Institute for Ecological Economics @WU Vienna
@ecologicalecon.bsky.social
Decent living within Earth System Boundaries | Energy Transition | Global Resource Use | Climate Economics and Finance @wuvienna.bsky.social
New research by @sluckene.bsky.social and Victor Maus, jointly with colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at and @uspoficial.bsky.social👇
Mining does not deliver the sustained economic benefits often claimed, while informal mining is a major driver of deforestation, according to a comprehensive new study that analyzed the environmental and economic impacts of mining in Brazil.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jul-202...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
New research by @sluckene.bsky.social and Victor Maus, jointly with colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at and @uspoficial.bsky.social👇
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Excited to share that a study that has followed me through almost my entire PhD is now published in @natcomms.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 1/
Forest loss and uncertain economic gains from industrial and garimpo mining in Brazilian municipalities - Nature Communications
Mining is often seen as having opposing local economic and environmental effects. This study models these dynamics across Brazilian municipalities and shows that outcomes vary over time and by type of...
www.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Excited to share that a study that has followed me through almost my entire PhD is now published in @natcomms.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 1/
📺 @sigridstagl.bsky.social in der #ZIB2 zum neuen EU-Klimaziel und was Österreich tun muss, um Klimaneutralität zu erreichen 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7G...
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Klimaökonomin Sigrid Stagl über EU-Klimaziele | ZIB2 vom 02.07.2025
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July 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📺 @sigridstagl.bsky.social in der #ZIB2 zum neuen EU-Klimaziel und was Österreich tun muss, um Klimaneutralität zu erreichen 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7G...
Big News! 🎉
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more 👇
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more 👇
Neue #ConnectingMinds-Projekte starten - damit können gemischte Teams aus Wissenschaft und Praxis mit Förderung des FWF Antworten auf gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen erforschen. 💡
www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
Antworten mit Verantwortung: neue #ConnectingMinds-Projekte starten
Mit den #ConnectingMinds-Förderungen können gemischte Teams aus Wissenschaft und Praxis Antworten auf gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen erforschen. Zwei weitere Projekte werden nun vom FWF gefördert...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Big News! 🎉
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more 👇
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more 👇
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Colleen Schneider is a PhD student and research assistant at @ecologicalecon.bsky.social 🎓
She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies 👏
Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...
She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies 👏
Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Colleen Schneider is a PhD student and research assistant at @ecologicalecon.bsky.social 🎓
She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies 👏
Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...
She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies 👏
Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...
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Happy to share our article “Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change”, published in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com We combine ts data on metal ore extraction and trade since 1970 with an extensive review of the environmental changes driven by mining. Access here rdcu.be/eqBBm 1/n
Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Global metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the...
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June 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Happy to share our article “Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change”, published in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com We combine ts data on metal ore extraction and trade since 1970 with an extensive review of the environmental changes driven by mining. Access here rdcu.be/eqBBm 1/n
✨ Conference on Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons 🌿
Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures 🌍
📅 26–28 Nov 2025
📍 ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
Call for contributions extended until June 30!
🌀 More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...
Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures 🌍
📅 26–28 Nov 2025
📍 ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
Call for contributions extended until June 30!
🌀 More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS – Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons
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May 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✨ Conference on Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons 🌿
Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures 🌍
📅 26–28 Nov 2025
📍 ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
Call for contributions extended until June 30!
🌀 More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...
Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures 🌍
📅 26–28 Nov 2025
📍 ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
Call for contributions extended until June 30!
🌀 More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...
🚗 How is the EU’s electric vehicle transition affecting global forest loss?
Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EU’s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
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Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EU’s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚗 How is the EU’s electric vehicle transition affecting global forest loss?
Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EU’s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
🧵1/6
Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EU’s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
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Summer has finally arrived in Vienna ☀️
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine 😎
@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine 😎
@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Summer has finally arrived in Vienna ☀️
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine 😎
@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine 😎
@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social
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Nächste Woche Dienstag bin zu Gast am österreichischen Lateinamerika Institut. Mein Thema: Brasiliens Metalle für die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhängnis? www.vhs.at/de/e/lai/b/2...
