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Univ.Prof. Dr. Sigrid Stagl
Contact details
Phone: +43 (1) 31336 - 5790
E-Mail.: sigrid.stagl@wu.ac.at
Personal details
Sigrid Stagl is an economist at the department of socioeconomics and specializes in issues of sustainable labor, ecological macroeconomics, integrated valuation methods and socioeconomic theories of trade; her empirical focus lies on energy and food. Previously, she did research at the University of Leeds and the University of Sussex. After her diploma program at the WU Wien, she continued her PhD studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, where she obtained the world’s first doctorate in Ecological Economics. Furthermore, she held positions in the governance of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE). At the WU she founded the Institute for Ecological Economics and is program director of the MSc Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy (SEEP).
Teaching in the ongoing semester
Publications
Journal article
| 2025 | Eckert, Linus, Stagl, Sigrid, Schemel, Benjamin. 2025. Social acceptance of climate policies: Insights from Austria. Read more |
| 2021 | Zell-Ziegler, Carina, Thema, Johannes, Best, Benjamin, Wiese, Frauke, Lage, Jonas, Schmidt, Annika, Toulouse, Edouard, Stagl, Sigrid. 2021. Enough? The role of sufficiency in European energy and climate plans. Read more |
| 2020 | Foster, Gillian Joanne, Kreinin, Halliki, Stagl, Sigrid. 2020. The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe. Read more |
| 2019 | Schanes, Karin, Stagl, Sigrid. 2019. Food waste fighters: What motivates people to engage in food sharing?. Read more |
| 2019 | de Schutter, Elisabeth Marie Louise, Giljum, S., Häyhä, Tiina, Bruckner, M., Naqvi, A., Omann, I., Stagl, S. 2019. Bioeconomy transitions through the lens of coupled social-ecological systems: A framework for place-based responsibility in the global resource system. Read more |
| 2018 | Foster, Gillian Joanne, Stagl, Sigrid. 2018. Design, implementation, and evaluation of an inverted (flipped) classroom model economics for sustainable education course. Read more |
| 2016 | Zwickl, Klara, Disslbacher, Franziska, Stagl, Sigrid. 2016. Work-sharing for a sustainable economy. Read more |
| 2016 | Rezai, Armon, Stagl, Sigrid. 2016. Ecological Macroeconomics: Introduction and Review. Read more |
| 2015 | Dobernig, Karin, Stagl, Sigrid. 2015. Growing a lifestyle movement? Exploring identity-work and lifestyle politics in urban food cultivation. Read more |
| 2014 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2014. Ecological macroeconomics. Reflections on labour markets. Read more |
| 2013 | Reed, M.S., Hubacek, Klaus, Bonn, A., Burt, T.P., Holden, J., Stringer, L.C., Beharry-Borg, N., Buckmaster, S., Chapman, D., Chapman, P., Clay, G.D., Cornell, S., Dougill, A.J., Evely, A., Fraser, E.D.G., Jin, N., Irvine, B., Kirkby, M., Kunin, W., Prell, C., Quinn, Ch., Slee, W., Stagl, Sigrid, Termansen, M., Thorp, S., Worrall, F. 2013. Anticipating and managing future trade-offs and complementarities between ecosystem services. Read more |
| 2012 | Sutherland, Lee Ann, Gabriel, Doreen, Hathaway-Jenkins, Laura, Pascual, Unai, Schmutz, Ulrich, Rigby, Dan, Godwin, Richard, Sait, Steven M., Sakrabani, Ruben, Kunin, William E., Benton, Tim G., Stagl, Sigrid. 2012. The 'Neighbourhood Effect'. Read more |
| 2011 | Kaufmann, Peter, Zemeckis, Romualdas, Skulskis, Virgilius, Kairyte, Emilija, Stagl, Sigrid. 2011. The diffusion of organic farming in Lithuania. Read more |
| 2010 | Garmendia, Eneko, Stagl, Sigrid. 2010. Public participation for sustainability and social learning. Read more |
| 2010 | Mechler, Reinhard, Rezai, Armon, Stagl, Sigrid. 2010. Is Green Growth feasible? Some reflections and implications for Austria. Read more |
| 2009 | Kowalski, Katharina, Stagl, Sigrid, Madlener, Reinhard, Omann, Ines. 2009. Sustainable energy futures. Read more |
| 2009 | Kaufmann, Peter, Stagl, Sigrid, Franks, Daniel W. 2009. Simulating the diffusion of organic farming practices in two New EU Member States. Read more |
| 2009 | Gabriel, Doreen, Carver, Stephen, Durham, Helen, Kunin, William E., Palmer, Robert C., Sait, Steven M., Stagl, Sigrid, Benton, Tim G. 2009. The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates. Read more |
