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

  • Mitter, Hermine; Bolkart, Christina; Karner, Katrin; Moretti, Michele; Righi, Selene
    Developing Shared Socio-Economic Pathways for European Livestock Farming Systems.
    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. 44-45.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Lehr, Anne; Gotschi Elisabeth; Ludvig, Alice; tudose, Nicu; Marin, Mirabela; Oprica, Romulus; Mihai, Hapa; Ungurean, Cezar; GGeorgiadis, Teodoro; Zorzi, Ilaria; Giannetti, Francesca; Cremonini, Letizia; Riera-Spiegelhalder, Mar; Knutzen, Florian; Ohannessen, Marius Rhode; Baltranaite, Egle; Inacio, Miguel, Pereira, Paulo; Mitter, Hermine
    Exploring forest managers' climate change adaptation intentions: empirical evidence across Europe.
    In: International Conference on Environmental Psychology (Hg.): Final Programme & Abstract Book. Vilnius, Lithuania. ICEP 2025. 2025. 174-175.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Gotschi, Elisabeth; Mitter, Hermine; Lehr, Anne; Giannetti, Francesca; Marin, Mirabela; Tudose, Nicu Constantin; Ungurean, Cezar; Zorzi, Ilaria; Mihai, Ionut; Knutzen, Florian; Johannessen, Marius Rhode; Riera-Spiegelhalder, Mar
    Climate Change Perceptions of Forest Managers and their Adaptation Intentions: Empirical Evidence from Eight Countries in Europe.
    In: ÖGS Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Hg.): Das Klima der Gesellschaft. Graz. Online. 2025. na.
    Forschung: Beitrag in Sammelwerk/Buch > Konferenzbeitrag (Abstract)
  • Gotschi, Elisabeth; Lehr, Anne; Ludvig, Alice; Marin, Mirabela; Tudose, Nicu Constantin; Ungurean, Cezar; Hapa, Ionut Mihai; Zorzi, Ilaria; Giannetti, Francesca; Mitter, Hermine
    Forest Managers’ Appraisal of Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystem Services: Insights from Across Europe.
    In: European Society for Rural Sociology (Hg.): Navigating rural transitions: Exploring liveable futures. Riga, Latvia. ESRS. 2025. 147.
    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