Barbara Smetschka
Mag.phil.Dr.phil. Barbara Smetschka
Institute of Social Ecology
Location Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Wien
Email barbara.smetschka@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73719
ORCID: 0000-0002-7609-984X, opens in new window.
ResearcherId : U-9125-2019
Career
- 2025 Senior Scientist, Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU Vienna
- 2018 - 2024 Deputy director of the Institute of Social Ecology Vienna at BOKU Vienna
- 2018 Dr. in Social and Human Ecology, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt Vienna, Graz
- 2018 Transfer of the Institute of Social Ecology to BOKU
- 2010 - 2018 Deputy director of the Institute of Social Ecology Vienna
- 1998 - 2010 Researcher at Institute of Social Ecology
- 1995 Mag. Social Anthropology, University of Vienna
Awards
- Year: 2024 Awards: ÖGUT Umweltpreis
- Year: 2022 Awards: Nominierung BOKU Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2022 in der Kategorie „Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung“
- Year: 2020 Awards: „Sustainability Awards 2020“ 1. Platz in der Kategorie Regionale Kooperation für das interdiziplinäre, hochschulübergreifende Regionalentwicklungsprojekt „Zukunftskarawane"
- Year: 2019 Awards: Auszeichnung "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Best of Austria" vergeben vom BMNT und Forum Umweltbildung für interuniversitäre, interdisziplinäre Lehre im Projekt "Zukunftskarawane"
- Year: 1994 Awards: Förderpreis der Dr. Maria Schaumayer-Stiftung
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36 lecures found.
Year: 2025 - Analyzing gender relations and socio-ecological transformation via time-use data
Art: Lecture - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Organizing Socio-Ecological Transformation and the Role of Gender Relations
Period: 19.03.2025 - 19.03.2025 | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
Vienna University of Economics and Business | Organizer:
Arbeiterkammer Wien
Year: 2024 - Reallabore für urbane Transition: Positive Energy Districts
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Konferenz "Reallabore – ExperimentierRäume für den Weg in eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft"
Period: 11.04.2024 - 12.04.2024 | Location: Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland | Organizer:
Leibniz Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung e. V. (IÖR)
Year: 2024 - Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben in 6 Handlungsfeldern
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Klimateam-Forum Meidling
Period: 23.09.2024 - 23.09.2024 | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
Bezirksvorstehung Meidling
Year: 2024 - Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben in 6 Handlungsfeldern
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Klimateam-Forum Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Period: 24.09.2024 - 24.09.2024 | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
Bezirksvorstehung Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Year: 2023 - Handlungsempfehlungen für ein klimafreundliches Leben
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Input beim Klimateam Forum Währing
Period: 19.04.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - APCC Special Report "Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben". Kapitel 8: Sorgearbeit für die eigene Person, Haushalt, Familie und Gesellschaft
Art: Poster - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Mader, K; Simsa, R; Wiedenhofer, D
Event: Buchpräsentation an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Period: 25.09.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein Klimafreundliches Leben: Zusammenfassung für Entscheidungstragende
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Aigner, E; Görg, C; Madner, V; Muhar, A; Novy, A; Posch, A; Steiniger, A; Bohunovsky, L; Essletzbichler, J; Fischer, K; Frey, H; Haas, W; Haderer, M; Hofbauer, J; Hollaus, B; Jany, A; Keller, L; Kubeczko, K; Miess, M; Ornetzeder, M; Penker, M; Pichler, M; Schneider, U; Smetschka, B; Steurer, R; Svanda, N; Theine, H; Weber, M; Wieser, H
Event: 23. Österreichischer Klimatag 2023
Period: 11.04.2023 - 13.04.2023 | Location: Leoben | Location: Leoben, AUSTRIA | Location: Ignaz Buchmüller-Platz, 8700 Leoben, Österreich | Location: Communication Center Donawitz | Location: Leoben, Austria | Organizer:
Climate Change Centre Austria | Organizer:
CCCA, Montan Universität Leoben, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, WIFO, ZAMG, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems | Organizer:
Montanuniversität Leoben
Year: 2023 - Welche Lösungsansätze brauchen wir? Freizeit & gesellschaftliche Teilhabe
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Von allem genug, von nichts zu viel. Schritte zu einem ökologisch und sozial gerechten Ressourcen- und Energieverbrauch
