All experts at a glance
Thea Wiesli
Focus: sustainable development, food, inequality, environmental behavior
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Inequality / equality / discrimination
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Monika Mayrhofer
Focus: Human Rights/Migration
human rights impacts of climate policy
gender / diversity
Esther Blanco
Focus: Sustainability Economics
public goods / resources / common pool resources
incentives / nudges / bonus and incentive systems
greenwashing
donations
business / economy / economics / market
Jana Sophie Kesenheimer
Focus: Environmental Psychology
psychology / environmental psychology / social psychology
Johannes Rüdisser
Focus: Biodiversity
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
ecosystem / ecosystem services
insects / butterflies
Susanne Zeilinger-Migsich
Focus: Microbial communication & biofungicides
fungi / mycology / mycoparasites / fungus-fungus communication / biofungicides / molds / lichens
Michael Traugott
Focus: Biodiversity, sustainable mountain agriculture
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
birds
insects / butterflies
agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees
environmental DNA / eDNA
Robert Hofmann
Focus: Geotechnical Engineering
flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
Anke Bockreis
Focus: Waste Treatment and Resource Management
littering / waste treatment / urban mining / plastic waste / recycling / resource management
circular economy
Nikolina Ban
Focus: High-resolution modelling of climate
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
climate model / climate modeling
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
Margreth Keiler
Focus: Natural Hazards
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events
Georg Niedrist
Focus: Aquatic Ecology
fish / marine organisms / aquatic life
glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
streams
Michael Bahn
Focus: Ecosystems under global change
ecosystem / ecosystem services
greenhouse effect / greenhouse gases
soil / soil respiration / nutrient cycle
Rike Stotten
Focus: Sustainable food production and consumption
agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees
consumer-producer-relations / consumption / production
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Ulrike Tappeiner
Focus: Landscape Ecology
ecosystem / ecosystem services
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
land use / landscape ecology / rural areas
Peter Schönswetter
Focus: Biodiversity
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance
Engelbert Portenkirchner
Focus: Sustainable Energy Storage
battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage
Mathias Rotach
Focus: Dynamic meteorology
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers
climate model / climate modeling
air quality / air pollution / aerosols / trace gases
Wolfgang Gurgiser
Focus: Mountain research
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
mountains / mountain and climate research
Reingard Spannring
Focus: Environmental education, critical animal studies
anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism
environmental education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning
Oliwia Murawska
Focus: anthropogenic climate change, Anthropocene, eco-effects and posthumanism
anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions
Barbara Schneider-Muntau
Focus: Geotechnical Engineering
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
rockslide / rockfall
resilience / adaptability
Bettina Thalinger
Focus: Molecular Animal Ecology
environmental DNA / eDNA
fish / marine organisms / aquatic life
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity monitoring
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Mike Peters
Focus: Tourism
artificial snow / tourism / winter sports
business / economy / economics / market
resilience / adaptability
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Elisabeth Gsottbauer
Focus: Environmental Economics
carbon pricing / carbon offsets
incentives / nudges / bonus and incentive systems
business / economy / economics / market
Climate policy / governance
decarbonisation
Ivana Stiperski
Focus: Mountain Meteorology
atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
Wolfgang Streicher
Focus: Energy Efficient Building
energy transition / renewable energies / energy efficient building / solar energy
Ulrich Strasser
Schwerpunkt: Hydroklimatologie und Modellierung
Artenvielfalt / Biodiversität / Artensterben / Artenschutz / Biodiversitätskrise / Biodiversitätsmonitoring / Biodiversität in Gebirgsregionen
Ökosystem / Ökosystemleistungen / Ökosystemdienstleistungen / Ecosystem Services
Insekten / Schmetterlinge
Stefan Mayr
Schwerpunkt: Alpine Pflanzen
tree / tree line / forest / forestry / wildfires
heat waves / drought / extreme weather events
plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Ulrich Remus
Focus: Digital Society
technology / algorithmic management and control / digital transformation / digital rebound / dark side of information systems / platform economy / societal impact of information systems
circular economy
Jutta Kister
Focus: Geographies of Sustainability
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
fair trade
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Julia Kunze-Liebhäuser
Focus: Materials and electrochemistry
battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage
Birgit Sattler
Focus: Microbial Ecology of Glaciers
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice
arctic / antarctica / polar research
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Nadine Prög
Focus: Soil Microbiology & Climate Crisis
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets