21 November 2016

US Ambassador to Visit IIASA

Ambassador Laura Holgate, Ambassador and US Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, will meet with IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr Pavel Kabat to discuss ongoing collaborations between the USA and IIASA.

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The Ambassador will be introduced to IIASA, its work, activities and ongoing collaborations with the USA by Director General Kabat on 21 November 2016. Holgate assumed her post as Ambassador on May 26 2016, she will be accompanied on the visit by Andrew Schofer (Deputy Chief of the US Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna).

The US was a founding member of IIASA when it was established in 1972 and research collaborations have been highly productive ever since. The US National Member Organization is the National Academy of Sciences, which partners with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation to promote cooperation with American scientists, research institutions, and government agencies. 

Collaborations between IIASA and the United States

Research collaborations between IIASA and the United States of America (US) have been highly productive ever since the Institute was founded in 1972. The IIASA–US relationship is central to the Institute and consequently IIASA participates in more activities related to the US than any of its other member countries. Opportunities for cooperation start with young PhD students from the US, who receive grants to participate in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program, and extend up to institutional cooperation such as the IIASA Director General’s collaboration with Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University, on achieving the sustainable development goals.

Diverse research partnerships range from technical modeling with the Energy Modeling Forum at Stanford University to policy advice to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Collaboration of US scientists with IIASA—facilitated by over 850 visits to and from IIASA, over 40 US nationals among IIASA staff, and regular scientific exchanges—has brought the Institute’s applied systems analysis and global perspective to issues ranging from US energy policies to projection of US demographic changes. Research impact includes providing the intellectual underpinnings for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, launched in 2012 by then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and shaping the key objectives for the UN Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative.


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Last edited: 15 November 2016

Info Sheet on IIASA Activities with the US

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