Professor Dr Hermine Mitter

Research specialisations, publications and curriculum vitae

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Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Hermine Mitter

hermine.mitter(at)uni-graz.at

+43 316 380 - 7405
Institute of Environmental Systems Sciences
Merangasse 18/1
8010 Graz

Main research areas:

Austrian and European environmental economics, agricultural sociology, agricultural economics,

climate change, inter- and transdisciplinary methods

Languages:

German, English

Publications

  • Jakobs, Maja; Fian, Leonie; Mitter, Hermine
    Attributing Extreme Rainfall Events: Implications for Climate Action in Lower Austria.
    In: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie (ÖGA) (Hg.): Versorgungssicherheit im Spannungsfeld steigender Nachfrageund begrenzter Ressourcen 35. Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie. Graz. Tagungsband 2025. 2025. 52-53.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Oybek, Norboev; Mitter, Hermine; Van Passel, Steven; Moretti, Michele
    Co-designing Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for Italian Agricultural systems: the IT-Agri-SSPs.
    In: Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (Hg.): 14th AEIAA Conference. Pisa, Italy. AIEAA. 2025. 27.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Ludvig, Alice; Cheval, Sorin; Georgiadis, Teodoro; Giannetti, Francesca; Gotschi, Elisabeth; Hapa, Mihai; Lionggo, Indriany; Marin, Mirabela; Mitter, Hermine; Neumann, Mathias; Oprica, Romulus; Riera-Spiegelhalder, Mar; Tudose, Nicu; Weiss, Gerhard; Zorzi, Ilaria; de Melo, Katharina
    Navigating the Policy Mix: Institutional Frameworks and Governance Mechanisms for climate-resilient forests in Europe.
    In: EGU General Assembly (Hg.): Abstract EGU25. Vienna, Austria. EGU. 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-12378.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Hapa, Mihai-Ionut; Ludvig, Alice; Ungurean, Cezar; Baltranaite, Egle; Gotschi, Elisabeth; Knutzen, Florian; Giannetti, Francesca; Mitter, Hermine; Zorzi, Ilaria; Anand, Jasdeep; Cremonini, Letizia; Riera-Spiegelhalder, Mar; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Neumann, Mathias; Marin, Mirabela; Tudose, Nicu; Radu, Raul; Davidescu, Serban; Cheval, Sorin; Georgiadis, Teodoro
    Collaborative Dynamics at the Forest–Climate Nexus: Merging Practice with Science.
    In: EGU General Assembly (Hg.): Abstract EGU25. Vienna, Austria. EGU. 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10435.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)

Current projects

Circular Bioengineering

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Re-livestock

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OptFor-EU

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CROSS-SEC

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Career

  • since 2024 Professor of Sustainability, Climate Change and Human Behaviour, University of Graz, Institute of Environmental Systems Science
  • 2017 - 2024 Senior Scientist, BOKU Vienna
  • 2023 Visiting researcher, L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, France.
  • 2022 Habilitation at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna; authorisation to teach environmental economics and environmental sociology
  • 2022 Visiting researcher at the University of Hamburg - KlimaCampus Hamburg
  • 2016 - 2017 Research Assistant Professor at the New Mexico State University, USA
  • 2011 - 2016 Research Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU Vienna
  • 2011 - 2015 Doctoral studies as part of the Doctoral Programme Sustainable Development (dokNE), BOKU Vienna
  • 2009 - 2011 Research assistant at the Institute for Spatial Planning and Rural Reorganisation, BOKU Vienna
  • 2007 - 2009 Employee at the Federal Institute "Statistics Austria", Directorate of Spatial Economics
  • 2006 Degree in Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
  • 2006 Degree in Landscape Planning and Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Awards and honours

  • 2018 Award: Best lecture at the annual conference of the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics
  • Year: 2017 Award: BOKU Talent Award
  • Year: 2017 Award: Klaus Fischer Innovation Award for Technology and Environment
  • Year: 2017 Award: UV research grant
  • Year: 2016 Award: 1st prize at the 10th CAS Semester Touchdown
  • Year: 2016 Award: Agrana research grant
  • Year: 2016 Award: Award of the Austrian Hail Insurance
  • Year: 2016 Award: Scientific Award of the Vienna Environmental Protection Department (MA 22)
  • Year: 2006 Award: Recognition Award of the Dr Maria Schaumayer Foundation
  • Year: 2006 Award: Sponsorship award from the Dr Karl Schleinzer Foundation
  • Year: 2006 Award: Sponsorship award from the Austrian Association of Municipalities and the Austrian Association of Towns and Cities
  • Year: 2006 Award: Dr Tyczka Energy Prize of the Tyczka Energy Foundation in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich and the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2006 Award: TGB Science Prize
  • Year: 2006 Award: Prize of the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics