Gäste am Institut

Alina Chervinska

Email Address: alina.chervinska(at)tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Hi! My name is Alina, I am Ukrainian-portuguese, I am currently based in Lisbon and staying in Vienna for 1 year starting 17 March as part of my PhD program in Environmental Engineering. My Bachelors and Masters were completed in Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon.
In my PhD I focus on comparative environmental impacts of food products and diets. My specialty is Life Cycle Assessment and during my stay in BOKU I will be working with BioBaM, a biomass balance model that enables to explore different food production and consumption scenarios and their impacts, both global and localized.
I love art, cuisine, nature, hikes, learning new languages and making new friends. Feel free to reach out to co-work or hang out! 
 

Agathe Lucas

Email Address: agathe.lucas(at)agroparistech.fr

 I am Agathe, originally from France. My PhD is a co-tutelle between AgroParisTech (Paris) and BOKU University, within the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie DESTINY doctoral network.
My PhD in Agronomy examines the sustainability of agricultural biomass production in the context of bioeconomy development in two contrasting EU regions: one in France, one in Austria. I'll be based at BOKU from 1st April 2026 for one year, during which I will conduct the Austrian case study in the Eisenwurzen region. 
As background, I hold an International Master's in Rural Development from Ghent University (Belgium) and an Agricultural Engineering degree from L'Institut Agro (France), and gained hands-on experience working in a development project on tea value chain structuration in Lao PDR.

Sara Pavesio

Email Address: sara.pavesio(at)uva.es

Hi! I’m Sara, a Spanish PhD researcher. Starting in October, I’ll spend four months in Vienna working at the Institute of Social Ecology.

My research explores household consumption patterns across gender and other demographic characteristics, their associated emissions, and their integration into the MEDEAS integrated assessment model. I also consider time as a physical constraint in the labour market, since households have limited hours to divide between paid work, unpaid care, and other daily activities—an essential factor for designing realistic and socially fair policies.

During my stay, I’ll work on translating time-use patterns into economic demand through equivalence matrices, building on the methodology developed by the Institute of Social Ecology.

I’d love to meet new people, exchange ideas, co-work, or simply hang out. Feel free to reach out!