Period: 14.11.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - Stocks, Flows, Services and Practices: Nexus Approaches for Socio-metabolic Mobility Studies
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Haberl, H; Virág, D; Matej, S; Haas, W; Smetschka, B; Wiedenhofer, D; Rau, H
Event: 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE) 2023: Transitions in a world in turmoil
Period: 02.07.2023 - 05.07.2023 | Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Year: 2023 - APCC Special Report "Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben". Kapitel 3: Überblick Handlungsfelder
Art: Poster - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Hofbauer, J; Penker, M; Jany, A; Frey, H; Wiedenhofer, D
Event: Buchpräsentation an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Period: 25.09.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - Sozial-ökologische Transformation, klimafreundliches Leben und nachhaltiger Konsum – Beispiel Fassadenbegrünung
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: Symposium: Consumer Science – Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen
Period: 24.04.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - APCC Special Report "Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben". Kapitel 9: Freizeit und Urlaub
Art: Poster - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Wiedenhofer, D; Smetschka, B
Event: Buchpräsentation an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Period: 25.09.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2023 - Strukturen für klimafreundliches Arbeiten
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Aigner, E
Event: SOZÖKNET-Tagung: Arbeitswelten in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation
Period: 27.06.2023 | Location: Wien, Austria
Year: 2022 - Greening glass facades – providing sustainable public spaces, better working conditions and climate protection
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Haas, W; Stangl, R
Event: INUAS Konferenz 2022: Urbane Transformationen: Öffentliche Räume
Period: 07.09.2022 - 09.09.2022 | Location: Winterthur, Switzerland
Year: 2022 - Green Facades – How they Matter for Working Environments, Public Spaces and the Livability of a City
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Haas, W; Stangl, R
Event: 27th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society REAL CORP 2022 - Mobility, Knowledge and Innovation Hubs in Urban and Regional Development
Period: 14.11.2022 - 16.11.2022 | Location: Schwechat, Austria
Year: 2022 - Time-use research and sustainable urban development
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: EPICamp V 2022 - Sustainable cities and regional transitions. Illuminating city–hinterland co-evolutionary relationships
Period: 31.03.2022 - 01.04.2022 | Location: Online | Location: Online, Unknown | Organizer:
EPICUR European University
Year: 2022 - Landnutzung - Ernährungssicherheit – Biodiversität
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B
Event: Webinar, Stadt Umland Management Wien / Niederösterreich
Period: 20.10.2022 | Location: Online, Unknown
Year: 2021 - Potentials for an ecological transition of urban food systems – the case of Vienna
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Lauk, C; Theurl, MC; Smetschka, B; Krausmann, F
Event: 2021 Joint Conference of ISEE, ESEE and DEGROWTH: Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis
Period: 05.07.2021 - 08.07.2021 | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Limited Time. Or how quality of life relates to sustainable urban transformation
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Gaube, V; Egger, C; Wiedenhofer, D
Event: INUAS Konferenz 2021 - Urbane Transformationen: Ressourcen
Period: 03.03.2021 - 05.03.2021 | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Analysing and presenting footprints of urban land-use and food supply in Vienna - the interactive HANPP Explorer, SUGI project IN-SOURCE
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B; Kozlowska, A; Gebetsroither-Geringer, E
Event: Symposium on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in parallel with the 6th International conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities SDSC 2021
Period: 15.09.2021 - 17.09.2021 | Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Year: 2021 - Urban Land Use and Food Supply: the Example of Vienna
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B; Matej, S; Erb, KH; Kozlowska, A; Gebetsroither-Geringer, E
Event: 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society 2021 - Cities 2050: Creating Habitats for the 3rd Millennium. Smart – Sustainable – Climate Neutral
Period: 07.09.2021 - 10.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Vienna, AUSTRIA
Year: 2021 - HANPP footprint of densly populated areas - insights from two case studies in Ludwigsburg and Vienna, SUGI project IN-SOURCE
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Weidinger, F; Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B; Erb, KH
