About me
studied economics at the Universities of Linz and Giessen.
from 1985-1991, he was a research assistant at the University of Giessen. Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
lecturer at universities in Austria, Germany and abroad.
1993-2000 Wuppertal Institute for Climate, head of working group on socio-ecological economics, acting head of department.
1999-2020 President of the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI).
2019-2024 Senior Scientist at the Universities of Applied Arts Vienna and Salzburg.
Areas of work: Ecological Economics, Scenarios for sustainable economies and societies, Transdisciplinary research, Quality of life research.
2018-2025 Vice President of the Austrian Chapter of the Club of Rome.
Since 2025 Member of the International Club of Rome
