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NEW APPOINTMENT FOR NAKICENOVIC PRESTIGIOUS EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE AWARD FOR WADA ALL-WOMEN AUTHORED PAPER ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC IIASA Emeritus Research Scholar Nebojsa Nakicenovic was one of three new members appointed to the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission. The group of seven eminent scientists are appointed in their personal capacities to provide independent scientific advice to the European Commission to inform policymaking and provide recommendations to improve the interaction between policymaking and scientific advice. The Prestigious Earth and space science award for Wadation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. www.iiasa.ac.at/news/20-scientific-advisor IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program Director, Yoshihide Wada, was awarded the American Geophysical Union’s James B. Macelwane Medal 2020, widely considered as the highest honor for early career scientists in the fields of Earth and space science. The medal is given annually to three to five early career researchers for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences. www.iiasa.ac.at/news/AGU-medal IIASA researchers Benigna Boza- Kiss and Caroline Zimm, and Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group Leader, Shonali Pachauri, have combined their expertise in the fields of energy, social, and sustainability science to analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures have exacerbated urban inequalities. Their efforts have culminated in a paper on deprivations and inequities in cities viewed through a pandemic lens. pure.iiasa.ac.at/17121 IIASA regional conference: Systems Analysis in Eurasia Systems analysis is a problem-solving process in which many people participate: scientists of relevant disciplines, stakeholders, and decision makers. To foster dialogue between the research and policy community, IIASA cohosted the Systems Analysis in Eurasia conference in Moscow from 13-15 April 2021 in a hybrid format – combining online and in-person attendance. The conference, co-hosted by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), the Austrian IIASA Committee at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Finnish Committee for IIASA, and the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA), supported by the Systems Analysis Committee of the RAS and the Geophysical Center of the RAS, explored how the multilateral application of systems analysis can be used to address societal challenges. The conference built on existing expertise in the systems analysis communities in countries across the Eurasian region to discuss and analyze transformative approaches to achieving sustainability across multiple sectors and regions. It attracted 27 high profile speakers from 13 countries, along with a physical and virtual audience of over 700 viewers. It was the third meeting in a series of IIASA regional conferences to foster dialogue between research and policy communities. The first of these conferences was the Americas regional conference co-hosted by IIASA, CAPES, the US National Academies of Sciences, and the Getulio Vargas Foundation, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September 2019. The second conference was the African regional conference, co-hosted by IIASA, the National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa, and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), which took place in Pretoria, South Africa, in December 2019. The next regional conference will be in Asia in collaboration with the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Further info: www.iiasa.ac.at/eurasia21 INSTITUTE NEWS By Bettina Greenwell 28 www.iiasa.ac.at IIASA corner