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Sustainable management...
... of scarce natural resources and environmental goods
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Scientific analysis...
... of economic, political and social processes, as well as technological and social innovations
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Bioeconomy...
... knowledge-based production and use of biological resources for a sustainable economy
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Our courses...
... cover economic, social, political and legal sciences
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Integration...
... of approaches from economic and social sciences with natural sciences and engineering
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Understanding consumer behaviour...
... for satisfied customers and innovative products
Who we are
The department accommodates all economic, social, political and legal research and teaching activities at BOKU. We are a unique academic organisation in this field in Austria and internationally.
We synthesize economic, ecological, sociological and ethical aspects. Innovation, inter- and transdisciplinarity as well as internationality define our department culture.
The fields of research and teaching are:
- Economics, policy and law of the agricultural, energy, food and forest sector,
- Sustainable development and societal transformation,
- Management of biological resources and environmental policy and history,
- Management strategies of biogenic value added chains,
- Governance, rural development and agricultural sociology,
- Optimisation and evaluation of managerial and economic processes in agriculture, forestry and the timber industry as well as in the environmental and food sector.
- Social ecology and societal metabolism.