Systemic Risk and Network Dynamics A 2014-2017/18 IIASA crosscutting project Challenge: IIASA’s systems analyses and models need to be cognizant of the dangers associated with systemic risks, which can result from cascading impacts across networked agents in many interconnected systems of high policy relevance Key questions: How can systemic risks best be measured, modeled, and managed? And how can cross-disciplinary perspectives add value to disciplinary studies? Approach: Research foci on financial systemic risks, flood-risk assessments, ecological systemic risks, supply-chain management, trade-network resilience, boom-bust cycles, early-warning algorithms, cupola theory, and misperceptions of systemic risk. Team: 14 researchers from three programs (ASA, EEP, and RISK)