1. IIASA stakeholder engagement
Initial Trend Analysis
27 February 2017

2. Respondent profile

3. Stakeholders Engaged IIASA Staff 450 131 IIASA Staff Alumni 1191 103
Population
Failed Delivery
Respondents
Response Rate
Mean
IIASA Staff
450
131
29%
IIASA Staff Alumni
1191 80
103
10%
YSSP Alumni
1179
113
233
22%
Postdoc Alumni 31 4 14
52%
Research Collaborators
232 10 73
32%
Funders
136 33
14%
High level stakeholders
155 22
15%
TOTAL
3374
590
17%

4. IIASA uniqueness quality & influence

5. Key Trends UNIQUENESS QUALITY IMPACT AND INFLUENCE
Eight of out ten respondents: IIASA is either completely unique or one of few similar institutes
High level stakeholders and former research staff most positive sentiments
QUALITY
Three-quarters: quality of IIASA operations is either good or excellent
Among current staff
Nine out of ten: Research either good or excellent (five out of ten rated as excellent)
Half: Capacity Development activities either good or excellent
Two-thirds: Science-to-policy activities good or excellent
More than half: not able to rate IIASA Science Diplomacy activities
IMPACT AND INFLUENCE
Eight out of ten respondents: IIASA research is highly or somewhat influential (four out of ten: highly influential)
Half of respondents: IIASA Capacity Development activities are highly or somewhat influential
Six out of ten respondents: IIASA Science-to-policy activities highly or somewhat influential
Approximately half of respondents: IIASA Science Diplomacy activities as highly or somewhat influential
Key Trends

6. Uniqueness of IIASA 1
Eight of out ten respondents indicated that IIASA is either completely unique or one of only a very few similar institutes

7. Quality of IIASA Operations1
Slightly fewer than three-quarters rated the quality as excellent or good

8. Quality of IIASA Operations: Current Staff1
Research excellence is clear competitive advantage from staff perspective

9. Influence and Impact: Research1
Eight out of ten stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

10. Influence and Impact: Capacity Development1
Half of the stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

11. Influence and Impact: Science-to-policy1
Six out of ten stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

12. Influence and Impact: Science Diplomacy1
Slightly fewer than five out of ten respondents rated influence and impact as highly or somewhat influential

13. IIASA as a stakeholder

14. Meeting Stakeholder Expectations2
Eight out of ten indicated ALL or MOST expectations were met

15. Openness to Future Engagement
Close to 90% of former research staff and research collaborators

16. IIASA as an employer

17. Experience as an IIASA Employee
Three-quarters of staff: Mostly positive or most positive Eight out of ten current staff: Mostly positive or most positive

18. Influence of IIASA on Future Career
IIASA Alumni: Staff, Postdocs and YSSP
Six out of ten staff: Strong positive influence on career
Eight out of ten Postdocs: Large or very large influence on career
Two-thirds of YSSP: Large or very large influence on career

19. Professional Skills Development
Almost half of staff report that although they are gaining new skills, they would like to have more professional development opportunities.
Roughly similar between gender, more pronounced difference research vs non-research staff