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
“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
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How can spatial planning help halt #biodiversity loss? 🌍 The @ipbes.net assessment on #spatialplanning & connectivity is underway! Over 100 experts met at @iiasa.ac.at to kick off this critical work supporting the #KMGBF.
First meeting insights 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/12/l...
#IPBES
First meeting insights 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/12/l...
#IPBES
Launching the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment: Reflections from the First Authors’ Meeting
The intensive and productive week-long first authors’ meeting for the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment took place at IIASA in Laxenburg from 22–26 September 2025. The meeting brou…
sustainablecz.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How can spatial planning help halt #biodiversity loss? 🌍 The @ipbes.net assessment on #spatialplanning & connectivity is underway! Over 100 experts met at @iiasa.ac.at to kick off this critical work supporting the #KMGBF.
First meeting insights 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/12/l...
#IPBES
First meeting insights 👉 sustainablecz.org/2025/11/12/l...
#IPBES
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Excited about the upcoming @iiasa.ac.at AI for Climate Science Seminar with
Philosopher @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social (U Vienna) on Dec. 1st 3pm (CET).
Further information & registration: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
Upcoming seminars: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ai-...
@iiasa.ac.at @lamont.columbia.edu
Philosopher @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social (U Vienna) on Dec. 1st 3pm (CET).
Further information & registration: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
Upcoming seminars: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ai-...
@iiasa.ac.at @lamont.columbia.edu
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited about the upcoming @iiasa.ac.at AI for Climate Science Seminar with
Philosopher @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social (U Vienna) on Dec. 1st 3pm (CET).
Further information & registration: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
Upcoming seminars: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ai-...
@iiasa.ac.at @lamont.columbia.edu
Philosopher @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social (U Vienna) on Dec. 1st 3pm (CET).
Further information & registration: iiasa.ac.at/events/dec-2...
Upcoming seminars: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ai-...
@iiasa.ac.at @lamont.columbia.edu
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Excited to participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on Demographic Perspectives of Migration in the 21st century. Migration is a pressing topic in Demography and I'm looking forward to learning more on climate migration.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Excited to participate in the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on Demographic Perspectives of Migration in the 21st century. Migration is a pressing topic in Demography and I'm looking forward to learning more on climate migration.
☕📰 Weekend read: In a new expert opinion article in Science, IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, explores why the future of global population trends is more uncertain today than at any point in recent decades.
📖 Read the full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📖 Read the full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
☕📰 Weekend read: In a new expert opinion article in Science, IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, explores why the future of global population trends is more uncertain today than at any point in recent decades.
📖 Read the full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📖 Read the full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🎙️ Anastasia Lijadi, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director General & IIASA Gender Equality & DEI Officer, is featured in the REvaluation podcast by the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (@fteval.bsky.social)!
🎧 Listen here: podcast.fteval.at/2076917/epis...
🎧 Listen here: podcast.fteval.at/2076917/epis...
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎙️ Anastasia Lijadi, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director General & IIASA Gender Equality & DEI Officer, is featured in the REvaluation podcast by the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (@fteval.bsky.social)!
🎧 Listen here: podcast.fteval.at/2076917/epis...
🎧 Listen here: podcast.fteval.at/2076917/epis...
✍️ New on the blog: During their participation in the 2025 #YSSP, Jack Vahnberg and Steffen Lohrey reflected on how short-term rentals shape our environmental and social footprint. Their insights highlight why sustainable research practices matter.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/nov-202...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
✍️ New on the blog: During their participation in the 2025 #YSSP, Jack Vahnberg and Steffen Lohrey reflected on how short-term rentals shape our environmental and social footprint. Their insights highlight why sustainable research practices matter.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/nov-202...
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/nov-202...
Many interesting discussions in Vienna today on day 2 of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference (#WIC2025) on Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century, co-organized by IIASA, @oeaw.bsky.social, & @univie.ac.at.
Find out what is in store for tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
Find out what is in store for tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Many interesting discussions in Vienna today on day 2 of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference (#WIC2025) on Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century, co-organized by IIASA, @oeaw.bsky.social, & @univie.ac.at.
Find out what is in store for tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
Find out what is in store for tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025 on Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century co-organized by IIASA, @oeaw.bsky.social, & @univie.ac.at kicked of in Vienna today.
