YSSP
IIASA Young Summer Scientists Program Blog
Finding community at the AGU Fall Meeting
IIASA alumna Lu Liu talks about her experience at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting 2018.
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.
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.
Volunteering for our climate – An interview with YSSP participant Yuping Bai
The PhD student talks about her volunteer work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Reimagining the workforce of the future
J. Luke Irwin, 2018 YSSP participant, explains how we can make the most of our potential by re-imagining the future of human work.
Estimating risk across Africa
Lillian Petersen, high-school student and summer intern at IIASA, is working on developing high-resolution estimates of the risk for humanitarian crises across Africa.
Raising the game: A new approach to understanding decision making
YSSP participant Sara Turner is using a computer game to find out how people decide to share resources and how stable these decisions are.
Human behavior is the most important factor
Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) participant Tum Nhim investigates new mechanisms to ensure a fair water distribution among farmers.
Cooking with clean fuel to save lives
Behavior change starts with a home-cooked meal: Abhishek Kar’s YSSP research explores how LPG can save lives in rural India