Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marina Fischer-Kowalski

- Founder and long-term director of the Institute of Social Ecology
- +43 1 5224000 416
- Marina [dot] Fischer-Kowalski [at] aau [dot] at
- Social metabolism
- Socioecological transitions
- Theories of social change
- Social Ecology
- Sustainable resource use
- Environmental sociology
Professional Experience
Founder and long-term director of the Institute of Social Ecology
Professor of Social Ecology at Alpen Adria University
Senior Lecturer at the University of Vienna
PhD in sociology, University of Vienna
- 11/1998 - 12/2001 Amazonia 21
- 12/2009 - 12/2010 EU Resource Policy: Resource Efficiency (7)
- 12/2009 - 12/2011 EU Resource Policy: Review of Resource Use Strategy (4)
- 04/2005 - 06/2010 Matisse: Innovative Werkzeuge und Methoden für ein Integriertes Nachhaltigkeits-Assessment
- 12/2001 - 12/2002 MFA_EU_15: Material use in the European Union 1980 - 2000: Indicators and Analysis
- 02/2011 - 01/2015 NEUJOBS - Employment 2025: How will multiple transitions affect the European labour market
- 09/2005 - 06/2009 Recover: Zukunftsoptionen für die Andamanen und Nikobaren Inseln
- 09/2000 - 03/2004 SEA-TRANS: Southeast Asia in Transition
- 07/2015 - 02/2018 SUSAKI - Socioecological transitions, sustainability and collapse of island communities: the case of Samothraki
- 01/2004 - 06/2007 TransEuropa
- 05/2012 - 04/2013 UNEP 2012 - IRP Trade
- 02/2014 - 12/2016 UNEP Globale MFA Datenbank - Assessment of Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity
- 04/2012 - 03/2016 WWWforEurope - Towards a New Growth Path: Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe
- 2016
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Helmut Haberl, Marina Fischer, Fridolin Krausmann, Verena Winiwarter: Social Ecology. Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space. Springer International Publishing AG, 5, Cham, 2016,
- 2015
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Marina Fischer: Social Ecology. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), Elsevier Ltd., 22, Oxford, 2015, S. 254 - 262.
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Marina Fischer, Nina Eisenmenger, Monika Dittrich: United Nations Environment Programme, International Trade in Resources : A Biophysical Assessment, Report of the International Resource Panel. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, 2015,
- 2014
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Marina Fischer, Anette Reenberg, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer: Ester Boserup's Legacy on Sustainability - Orientations for Contemporary Research. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 4, Dordrecht, 2014,
- 2010
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M. Swilling, M. Fischer-Kowalski, Weizsaecker E. von, W. Crane, A.B. Siriban-Manalang, Y. Ren, Y. Moriguchi, F. Krausmann, N. Eisenmenger, S. Giljum, P. Romero-Lankao, Fridolin Krausmann, Nina Eisenmenger, Marina Fischer: Decoupling and Sustainable Resource Management: Scoping the challenges. UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, Paris, 2010,
- 2007
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M. Fischer-Kowalski, H. Haberl, Helmut Haberl, Marina Fischer: Socioecological Transitions and Global Change. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, 2007,
- 2001
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M. Fischer-Kowalski, E. A. Rosa, R. P. Sieferle, B. Smetschka, Barbara Smetschka, Marina Fischer: Nature, Society and History. Long Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism. Special Issue of Innovation - The European Journal of Social Sciences. 14, 2001,
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M. Fischer-Kowalski, C. Amann, Christof Amann, Marina Fischer: Societal Metabolism and Human Population. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht [u. a.], 2001,
- 2000
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E. Matthews, C. Amann, M. Fischer-Kowalski, S. Bringezu, W. Hüttler, R. Kleijn, Y. Moriguchi, C. Ottke, E. Rodenburg, D. Rogich, H. Schandl, H. Schütz, der Voet E. van, H. Weisz, Marina Fischer, Heinz Schandl, Helga Weisz, Christof Amann: The Weight of Nations. 2000,
Gesellschaftlicher Stoffwechsel und Kolonisierung von Natur. Ein Versuch in Sozialer Ökologie. 1997. (with H.Haberl, W. Hüttler, H. Payer, H. Schandl, V. Winiwarter, H.Weisz) Amsterdam: Gordon & Breach Fakultas
Kriegskinder, Konsumkinder, Krisenkinder. 5th reprint 1995. (with U. Preuß-Lausitz, et al): Weinheim, Basel: Beltz
Große Freiheit für kleine Monster? Kinder an Alternativschulen und Regelschulen. Ein Vergleich. 1995. (with: J.Pelikan and H.Schandl) Wien: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik
Ökobilanz Österreich. Zustand, Entwicklungen, Strategien. 1988. Wien u.Köln: Falter Verlag, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Von den Tugenden der Weiblichkeit. Mädchen und Frauen im österreichischen Bildungssystem. 1986. (with P.Seidl) Wien: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik
Lebensverhältnisse in Österreich. Klassen und Schichten im Sozialstaat. 1980. (with J.Bucek) Frankfurt a.M.: Campus
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