Visit the conference website to see what is in store for the rest of the week: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
Visit the conference website to see what is in store for the rest of the week: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025 on Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century co-organized by IIASA, @oeaw.bsky.social, & @univie.ac.at kicked of in Vienna today.
Visit the conference website to see what is in store for the rest of the week: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
Visit the conference website to see what is in store for the rest of the week: www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
The Global Methane Status Report 2025 was released at #COP30 in Belém yesterday.
IIASA researchers worked with colleagues at @unep.org and @ccacoalition.bsky.social to provide the quantitative analysis underpinning the report’s findings.
Find out more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
IIASA researchers worked with colleagues at @unep.org and @ccacoalition.bsky.social to provide the quantitative analysis underpinning the report’s findings.
Find out more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Global Methane Status Report 2025 was released at #COP30 in Belém yesterday.
IIASA researchers worked with colleagues at @unep.org and @ccacoalition.bsky.social to provide the quantitative analysis underpinning the report’s findings.
Find out more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
IIASA researchers worked with colleagues at @unep.org and @ccacoalition.bsky.social to provide the quantitative analysis underpinning the report’s findings.
Find out more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
Against the backdrop of negotiations at #COP30, leading climate scientists have released the Búzios Scientific Statement, offering a clear assessment of the world’s remaining options to return to 1.5°C of warming by the end of the century.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Against the backdrop of negotiations at #COP30, leading climate scientists have released the Búzios Scientific Statement, offering a clear assessment of the world’s remaining options to return to 1.5°C of warming by the end of the century.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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🐸From vanishing frogs to rising malaria: @washingtonpost.com features @karenrlips.bsky.social who first identified the wave of frog die-offs caused by fungus. Her work revealed that losing frogs led to a fivefold increase in malaria: a powerful One Health insight linking biodiversity & human health.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🐸From vanishing frogs to rising malaria: @washingtonpost.com features @karenrlips.bsky.social who first identified the wave of frog die-offs caused by fungus. Her work revealed that losing frogs led to a fivefold increase in malaria: a powerful One Health insight linking biodiversity & human health.
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Búzios Scientific Statement
100 climate researchers, coordinated by @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & @iiasa.ac.at, released a joint statement to inform the #COP30 negotiations and provide guidance on difficult but doable global efforts designed to limit dangerous overshoot of 1.5°C as much as possible.
100 climate researchers, coordinated by @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & @iiasa.ac.at, released a joint statement to inform the #COP30 negotiations and provide guidance on difficult but doable global efforts designed to limit dangerous overshoot of 1.5°C as much as possible.
Búzios Scientific Statement.pdf
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November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Búzios Scientific Statement
100 climate researchers, coordinated by @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & @iiasa.ac.at, released a joint statement to inform the #COP30 negotiations and provide guidance on difficult but doable global efforts designed to limit dangerous overshoot of 1.5°C as much as possible.
100 climate researchers, coordinated by @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & @iiasa.ac.at, released a joint statement to inform the #COP30 negotiations and provide guidance on difficult but doable global efforts designed to limit dangerous overshoot of 1.5°C as much as possible.
☕👓 Your weekend read: Amid #COP30 discussions on interconnected climate & societal risks, IIASA researchers highlight innovative frameworks and tools for understanding systemic risks and guiding more integrated, science-informed policymaking.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/blog/nov-202...
@reinhardm.bsky.social
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@reinhardm.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
☕👓 Your weekend read: Amid #COP30 discussions on interconnected climate & societal risks, IIASA researchers highlight innovative frameworks and tools for understanding systemic risks and guiding more integrated, science-informed policymaking.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/blog/nov-202...
@reinhardm.bsky.social
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@reinhardm.bsky.social
🚀 IIASA is hiring! We’re looking for an A/V & Computer Support Technician to support meetings, maintain A/V systems, & assist with online conferencing (Teams, Zoom, etc)
🛠️ 1–2 years A/V experience + solid MS Windows/Office skills needed.
Join our IT team! iiasa.ac.at/employment/j... #ITJobs #AVTech
🛠️ 1–2 years A/V experience + solid MS Windows/Office skills needed.
