Dominik Wiedenhofer
BOKU University| BOKU University | |
| Vienna, Austria | |
| Member ID | 0374 |
|---|---|
| Member since | Jul 13, 2011 |
| Status | Active |
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Industrial ecologist investigating the potentials of supply- and demand side measures for high wellbeing while also mitigating climate change and lowering resource use. I am specifically interested to investigate path-dependencies, barriers and pathways for a fair and rapid sustainability transformation.Details
I work as a Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer at the Institute of Social Ecology at BOKU University, in Vienna, Austria. I greatly enjoy interdisciplinary research, teaching, teamwork, new collaborations, exchange of ideas and being outdoors. I am very passionate for my work as an opportunity to do contribute to the quest for strong sustainability and a fairer & better future.I am very happy that I can be a part of the industrial ecology community since the last 15 years. I have contributed to the society by serving on several boards, as a reviewer for conference submissions and for the Journal of Industrial Ecology, as well as by organizing special sessions at conferences and online events.
The industrial ecology community is my scientific home and I always enjoy coming to our meetings and connecting with the many inspiring and interesting people in our field. I am highly motivated to support our exemplary friendly, open, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary society in its quest to contribute to a fairer and more sustainable future.
I have received several prizes and awards over the last years:
- Top 1% Highly Cited Researcher, category Cross-Field 2025 and 2022; Web of Science/Clarivate.
- World's Top 2% Scientist, 2022-2025, Stanford/Elsevier.
- Fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundation Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership in Sustainability and Transformation Research.
- Outstanding Research Poster at the Gordon Research Conference of Industrial Ecology in Switzerland, 2018
- Excellence in Review from "Resources, conservation and Recycling"
I have served as Lead Author for the Special Report on Structural Conditions for Climate Friendly Living, Austrian Panel for Climate Change (APCC) (2022), as well as a Contributing Author to the IPCC Report WG3 Mitigation of Climate change, Chapter Industry (2022).
For most recent infos about my work, please see my google scholar, researchgate & official work profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dominik_Wiedenhofer
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=305Tx5MAAAAJ&hl=eng
http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/en/sec/personen/wiedenhofer-dominik/