Main research areas:
Austrian and European environmental economics, agricultural sociology, agricultural economics,
climate change, inter- and transdisciplinary methods
Languages:
German, English
Publications
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Folberth, Christian; Sinabell, Franz; Schinko, Thomas; Hanger-Kopp, Susanne; Lappöhn, Sarah; Mitter, Hermine; Sandén, Taru; Süßenbacher, Elisabeth;Integrating Global Comparability and National Specificity in Agricultural Sustainability Indicators Through Stakeholder-Science Co-Evaluation in Austria.In: Community Science. 4. 2025. e2024CSJ000092. doi:10.1029/2024CSJ000092Forschung: Beitrag in Zeitschrift > Originalbeitrag/Fachbeitrag
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Mitter, Hermine; Kropf, BernadetteStrategies for combating climate extremes in a semi-arid region in Austria.In: Journal of Environmental Management. 386. 2025. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125821Forschung: Beitrag in Zeitschrift > Originalbeitrag/Fachbeitrag
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Kröner, Verena; Mitter, Hermine; Jost Elisabeth; Schmid ErwinModelling trade-offs and synergies of agricultural adaptation and mitigation in 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. 46-47.Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
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Righi; Selene; Moretti, Michele; Forzoni, Letizia; Mitter, HermineEnvisioning Plausible and Desirable Futures for the Livestock Sector.In: Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (Hg.): 14th AIEAA Conference. Pisa, Italy. AIEAA. 2025. 28.Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
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