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IIASA is governed by a Council comprised of one permanent representative from each National Member Organization. Regulations concerning the institute\u2019s objectives, conditions of membership, internal structure, and the roles and responsibilities of the Council are outlined in the institutional Charter.<\/p>\n

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Membership of IIASA<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IIASA Charter<\/a> stipulates that membership of the institute is open to one professional institution from any country as long as it represents the relevant scholarly community of that country, subscribes to the IIASA Charter, and meets the financial obligations of membership. The IIASA Council votes on each country\u2019s application to join the institute and on whether to discontinue a country\u2019s membership. In June 2019, the Council noted with regret the decision by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) to become an observer starting in 2020.<\/p>\n

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The IIASA Council<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the governing body of the institute, the IIASA Council<\/a> is composed of one permanent representative from each NMO. The Council meets twice a year, in June and November. The Charter and subsequent resolutions of Council document the role of Council, its processes, and decisions.<\/p>\n

The Council is responsible for determining financial and managerial policies and subject areas for IIASA research, as well as ensuring that IIASA activities are in line with institutional objectives, the provisions of the Charter, and the interests of NMOs.<\/p>\n

The Council elects a chair<\/a> and two vice chairs who act as officers of the Council. Michael Clegg (United States) has been the Council chair since September 2017. Lea Kauppi (Finland) has been the Council vice chair since January 2019 and Gansen Pillay (South Africa) has been the Council vice chair since January 2018.<\/p>\n

The Council appoints the director general, the deputy director general for science, and the chief operations officer who, as the chief executive officers of the institute, are responsible for implementing the research program and managing the day-to-day operations. In November 2019, the Council appointed Dr. Leena Srivastava as the deputy director general for science. Previously, Dr. Srivastava was the Vice Chancellor of the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, an interdisciplinary higher education institution focused on sustainable development. Further, in March 2019 the Council appointed Dr. Jan Marco Mueller as the acting chief operations officer while the position was advertised.<\/p>\n

During 2019, the IIASA Council exercised its oversight responsibilities through a committee structure<\/a> comprising of an Executive Committee, a Finance Committee, a Membership Committee, a Program Committee, and an Outreach, Capacity Building and Science Engagement Committee. In addition, an external Science Advisory Committee and external evaluation committees provide specialized input to Council. <\/p>\n

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On 31 December 2019, the Council Committee membership was as follows:<\/p>\n

Michael Clegg,\u00a0Council Chair<\/strong>
Lea Kauppi,\u00a0Vice Chair<\/strong>
Gansen Pillay,\u00a0Vice Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive Committee<\/strong>
Michael Clegg (Council Chair)
Lea Kauppi (Vice Chair)
Gansen Pillay (Vice Chair)
Ingrid Petersson
Asma Ismail
Helga Weisz
Duncan Wingham
Christian Koeberl (ex-officio as host country representative)
Xincheng Xie (rotating member for 2019)<\/p>\n

Finance Committee<\/strong>
Ingrid Petersson (Chair)
Kazu Takemoto (Vice Chair)
Christian Koeberl
Vladislav Panchenko<\/p>\n

Membership Committee<\/strong>
Helga Weisz (Chair)
Lea Kauppi (Interim Vice Chair)
Ninh Khac Ban
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Anatoly Zagorodny<\/p>\n

Program Committee<\/strong>
Asma Ismail (Chair)
Kirsten Broch Mathisen (Vice Chair)
Maria Elena\u00a0Alvarez-Buylla Roces<\/strong>
Moti Herskowitz
Xincheng Xie
Eaman Eftekhary<\/p>\n

Outreach, Capacity Building, and Science Engagement Committee<\/strong>
Duncan Wingham (Chair)
Mauro Rabelo
Kil-Choo Moon
Mahmoud Sakr<\/p>\n

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National Member Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each IIASA member country designates a National Member Organization (NMO) to represent the nation\u2019s scholarly community, and act as a bridge between their research and policy communities and the institute. There are three types of NMOs namely, national academies, government research funding agencies, and autonomous organizations or committees. Each member country fulfills two main roles, which it enacts through its NMO. The first of these involves the governance of the institute through its representative council member for IIASA, while the second requires the NMO to act as a link between IIASA and national stakeholders. <\/p>\n

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On 31 December 2019, IIASA had 22 member countries (1 observer) represented by the following National\u00a0Member\u00a0Organizations:<\/p>\n

AUSTRIA<\/a>\u00a0The Austrian Academy of Sciences (\u00d6AW)
Council member: Professor Dr. Christian\u00a0K\u00f6berl<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRAZIL\u00a0<\/a>The Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)
Council member: Professor Mauro Luiz\u00a0Rabelo<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHINA<\/a>\u00a0The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Council member: Professor Dr. Xincheng\u00a0Xie<\/p>\n

