IDEA Lab Research Landscape


We investigate epidemic and pandemic risks in complex socio-ecological systems influenced by climate change, biodiversity loss, political instability, and other global stressors, and develop novel methods across Complex Systems Epidemiology and Futures Thinking to better understand and study these processes.


Our Research Streams

Epidemic and Pandemic Intelligence and Early Detection

Pandemic Resilience and Resilient Health Systems

Disease Emergence in Disrupted Systems and Syndemics

Health-Security Interface(s)


Cross-cutting issues

Methods Development

Capacity Building

Socio-Ecological Vulnerabilty