Brasiliens Metalle für die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhängnis? | Bildungsblog | Die Wiener Volkshochschulen
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April 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Nächste Woche Dienstag bin zu Gast am österreichischen Lateinamerika Institut. Mein Thema: Brasiliens Metalle für die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhängnis? www.vhs.at/de/e/lai/b/2...
Reading recommendation for anyone interested in the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of mining activities
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impacts of mining activities
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Today, I traded the printed copy of my dissertation for my PhD certificate from @ecologicalecon.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social ✨ For anyone curious, the thesis can be downloaded here: sluckeneder.github.io/files/Lucken...
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March 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reading recommendation for anyone interested in the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of mining activities
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impacts of mining activities
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🔋 Lithium is essential for the energy & mobility transitions - but its environmental impacts vary widely across regions and mining sites. 🌍
A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: ⬇️
A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: ⬇️
March 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🔋 Lithium is essential for the energy & mobility transitions - but its environmental impacts vary widely across regions and mining sites. 🌍
A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: ⬇️
A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: ⬇️
Huge congrats to our colleague Roman Hausmann who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Community-Led Economic Initiatives and their Intersections with Local and European Policy Institutions 👏👏👏
February 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Huge congrats to our colleague Roman Hausmann who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Community-Led Economic Initiatives and their Intersections with Local and European Policy Institutions 👏👏👏
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@sigridstagl.bsky.social, eine Pionierin der Klimaökonomie, ist Wissenschafterin des Jahres – und für viele ein Vorbild.
Gerade heute, am Int. Tag für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Förderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)
Gerade heute, am Int. Tag für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Förderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)
February 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
@sigridstagl.bsky.social, eine Pionierin der Klimaökonomie, ist Wissenschafterin des Jahres – und für viele ein Vorbild.
Gerade heute, am Int. Tag für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Förderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)
Gerade heute, am Int. Tag für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Förderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)
📢 New feature on www.materialflows.net: The Sector Profile
The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧
The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
📢 New feature on www.materialflows.net: The Sector Profile
The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧
The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧
✨ Exciting News: The Global Resource Use (GRU) Team has launched its new website! ✨
Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub 👇
resource-use.global
Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub 👇
resource-use.global
January 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
✨ Exciting News: The Global Resource Use (GRU) Team has launched its new website! ✨
Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub 👇
resource-use.global
Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub 👇
resource-use.global
📻 Tune in: @sigridstagl.bsky.social talks with @derstandard.at about climate protection measures necessary in Austria, and how they can benefit the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...
open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...
Sigrid Stagl: "Kein Ökonom wird gegen eine CO₂-Steuer sein"
Edition Zukunft · Episode
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January 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📻 Tune in: @sigridstagl.bsky.social talks with @derstandard.at about climate protection measures necessary in Austria, and how they can benefit the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...
open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...
In einem offenen Brief an die künftige Bundesregierung fordern Forscher*innen aktiven Klimaschutz durch Innovationspakete im Bausektor, der Industrie, in Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit, der Mobilität, in der Gesundheit sowie einen Bodenversiegelungs-Stopp.
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January 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In einem offenen Brief an die künftige Bundesregierung fordern Forscher*innen aktiven Klimaschutz durch Innovationspakete im Bausektor, der Industrie, in Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit, der Mobilität, in der Gesundheit sowie einen Bodenversiegelungs-Stopp.
✉️ www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...
✉️ www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...
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Join our webinar on Shaping Provisioning Systems for Eco-Social Transformation! I’ll introduce the topic, followed by Ian Gough on production corridors, Halliki Kreinin & Doris Fuchs on structural barriers, and @colleenschneider.bsky.social on monetary systems.
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
I'm speaking in this webinar, and you're invited to attend!
Register now
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January 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join our webinar on Shaping Provisioning Systems for Eco-Social Transformation! I’ll introduce the topic, followed by Ian Gough on production corridors, Halliki Kreinin & Doris Fuchs on structural barriers, and @colleenschneider.bsky.social on monetary systems.
