Our Mission
The IIASA mission is to provide insight and guidance to policymakers worldwide by finding solutions to global and universal problems through applied systems analysis in order to improve human and social wellbeing and to protect the environment
IIASA National Member Organizations & Council Members
On 1 January 2016 IIASA had 23 member countries, represented by the following National Member Organizations:
AUSTRALIA The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Council Member: Dr. Alex Wonhas
AUSTRIA The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)
Council Member: Professor Dr. Gerhard Glatzel
BRAZIL The Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)
Council Member: Professor Carlos A. Nobre
CHINA National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Council Member: Professor Congqiang Liu
EGYPT Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
Council Member: Professor Mahmoud M. Sakr
FINLAND The Finnish Committee for IIASA
Council Member: Dr. Lea Kauppi
GERMANY Association for the Advancement of IIASA
Council Member: Professor Dr. Helga Weisz
INDIA Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Council Member: Professor Prabhat Ranjan
INDONESIA Indonesian National Committee for IIASA
Council Member: Professor Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
JAPAN The Japan Committee for IIASA
Council Member: Dr. Kazu Takemoto
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Council Member: Professor Min Keun Chung
MALAYSIA Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
Council Member: Dr. Ahmad Tajuddin Ali
MEXICO Mexican National Committee for IIASA
Council Member: Dr. Julio A. Santaella Castell and Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza
NETHERLANDS Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Council Member: Professor Dr. Jos Engelen
NORWAY The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Council Member: Dr. Kirsten Broch Mathisen
PAKISTAN Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Council Member: Professor Dr. Kauser Abdulla Malik
RUSSIA Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Council Member: Academician Professor Alexei Gvishiani
SOUTH AFRICA National Research Foundation (NRF)
Council Member: Dr. Dorsamy (Gansen) Pillay
SWEDEN The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)
Council Member: Dr. Ingrid Petersson
UKRAINE Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Council Member: Academician Professor Dr.Anatoly G. Zagorodny
UNITED KINGDOM Research Councils of the UK
Council Member: Professor Duncan Wingham
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Council Member: Professor Donald Saari
VIETNAM Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Council Member: Professor Dr. Ninh Khac Ban