Christian Dorninger
Dr. Christian Dorninger
Institute of Social Ecology
Location Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Wien
Email chris.dorninger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73753
Career
- 2021 Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Social Ecology (SEC)
- 2019 Dr. (rer. nat.) Faculty of Sustainaibility, Leuphana University Lueneburg
- 2019 - 2022 postdoctoral research fellow, Konrad Lorenz Institute Klosterneuburg
- 2018 - 2018 Visiting scientist University of Maryland, USA
- 2016 M.Sc. Social and Human Ecology, Institute for Social Ecology (SEC), Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
- 2015 - 2019 Doctoral student and research fellow, Faculty of Sustainaibility, Leuphana University Lueneburg
- 2014 - 2014 Visiting scientist Lund University, Sweden
- 2014 Mag. Development Studies, University of Vienna
- 2012 BA Sociology, University of Vienna
Projects
10 Projects found.
A regionalized and just energy transition for Europe: Assessing social-ecological potentials and barriers
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Dorninger Christian
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: BOKU Self-Financing
Project Leader: 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2026
duration: 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2026
Fostering federal climate policies via regionalized carbon footprints and scenarios using Input-Output Laboratories
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Dorninger Christian
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Project Leader: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2026
duration: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2026
Pathways for a climate-neutral and more circular bio-economy in the Vienna metropolitan region
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Mayer Andreas
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: City of Vienna
Project Staff: 01.10.2023 - 30.09.2025
duration: 01.10.2023 - 30.09.2025
Household GHG footprints and Austrian climate policy: identifying leverage points for demand-side mitigation
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Gingrich Simone
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: National: Institutions under Public Law
Project Staff: 01.10.2022 - 31.03.2026
duration: 01.10.2022 - 31.03.2026
City of Vienna as a circular economy? Options and limitations of transforming a city towards circularity
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Wiedenhofer Dominik
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: City of Vienna
Project Staff: 15.03.2022 - 14.03.2024
duration: 15.03.2022 - 14.03.2024
Monitoring of CO2 emissions and material use in the city of Vienna
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Eisenmenger Nina
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: City of Vienna
Project Staff: 23.04.2021 - 30.09.2022
duration: 23.04.2021 - 30.09.2022
EPICUR Research Agenda - Shaping European Society in Transition
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Eisenmenger Nina
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: European Commission (EC)
Project Staff: 01.01.2021 - 31.08.2024
duration: 01.01.2021 - 31.08.2024
APCC Special Report: Challenges and opportunities in reaching the Paris Agreement “Structural conditions for climate friendly living”
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Smetschka Barbara
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Landscape Planning, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, Institute of Sustainable Economic Development, Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: National: Institutions under Public Law
Project Staff: 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2022
duration: 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2022
HEFT - Hidden Emissions of Forest Transitions: GHG effects of socio-metabolic processes reducing pressures on forests
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Gingrich Simone
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: European Commission (EC)
Project Staff: 01.04.2018 - 31.03.2024
duration: 01.04.2018 - 31.03.2024
MAT_STOCKS - Understanding the Role of Material Stock Patterns for the Transformation to a Sustainable Society
Project type: Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project management: Haberl Helmut
BOKU organizational units involved: Institute of Social Ecology
funded by: European Commission (EC)
Project Staff: 01.03.2018 - 31.08.2024
duration: 01.03.2018 - 31.08.2024
Publications
21 Publications found.
Integrating sufficiency in the trade and biodiversity agenda of the European Union
Source: Roux N, Coenen J, Fleischmann B, Cotta B, Dorninger C, Erb K-H, et al. Integrating sufficiency in the trade and biodiversity agenda of the European Union. One Earth [Internet]. 2025;8:101347. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101347
Journal articles
Zeitpolitik ist auch Klimapolitik: Zur Klimawirkung von Zeitverwendung
Source: Smetschka B, Kaufmann L, Egger C, Haas W, Dorninger C. Zeitpolitik ist auch Klimapolitik: Zur Klimawirkung von Zeitverwendung. Kurswechsel. 2025;2024(4):31-45.
