our forests and degrade the ecological services they provide. More

06 Jul 2018
Director General of CIMMYT to visit IIASA

The Director General of The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will visit IIASA on Friday 6 July ... More

08 Jul 2018 - 12 Jul 2018
2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology & the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology

A conference on connections between mathematics and the medical and life sciences. More

09 Jul 2018 - 11 Jul 2018
Developing water, energy, and land nexus scenarios for the Zambezi Basin

This workshop is organized in the context of the Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy, and Land (ISWEL) project, led b... More

09 Jul 2018 - 14 Jul 2018
2018 EuroScience Open Forum

ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) is the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe. It is dedicated to scientific ... More

09 Jul 2018 - 14 Jul 2018
A new era for migration data

IIASA researcher Dilek Yildiz will discuss migration data and the influence it can have on the understanding of migratio... More

09 Jul 2018 - 18 Jul 2018
High-Level Political Forum 2018

TWI2050 report launch @HLPF2018 More

11 Jul 2018 - 14 Jul 2018
Asian Population Association Conference 2018

IIASA scientists from the World Population Program will present latest research at this regional population meeting. More

12 Jul 2018
07 Aug 2018 - 29 Aug 2018
FUSE: Food-water-energy for Urban Sustainable Environments, a first visit

FUSE aims to develop a long-term water-food-energy-social systems model to support the sustainable growth of rapidly gro... More

14 Aug 2018
Global population growth and migrations

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited keynote speaker at this international seminar at the Migratio... More

15 Aug 2018
Culture of longevity

World Population Program Deputy Director Sergei Scherbov is invited keynote speaker at the Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage ... More

20 Aug 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
Risk researchers to provide expert inputs for SASAC

Junko Mochizuki and Piotr Magnuszewski will lead an interactive training at the SASAC ‘s high-level systems analysis c... More

22 Aug 2018 - 25 Aug 2018
ECPR European Consortitum for Political Research

ECPR’s General Conference remains Europe's largest annual gathering of political scientists, often attracting more ... More

23 Aug 2018 - 24 Aug 2018
ECPR General Conference 2018

IIASA researcher Jessica Jewell is presenting her latest research at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECP... More

26 Aug 2018 - 28 Aug 2018
IIASA at the European Forum Alpbach 2018

IIASA leadership and researchers joined global business leaders, investors, and academics in Alpbach, Austria, to discus... More

30 Aug 2018 - 01 Sep 2018
Psychosocial and cultural issues on health and well-being

World Population Program scientist Anastasia Aldelina Lijadi will present latest research from the ERC funded IIASA proj... More

03 Sep 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
Third Leader Author Meeting for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land

IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program participant Yuping Bai is attending the lead author meeting as a chapter scientist... More

05 Sep 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
Summer School on Evidence and Policy

IIASA, in collaboration with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), the International Network for Govern... More

06 Sep 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade Conference

IIASA researchers will join economists working in the field of economic growth and international trade to participate in... More

06 Sep 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
UArctic Congress side event "Women of the Arctic"

Building on ongoing academic efforts to better understand gender in the Arctic, “Women of the Arctic” seeks to carve... More

08 Sep 2018 - 12 Sep 2018
Science & Society Festival

Discover IIASA population research at the BE OPEN – Science & Society Festival for, open for everyone who is natur... More

16 Sep 2018 - 19 Sep 2018
13th Arctic Parliamentary Conference

The first Parliamentary Conference concerning Arctic cooperation was held in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1993. One of the main... More

17 Sep 2018 - 20 Sep 2018
IBFRA18 - Cool Forests at risk?

The theme of the Cool Forests Conference (IBFRA18) is the critical role of boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bi... More

19 Sep 2018 - 24 Sep 2018
Training workshop on the GAINS model for the "Jing-Jin-Ji+" region of China

Scientists from the AIR program will conduct a training workshop for Chinese collaborators on the dedicated version of t... More

21 Sep 2018
Expert group meeting on SDG interactions

A brainstorming meeting to develop a tool assessing SDG interactions for policymaking More

