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The Archimedes Center hosts a monthly seminar in which the center’s researchers present their work across a variety of fields. In the first session of the 2026-2027 academic year taking place on October 5th, Prof. Or Aleksandrowicz will discuss shade maps within the context of urban heat.

Prof. Itai Sened, Archimedes Center's director, participated in the second panel discussion, From Science to Policy: Pathways for Impact

The collaboration aims to make current research in the field of cities and complexity accessible to the general public through a series of short articles based on the work of members of the Cities and Complexity research group. The first publication in the series on the “Street Language” magazine website is "The Roads That Shape Israel" by Noa Leibovitz and Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal.

Shahar's research explores health system response to climate-induced food insecurity in Malawi

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The IIASA summer School for Systems Modeling will run from 29 June - 10 July 2026 in Laxenburg, Austria. Application deadline: 26 February 2026, midnight CET.

The Archimedes Center hosts a monthly seminar in which the center’s researchers present their work across a variety of fields. In the second session of the 2026-2027 academic year taking place on November 2nd, Lee Roth Yaffe will discuss Lithium as a Critical Raw Material — A Life Cycle Perspective from China to Israel

Read more about the Summer School that took place during 29 June - 10 July 2026 in Laxenburg, Austria.

prof. Ron Milo of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Weizmann Institute for Science gave a talk on "Transforming food production for sustainability: microbes to eat CO2; humans to eat microbes".

The Archimedes Center hosts a monthly seminar in which the center’s researchers present their work across a variety of fields. In the sixth session, taking place on May 4, Prof. Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal will give a lecture to discuss urban mobility as a complex system.

Dr. Assaf Shmuel will talk at the seminar. Join it on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 14:00–15:30 (Central European Time, CET).

In January, IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber visited Israel as part of an effort to deepen scientific cooperation and advance discussions on Israel’s continued membership in IIASA. The visit highlighted the growing role of science diplomacy in connecting research, policy, and international collaboration to support evidence-based decision-making and long-term sustainability.

The Archimedes Center hosts a monthly seminar in which the center’s researchers present their work across a variety of fields. In the fourth session, taking place on February 2, Dr. Achituv Cohen will give a lecture and discuss sustainable urban mobility.

The second publication in the collaboration between the Cities and Complexity Research Group at the Archimedes Center and Sfat Rehov (Street Language) Magazine (in Hebrew)

The "Cities and Complexity" Research Group at the Archimedes Center invites researchers to submit abstracts and register for the conference Cities and Complexity at the Dawn of the Second Quarter of the 21st Century. The conference is part of Mind-IL – Israel's Science and Academia Week. Abstract application deadline Extended - Submit yours and register by September 15

The Archimedes Center hosts a monthly seminar in which the center’s researchers present their work across a variety of fields. In the seventh session, taking place on June 1, Prof. Ruslana Rachel Palatnik will discuss Climate Policy and Resource Innovation.

Danila's research is about the impact of multi-year extreme drought on plant community dynamics and soil seed banks in a Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem.

Apply by March 2, 2026. The 2026 YLSA will be convened on 5-8 July in Hamburg, Germany.

The conference organizers said the event, held at Tel Aviv University, marks a key milestone in strengthening research and applied collaboration with an organization seeking strategic partnerships with Israeli researchers in fields where Israel leads globally. From YNET’s coverage of the event >