Greening through schooling: How education influences pro-environmental behavior
Roman Hoffmann outlines how education significantly contributes to increasing pro-environmental actions among low-income households in the Philippines.
Representing IIASA at the 2019 Centennial AGU Fall Meeting
Florian Hofhansl shares his experience presenting the wildfire climate impacts and adaptation model (FLAM) at the Google Exhibition Booth at the 2019 American Geosciences Union meeting.
Vienna as a global hub for science diplomacy
Jan Marco Müller shares his insights on the recent forum in Vienna that brought together science advisors to ministers of foreign affairs from across the world and leading science diplomacy experts.
Towards a step-change for dealing with critical risks ‘beyond’ adaptation and the Loss and Damage policy debate.
Teresa M. Deubelli and Reinhard Mechler discuss how the principles of risk governance can help deal with critical risks beyond adaptation and the Loss and Damage policy debate.
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.
Ethical research is a quest for truth
An interview with Dorsamy (Gansen) Pillay, IIASA council member for South Africa, on ethical research.