Join our IT team! iiasa.ac.at/employment/j... #ITJobs #AVTech
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚀 IIASA is hiring! We’re looking for an A/V & Computer Support Technician to support meetings, maintain A/V systems, & assist with online conferencing (Teams, Zoom, etc)
🛠️ 1–2 years A/V experience + solid MS Windows/Office skills needed.
Join our IT team! iiasa.ac.at/employment/j... #ITJobs #AVTech
🛠️ 1–2 years A/V experience + solid MS Windows/Office skills needed.
Join our IT team! iiasa.ac.at/employment/j... #ITJobs #AVTech
🚀 New guest editorial from IIASA: Cities are hubs for data and civic participation, yet the potential of citizen science remains untapped.
Gerid Hager, @toddharwell.bsky.social & Inian Moorthy highlight how various initiatives already influence policies.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Gerid Hager, @toddharwell.bsky.social & Inian Moorthy highlight how various initiatives already influence policies.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚀 New guest editorial from IIASA: Cities are hubs for data and civic participation, yet the potential of citizen science remains untapped.
Gerid Hager, @toddharwell.bsky.social & Inian Moorthy highlight how various initiatives already influence policies.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Gerid Hager, @toddharwell.bsky.social & Inian Moorthy highlight how various initiatives already influence policies.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🎇 IIASA is proud to announce that 13 researchers associated with the Institute have again been recognized in the latest @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers™ list released this week.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎇 IIASA is proud to announce that 13 researchers associated with the Institute have again been recognized in the latest @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers™ list released this week.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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24 Nov. at 17-18:30 CET
Register: futureearth.confetti.events/tipping-poin...
@wcrpclimate.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @gsiexeter.bsky.social AIMES
Register: futureearth.confetti.events/tipping-poin...
@wcrpclimate.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @gsiexeter.bsky.social AIMES
Tipping Points in Boreal Forests
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November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
24 Nov. at 17-18:30 CET
Register: futureearth.confetti.events/tipping-poin...
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IIASA's Keywan Riahi live from #COP30 in Belém!
Today on Austria's Radio Ö1 | Point One | 1:00 pm CET
“The world has passed 1.5°C, but early action can still turn the tide. ” says Riahi. 🎧 Join the talk & ask your questions live! sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/se...
Today on Austria's Radio Ö1 | Point One | 1:00 pm CET
“The world has passed 1.5°C, but early action can still turn the tide. ” says Riahi. 🎧 Join the talk & ask your questions live! sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/se...
Klimagipfel COP30: Was auf dem Spiel steht vom 12.11.
UN-Klimachef Simon Stiell appelliert, dringend zu Handeln. Die Pazifikstaaten fordern den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien, und zwar sofort. Brasiliens Präsident Lula da Silva, der Gipfelgastgeber, mahn...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
IIASA's Keywan Riahi live from #COP30 in Belém!
Today on Austria's Radio Ö1 | Point One | 1:00 pm CET
“The world has passed 1.5°C, but early action can still turn the tide. ” says Riahi. 🎧 Join the talk & ask your questions live! sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/se...
Today on Austria's Radio Ö1 | Point One | 1:00 pm CET
“The world has passed 1.5°C, but early action can still turn the tide. ” says Riahi. 🎧 Join the talk & ask your questions live! sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/se...
👏👏 Congratulations to IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, on being elected Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (@iussp.bsky.social).
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👏👏 Congratulations to IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, on being elected Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (@iussp.bsky.social).
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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IIASA's recent exploratory workshop titled, Together for water: Fostering collaboration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), brought together representatives from across the region to explore new pathways for transboundary collaboration on water challenges.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
IIASA's recent exploratory workshop titled, Together for water: Fostering collaboration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), brought together representatives from across the region to explore new pathways for transboundary collaboration on water challenges.
🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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🌍 IIASA researchers are at #COP30, joining world leaders to discuss how science can drive ambitious climate action.
Our experts are contributing to key side events on adaptation, loss & damage, and resilience. #ClimateAction
Our experts are contributing to key side events on adaptation, loss & damage, and resilience. #ClimateAction
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🌍 IIASA researchers are at #COP30, joining world leaders to discuss how science can drive ambitious climate action.
Our experts are contributing to key side events on adaptation, loss & damage, and resilience. #ClimateAction
Our experts are contributing to key side events on adaptation, loss & damage, and resilience. #ClimateAction