24 Sep 2018 - 25 Sep 2018
Joint OECD-JRC Workshop “System thinking for critical infrastructure resilience and
security”

Senior research scholar Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler from the RISK program was invited to give a keynote speech at the OECD... More

25 Sep 2018 - 27 Sep 2018
Dancing with the Future - World Premiere and New York Premiere in September

“Dancing with the Future” is the latest IIASA production that pushes the boundaries of art and science, fusing dance... More

25 Sep 2018 - 27 Sep 2018
Rethinking Energy Demand

IIASA and RITE convened a discussion workshop on Rethinking Energy Demand, held on the premises of the Todaiji Temple i... More

28 Sep 2018
Climate risks beyond adaptation?

Book launch “Loss and Damage from Climate Change. Concepts, Methods and Policy Options”. More

01 Oct 2018 - 02 Oct 2018
Enabling choices: Population dynamics and sustainable development

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited speaker at a Regional Conference that will assess progress an... More

01 Oct 2018 - 05 Oct 2018
Demonstrating the Power of the Crowd

IIASA researcher presents recent work on the value of citizen science and crowdsourcing for humanitarian and social appl... More

02 Oct 2018 - 04 Oct 2018
9th IDRiM conference 2018

This year’s conference is dedicated to the theme of Data Driven Approaches to Integrated Disaster Management hosted by... More

02 Oct 2018 - 05 Oct 2018
ForestSAT Entering a New Era in Forest Observation and Analysis

The Association for Forest Spatial Analysis Technologies (ForestSAT) is holding its eighth meeting to provide a forum fo... More

03 Oct 2018
Young Scientists' SDG & Energy Forum 2018

Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union More

03 Oct 2018
High-Level Conference on Sustainable Energy and Development

The conference "Regional Cooperation to Accelerate Sustainable Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Coun... More

04 Oct 2018 - 05 Oct 2018
Workshop on Haze and Biomass Burning in Asia

IIASA in cooperation with the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, will hold a workshop on haze and biomass burning in Asia on ... More

09 Oct 2018
Seminar Future Outlook on the “The World in 2050” (TWI2050) Project

This symposium is held as part of SDG dialogue series of UNU-IAS. More

09 Oct 2018 - 11 Oct 2018
Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) 10th Steering Committee and 5th Annual Meeting

Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakinceovic attending the ICEF Steering Committee and Annual Meeting More

10 Oct 2018 - 11 Oct 2018
Canadian International Council - Saskatoon Branch

The Canadian International Council (CIC) is Canada’s foreign relations council. It is an independent, non-partisan mem... More

12 Oct 2018
Institute of Applied Energy (IAE) Annual Symposium 2018

Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenvoic will give a key note speech at this year's symposium More

15 Oct 2018 - 16 Oct 2018
Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting (EEDIM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

The Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting (EEDIM) of OSCE will take place on 15-16 October 2018 at... More

15 Oct 2018 - 19 Oct 2018
Training workshop on the GAINS model for experts from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia

A GAINS model training workshop for experts from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) countries will be... More

17 Oct 2018 - 18 Oct 2018
EFC Research Forum Conference 2018: Thinking Beyond National Borders

Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic speaking on science diplomacy in the face of new nationalism at EFC's Research Forum Confe... More

18 Oct 2018
Is Europe facing a population crisis?

IIASA together with the UNFPA is organizing a panel discussion on UNFPA's State of World Population Report 2018 followi... More

18 Oct 2018 - 19 Oct 2018
Water Nexus Policy Strategic Planning Workshop

Water is a truly cross-sectorial resource that has an impact on population well-being, economic growth, and environment.... More

19 Oct 2018 - 21 Oct 2018
The Arctic Futures Initiative at the Sixth Arctic Circle Assembly

The Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. IIASA p... More

22 Oct 2018 - 24 Oct 2018
UN World Data Forum & Eye on Earth Symposium

IIASA researchers will join the citizen science delegation for the UN World Data Forum and Eye on Earth Symposium to adv... More

