IIASA
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An international scientific institute that conducts research into critical issues of global environmental, economic, technological, and social change. https://iiasa.ac.at
Apply now! Join the IIASA Summer School for Systems Modeling (29 June–10 July 2026). Two weeks of hands-on modeling for sustainability - energy, climate, ecosystems & more.
🎓 Master’s, PhD & postdocs welcome
📅 Deadline: 26 Feb
💻 R/Python skills recommended
iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
🎓 Master’s, PhD & postdocs welcome
📅 Deadline: 26 Feb
💻 R/Python skills recommended
iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Apply now! Join the IIASA Summer School for Systems Modeling (29 June–10 July 2026). Two weeks of hands-on modeling for sustainability - energy, climate, ecosystems & more.
🎓 Master’s, PhD & postdocs welcome
📅 Deadline: 26 Feb
💻 R/Python skills recommended
iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
🎓 Master’s, PhD & postdocs welcome
📅 Deadline: 26 Feb
💻 R/Python skills recommended
iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
Season’s greetings from IIASA ✨ Thanks to our Member Organizations, partners, and colleagues for a year of advancing science for policy - from climate and sustainability research to new tools for systems analysis. Wishing our global community a hopeful, science-informed New Year.
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Season’s greetings from IIASA ✨ Thanks to our Member Organizations, partners, and colleagues for a year of advancing science for policy - from climate and sustainability research to new tools for systems analysis. Wishing our global community a hopeful, science-informed New Year.
What happens to essential maternal and child healthcare when floods or extreme heat make it harder for families to reach clinics and for health workers to deliver services?
@joborghi.bsky.social shares perspectives & insights from the @reachproject-lshtm.bsky.social.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
@joborghi.bsky.social shares perspectives & insights from the @reachproject-lshtm.bsky.social.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What happens to essential maternal and child healthcare when floods or extreme heat make it harder for families to reach clinics and for health workers to deliver services?
@joborghi.bsky.social shares perspectives & insights from the @reachproject-lshtm.bsky.social.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
@joborghi.bsky.social shares perspectives & insights from the @reachproject-lshtm.bsky.social.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
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Joint work with @drmengxing.bsky.social and @anne-goujon.bsky.social just been published in Sociology of Health & Illness rb.gy/jyqj8j It started as @iiasa.ac.at #YSSP and resulted in a very nice publication on #loneliness trajectories of #older adults. Perfect time prior to Christmas!
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Joint work with @drmengxing.bsky.social and @anne-goujon.bsky.social just been published in Sociology of Health & Illness rb.gy/jyqj8j It started as @iiasa.ac.at #YSSP and resulted in a very nice publication on #loneliness trajectories of #older adults. Perfect time prior to Christmas!
IIASA recently introduced its latest innovation to country teams of the FABLE Consortium: the Public Policy Lab (PPL), an interactive platform designed to help stakeholders explore, develop, and assess national food and land-use pathways together.
Learn more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
Learn more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
IIASA recently introduced its latest innovation to country teams of the FABLE Consortium: the Public Policy Lab (PPL), an interactive platform designed to help stakeholders explore, develop, and assess national food and land-use pathways together.
Learn more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
Learn more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
🌊 Call for abstracts! @egu.eu
We’re inviting research on past, present & future sea-level change, extreme events, and coastal impacts.
If your work advances understanding of sea-level drivers or projections, we want to hear from you.
👉 Submit your abstract by 15 Jan! www.egu26.eu/session/56781
We’re inviting research on past, present & future sea-level change, extreme events, and coastal impacts.
If your work advances understanding of sea-level drivers or projections, we want to hear from you.
👉 Submit your abstract by 15 Jan! www.egu26.eu/session/56781
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌊 Call for abstracts! @egu.eu
We’re inviting research on past, present & future sea-level change, extreme events, and coastal impacts.
If your work advances understanding of sea-level drivers or projections, we want to hear from you.
👉 Submit your abstract by 15 Jan! www.egu26.eu/session/56781
We’re inviting research on past, present & future sea-level change, extreme events, and coastal impacts.
