Building bridges between Europe and Asia
WU Vienna MSc student and IIASA Youth Forum participant Dimitry Erokhin reports on his visit to the “Connecting Europe and Asia” conference and why Eurasian cooperation is so important.
Finding community at the AGU Fall Meeting
IIASA alumna Lu Liu talks about her experience at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting 2018.
Rescuing the world from drowning
Sea level rise is one of the most challenging impacts of climate change. IIASA postdoc Julian Hunt explains a new barrier technique to reduce glacier melt.
How culture affects perceptions of climate change related technology
IIASA alumnus Farid Karimi explains how public perception shapes the development of technologies related to climate change.
Science without policy is science, but policy without science is gambling
IIASA alumnus Géza Tóth shares his thoughts on bringing science and industry closer together.
Opening up creative spaces for critical thinking
Following her participation in the art-science performance ‘Migraspectives’, Nour Barakeh explains how opening up creative spaces for critical thinking can bridge the divide between researchers, policymakers, and society.
Identifying hotspots of land use cover change in Mexico
Alma Mendoza discusses the results of a recent study, which identified hotspots of land use change in Mexico to help prioritize areas for improving environmental performance.
New review finds fundamental gaps and new opportunities for world’s agricultural monitoring systems
Marcia MacNeil on a new comprehensive review by IIASA researchers in the Ecosystems Services and Management Program of the world’s agricultural monitoring systems
Moisture matters! What’s the impact of water thresholds and soil characteristics?
IIASA researcher Rastislav Skalsky looks at the importance of soil, its moisture content, and how to measure it, relating to his work with the GROW Observatory.
Dance and science: A graceful partnership for change
Jessie Jeanne Stinnett shares her thoughts on the place of dance within the 21st century discourse on global issues through an IIASA/Harvard Art and Science project.
Climate risks, limits, and a need for transformational adaptation
An author shares his perspective on the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.
Creativity: a change in thinking for a sustainable future
IIASA 2018 YSSP participant Laura Mononen looks at creativity from a systems perspective to build a more sustainable world.
Insights into the future of agriculture from past human climate change responses
IIASA researcher and former YSSP participant Marcus Thomson explains how he used archeological data and climate modeling to look at the past responses of farmers to climate change, and offer important insights for the future.
Learning global-scale modelling in a castle in Europe
By Camila Ludovique, research assistant CAPES/IIASA Sandwich Doctorate I come from Brazil, more specifically from the Energy Planning Program of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, that postcard city that most of you may have already seen in pictures, with...
The world needs IIASA: Pavel Kabat looks back
Pavel Kabat is chief scientist at the World Meteorological Organization and was director general of IIASA from February 2012 until September 2018