Category Archives: Allgemeines
Report on the conference “market economy for the future: shapes of a sustainable economy”
SERI researcher Ines Omann was at a conference on “market economy for the future: shapes of a sustainable economy [...]” on 12 april.
This conference was organized under the direction of Univ.Prof. DDDr. Clemens Sedmak, Ines Omann moderated a workshop. She chose the topic “Conflicts in sustainable behaviour”. 12 people from several different areas
Vacancy in the working group “Sustainable resource use & global responsibility”
For our team of the working group “Sustainable resource use & global responsibility” we are looking from the beginning of March for a 1-year temporary replacement (maternity leave) – with possibility for a later permanent employment – for a 30h-position as Junior Researcher for the collaboration in national and international research projects regarding the sustainable use of natural resources.
Ecosystems at our service – how can we benefit in a sustainable way?
SERI´s research group “Quality of Life and Integrated Strategies” investigates how we can achieve a good life for ourselves and future generations. This implies that we have to take care of the ecosystems we depend on and use their resources in a sustainable way.
This highlight aims to show how we – as human beings with individual knowledge, skills, networks and relationships– make decisions on how to benefit from ecosystems.
Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment – Project Summary
Jäger, J., Bohunovsky, L. and Binder, J. (2008)
In response to the challenge of unsustainability, the MATISSE project was designed to propose procedures, methods and tools for better integrating sustainability into policy development processes and institutions. It did so by developing, testing and refining a conceptual framework for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA).
ISA is a [...]
Eva Burger and Julia Wesely at the 12th Austrian Climate Days
On September 21st , Eva Burger presented results of the EVES project, which dealt with the ecological impacts of the last mile of groceries, textiles and electronic devices in Austria. Her second presentation on September 22nd concerned the project EcoFIT [...], which calculated the ecological footprint of a data centre to identify hot-spots of
SERI @ World Resources Forum (5)
On the second day of the World Resources Forum in Davos one of our Studies was presented in a session on “Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets”. Julia Haslinger’s presentation on “Calculating the Ecological Footprint of a Data Centre to identify Hot-Spots of Energy and Resource use” can be downloaded here [...].
Communicating the Idea
[...]Sustainable development is increasingly dependent on ideas rather than information. This means that empirical data is often not enough on our way to a sustainable society. Year after year, scientific research creates thousands of pages of environmental data supporting the assumption that our current western lifestyles have reached a level of resource and energy consumption