If your work advances understanding of sea-level drivers or projections, we want to hear from you.
👉 Submit your abstract by 15 Jan! www.egu26.eu/session/56781
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Please visit our #AGU25 poster this morning
OS51D-0433 The Role of Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Under the Sustainability Informed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
@andresclarens.bsky.social
@uvaenvironment.bsky.social
@uvaenvisci.bsky.social
@iiasa.ac.at
OS51D-0433 The Role of Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Under the Sustainability Informed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
@andresclarens.bsky.social
@uvaenvironment.bsky.social
@uvaenvisci.bsky.social
@iiasa.ac.at
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Please visit our #AGU25 poster this morning
OS51D-0433 The Role of Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Under the Sustainability Informed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
@andresclarens.bsky.social
@uvaenvironment.bsky.social
@uvaenvisci.bsky.social
@iiasa.ac.at
OS51D-0433 The Role of Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Under the Sustainability Informed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
@andresclarens.bsky.social
@uvaenvironment.bsky.social
@uvaenvisci.bsky.social
@iiasa.ac.at
⚖️ IIASA hosted the 2025 INQUIMUS conference, which explored how justice considerations can be centered in climate risk management, & adaptation endeavors in research & practice. It highlighted that justice aspects need to be placed at the center of managing climate risks
iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
⚖️ IIASA hosted the 2025 INQUIMUS conference, which explored how justice considerations can be centered in climate risk management, & adaptation endeavors in research & practice. It highlighted that justice aspects need to be placed at the center of managing climate risks
iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips & IIASA Water Security Research Group Leader Taher Kahil visited Egypt to participate in the Innovation Research Commercialization Expo (IRC 2025) & meet with representatives of Egypt’s Institute of National Planning.
Learn more: iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
Learn more: iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips & IIASA Water Security Research Group Leader Taher Kahil visited Egypt to participate in the Innovation Research Commercialization Expo (IRC 2025) & meet with representatives of Egypt’s Institute of National Planning.
Learn more: iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
Learn more: iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
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#SPARCCLE project has teamed up with Radical Insight to kick off development of the SPARCCLE-Explorer and EU Scoreboard with a workshop at @iiasa.ac.at. These tools will act as central hubs for sharing results with a broad audience and maximising impact on policymaking processes. Stay tuned!
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#SPARCCLE project has teamed up with Radical Insight to kick off development of the SPARCCLE-Explorer and EU Scoreboard with a workshop at @iiasa.ac.at. These tools will act as central hubs for sharing results with a broad audience and maximising impact on policymaking processes. Stay tuned!
Rising emissions of hydrogen have added to warming temperatures and amplified the impact of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, according to new research in @nature.com. The study provides the first comprehensive accounting of hydrogen sources and sinks.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Rising emissions of hydrogen have added to warming temperatures and amplified the impact of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, according to new research in @nature.com. The study provides the first comprehensive accounting of hydrogen sources and sinks.
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European governments worried about population decline often focus on encouraging people to have more children. New research however shows that investment in public health to reduce preventable deaths could be a simpler immediate alternative.
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@who.int @hkust.bsky.social
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@who.int @hkust.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
European governments worried about population decline often focus on encouraging people to have more children. New research however shows that investment in public health to reduce preventable deaths could be a simpler immediate alternative.
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@who.int @hkust.bsky.social
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@who.int @hkust.bsky.social
⚖️ Researchers have mapped 3 decades of income inequality data in 151 nations, finding that while income inequality is worsening for half the world’s people, effective policy may also be helping to bridge the gap in certain regions.
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@aalto.fi @romanhoffmann.bsky.social
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@aalto.fi @romanhoffmann.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
⚖️ Researchers have mapped 3 decades of income inequality data in 151 nations, finding that while income inequality is worsening for half the world’s people, effective policy may also be helping to bridge the gap in certain regions.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
@aalto.fi @romanhoffmann.bsky.social
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@aalto.fi @romanhoffmann.bsky.social
A valuable reflection on 10 years of the Paris Agreement IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber’s contribution was instrumental, providing the scientific foundation that helped shape the Agreement. A timely reminder of how central solid science remains for effective climate action.
