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winter 2016/2017 + optionswww.iiasa.ac.at 21 Eri Saikawa (Japan) “After the YSSP, I studied atmospheric chemistry, international relations, Chinese, and Korean, and conducted very interdisciplinary research that was policy-oriented. All of this became possible because the breadth and the depth of research I got engaged in at IIASA made me motivated that such interdisciplinary work was possible.” Talha Manzoor (Pakistan) “My PhD research required me to link extremely disparate disciplines in a manner that was also relevant to the global issues being faced by society on a daily basis. This would not have been possible for me without the experience I gained at IIASA during the YSSP.” Yue Qin (China) “This was indeed the best summer I could have ever expected, with all the resources that helped me to pursue my research interests, and all the YSSPers that shared the summer experiences together.” summer ◼ 2005 2013 2016 5,610 months of individual research Austria 101 Brazil 18 Canada 40 China 153 Finland 125 India 43 Iran 15 Italy 39 Japan 76 Norway 22 Pakistan 19 Russia 200 South Africa 14 Republ. Korea 14 UK 13 United States 272 1,870 from 89 countries France 37 Netherlands 123 Bulgaria 27 Hungary 33 Czech Republic 26 Sweden 113 Ukraine 45 40 years of YSSP Poland 70 Germany 124 YSSP participants Alumni stories: www.iiasa.ac.at/alumni This map shows the geographical diversity of YSSP participants since 1977. All countries with at least one citizen who participated in the YSSP are highlighted. For those countries with over 10 participants, the number is shown in a bubble.