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Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl

Institute of Social Ecology (SEC)
Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Wien
helmut.haberl(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73714

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ORCID: 0000-0003-2104-5446

Curr. Vitae

2022 - Professor of socio-ecological metabolism
2018 - 2021 Associate professor, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
01.03.2018 Transfer Institute of Social Ecology to University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2014 - Guest researcher at the Integrative Research Institute “Transformations in Human-Environment Systems” (IRI THESyS), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2012 - 2017 Director, Institute of Social Ecology
2002 - 2010 Coordinator of academic teaching of the Institute of Social Ecology
2001 - 2018 Associate professor, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt / Wien / Graz
2001 - Habilitation in Human Ecology, University of Vienna
1995 - 2009 Deputy director, Institute of Social Ecology
1995 - Doctorate in Ecology, University of Vienna
1994 - 2001 University assistant, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt / Wien / Graz
1992 - 1997 Leader research group “Energy and Environment”, Ökologie-Institut
1991 - 1994 Researcher, lecturer, Interuniversity Institute of Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education (IFF), Institute of Social Ecology
1991 - Master in Biology and Mathematics, University of Vienna
1989 - 2001 Researcher and research-group leader, Austrian Institute of Applied Ecology (Ökologie-Institut)

Statistik Austria, science classification

Climate change; Environmental research; Human ecology; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable economics; Environmental economics; Environmental sociology; Cultural landscape research; Environmental policy;

Expertise

Social Metabolism; Mitigation of Climate Change; Integrated land system science; Bioenergy; Sustainable society-nature interactions; Long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER); Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP);

Awards

2022 Highly Cited Researchers in the category Cross-Field 2022; Web of Science / Publons; https://publons.com/researcher/1226005/helmut-haberl/;
2021 Highly Cited Researchers in the category Cross-Field 2021; Web of Science / Publons; https://publons.com/researcher/1226005/helmut-haberl/;
2020 Highly Cited Researchers in the category Cross-Field 2020; Web of Science / Publons; https://publons.com/researcher/1226005/helmut-haberl/
2019 Highly Cited Researchers in the category Cross-Field 2019; Web of Science / Publons; https://publons.com/researcher/1226005/helmut-haberl/
2018 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field 2018; Web of Science / Publons; https://publons.com/researcher/1226005/helmut-haberl/
2017 ERC-Advanced Grant for the project “Understanding the Role of Material Stock Patterns for the Transformation to a Sustainable Society”

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2023 -2027 Scientific Advisory Board for the Research Field "Earth & Environment" at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
advisory board member
2022 - Competence Center Foundational Economy
advisory board member
2020 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of eLTERppp, EU Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support action, and the eLTERplus project
full member
2019 - Member of 'Faculty Opinions'
full member
2018 - Global Land Programme - GLP Fellow
honorary member
2018 -2019 Scientific Commitee of the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald
advisor
2017 - Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC) - Scientific Committee
chairman
2016 - German Academy Leopoldina, Scientific Commission Environment
member
2015 -2018 Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA)
member of the managing board
2014 -2018 Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the Collaboration of Austrian Scientists with the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
member
2014 - Post-Doc Selection Committee of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
chairman
2013 -2019 International Advisory Commission of the Urbanising Deltas of the World programme, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
member of the commisson
2005 -2011 Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Land Project
member
2004 -2011 Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency
advisory board member
2004 -2010 Research Council of Klagenfurt University
advisory board member
2002 -2008 Steering council of the "Forum Sustainable Austria"
member
2000 -2001 Scientific Councik for the WIFO Energy Projection to 2020
member

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2014 -2019 Sustainability: Section
Top level ( Editor in Chief)
2014 - Regional Environmental Change: Senior handling editor
1st level below top level (Associate Editor)
2013 - The Anthropocene Review:
Editorial Board Member
2013 - Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management:
Editorial Board Member
2011 -2014 Regional Environmental Change:
Editorial Board Member
2010 -2014 Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy:
Editorial Board Member
2009 - Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use:
Editorial Board Member
2009 - Ecological Economics:
Editorial Board Member

Reviewer for scientific journals

2021 - Nature Geoscience
2020 - Environmental Development
2020 - Communications Earth & Environment
2019 - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2018 - Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions
2017 - Scientific Reports
2017 - Nature Sustainability
2017 - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2017 - Environmetrics
2017 - Global Change Biology
2016 - Nature
2016 - The Anthropocene Review
2016 - Ecography
2016 - Global Food Security
2015 - Nature Communications
2015 - Scientific Reports
2015 - Environmental Earth Sciences
2015 - Journal of Cleaner Production
2015 - Environmental Research
2015 - Energy, Sustainability & Society
2014 - Journal of Agricultural Science
2014 - Technological and Economic Development of Economy
2014 - Energies
2014 - Acta oecologica-International Journal of Ecology
2014 - Empirica
2013 - Nature Climate Change
2013 - Environmental Science & Technology
2013 - Climatic Change
2013 - Ecological Indicators
2012 - Global Change Biology Bioenergy
2012 - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment
2011 - Rangeland Journal
2011 - International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
2011 - Science
2011 - Forest Policy and Economics
2011 - Biomass & Bioenergy
2010 - Environmental Science & Policy
2010 - Environmental Research Letters
2010 - Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
2010 - Ecosphere
2010 - Agricultural History
2010 - Environmental Science & Technology
2010 - Sustainability Science
2010 - Regional Environmental Change
2010 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2010 - PLoS One
2009 - Energy Policy
2009 - Environmental Management
2009 - Environmental Science & Technology
2009 - International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
2009 - Carbon Management
2009 - Ecological Modelling
2009 - Ecology and Society
2009 - Journal of Industrial Ecology
2009 - Journal of Environmental Management
2009 - Economic Systems Research
2008 - Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
2008 - Landscape and Urban Planning
2008 -2011 Wissenschaft & Umwelt - Interdisziplinär
2008 - Sustainable Development
2007 - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
2007 - Urban Ecosystems
2007 - Environment, Development and Sustainability
2007 - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
2007 - GAIA. Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
2007 - Ambio
2007 - Society & Natural Resources
2007 - Local Environment
2007 - Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use
2006 - American Sociological Review
2004 - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
2003 - Ecological Economics
2002 -2004 Natur und Kultur: transdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2023 -2023 Israel Science Foundation - Israel
2022 -2022 OeAD-Österreichischer Austauschdienst - Austria
2022 -2022 Schweizer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung - Switzerland
2022 -2022 Leibniz-Gemeinschaft - Germany
2022 -2022 Leverhulme Trust - United Kingdom
2015 -2021 ERC Executive Agency - ERCEA - Austria
2014 -2022 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG - Germany
2012 -2013 National Science Centre, Poland - Poland
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