New research by @sluckene.bsky.social and Victor Maus, jointly with colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at and @uspoficial.bsky.social👇

IIASA@iiasa.ac.at · last yr.

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... @natureportfolio.nature.com

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...

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📺 @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...

Klimaökonomin Sigrid Stagl über EU-Klimaziele | ZIB2 vom 02.07.2025

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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 👇

Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF@fwf-at.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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...

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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✨ 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...

🚗 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

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

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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Reading recommendation for anyone interested in the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic impacts of mining activities ⬇️

Sebastian Luckeneder@sluckene.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

🔋 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: ⬇️

#MarchforScience - see you tomorrow! at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...

7. März: Weltweiter March for Science - WissenSchafft Vertrauen - Celsius - der Klimablog von Scientists for Future Österreich

Lesedauer 6 Minuten.    March for Science in Wien Wann: Freitag, 7.3.2025, Kundgebung um 13 Uhr Wo: vor der Uni Wien (Universitätsring 1), gefolgt von einem Marsch zum Votivpark mit Kundgebung 15 Uhr ...

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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 👏👏👏

@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)

📢 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 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧

✨ 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

📻 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...

Sigrid Stagl: "Kein Ökonom wird gegen eine CO₂-Steuer sein"

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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...

@sigridstagl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Bisher haben 248 Forscher:innen den offenen Brief unterzeichnet. science.orf.at/stories/3228...

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

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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...

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...

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@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...

Edgar Hertwich@edgarhertwich.bsky.social · 2y ago

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...

📢 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...

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

🎉Big News🎉 Our colleague Victor Maus won an ERC Consolidator Grant! 👏 In his project MINE-THE-GAP, he will use high-precision satellite data with cutting-edge AI models to deliver globally consistent data to monitor mining activities, supporting supply chain transparency and ecosystem protection.

Join our team 😇 Deadline extended to Jan. 6, 2025

Institute for Ecological Economics @WU Vienna@ecologicalecon.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨Job alert🚨 We are looking for a Postdoc to join the “Systemic Risk Assessment in the Next Phase of the Energy Transition” project. Deadline: 10th Dec. 2024 For details, see: www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...

🚨Job alert🚨 We are looking for a Postdoc to join the “Systemic Risk Assessment in the Next Phase of the Energy Transition” project. Deadline: 10th Dec. 2024 For details, see: www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...

Global material extraction has more than quadrupled from 1970 to 2024, but slowed since 2014. Yet, inequality persists: high-income nations consume six times more materials than low-income nations. Stefan Giljum, Stephan Lutter, and colleagues explore these trends in their latest study. 🧵

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...