IIASA stakeholder engagement: Initial Trend Analysis

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IIASA

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Initial Trend Analysis

27 February 2017

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RESPONDENT

PROFILE

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Stakeholders Engaged

Population Failed Delivery

Respondent s

Response Rate

Mean

IIASA Staf 450 ⁰ 131 ^29%

IIASA Staf 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 ^14%

High level stakeholders

155 ¹⁰ 22 ^15%

TOTAL 3374 590 ^17%

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IIASA UNIQUENESS QUALITY &

INFLUENCE

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K e y Tr

e n ds

UNIQUENESS

•Eight of out ten respondents: IIASA is either completely unique or one of few similar institutes

•High level stakeholders and former research staf most positive sentiments

QUALITY

•Three-quarters: quality of IIASA operations is either good or excellent

•Among current staf

•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

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All respondents Current staf Research Staf AlumniNon-research Staf Alumni Postdoc Alumni YSSP Alumni High Level Stakeholders Funders 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

30% 33% 37% 33%

25% 28%

38%

Funders ; 0%

53% 48%

53%

42%

50% 53%

63%

79%

ONLY ONE of its kind VERY FEW similar institutes SEVERAL similar institutes Unsure

Uniqueness of IIASA

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

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All respondents Research Staf Alumni Non-research Staf Alumni Postdoc Alumni YSSP Alumni High Level Stakeholders Funders 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

30% 27%

10% 17%

33%

43%

57%

43% 43%

50%

75% 47%

57% 29%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure SEVERAL similar institutes NOT UNIQUE at all Very poor

Quality of IIASA Operations

Slightly fewer than three-quarters rated the quality as excellent or good

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Research Capacity Development Science-to-policy activities Science Diplomacy

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

54%

6%

25%

14%

35%

44%

41%

25%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure SEVERAL similar institutes NOT UNIQUE at all Very poor

Quality of IIASA Operations:

Current Staf

Research excellence is clear competitive advantage from staff perspective

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All respondents

Current staf

Research Staf Alumni

Non-research Staf Alumni

Postdoc Alumni

YSSP Alumni

High Level Stakeholders

Funders 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

40% 45%

37% 40%

33% 40%

63% 57%

40%

43%

40% 40% 58% 45%

33%

21%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure SEVERAL similar institutes Slightly influential

Influence and Impact: Research

Eight out of ten stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

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All respondents Current staff Research Staff Alumni Non-research Staff Alumni Postdoc Alumni YSSP Alumni High Level Stakeholders Funders 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

13% 10% 18%

10%

0%

15%

25%

14%

37% 39% 29% 40%

33%

43%

63%

29%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure SEVERAL similar institutes NOT UNIQUE at all Not influential at all

Influence and Impact: Capacity Development

Half of the stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

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All respondents Current staff Research Staff Alumni Non-research Staff Alumni Postdoc Alumni YSSP Alumni High Level Stakeholders Funders 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

24% 28% 24%

10% 17% 20%

54%

43%

Influence and Impact: Science-to-policy

Six out of ten stakeholders rated IIASA as highly or somewhat influential

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All respondents Current staff High Level Stakeholders Funders

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

19% 14%

33% 31%

28% 30%

25% 23%

Influence and Impact: Science Diplomacy

Slightly fewer than five out of ten respondents rated influence and impact as highly or somewhat influential

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IIASA AS A

STAKEHOLDER

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Meeting Stakeholder Expectations

Eight out of ten indicated ALL or MOST expectations were met

All respondents Research Collaborators High Level Stakeholders Funders

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

41% 42%

27%

69%

39% 38%

55%

31%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure Some, but not others

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All respondents Research Staf Alumni Research Collaborators

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

53% 45%

68%

35%

42%

31%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure SEVERAL similar institutes NOT UNIQUE at all Definitely not

Openness to Future Engagement

Close to 90% of former research staff and research collaborators

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IIASA AS AN

EMPLOYER

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Experience as an IIASA Employee

All respondents Current staff Research Staff Alumni Non-research Staff Alumni

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

20% 20% 26%

33%

55% 62%

69%

33%

VERY FEW similar institutes SEVERAL similar institutes Only employment/First employment NOT UNIQUE at all Worst experience

Three-quarters of staff: Mostly positive or most positive Eight out of ten current staff: Mostly positive or most positive

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Influence of IIASA on Future Career

Research Staff Alumni Non-research Staff Alumni 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

63% 60%

25% 30%

VERY FEW similar institutes Unsure NOT UNIQUE at all

Postdoc Alumni YSSP Alumni

8%

19%

75% 46%

Not at all NOT UNIQUE at all SEVERAL similar institutes Unsure VERY FEW similar institutes

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

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Professional Skills Development

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

27% 29%

22%

31%

17%

46% 43%

49%

51%

34%

Not gaining new skills & do not have access to PDO

SEVERAL similar institutes Unsure

VERY FEW similar institutes

Almost half of staf

report that although they are gaining new skills, they would like to have more professional development

opportunities.

Roughly similar between gender, more pronounced diference research vs non- research staf

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