Department of Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo)

Sustainable management...

... of scarce natural resources and environmental goods
Scientific analysis...

... of economic, political and social processes, as well as technological and social innovations
Bioeconomy...

... knowledge-based production and use of biological resources for a sustainable economy
Our courses...

... cover economic, social, political and legal sciences
Integration...

... of approaches from economic and social sciences with natural sciences and engineering
Understanding consumer behaviour...

... for satisfied customers and innovative products

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A new perspective on sustainability

# EU Research

A radically different approach to the use of land, energy and materials will be required if we are to build a more sustainable society, yet modern lifestyles often revolve around established patterns of resource use.

Is the EU stepping up its effort to tackle deforestation and forest degradation?

# Blog

Written by Nicolas Roux, Louise Marie Busck Lumholt, Tiago Reis, Manan Bhan, PhD candidates from COUPLED and HEFT.

Fridolin Krausmann erklärt das Projekt "BIODIV VIENNA"

# Kurzfilm

Klicken Sie hier und lassen sie sich das vom WWTF geförderte Projekt "Vienna‘s Biodiversity Footprint: A multi-scale analysis outlining options to reduce urban pressures on biodiversity (Biodiv Vienna)" von Projekteiter Univ. Prof. Dr. Fridolin Krausmann in einem Kurzfilm erklären.

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.