Laxenburg Research Institute IIASA Deepens Relations with South Korea

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: March 26, 2019; 19:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

Since the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) membership of IIASA began in 2008, a range of research collaborations and capacity building activities have been developed by IIASA and 18 Korean research partners. Now, Shin Dong-ik, Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in Vienna, visited IIASA to learn more and to talk about the IIASA research agenda and the institute's current and future research collaborations with South Korea.

IIASA Director van Jaarsveld and the External Relations Department welcome the Koreans: Ambassador Shing Dong ik (4th from left); Mr. Dae Ki Kim, Minister Counsellor; Mr. Chul Lee, Minister Counsellor; Ms. Eunju Park, Counsellor; Ms. Eunju Jun, Attaché. / Picture: © IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis / Markus Rauchenwald / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

During his visit, Shin Dong-ik met with IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Albert van Jaarsveld and with the IIASA External Relations Department, to learn more about the IIASA research agenda and the institute's current and future research collaborations with Korea.

Korea joined IIASA in 2008 and since then a range of research collaboration and capacity building…