Journal articles
external links and characteristics of the publication:Social-ecological niche construction for sustainability: understanding destructive processes and exploring regenerative potentials.
Source: Dorninger C, Menéndez L, Caniglia G. Social-ecological niche construction for sustainability: understanding destructive processes and exploring regenerative potentials. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2024;379(1893):20220431. doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0431
Journal articles
The Continuity and Intensification of Imperial Appropriation in the Global Economy
Source: Dorninger, C. The Continuity and Intensification of Imperial Appropriation in the Global Economy. In: Lang M, Manahan M, Bringel B , editors. The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism. Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions. Pluto Press; 2024.
Chapter in collected volumes
external links and characteristics of the publication:Synthese: Pfade zur Transformation struktureller Bedingungen für ein klimafreundliches Leben
Source: Haas W, Muhar A, Dorninger C, Gugerell K. Synthese: Pfade zur Transformation struktureller Bedingungen für ein klimafreundliches Leben. In: Görg C, Madner V, Muhar A, Novy A, Posch A, Steininger K, u. a. , Herausgeber. APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben. Springer Spektrum, Berlin/Heidelberg; 2023. doi:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66497-1_27
Chapter in collected volumes
Geographical evolutionary political economy: linking local evolution with uneven and combined development
Source: Essletzbichler J, Scholz-Wäckerle M, Gerdes L, Wieland H, Dorninger C. Geographical evolutionary political economy: linking local evolution with uneven and combined development. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 2023;16(3):543-60. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsad014
Journal articles
Diversity regained: Precautionary approaches to COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment
Source: Franco M, Molnar O, Dorninger C, Laciny A, Treven M, Weger J, et al. Diversity regained: Precautionary approaches to COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment. 2022;825. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154029
Journal articles
Economic activity and international trade through an ecological lens
Source: Dorninger C, Wieland H. Economic activity and international trade through an ecological lens. In: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , Herausgeber. The low-carbon transition and its daunting implications for structural transformation. The Least Developed Countries Report 2022 [Internet]. United Nations, New York, Geneva; 2022. Verfügbar unter: https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/ldc2022_en.pdf
Chapter in collected volumes
external links and characteristics of the publication:Imperialist appropriation in the world economy: Drain from the global South through unequal exchange, 1990-2015
Source: Hickel J, Dorninger C, Wieland H, Suwandi I. Imperialist appropriation in the world economy: Drain from the global South through unequal exchange, 1990-2015. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 2022;73. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102467
Journal articles
Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century
Source: Dorninger C, Hornborg A, Abson D, von Wehrden H, Schaffartzik A, Giljum S, et al. Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century. Ecological Economics. 2021;179. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106824
Journal articles
The effect of industrialization and globalization on domestic land-use: A global resource footprint perspective
Source: Dorninger C, von Wehrden H, Krausmann F, Bruckner M, Feng K, Hubacek K, et al. The effect of industrialization and globalization on domestic land-use: A global resource footprint perspective. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 2021;69. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102311
Journal articles
Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment
Source: Gatti R, Menendez L, Laciny A, Rodriguez H, Morante G, Carmen E, et al. Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment. 2021;756. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014
Journal articles
Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems
Source: Dorninger C, Abson D, Apetrei C, Derwort P, Ives C, Klaniecki K, et al. Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems. Ecological Economics. 2020;171. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106570
Journal articles
Temporal patterns in ecosystem services research: A review and three recommendations