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
Our institute head Sigrid Stagl (@sigridstagl.bsky.social) was awarded Scientist of the Year 2024 for her contributions to the public discourse on sustainability and climate protection in Austria.
Huge congrats!!
@wuvienna.bsky.social
science.orf.at/stories/3228...
Huge congrats!!
@wuvienna.bsky.social
science.orf.at/stories/3228...
Sigrid Stagl ist Wissenschaftlerin des Jahres
Die Klimaökonomin Sigrid Stagl ist vom Klub der Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsjournalist:innen als Österreichs Wissenschaftlerin des Jahres 2024 ausgezeichnet worden. Die Forscherin von der Wirtschaftsun...
science.orf.at
January 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our institute head Sigrid Stagl (@sigridstagl.bsky.social) was awarded Scientist of the Year 2024 for her contributions to the public discourse on sustainability and climate protection in Austria.
Huge congrats!!
@wuvienna.bsky.social
science.orf.at/stories/3228...
Huge congrats!!
@wuvienna.bsky.social
science.orf.at/stories/3228...
@sluckene.bsky.social has successfully defended his PhD thesis – just in time for Christmas. Congrats!! 🥳
December 21, 2024 at 1:37 PM
@sluckene.bsky.social has successfully defended his PhD thesis – just in time for Christmas. Congrats!! 🥳
📢 New study on energy inputs for global agrifood systems, co-authored by our colleague Martin Bruckner.
Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
1/3 Not long ago, all energy came from the land. The Green Revolution turned our agrifood system into an energy sink, requiring more fossil energy than it provided as nutritional energy. We provide the first global time series analysis in @pnasnexus.org.
doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
Energy input and food output: The energy imbalance across regional agrifood systems
Abstract. Biomass was the principal energy source in preindustrial societies; their agriculture provided more energy than it required. Thus, the energy ret
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December 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
📢 New study on energy inputs for global agrifood systems, co-authored by our colleague Martin Bruckner.
Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Read the paper here: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
📢 Konferenz: "Rohstoffpolitik gerecht gestalten – hin zu einer globalen Just Transition!" 🌍
Stefan Giljum diskutiert mit Kolleg*innen den Rohstoffbedarf für E-Mobilität und Digitalisierung
📅 29.–31. Januar 2025
📍 Wien
Alle Infos zur Konferenz und Anmeldung: www.attac.at/fileadmin/us...
Stefan Giljum diskutiert mit Kolleg*innen den Rohstoffbedarf für E-Mobilität und Digitalisierung
📅 29.–31. Januar 2025
📍 Wien
Alle Infos zur Konferenz und Anmeldung: www.attac.at/fileadmin/us...
December 17, 2024 at 8:20 AM
📢 Konferenz: "Rohstoffpolitik gerecht gestalten – hin zu einer globalen Just Transition!" 🌍
Stefan Giljum diskutiert mit Kolleg*innen den Rohstoffbedarf für E-Mobilität und Digitalisierung
📅 29.–31. Januar 2025
📍 Wien
Alle Infos zur Konferenz und Anmeldung: www.attac.at/fileadmin/us...
Stefan Giljum diskutiert mit Kolleg*innen den Rohstoffbedarf für E-Mobilität und Digitalisierung
📅 29.–31. Januar 2025
📍 Wien
Alle Infos zur Konferenz und Anmeldung: www.attac.at/fileadmin/us...
Congrats to our colleague Thomas Neier who successfully defended his PhD thesis today! 👏
Good luck with all your future endeavours - you'll definitely be missed!
@sigridstagl.bsky.social
@asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
Good luck with all your future endeavours - you'll definitely be missed!
@sigridstagl.bsky.social
@asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Congrats to our colleague Thomas Neier who successfully defended his PhD thesis today! 👏
Good luck with all your future endeavours - you'll definitely be missed!
@sigridstagl.bsky.social
@asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
Good luck with all your future endeavours - you'll definitely be missed!
@sigridstagl.bsky.social
@asjadnaqvi.bsky.social