EGYPT<\/a>\u00a0Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
Council member: Professor Dr. Mahmoud M. Sakr<\/p>\n

FINLAND<\/a>\u00a0The Finnish Committee for IIASA
Council member: Dr. Lea Kauppi<\/p>\n

GERMANY<\/a>\u00a0Association for the Advancement of IIASA
Council member: Professor Dr. Helga Weisz<\/p>\n

INDIA<\/a>\u00a0(Observer)\u00a0Technology Information, Forecasting, and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Council member: Mr. Sanjay\u00a0Singh<\/p>\n

INDONESIA<\/a>\u00a0Indonesian National Committee for IIASA
Council member: Professor Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto<\/p>\n

IRAN<\/a>\u00a0Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)
Council member: Professor Dr. Eaman\u00a0Eftekhary<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISRAEL\u00a0<\/a>The Israel Committee for IIASA
Council member: Professor Dr. Moti Herskowitz<\/p>\n

JAPAN<\/a>\u00a0The Japan Committee for IIASA
Council member: Professor Dr. Kazu Takemoto<\/p>\n

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF<\/a>\u00a0The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Council member: Dr. Kil-Choo\u00a0Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

MALAYSIA<\/a>\u00a0Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
Council member: Professor Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail<\/p>\n

MEXICO<\/a>\u00a0Mexican National Committee for IIASA
Council member: Dra. Maria Elena\u00a0Alvarez-Buylla Roces<\/strong><\/p>\n

NORWAY<\/a>\u00a0The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Council member: Dr. Kirsten Broch Mathisen<\/p>\n

RUSSIA<\/a>\u00a0The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Council member: Academician Professor Vladislav\u00a0Panchenko<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICA<\/a>\u00a0The National Research Foundation (NRF)
Council member: Dr. Dorsamy (Gansen) Pillay<\/p>\n

SWEDEN<\/a>\u00a0The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences, and Spatial\u00a0Planning\u00a0(FORMAS)
Council member: Dr. Ingrid Petersson<\/p>\n

UKRAINE<\/a>\u00a0The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Council member: Academician Professor Dr. Anatoly G. Zagorodny<\/p>\n

UK<\/a>\u00a0Research Councils of the UK
Council member: Professor Dr. Duncan Wingham<\/p>\n

USA<\/a>\u00a0The National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Council member: Professor Dr. Michael Clegg<\/p>\n

VIETNAM<\/a>\u00a0Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Council member: Professor Dr. Ninh Khac Ban<\/p>\n

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2019 IIASA Governance and Decision Making Structure and its External Advisory Bodies*
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*The 2019 IIASA governance structure will be replaced with the new governance structure as approved by the IIASA Council starting from 2020. During the transition, the Council appointed the acting chief operations officer in March 2019 and the deputy director general for science in November 2019.<\/p>\n

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Science Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another component of research oversight is the Science Advisory Committee<\/a> (SAC). The SAC, established by the IIASA Council in 2002, is an advisory structure constituted of independent scientists appointed by the IIASA Council with the task of providing scientific guidance and a research assurance function for IIASA. In 2019, the SAC continued to provide independent, expert advice to the Council and IIASA to ensure that the institute\u2019s work continues to meet the highest scientific standards and remains relevant to policymakers.<\/p>\n

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On 31 December 2019, the SAC membership was as follows:<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Mary Scholes\u00a0– Chair<\/strong>
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n

Dr.\u00a0John R. Birge
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago, IL, USA<\/p>\n

Professor Dr. Mirjam de Bruijn <\/a>
African Studies Centre
Leiden, Netherlands<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Ruth Defries
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Bojie Fu
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, P.R. China<\/p>\n

Professor Dr. Nils Petter Gleditch
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n

Professor Dr. Jim Hall
Oxford University
Oxford, UK<\/p>\n

Dr.\u00a0Youba Sokona
The South Centre and the University of Surrey
Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Mari Elka Pangestu
University of Indonesia and Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Jakarta, Indonesia<\/p>\n

Professor Dr. \u00a0Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo
El Colegio de M\u00e9xico
Mexico<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Roberto Schaeffer
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Igor Sheremet
Bauman Moscow State Technical State University
Moscow, Russian Federation<\/p>\n

Professor Dr.\u00a0Karen Helen Wiltshire
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Helgoland, Germany<\/p>\n

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IIASA management<\/strong><\/p>\n

During 2019 IIASA was structured into nine research programs and five departments that support the institute\u2019s scientific activities. In addition to the appointments of deputy director general for science and chief operations officer mentioned above, the following personnel changes took place:<\/p>\n