Source: Rau A, Burkhardt V, Dorninger C, Hjort C, Ibe K, Kessler L, et al. Temporal patterns in ecosystem services research: A review and three recommendations. Ambio. 2020;49(8):1377-93. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01292-w
Journal articles
Balance Brings Beauty: Strategies for a Sustainable Southern Transylvania
Source: Fischer J, Horcea-Milcu A, Lang D, Thale-Bombien L, Abson D, Apetrei C, et al. Balance Brings Beauty: Strategies for a Sustainable Southern Transylvania [Internet]. 1st ed. Pensoft Publishers, ; 2019. 100 pp. Available from: https://leveragepointsdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/balance-brings-beauty_en.pdf
Monographs
external links and characteristics of the publication:Values in transformational sustainability science: four perspectives for change
Source: Horcea-Milcu A, Abson D, Apetrei C, Duse I, Freeth R, Riechers M, et al. Values in transformational sustainability science: four perspectives for change. Sustainability Science. 2019;14(5):1425-37. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00656-1
Journal articles
Reconnecting with nature for sustainability
Source: Ives C, Abson D, von Wehrden H, Dorninger C, Klaniecki K, Fischer J. Reconnecting with nature for sustainability. Sustainability Science. 2018;13(5):1389-97. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0542-9
Journal articles
Human-nature connection: a multidisciplinary review
Source: Ives C, Giusti M, Fischer J, Abson D, Klaniecki K, Dorninger C, et al. Human-nature connection: a multidisciplinary review. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2017;26-27:106-13. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.05.005
Journal articles
Assessing sustainable biophysical human-nature connectedness at regional scales
Source: Dorninger C, Abson D, Fischer J, von Wehrden H. Assessing sustainable biophysical human-nature connectedness at regional scales. Environmental Research Letters. 2017;12(5). doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa68a5
Journal articles
South America's biophysical involvement in international trade: the physical trade balances of Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil in the light of ecologically unequal exchange
Source: Dorninger C, Eisenmenger N. South America’s biophysical involvement in international trade: the physical trade balances of Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil in the light of ecologically unequal exchange. Journal of Political Ecology. 2016;23:394-409.
Journal articles
Knowledge Transfer to Society
2 Publications found.
Wir verbrauchen in Österreich zu viele Ressourcen und Energie
Source: Haas W, Dorninger C. Wir verbrauchen in Österreich zu viele Ressourcen und Energie. In: Armutskonferenz; Ökobüro , Herausgeber. Von allem genug, von nichts zu viel. Schritte zu einem ökologisch und sozial gerechten Ressourcen- und Energieverbrauch. Hintergrundpapier [Internet]. Armutskonferenz / Ökobüro; 2024. Verfügbar unter: www.oekobuero.at/files/1132/hintergrundpapier_empfehlungen_von-allem-genug_armutskonferenz_oekobuero_2024.pdf
Chapter in collected volumes Year: 2024
CO2- und Material-Fußabdruck für Wien. Eine Analyse der nachhaltigen Ressourcennutzung in Wien vor dem Hintergrund der Reduktionsziele in der Smart Klima City Strategie
Source: Eisenmenger N, Dorninger C, Kaufmann L, Kalt G, Perkovic M, Fellner J, u. a. CO2- und Material-Fußabdruck für Wien. Eine Analyse der nachhaltigen Ressourcennutzung in Wien vor dem Hintergrund der Reduktionsziele in der Smart Klima City Strategie [Internet] [Projektbericht]. 2022 S. 152. Verfügbar unter: https://www.wien.gv.at/wirtschaft/standort/pdf/mocam.pdf
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber) Year: 2022
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Presentations
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- Austria+' '+1
- Netherlands+' '+1
2 lecures found.
Year: 2023 - How can a city get circular? Comprehensively Monitoring Urban Circularity and Deriving Policy-Relevant Indicators. The case of Vienna, Austria
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Eisenmenger, N; Dorninger, C; Haas, W; Baumgart, A; Mayer, A; Kaufmann, L; Wiedenhofer, D
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: 2022 - Assessing Vienna’s material and carbon footprint from a circular economy perspective
Art: Talk - Selected presentation
Autoren: Eisenmenger, N; Kaufmann, L; Dorninger, C; Kalt, G; Perkovic, M
Event: 14th ISIE SEM Conference 2022 - Transforming socio-economic metabolism in times of multiple crises
Period: 19.09.2022 - 21.09.2022 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
ISIE SEM
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Events
- 2022
EPICamp IV: sustainable cities
(Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee
- 2021
EPICamp II: Sustainability, material use and climate justice
(Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee
- 2022