Conference Chair
Klaus Kubeczko
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy
Verena Madner
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Law and Governance/Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance
Local organizing Team
Gudrun Haindlmaier
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy
“Get me some coffee (and a GinTonic) – and I’ll work it out!”
| What’s your relationship with sustainability transitions? | A complex world needs complex solutions – for me, sustainability transitions studies bring the much-needed different perspectives, actors and disciplines together to make change happen. |
| What are your expectations regarding IST2020? | The IST2020 is a great opportunity to create a new form of conference experience. And even though it can’t replace a personal meeting, the digital experience connects the community worldwide in troubled times. |
Beatrice Fröhlich-Rath
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy
“Let´s say it with Max Frisch: A crisis is a productive state. You just have to take away the taste of disaster. And if nothing else helps: Chocolate Please!!”
| What’s your relationship with sustainability transitions? | Sustainability Transitions and I met in Spring 2019. I can’t say that it was love at first sight, but now we are in an intensive and caring relationship 😉 |
| What are your expectations regarding IST2020? | I hope that we can get all our ideas across well to our conference participants and at the end of the day they will shut down their computer with a smile on their face. |
Heike Wiesner
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Law and Governance/Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance
Michaela Neumann
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Law and Governance/Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance
“It’s Friday 5 pm – but sure we can video call for the next 3 hours!”
| What’s your relationship with sustainability transitions? | The topic of sustainability transitions has accompanied me for years. I am most driven by the stories of people who contribute to creating an alternative world today, both ecologically sustainable and socially just. |
| What are your expectations regarding IST2020? | After months of lonesome thesis writing, I am looking forward to new input and vivid exchanges with the STRN community. In particular, I am keen to learn how sustainability transitions can integrate ethical aspects of distribution, justice and poverty. |
Vanessa Schuster
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy
“Okay, no problem, we’ll work it out somehow!”
| What’s your relationship with sustainability transitions? | Sustainability Transitions and I still have a very fresh relationship – we met in summer 2020 during the preparations for the virtual IST2020 conference. So, for me, everything is still very new, and I am looking forward to discovering new sides every day. |
| What are your expectations regarding IST2020? | My wish is that we create a great virtual experience for the participants and that everyone has the feeling of being very close despite the distance. |
Merlin Ralf Schmid
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy
“Yes, I’ll think of something funny until the end of the day!”
| What’s your relationship with sustainability transitions? | I’m interested in sustainability transition because only a sustainable way of life today gives future generations the chance to make a difference themselves. |
| What are your expectations regarding IST2020? | Working on the IST2020 gives me the chance to learn about my future field of work while also getting some first-hand work experiences myself. |
Credits: AIT/Krischanz, ©WU, AIT/Bösendorfer, Privat
Scientific Committee
The scientific committee consists of members of the sustainability transitions research community involved in the reviewing process of the submitted papers.
| Floor | Alkemade | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Dierk | Bauknecht | Öko-Institut e.V. Freiburg |
| Christian | Binz | Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology |
| Simon | Bolwig | UNEP DTU |
| Marie-Claire | Brisbois | University of Sussex |
| Lars | Coenen | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen |
| Sabine | Dörry | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research |
| Tim | Foxon | University of Sussex |
| Lea | Fuenfschilling | CIRCLE, Lund University |
| Bipashyee | Ghosh | University of Sussex |
| Marko | Hekkert | University of Utrecht |
| Verena | Hermelingmeier | University of Wuppertal |
| Kirsten | Jenkins | The University of Edinburgh |
| Florian | Kern | Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin |
| Paula | Kivimaa | University of Sussex |
| Jonathan | Köhler | Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe |
| Derk | Loorbach | DRIFT, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Jochen | Markard | ETH Zurich |
| James | Meadowcroft | Carleton University |
| Susan | Mühlemeier | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Andreas | Novy | Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Michael | Ornetseder | Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung – Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| Bonno | Pel | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Rob | Raven | Monash University Melbourne |
| Harald | Rohracher | Linköping University, Lund |
| Daniel | Rosenbloom | University of Toronto |
| Björn | Sanden | Chambers University of Technology |
| Anton | Sentic | University Fribourg |
| Sigrid | Stagl | Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Jennie | Stephens | Northeastern University Boston |
| Jonas | Torrens | University of Utrecht |
| Michaela | Trippl | University of Vienna |
| Bernhard | Truffer | University of Utrecht |
| Bruno | Turnheim | University of Manchester, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, University of Sussex |
| Jeroen | van den Bergh | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Geert | Verbong | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Matthias | Weber | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology |
| Julius | Wesche | Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe; Utrecht University |
| Anna | Wieczorek | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Elizabeth | Wilson | Dartmouth College |