Creating a safe space to talk about gender equality in science
Luiza Toledo writes about how the IIASA Women in Science Club are creating a safe space to talk about and advance gender equality in science.
Advocating for a new ecology grounded in systems science
Brian Fath and colleagues discuss the application of ecosystem principles to environmental nanagement and the recently released second edition of their book, A New Ecology.
Understanding climate change as an everything issue
Award-winning climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe discusses the importance of effective science communication in overcoming barriers to public acceptance of climate change.
More fish, less energy, less pollution – but only if all players cooperate
Adriana Gómez-Sanabria discusses the results of a new study on the impacts of various technologies to treat wastewater from the fish processing industry in Indonesia.
Interview with the Science Advisory Committee Chair Mary Scholes
Mary Scholes has been serving on the IIASA Science Advisory Committee (SAC) since 2011 and was appointed as Chair in 2014. In this interview she discusses her views of SAC.
Curbing misinformation about migration in Austria
Nadejda Komendantova discusses how misinformation propagated by different communication mediums influence attitudes towards migrants in Austria.
Environment and health: Two sides of the same coin
2019 YSSP participant Rory Gibb investigates the effects of future land use, climate, and socioeconomic change on disease risk, focusing on Lassa fever in West Africa.
What we’ve learnt from measuring flood resilience
Finn Laurien outlines the insights the Flood Alliance has gained from application of the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) to 118 communities in nine countries.
Introducing a framework for 21st century biological invasions
Bernd Lenzner discusses how understanding the role invasive species play in shaping global biodiversity and ecosystem services is crucial to a sustainable future.
Reflections on IIASA, systems analysis, and the IIASA community in the Netherlands
An interview with Leen Hordijk, who was previously a project leader, Council member, and director at IIASA.