Christian Lauk

Senior Scientist at Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU University, Vienna

Austria

About

Current research focus: Nature-society interactions, in particular the socio-ecological carbon metabolism and its interrelations with land use; climate change mitigation by land use, forestry and other land use; possibilities and constraints of the use of bioenergy and biomaterials; human induced vegetation fires; the future sociometabolic transition and its impact on land use; post-growth economics

Experience

  • Senior Researcher at FFoQSI
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) ()
    • Senior Scientist
      Mar 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

      At the Institute of Social Ecology at BOKU, I conduct and lead research on past and future transformations of social-ecological systems, in particular the agro-food system. A particular focus of my work are land and GHG footprints of different consumption and production patterns and how they might change in the future. Currently, I contribute my expertise to the EU funded project Europe-LAND (https://europe-land.eu/) and the COMET project FFOQSI (https://www.ffoqsi.at/).

    • Senior Scientist
      Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

  • Researcher and Lecturer at Institute of Social Ecology Vienna (SEC), Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt/Wien/Graz
    2009 - Jun 2022 · 13 yrs 6 mos

  • Freelance Researcher at Institute of Social Ecology Vienna (SEC), Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt-Graz-Vienna
    2005 - 2009 · 4 yrs

  • Student research assistant at Institute for Organic Agriculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
    2002 - 2007 · 5 yrs