Ping Yowargana
Research Assistant
Ecosystems Services and Management
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Austria
Biography
Ping Yowargana joined the Ecosystems Services and Management Program (ESM) at IIASA in October 2014, where he focuses on enhancing the policy relevance of scientific assessments in the fields of tropical land sustainability and sustainable energy landscapes. Identifying the needs of policy makers and broader stakeholders and translating them into clearly articulated research questions are key steps of evidence based policy making. Furthermore, feedback and continuous iteration that involve stakeholders throughout the research process are necessary to generate impactful and operational results. Instead of "science to policy interface", Mr. Yowargana prefers the term "science and policy integration" to describe the nature of his work. He also serves as the policy officer for IIASA's Tropical Futures Initiative (TFI) and as science-policy coordinator of the IKI/BMUB funded RESTORE+ project. Mr. Yowargana holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering (Tsinghua University) and a master’s degree in socio-ecological economics and policy (Vienna University of Economics and Business). Prior to joining IIASA, he worked as an energy and climate policy consultant in China and served the government of Indonesia as energy sector coordinator for the President's Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight (UKP4).
Research Interest
Mr. Yowargana’s research interests cover the sustainability of energy landscapes which requires spatially explicit analyses of energy systems.
Publications
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Hetland J, Yowargana P, Leduc S, & Kraxner F (2016). Carbon-negative emissions: Systemic impacts of biomass conversion: A case study on CO2 capture and storage options. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 49: 330-342. DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.03.017.
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Kraxner F, Leduc S, Serrano Leon H, Fuß S, Patrizio P, & Yowargana P (2016). Expanding renewable energy within the Alpine ecological network. In: Alpine Nature 2030 Creating [ecological] connectivity for generations to come. Eds. Plassmann, G., Kohler, Y., Badura, M. & Walzer, C., pp. 93-97 Berlin: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). ISBN 978-3-00-053702-8
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Mesfun S, Leduc S, Patrizio P, Yowargana P, & Kraxner F (2017). Spatio-temporal Assessment of Integrating Intermittent Electricity in the EU Power Sector. In: SEEP2017, 27-30 June 2017, Bled, Slovenia.