Event: Symposium on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in parallel with the 6th International conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities SDSC 2021
Period: 15.09.2021 - 17.09.2021 | Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Year: 2021 - Time use and energy use in Austrian households
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: 43rd International Association for Time Use Research Conference (IATUR): Connecting Time Use Research with Public Policies, Organizations and Society
Period: 27.10.2021 - 29.10.2021 | Location: Barcelona, Spain
Year: 2021 - Stakeholder-supported Research on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus with three International Case Studies
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Pietzsch, U; Bao, K; Padsala, R; Gebetsroither-Geringer, E; Smetschka B; Raven, J; Coors, V
Event: 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society 2021 - Cities 2050: Creating Habitats for the 3rd Millennium. Smart – Sustainable – Climate Neutral
Period: 07.09.2021 - 10.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Vienna, AUSTRIA
Year: 2021 - Zeit zwischen Klimakrise, Alltagsstress und Lebensqualität
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Wiedenhofer, D; Gaube, V
Event: Zeit und Nachhaltigkeit
Period: 07.10.2021 - 08.10.2021 | Location: Berlin, Germany
Year: 2021 - Vienna still a just city? An analysis of challenges ahead
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B
Event: VIENNA: Still a just city?
Period: 24.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2021 - Zeitnutzung in der Langzeit Ökosystem Forschung – wie kann die Brücke gelingen?
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Gaube, V; Smetschka, B
Event: Zeit und Nachhaltigkeit
Period: 07.10.2021 - 08.10.2021 | Location: Berlin, Germany
Year: 2020 - How can participatory modelling support considering and tackling complexity?
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Gaube, V; Smetschka, B
Event: 11th International Sustainability Transition IST Conference 2020 - Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen
Period: 18.08.2020 - 21.08.2020 | Location: Online
Year: 2020 - Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Vienna – Feeding and greening the city
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Kaufmann, L
Event: 11th International Sustainability Transition IST Conference 2020 - Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen
Period: 18.08.2020 - 21.08.2020 | Location: Online
Year: 2020 - Sustainability transition and everyday activities – a question of time
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Gaube, V; Egger, C; Wiedenhofer, D
Event: 11th International Sustainability Transition IST Conference 2020 - Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen
Period: 18.08.2020 - 21.08.2020 | Location: Online
Year: 2019 - Biodiv Vienna. Wiens Biodiversitäts-Fußabdruck – Möglichkeiten zur Verringerung des städtischen Drucks auf die Biodiversität
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B
Event: Stadt-Umland-Konferenz (SUM) 2019: Klimawandelanpassung in der Stadtregion
Period: 11.11.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019 - INSOURCE
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Kaufmann, L
Event: Stadt-Umland-Konferenz (SUM) 2019: Klimawandelanpassung in der Stadtregion
Period: 11.11.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019 - Die Zukunft urbaner Lebensmittel – FOOD. Szenarios für das Wiener Lebensmittelsystem
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Kaufmann, L; Smetschka, B
Event: Stadt-Umland-Konferenz (SUM) 2019: Klimawandelanpassung in der Stadtregion
Period: 11.11.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019 - Klimaresiliente Stadt-Umland Kooperation. Regionale Innovationen energetischer Biomassenutzung und Governance (KlimalnnoGovernance)
Art: Talk - Keynote Speaker (Invited Speaker)
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Plutzar, C
Event: Stadt-Umland-Konferenz (SUM) 2019: Klimawandelanpassung in der Stadtregion
Period: 11.11.2019 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2019 - Time Use and Energy Use in Austria 2010
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Wiedenhofer, D; Egger, C
Event: 13th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE): Co-Creation - Making Ecological Economics Matter / Special session "International contexts of energy use: how much and what for?"
Period: 18.06.2019 - 21.06.2019 | Location: Turku, Finland
Year: 2018 - Carbon footprints of time use activities: can we adress quality-of-life and sustainable development at the same time?
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Egger, C; Wiedenhofer, D
Event: 40th IATUR Conference
Period: 24.10.2018 - 26.10.2018 | Location: Budapest, Hungary
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