Vor 10 Jahren wurde auf der 21. Weltklimakonferenz in Paris ein Stück Geschichte geschrieben: Am 12. Dezember 2015 verabschiedete die Staatengemeinschaft das #ÜbereinkommenvonParis. Wo stehen wir heute beim internationalen #Klimaschutz? 👉 Das UBA zieht Bilanz: www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima...
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A valuable reflection on 10 years of the Paris Agreement IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber’s contribution was instrumental, providing the scientific foundation that helped shape the Agreement. A timely reminder of how central solid science remains for effective climate action.
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Excited that the #ScenarioServices team at @iiasa.ac.at was invited to support the modeling & scenario analysis for the #GEO7 report, exploring "An Ambitious Roadmap to a Green and Prosperous Future".
The modeling results for the assessment are now available under CC-BY at geo7.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at
The modeling results for the assessment are now available under CC-BY at geo7.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Excited that the #ScenarioServices team at @iiasa.ac.at was invited to support the modeling & scenario analysis for the #GEO7 report, exploring "An Ambitious Roadmap to a Green and Prosperous Future".
The modeling results for the assessment are now available under CC-BY at geo7.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at
The modeling results for the assessment are now available under CC-BY at geo7.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at
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📢 Call for papers is now open!
We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration".
📆 Submit until 15 May 2026.
🔗 viennayearbook.org/call
#demography
@vypr.bsky.social
We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration".
📆 Submit until 15 May 2026.
🔗 viennayearbook.org/call
#demography
@vypr.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 Call for papers is now open!
We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration".
📆 Submit until 15 May 2026.
🔗 viennayearbook.org/call
#demography
@vypr.bsky.social
We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration".
📆 Submit until 15 May 2026.
🔗 viennayearbook.org/call
#demography
@vypr.bsky.social
IIASA researchers are contributing to key sessions at #EGU26 - submit your abstracts by 15 Jan! Topics include:
🌍 Climate resilience
🎓 Sustainability education
⚡ Energy transitions
🚨 Multi-hazard warnings
🔮 Climate & societal futures
More info: connect.iiasa.ac.at/opportunitie... @egu.eu
🌍 Climate resilience
🎓 Sustainability education
⚡ Energy transitions
🚨 Multi-hazard warnings
🔮 Climate & societal futures
More info: connect.iiasa.ac.at/opportunitie... @egu.eu
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
IIASA researchers are contributing to key sessions at #EGU26 - submit your abstracts by 15 Jan! Topics include:
🌍 Climate resilience
🎓 Sustainability education
⚡ Energy transitions
🚨 Multi-hazard warnings
🔮 Climate & societal futures
More info: connect.iiasa.ac.at/opportunitie... @egu.eu
🌍 Climate resilience
🎓 Sustainability education
⚡ Energy transitions
🚨 Multi-hazard warnings
🔮 Climate & societal futures
More info: connect.iiasa.ac.at/opportunitie... @egu.eu
👏👏 Congratulations to IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, on being reappointed to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change for a second term from 2026 to 2030.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
@eea.europa.eu
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December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
👏👏 Congratulations to IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, on being reappointed to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change for a second term from 2026 to 2030.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/dec-202...
@eea.europa.eu
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@eea.europa.eu
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Very much looking forward to the INQUIMUS 2025 workshop this week @iiasa.ac.at. I am giving a State-of-the-Art (Keynote) talk entitled ‘The Maladaptation of Adaptation Research, Policy and Practice’ on Wednesday afternoon. More here iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
INQUIMUS interactive conference: Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change
The INQUIMUS 2025 team invites you to participate in the upcoming conference on "Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change" at IIASA.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Very much looking forward to the INQUIMUS 2025 workshop this week @iiasa.ac.at. I am giving a State-of-the-Art (Keynote) talk entitled ‘The Maladaptation of Adaptation Research, Policy and Practice’ on Wednesday afternoon. More here iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
🤖 From AI Ethics to Citizen Literacy - Challenges and Directions
Join us for the next IIASA AI for Climate Science seminar featuring Eugenia Stamboliev from the University of Vienna.
