Helmut Haberl, Univ.-Doz. Dr.
- a.o. Univ.-Prof. at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt - Graz - Wien
- Deputy head of the Institute of Social Ecology
- Director of academic teaching ("Studienprogrammleiter") of the Master programme "Social and Human Ecology"
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency
- Member of the Scientific Steering committee of the Global Land Project (www.globallandproject.org)
- Member of the editorial board of Ecological Economics
- Institute of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt - Graz - Wien
1070 Vienna
Austria
MSc in theoretical ecology, University of Vienna, 1991
PhD in ecology, University of Vienna, 1995
Habilitation in human ecology, University of Vienna, 2001
Selected publications
Haberl, H., F. Krausmann, K.-H. Erb, N.B. Schulz, S. Rojstaczer, S.M. Sterling, N. Moore 2002. Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production. Science 296, 1968-1969.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, V. Gaube, A. Bondeau, C. Plutzar, S. Gingrich, W. Lucht, M. Fischer-Kowalski, 2007. Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth’s terrestrial ecosystems. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 12942-12947.
Fischer-Kowalski, M. and H. Haberl (eds.), 2007. Socioecological Transitions and Global Change. Trajectories of Social Metabolism and Land Use. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
Newig, J., H. Haberl, C. Pahl-Wostl, D. Rothman (guest eds.), 2008. Formalised and Non-Formalised Methods in Resource Management, Knowledge and Learning in Participatory Processes. Special Issue of Systemic Practice and Action Research 21(6).
Haberl, H., M. Wackernagel, T. Wrbka (guest eds.), 2004. Land Use and Sustainability Indicators. Special issue of Land Use Policy, 21(3), 193-320.
Haberl, H., S. Batterbury, E. Moran (guest eds.), 2001. Using and Shaping the Land: A long-term perspective. Special Issue of Land Use Policy, 18(1), 1-91.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, W. Loibl, N.B. Schulz, H. Weisz, 2001. Changes in Ecosystem Processes Induced by Land Use: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production and Its Influence on Standing Crop in Austria. Glob. Biogeochem .Cyc. 15(4), 929-942.
Haberl, H., 1997. Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production as An Environmental Indicator: Implications for Sustainable Development. Ambio 26(3), 143-146.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, 2008. Global human appropriation of net primary production. Encyclopedia of the Earth, http://www.eoearth.org/
Haberl, H., V. Gaube, R. Díaz-Delgado, K. Krauze, A. Neuner, J. Peterseil, S.J. Singh, A. Vadineanu. Towards an integrated model of socioeconomic biodiversity drivers, pressures and impacts. Ecol. Econ., in press.
Krausmann, F., H. Haberl, K.-H. Erb, M. Wiesinger, V. Gaube, S. Gingrich, 2009. What determines spatial patterns of the global human appropriation of net primary production? J. Land Use Sci., in press.
Erb, Karl-Heinz, Fridolin Krausmann, Simone Gingrich, Helmut Haberl, 2008. Industrialization, fossil fuels and the transformation of land use: An integrated analysis of carbon flows in Austria 1830-2000. J. Ind. Ecol., in press.
Krausmann, F., K.-H. Erb, S. Gingrich, C. Lauk, H. Haberl, 2008. Global patterns of socioeconomic biomass flows in the year 2000: A comprehensive assessment of supply, consumption and constraints. Ecol. Econ. 65, 471-487.
Erb, K.-H., V. Gaube, F. Krausmann, C. Plutzar, A. Bondeau, H. Haberl, 2007. A comprehensive global 5min resolution land-use dataset for the year 2000 consistent with national census data. J. Land Use Sci. 2., 191-224.
