Karlheinz Erb

Karlheinz Erb is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. He specializes in global land use research, carbon accounting, and society-nature interactions, with a focus on sustainability and climate policy.

His research bridges ecological economics, industrial ecology, and human ecology, analyzing land use dynamics, biomass flows, and carbon cycle impacts. Key projects include LandCube and Sustainable Bioengineering, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and European Union.

Recent publications emphasize global land use patterns, urban sustainability, and climate policy trade-offs. He has received 10+ Highly Cited Researcher awards (2018–2024) and the Lawrence R. Klein Award (2022).

• 2024: Integrating sufficiency in EU trade and biodiversity agendas
• 2023: Built structures' influence on energy demand
• 2022: Forests' role in climate mitigation

Scientific accolades include:

• Highly Cited Researcher (Environment and Ecology, 2020–2022)
• Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field, 2018–2024)
• ERC Starting Grant (2010) for land use and global change
• Lawrence R. Klein Award (2022) for interdisciplinary research

He leads major projects like EO AFRICA and LandCube, advising on EU climate policy and Austrian national strategies.