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Marina Fischer-Kowalski
Prof. Marina Fischer-KowalskiProfessor of Social Ecology, Klagenfurt University
Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies of Klagenfurt University
Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna
IFF Wien
Schottenfeldgasse 29
AT-1070 Wien
Austria
Phone: +43 (0) 1 522 40 00 - 416
Fax: +43 (0) 1 522 40 00 - 477
E-mail: marina.fischer-kowalski(at)uni-klu.ac.at
URL Institution: www.uni-klu.ac.at/socec
Additional functions:
President and founding Member of the "International Society for Industrial Ecology" (ISIE)
Member of the "International Panel on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources" of UNEP
Member of editorial board of the "Journal of Industrial Ecology"
Member of Scientific Committee of IHDP-Industrial Transformation
Member of National Committee of MAB, Austria
Chair of Scientific Advisory Board of Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Research (PIK)
Delegate of Klagenfurt University to the Austrian Science Fund
Member of Editorial Board of GAIA
Member of Editorial Board of the International Journal of Industrial Ecology
Member of the Editorial Board of the Jahrbuch für Ökologie
Key Publications of Marina Fischer-Kowalski (up to ten) :
Fischer-Kowalski,M.and Haberl,H.(2007)Socioecological transitions and global change:Trajectories of Social Metabolism and Land Use. Cheltenham,UK,Northampton USA:Edward Elgar
Fischer-Kowalski, M. et al (1997): Gesellschaftlicher Stoffwechsel und Kolonisierung von Natur, Amsterdam (Gordon & Breach Facultas)
Matthews, E., Amann, C., Fischer-Kowalski, M. et al. (2000): The Weight of Nations: Material Outflows from Industrial Economies, Washington D.C. (World Resources Institute)
Fischer-Kowalski, M. et al (2004): Modelling Scenarios of Transport across history from a socio-metabolic perspective, in: Review. A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Centre vol.27 no 4, pp.307-342
Haberl, H., Fischer-Kowalski, M. et al.(2004): Progress Towards Sustainability? What the conceptual framework of material and energy accounting (MEFA) can offer, in: Land Use Policy vol 21 no 3, pp.199-213
Fischer-Kowalski, M. and Weisz, H.(1999): Society as a Hybrid between Material and Symbolic Realms, in: Advances in Human Ecology vol. 8, pp.215-251
Expertise of Marina Fischer-Kowalski:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Biosphere | Biosphere |
| Biodiversity | |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
| Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon | |
| Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain | |
| Economic Cycle | |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Economy / Resource Use |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery | |
| Trade / Globalisation | |
| Transport / Mobility | |
| Energy | |
| Mineral Resources | |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
| Topic Society | Society |
| Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation | |
| Topic Sustainability | Sustainability |
| Ecological Sustainability | |
| Social Sustainability | |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Past: Historical / Archeological | |
| Recent / Today | |
| Future | |
| Statistical Focus | Mean Change / Trends |
| Time Scale | Decadal / Centennial |
| Methods | Data Collection - Documents, Archives |
| Data Analysis | |
| Modeling | |
| Integrated Assessment | |
| Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building | |
| Program Coordination / Management |
Specialties of Marina Fischer-Kowalski:
Material and energy flow analysis of social systems (MEFA)
socio-economic metabolism and land-use
human resource use and pressures upon the environment
integrated sustainability assessment
Last update: 12/22/18
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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