Lisa Kaufmann

Lisa Kaufmann is a researcher at the Institute for Social Ecology (BOKU University, Vienna), with expertise in socioeconomic metabolism, sustainable food systems, and circular economy. She focuses on climate change impacts, land use patterns, and international trade-consumption linkages.

• Education: M.Sc. in Human and Social Ecology (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, 2016); Dr. rer. soc.oec. (BOKU University, 2025)

Her research explores urban sustainability through material stocks as carbon pools, biodiversity footprints, and time-use analysis for climate policy. She led projects analyzing Vienna's biomass metabolism, CO2 footprints, and sustainable land-use strategies.

Recent publication trends address: EU trade-biodiversity integration, global land-use data cubes, biomass sourcing governance, and food system transformations. She uses interdisciplinary methods combining biophysical modeling with political ecology theories.

She collaborates on European Union-funded initiatives and contributes to policy-relevant research through transdisciplinary frameworks. Her work emphasizes spatially explicit assessments and systemic solutions for urban sustainability challenges.