23 Oct 2018
Lassi Heininen invited to Washington, D.C. by U.S. State Bureau and NIC

Lassi Heininen invited to present on the future of the Arctic by the U.S. State Bureau of Intelligence and Research and ... More

25 Oct 2018 - 26 Oct 2018
IIASA at 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference

Dr. Nadejda Komendantova was invited by the Slovak Mediterranean Contact Group Chairmanship at the Organization for Sec... More

29 Oct 2018 - 31 Oct 2018
2018 Sustainable Development Transition Forum

Accelerating Progress towards the SDGs: Enhancing the Role of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) More

29 Oct 2018 - 02 Nov 2018
191029-ModelArcticCouncil

Graduate and undergraduate students from across the Arctic and the world convene in an experimental learning exercise, t... More

30 Oct 2018
Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs H.E. Karin Kneissl visited IIASA

IIASA leadership and a selected group of IIASA Program Directors welcomed Austrian Federal Foreign Minister H.E. Karin K... More

30 Oct 2018
The impact of reducing the pension generosity on schooling and inequality

IIASA researcher Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz was invited to give an economic workshop at the University of Wuerzburg. More

30 Oct 2018 - 31 Oct 2018
4th Workshop of the International Transport Energy Modeling (iTEM) Consortium

Energy Program researchers, David McCollum and Paul Kishimoto, host the annual meeting of iTEM, an open group of people ... More

30 Oct 2018 - 01 Nov 2018
WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

Dr. Markus Amann, Program Director of the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program, is an invited speaker at the First W... More

01 Nov 2018
Annual Earth League Meeting

Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic attending annual Earth League meeting More

05 Nov 2018
Redefining old age

Sergei Scherbov was invited to give a presentation on new measures of aging developed at IIASA at the United Nations Pop... More

05 Nov 2018
Ana María Cetto from UNAM visits IIASA

Ana María Cetto, Research Professor at the Institute of Physics and Lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences at the National... More

06 Nov 2018
Israeli Chief Scientist visits IIASA

Alexander Bligh, Chief Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, made an official visit to IIASA on 6... More

07 Nov 2018
GREEN-WIN, TRANSRISK and CD-LINKS Joint Policy Day

This policy day integrates complementary perspectives on climate goals by collectively presenting the core findings o... More

07 Nov 2018 - 09 Nov 2018
H2020 LandSense Project - Second Annual General Assembly

The LandSense project will hold its second general assembly bringing together the consortium partners to review progress... More

08 Nov 2018 - 11 Nov 2018
Lassi Heininen as invited keynote speaker at EU Study Week in Vyborg, Russia

European Union Study Weeks provide Russian students with most recent information on the EU, give opportunity to share ex... More

12 Nov 2018 - 14 Nov 2018
Transformative roles of science in society

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz is invited speaker at a plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sci... More

12 Nov 2018 - 15 Nov 2018
IIASA at 9th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development

The Government of Ukraine and five United Nations Regional Commissions, in partnership with the International Institute ... More

13 Nov 2018
Religious demography

Anne Goujon was invited to give a seminar on the scope and purpose of religious demography at Lund University. More

13 Nov 2018 - 15 Nov 2018
11th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) 2018

The IAMC Annual Meeting is a scientific meeting intended for peer sharing and vetting. It allows researchers to share de... More

14 Nov 2018 - 15 Nov 2018
Europe in Transition: A strategic shift towards greater sustainability is needed – but how can it be achieved?

