Leading institution for Ecological Economic research, teaching, learning, knowledge exchange, and community engagement, based at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien).
Research: Decent living within Earth system boundaries | Energy Transition | Global Resource Use | Climate Economics and Finance | Globalisation and Trade
Professor of Climate Finance at Utrecht University; CEPR research fellow; visiting professor (WU Wien); co-founder (CLIMAFIN); Associate Editor (Ecological Economics)
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Unser Team sucht eine*n Junior Projektmanager*in (20–25 Std./Woche).
🔑 Deine Aufgaben:
- Verwaltung und Koordination von Forschungsprojekten
- Unterstützung bei Personalthemen und administrativen Aufgaben
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✨ Das bringst du mit:
- Ein abgeschlossenes Studium (Bachelor oder Master)
- Genauigkeit, Teamgeist und starke Kommunikationsfähigkeiten
- Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse
- Erfahrung mit Drittmittelprojekten von Vorteil, aber nicht zwingend notwendig
📅 Start: Februar 2024
⏳ Dauer: 8 Monate mit Option auf Verlängerung
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New publication alert 📢
New study on energy inputs for global agrifood systems co-authored by our colleague Martin Bruckner.
Key Findings:
💡 Global AFS's energy return on energy investment (EROEI) has improved from 0.68 (1995) to 0.91 (2019), yet remains below 1, highlighting energy inefficiency.
💡 In low-income regions, AFSs are still energy sources, but their EROEI has declined with increasing wealth and growing use of fossil fuels. AFSs of high-income regions are energy sinks, although their EROEI has improved.
💡 Globally, food processing accounts for 40% of total energy use in AFSs, notably larger than fertilizer, which accounts for 17%.
💡 Livestock products consume 60% of energy inputs while delivering less than 20% of food calories.
💡 Reducing the energy demand of AFSs is essential to promote food security, ensure social and economic sustainability for agricultural producers, and reduce environmental impacts.
📖 Read the full study here: https://lnkd.in/dAvrSuuy
...and check out this article ⬇️
📢 Konferenz: "Rohstoffpolitik gerecht gestalten – hin zu einer globalen Just Transition!" 🌍
Die Nachfrage nach mineralischen Rohstoffen nimmt rasant zu – und wird durch die Energiewende und Digitalisierung auch künftig weiter steigen.
❔ Wer sind die Treiber der Rohstoffnachfrage in Österreich und der EU?
❔ Wo und unter welchen Bedingungen werden die benötigten Rohstoffe abgebaut?
❔ Wie kann eine Just Transition global gerecht organisiert werden?
❔ Und wie kann Rohstoffpolitik gerecht und nachhaltig gestaltet werden?
Das sind nur einige der Fragen, mit der sich die Konferenz auseinandersetzt.
🚗 E-Mobilität und Digitalisierung 📱
Stefan Giljum, Willi Haas, Anja Höfner, Barbara Laa und Elisa T. diskutieren die Nachfrage nach Rohstoffen im Bereich Mobilität und Digitalisierung sowie Lösungsansätze für eine sozial-gerechte Transformation.
📅 Wann?
29. Januar 2025, 18:00 Uhr: Eröffnungsdiskussion
30.–31. Januar 2025, ab 09:00 Uhr: Hauptkonferenz
📍 Wo?
ÖFSE (29.01.) & ÖGB Catamaran (30.–31.01.), Wien
Alle Infos zur Konferenz und Anmeldung: https://lnkd.in/dgu8MCCbArbeiterkammer Wien I solidar Austria
Professor of Climate Finance at Utrecht University; CEPR research fellow; visiting professor (WU Wien); co-founder (CLIMAFIN); Associate Editor (Ecological Economics)
Last week I had the pleasure to present the paper 'A European Climate Bond' (joint with Marco PaganoAntonia PacelliCarmine Russo and forthcoming in Economic Policy Journal) at two important events on #climate#finance, i.e. the Green Finance Research Advances conference at Banque de France and the CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research annual symposium. Key message of the paper: the EU climate investment gap is larger than previously estimated by the European Commission, and underfunded by 50% at least. The recent EU financing investment priorities that do not include climate risks, and the poor ambition of the COP29, mean this gap is a lower bound. Climate risks like the 1-100 RP flood in Valencia would not be isolated events anymore by the end of this 7 years new Commission. Underfunding climate means investors may start to revise their expectations on the EU countries' ability to withstand climate risks, affecting ratings and the cost of new debt (that will be needed for post-disaster reconstruction). We propose a common issuance of EU bonds funded by the revenues of an extended #ETS to front load investments. the EU climate bond will be issued by a supranational authority to avoid regulatory capture at the national level, and reassure investors about its safety. It is an incentives compatible scheme, meaning spending will be allocated based on risk exposure and efficiency in spending money, checked by the EIB against KPIs. The issuance features of the EU climate bond take stock of the limits of the EC issuance of NextGenerationEU bonds. This would represent the first EU #safe#green#bond. Paper here: https://lnkd.in/dZbjQ5EzFinance @ Utrecht University School of EconomicsWU Institute for Ecological Economics
Postdoctoral Researcher // Institute for Strategic Management bei Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
🚀 Funding Success: €125,000 for Energy Transition Research
We are thrilled to announce that our research project “OPEN ORGANIZING FOR ENERGY TRANSITION (OPEN4ET)” has received €125,000 in funding! Melanie Wiener (JKU - Institut für Strategisches Management) explores together with Co-PI Sigrid Stagl (WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Linus Eckert, Roman Hausmann, and Christian Bruck innovative approaches to advancing the energy transition – a topic of critical importance today.
Our focus is on Austria's Energy Masterplan, a participatory initiative involving over 200 organizations. Our goal: to critically evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed initiatives. The key question is: Is doing “just enough” for climate protection* sufficient to meet Austria’s ambitious goals of 100% renewable energy by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2040?
In addition, our interdisciplinary research examines how organizations can successfully implement sustainable strategies. Studies show that approximately two-thirds of strategies fail during implementation – despite the best intentions.
Austria’s climate goals are ambitious, but the true challenge lies in ensuring the initiatives are sufficient to meet these objectives – or if they merely serve as symbolic gestures.
We look forward to uncovering valuable insights.
#EnergyTransition#Sustainability#Research#OpenOrganizing#ClimateAction#LIFT_C #Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung #Land Oberösterreich #Johannes Kepler Universität Linz#Linz Institute for Transformative Change
*https://lnkd.in/eTm2xznA
