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We particularly encourage research proposals that address one of the following over-arching research topics:
- How can the transition process to a low-carbon society be managed and modelled?
Special emphasis will be devoted to improve the understanding of
- consumer’s demand preferences for housing, mobility and human diets, and
- how policy interactions could potentially contribute to a decoupling of perceived welfare and resource consumption.
- Which policy decisions need to be taken in the near future in order not to compromise the attainability of the long-term climate stabilization target? This employs
- optimization routines e.g. least-cost, under environmental constraints,
- a novel ‘attainability domain’ methodology to identify consistency conditions for meeting very ambitious mitigation targets in the future.
- Aerosols and near-term climate change: Synergies and trade-offs of emission controls.
Specific project suggestions:
Specifically, we invite applications for the following projects:
Technology or sector specific analysis notably for
- Feedback between technological implementation, demand and consumer behaviour, especially for housing (heating & cooling demand), traffic and mobility, food and diet.
- Agriculture: Influence of food choice to mitigate emissions.
- Agriculture: Influence of biofuel production on emissions.
- Emissions scenarios for
- International shipping
- International aviation
- Off-road machinery (in Europe).
- Mitigation potential and costs for hybrid and electric vehicle technologies.
- Vehicle stock turn-over modelling: Sensitivity analysis for technology diffusion.
- Potential for mitigating transport emissions through changes in mobility behaviour.
- Trade of second-hand vehicles; inspection, maintenance and enforcement; and their influence on real world emissions.
- Costs and potentials for renewable energy.
- Energy efficiency in the industry and power sectors.
- Emissions from HFCs, PFCs and SF6.
- Strategies for mitigating HFC emissions from refrigeration and the air conditioning sector.
- Review of gas flaring and emissions from pipelines.
- Representation of Combined Heat and Power Plants.
- Control strategies for VOCs and O3, co-benefits in reducing multiple pollutants.
Analysis is particularly invited for the following countries:
- Brazil, China, India, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South-east Asia, South Africa, Turkey.
Conceptual analysis is invited for:
- Understanding and using results from GCMs
- Analyzing different concepts for cost accounting; comparing results for cost-effectiveness between different models
- Analysis of climate mitigation pledges; defining comparable mitigation effort
- Uncertainty and robustness analysis of mitigation strategies
Database management is a fundamental basis for our activity. We invite projects on
- Checks for completeness, consistency and robustness
- Updating and adapting input and output routines
- System administration, user and version management
This list of topics is neither complete nor exclusive and will be updated in the course of time. In addition, we are always interested in and open for original research suggestions of your choice.
Please be aware that the number of grants is limited and competition is high. Preference will be given on the grounds of scientific excellence and the quality of the research proposal.
Further general details about the YSSP and information on submitting an application are available at IIASA's YSSP web pages. Candidates are encouraged to contact the MAG program representative,
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at an early stage in their application.
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