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The Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship

In 1994 the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) established the below-described Fellowship to honor the memory of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a friend and alumnus of IIASA, who was the Mexican presidential candidate tragically assassinated in March of that year.

The Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship allows one young Mexican researcher each year to spend from six to twelve months at IIASA working with scholars from around the world in one of our on-going research activities. We are now in the process of recruiting a young Mexican scientist to join the Fellowship in the year 2002.

Candidates should be pre or post Ph.D. doctoral students (35 or under) and should have a good command of written and spoken English. The candidate's background and interests should fit in with one of IIASA's on-going research projects. A detailed description of the Institute and its scientific program is available at http://www.iiasa.ac.at/ (home page). The detailed information on the Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship (including an on-line application form) can be accessed at one of the following web sites:

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/scholar fellow.html?sb=20

http://www2.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/LDCF/Registration/

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/docs/IIASA_Employment.html

Ideally, candidates should use these channels to acquaint themselves with our Institute and to apply for the Fellowship. Donaldo Colosio was a friend and alumnus of IIASA. During his stay at the Institute in 1978 and 1979 he produced a model of Mexican development, with special emphasis on the role of urbanization. In 1980, he became a professor at the Colegio de Mexico, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and at the Universidad Anahuac. That same year he joined the Ministry of Budget and Programming as Advisor to the Department of Macroeconomics and Social Policy. In 1981, he occupied the post of Deputy Director of Analysis for the Planning of the Center for Political, Economic and Social Studies. In 1982, he became Director General for Regional Programming and Budget of the Ministry of Programming and Budget.

After holding several political posts in the Province of Sonora, where he was born, Colosio was named in 1987 to the Executive Committee of the governing institutional Revolutionary Party, known by its Spanish acronym of PRI. In 1988, he became a Senator of the Republic and then President of the National Executive Committee of the PRI. He went on to the post of Minister of Social Development.

Donaldo Colosio was part of the new Mexico. He understood the need for change. He wanted balanced, sustainable development that would benefit all Mexicans without compromising the natural environment. As a trained scientist he understood the important contribution that science can make to public policy; as a veteran politician he understood the limits of technocracy and the need to work with, and for, the people. His rare combination of analytical skills and political commitment was infused with a high moral purpose. Colosio was, and remains, a role model for Latin Americans.

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a non-governmental research organization located in Austria. The institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. It is sponsored by its National Member Organizations in North America, Europe and Asia.

In their study of environmental, economic, technological, and social developments, IIASA researchers generate methods and tools useful to both decision makers and the scientific community. The work is based on original state-of-the-art methodology and analytical approaches linking a variety of natural and social science disciplines.

Since its inception in 1972, IIASA has been the site of successful international scientific collaboration in addressing areas of concern for all advanced societies, such as energy, water, environment, risk and human settlement.

After more than two decades of valuable contributions to science and policy, IIASA continues as a reputed center for innovative research, for international interdisciplinary collaboration, for conferences and workshops, and for networking with other groups of scientists around the world.

Because of its non-governmental status, IIASA is independent and can provide non-political and unbiased perspectives. This neutrality and impartiality is particularly valued by those utilizing Institute research findings. IIASA is sponsored by scientific National Member Organizations in nations from Europe, North America, and Asia. Each NMO nominates one representative to IIASA's executive council, which generally oversees Institute development.