Economist – Interdisciplinary Researcher – Advisor
Sigrid Stagl is Professor of Environmental Economics & Policy at WU, the Vienna University of Economics and Business where she is the founder of the Institute for Ecological Economics.
Her work addresses societal challenges such as the climate crisis, environmental problems and inequality.
Tackling these issues often requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Insights from interdisciplinary research can then inform and improve the discipline of economics.
She is currently Head of the Institute for Ecological Economics and Director of the Competence Centre STaR, Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility.
People in Haunoldstein, a small community in Lower Austria, have set up a citizens' energy community. From September 2023 to April 2024, they generated 92% of their electricity from local hydro, solar and wind power. My research on social acceptance found that people of Haunoldstein are open to repowering existing wind turbines and expanding PV capacity, but not on fertile agricultural land.
Economist
Interdisciplinary Researcher
“On a planet with limited resources, the principle of regeneration is the top priority for an economy.”
Sigrid Stagl @ GLOBART
Teaching
Sigrid Stagl teaches economics, ecological economics and socioeconomics at BSc, MSc and PhD level. Last year, the new BSc major "Economics, Environment and Politics" (WUPOL) was launched. The MSc Socio-Ecological Economics, which she started, is now in its twelfth year with over 600 graduates.