📅 1 Dec
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CET
Info & registration 👉 iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
@kornhuber.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join us for the next IIASA AI for Climate Science seminar featuring Eugenia Stamboliev from the University of Vienna.
📅 1 Dec
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CET
Info & registration 👉 iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
@kornhuber.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🤖 From AI Ethics to Citizen Literacy - Challenges and Directions
Join us for the next IIASA AI for Climate Science seminar featuring Eugenia Stamboliev from the University of Vienna.
📅 1 Dec
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CET
Info & registration 👉 iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
@kornhuber.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join us for the next IIASA AI for Climate Science seminar featuring Eugenia Stamboliev from the University of Vienna.
📅 1 Dec
⏰ 15:00-16:30 CET
Info & registration 👉 iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
@kornhuber.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Dreaming of a high-impact research career? Apply for the 2026 IIASA YSSP! 🌟Early-career researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa: join our 2-hour YSSP Masterclass for insider tips, proposal guidance, and chats with IIASA experts & alumni.
📅 4 Dec | 1pm CET
Info: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
📅 4 Dec | 1pm CET
Info: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Dreaming of a high-impact research career? Apply for the 2026 IIASA YSSP! 🌟Early-career researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa: join our 2-hour YSSP Masterclass for insider tips, proposal guidance, and chats with IIASA experts & alumni.
📅 4 Dec | 1pm CET
Info: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
📅 4 Dec | 1pm CET
Info: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
COP30: Progress or just more promises? IIASA experts weighed in, reflecting on missed chances & what’s needed now. The Búzios Scientific Statement set clear benchmarks, adaptation advanced, and Indigenous voices grew stronger - but real action now depends on the details. iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
COP30: Progress or just more promises? IIASA experts weighed in, reflecting on missed chances & what’s needed now. The Búzios Scientific Statement set clear benchmarks, adaptation advanced, and Indigenous voices grew stronger - but real action now depends on the details. iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
“The most powerful of all tools is an evidence-based, convincing & beautiful narrative.”- IIASA DG John Schellnhuber. A pioneer of the carbon-budget framework, he calls the fight against global warming “the biggest investment opportunity of all time” in @financialtimes.com agc.ft.com/funding-the-...
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“The most powerful of all tools is an evidence-based, convincing & beautiful narrative.”- IIASA DG John Schellnhuber. A pioneer of the carbon-budget framework, he calls the fight against global warming “the biggest investment opportunity of all time” in @financialtimes.com agc.ft.com/funding-the-...
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💡In @science.org, @anne-goujon.bsky.social explores the challenges of predicting our demographic future, given the uncertainties that shape it.
🔗 Read now: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oeaw.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at #demography
🔗 Read now: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oeaw.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at #demography
The demographic future that we do not know about
The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
💡In @science.org, @anne-goujon.bsky.social explores the challenges of predicting our demographic future, given the uncertainties that shape it.
🔗 Read now: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oeaw.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at #demography
🔗 Read now: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oeaw.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at #demography
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🚜 Today in Wieselburg (AT): Petr Havlik is delivering the keynote at the Innovation Farm Strategy Board Meeting, presenting the ACT4CAP27–BrightSpace–LAMASUS #JointPerspectivePaper to leading voices from industry, science & politics.
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/2rwapypa
@act4cap27.eu @iiasa.ac.at
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/2rwapypa
@act4cap27.eu @iiasa.ac.at
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚜 Today in Wieselburg (AT): Petr Havlik is delivering the keynote at the Innovation Farm Strategy Board Meeting, presenting the ACT4CAP27–BrightSpace–LAMASUS #JointPerspectivePaper to leading voices from industry, science & politics.
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/2rwapypa
@act4cap27.eu @iiasa.ac.at
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/2rwapypa
@act4cap27.eu @iiasa.ac.at