Gingrich, S., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, V. Gaube, H. Haberl, 2007. Long-term dynamics of terrestrial carbon stocks in Austria. A comprehensive assessment of the time period from 1830 to 2000. Reg. Env. Change 7, 37-47.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, C. Plutzar, M. Fischer-Kowalski, F. Krausmann, 2007. Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP) as Indicator for Pressures on Biodiversity. Chapter 17 in: T. Hák, B. Moldan, A. Lyon Dahl (eds.). Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE 67, Island press, Washington, D.C., pp. 271-288.
Haberl, H. and K.-H. Erb, 2006. Assessment of Sustainable Land Use in Producing Biomass. In: J. Dewulf, H. V. Langenhove (eds.). Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. Wiley, Chichester, 175-192.
Haberl, H., V. Winiwarter et al., 2006. From LTER to LTSER: Conceptualizing the socio-economic dimension of long-term socio-ecological research. Ecology and Society, 11(2), 13 [online], http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art13/
Haberl, H., H. Weisz, C. Amann, A. Bondeau, N. Eisenmenger, K.-H. Erb, M. Fischer-Kowalski, F. Krausmann, 2006. The energetic metabolism of the EU-15 and the USA. Decadal energy input time-series with an emphasis on biomass. J. Ind. Ecol. 10(4), 151-171.
Haberl, Helmut, 2006. The Global Socioeconomic Energetic Metabolism as a Sustainability Problem. Energy, 31, 87-99.
Haberl, H., C. Plutzar, K.-H., Erb, V. Gaube, M. Pollheimer, N.B. Schulz, 2005. Human appropriation of net primary production as determinant of avifauna diversity in Austria. Agric., Ecosyst. Environ. 110, 119-131.
Haberl, H., M. Fischer-Kowalski, F. Krausmann, H. Weisz, V. Winiwarter, 2004. Progress towards sustainability? What the conceptual framework of material and energy flow accounting (MEFA) can offer. Land Use Pol., 21, 199-213.
Haberl, H., M. Wackernagel, F. Krausmann, K.-H. Erb, C. Monfreda, 2004. Ecological footprints and human appropriation of net primary production: A comparison. Land Use Pol., 21(3), 279-288.
Haberl, H. et al., 2004. Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production and Species Diversity in Agricultural Landscapes. Agric., Ecosyst. Environ. 102, 213-218.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, H. Adensam, N.B. Schulz, 2003. Land-Use Change and Socioeconomic Metabolism in Austria, Part II: Land-Use Scenarios for 2020. Land Use Pol. 20, 21-39.
Krausmann, F. and H. Haberl, 2002. The process of industrialization from the perspective of energetic metabolism. Socioeconomic energy flows in Austria 1830-1995. Ecol. Econ. 41, 177-201.
Haberl, H., 2001. The Energetic Metabolism of Societies, Part I: Accounting Concepts. J. Ind. Ecol., 5(1), 11-33.
Haberl, H., 2001. The Energetic Metabolism of Societies, Part II: Empirical Examples. J. Ind. Ecol., 5(2), 71-88.
Haberl, H., K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, 2001. How to calculate and interpret ecological footprints for long periods of time: The case of Austria 1926-1995. Ecol. Econ. 38, 25-45.
Winiwarter, W., H. Haberl, D. Simpson, 1999. On the boundary between man-made and natural emissions: Problems in defining European ecosystems. J. Geophys. Res. 104(D7), 8153-8160.
Haberl, H., H. Adensam, S. Geissler, 1998. Optimal Climate Protection Strategies for Space Heating - the Case of Austria. En. Pol. 26, 1125-1135.
Fischer-Kowalski, M. and H. Haberl, 1997. Tons, joules and money. Modes of production and their sustainability problems. Soc. Nat. Res. 10, 61-85.
[in total: 65 papers in peer-review journals, 4 books or edited volumes, guest-editor of 4 special issues of journals, numerous chapters in edited volumes]
Education:
- Study of biology and mathematics, University of Salzburg 1983-1986
- Study of biology, mathematics, political and communication sciences, University of Vienna 1986-1991
- Doctoral study in ecology, University of Vienna 1992-1995