Prof.Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic speaking 4th international Growth in Transition Conference More

14 Nov 2018 - 16 Nov 2018
The 8th International Conference on Building Resilience (ICBR)

Scientists from the RISK program are contributing to the International Conference on Building Resilience (ICBR), which h... More

15 Nov 2018
Roundtable on Arctic security and sovereignty held at the Russian International Affairs Council

The Russian International Affairs Council is a non-profit academic and diplomatic think tank established by the Ministry... More

16 Nov 2018 - 18 Nov 2018
Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) Austria 2018

A national event for and by young people who are passionate to fight climate change. More

18 Nov 2018 - 19 Nov 2018
1st annual workshop for young CCCA researchers

Participatory approaches in climate change and sustainability research: Sharing experiences, best practices and stumblin... More

19 Nov 2018 - 22 Nov 2018
Nitrogen Cycling and Its Environmental Impacts in East Asia

IIASA researcher Prof. Dr. Wilfried Winiwarter gives a keynote speech at the 2nd International Conference of Nitrogen Cy... More

19 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Demographic analysis with applications to aging societies

World Population Deputy Program Director Sergei Scherbov is leading a workshop for junior scientists and early-to mid-ca... More

20 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018
Uncertainty and complexity of migration

IIASA researcher Guillaume Marois will discuss microsimulation methods for multidimensional population projections at th... More

26 Nov 2018 - 27 Nov 2018
The Tenth International Forum of NGOs

Gloria Benedikt contributes to the Tenth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO. More

26 Nov 2018 - 29 Nov 2018
H2020 WeObserve Project - First Annual Plenary Meeting & Forums for Communities of Practice

The WeObserve project will hold its Year 1 Plenary Meeting followed by the forums of its Communities of Practice at COWM... More

28 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
G-STIC Connecting Technological Innovation to Decision Making for Sustainability & 3rd STI Expert Group Meeting

Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic at high-level energy panel at G-STIC 2018 and 27-29 Third Expert Group Meeting on STI Roa... More

29 Nov 2018 - 01 Dec 2018
Policy and programme implementation challenges in Pakistan

Anne Goujon was invited by UNFPA to attend and present at the Annual Population Research Conference of the Population As... More

03 Dec 2018 - 14 Dec 2018
UN Climate Change Conference 2018 (COP24)

What has changed since the historic Paris Agreement in 2015? The theme of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference is ... More

04 Dec 2018 - 06 Dec 2018
East Africa Future Water Scenarios to 2050
Consultation and Joint Learning Workshop

Participants explored results from the model runs of the Community Water Model (CWATM) and the Hydro-Economic Model (ECH... More

05 Dec 2018 - 07 Dec 2018
Fertility across time and space

IIASA's World Population Program is co-organizer of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2018 and will present new demogra... More

06 Dec 2018 - 07 Dec 2018
100 Years of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine

IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Albert van Jaarsveld visited the Ukraine on 6-7 December 2018, to par... More

07 Dec 2018
Promoting economic connectivity in the OSCE area

Elena Rovenskaya is invited to speak at the high-level side event on promoting economic connectivity in the OSCE during... More

07 Dec 2018 - 08 Dec 2018
Dementia, cognition, and healthy and productive aging

World Population Program Deputy Director Sergei Scherbov was invited to give a presentation at the Annual Association of... More

10 Dec 2018
How many people can the Earth support?

World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz was invited to give a lecture on population trends and the Global Sustai... More

10 Dec 2018 - 14 Dec 2018
IIASA at AGU 2018

IIASA researchers and alumni will participate in the 100th Anniversary American Geosciences Union Fall Meeting 2018, pre... More

11 Dec 2018 - 12 Dec 2018
"The World’s Future", A Sustainable Development Goals game

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Koblenz-Landau came together to ... More

12 Dec 2018
Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, and health expenditure growth

World Population Researcher Michael Kuhn was invited to give a lecture at the University of Passau. More

14 Dec 2018
IIASA at the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) Conference on Connecting Europe and Asia

The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) is organizing a conference “Connecting Europe and Asia”, which is the official eve... More

17 Dec 2018 - 18 Dec 2018
High Level Forum Africa-Europe – Taking cooperation to the digital age

Initiated by the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of Austria, th... More

18 Dec 2018
Permanent Mission of Japan visits IIASA

Jun Yanagi, Minister at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna, will visit IIASA on... More

18 Feb 2019 - 19 Feb 2018
ALternative Pathways toward Sustainable development and climate stabilization (ALPS) International Symposium

Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) is convening the ALPS International Symposium to supp... More


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