| 2009 | Reed, M.S., Bonn, A., Slee, W., Beharry-Borg, N., Birch, J., Brown, I., Burt, T.P., Chapman, D., Chapman, P.J., Clay, G.D., Cornell, S.J., Fraser, E.D.G., Glass, J.H., Holden, J., Hodgson, J.A., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Jin, N., Kirkby, M.J., Kunin, W.E., Moore, O., Moseley, D., Prell, C., Price, M.F., Quinn, C.H., Redpath, S., Reid, C., Stagl, S., Stringer, L.C., Termansen, M., Thorp, S., Towers, W., Worrall, F. 2009. The future of the uplands. Read more |
| 2008 | Franks, DW, Noble, J., Kaufmann, Peter, Stagl, Sigrid. 2008. Extremism Propagation in Social Networks with Hubs. Read more |
| 2008 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2008. Ökosoziale Marktwirtschaft im Gespräch? Stichwort: Kostenwahrheit. Read more |
| 2007 | Madlener, Reinhard, Kowalski, Katharina, Stagl, Sigrid. 2007. New ways for the integrated appraisal of national energy scenarios. Read more |
| 2007 | Bohunovsky, L., Madlener, R., Omann, I., Bruckner, M., Stagl, Sigrid. 2007. Die Lokale Energienutzung der Zukunft - Integrierte Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von lokalen Energieszenarien. Read more |
| 2007 | Kaufmann, Peter, Stagl, Sigrid, Zawalinska, Katarzyna, Michalek, Jerzy. 2007. Measuring quality of life in rural Europe - a review of conceptual foundations. Read more |
| 2007 | Rammel, Christian, Stagl, Sigrid, Wilfing, Harald. 2007. Managing complex adaptive systems - A co-evolutionary perspective on natural resource management. Read more |
| 2007 | Bohunovsky, Lisa, Madlener, Reinhard, Omann, Ines, Bruckner, Martin, Stagl, Sigrid. 2007. Lokale Energiesysteme der Zukunft - Integrierte Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von lokalen Energieszenarien. Read more |
| 2007 | Holden, J., Shotbolt, L., Bonn, A., Burt, T. P., Chapman, P. J., Dougill, A. J., Fraser, E. D.G., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Kirkby, M. J., Reed, M. S., Prell, C., Stagl, S., Stringer, L. C., Turner, A., Worrall, F. 2007. Environmental change in moorland landscapes. Read more |
| 2007 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2007. Theoretical foundations of learning processes for sustainable development. Read more |
| 2007 | Rammel, Christian, Stagl, Sigrid, Wilfing, Harald. 2007. How to manage coevolving complex systems? – A coevolutionary perspective on natural resource management systems. Read more |
| 2006 | Dougill, Andy J., Fraser, E. D.G., Holden, J., Hubacek, K., Prell, C., Reed, M. S., Stagl, S., Stringer, L. C. 2006. Learning from doing participatory rural research. Read more |
| 2006 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2006. Multicriteria evaluation and public participation. Read more |
| 2006 | Briceno, Tania, Stagl, Sigrid. 2006. The role of social processes for sustainable consumption. Read more |
| 2005 | Madlener, Reinhard, Stagl, Sigrid. 2005. Sustainability-guided promotion of renewable electricity generation. Read more |
| 2005 | Starkl, Markus, Brunner, Norbert, Grasser, U., Moog, O., Stagl, S., Kärrman, Erik, Wimmer, Johann, Szewieczek, R., Haberl, R. 2005. Analysis and evaluation of methodologies to assess technical urban water systems. Read more |
| 2004 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Valuation for sustainable development - the role of multicriteria evaluation. Read more |
| 2003 | De Montis, A., De Toro, P., Droste-Franke, B., Omann, I., Stagl, Sigrid. 2003. Sustainable development and evaluation: some criteria for quality assessment of MCDA methods. Read more |
| 2003 | Van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M., Stagl, Sigrid. 2003. Coevolution of economic behaviour and institutions. Read more |
| 2002 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2002. Lernen und institutioneller Wandel für Nachhaltigkeit. Read more |
| 2002 | Stagl, Sigrid, O'Hara, Sabine U. 2002. Motivating factors and barriers to sustainable consumer behaviour. Read more |
| 2002 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2002. Local organic food markets. Read more |
| 2002 | O'Hara, Sabine U., Stagl, Sigrid. 2002. Endogenous preferences and sustainable development. Read more |
| 2001 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2001. Quotenregelungen mit Zertifikathandel und garantierte Einspeisevergütungen für Ökostrom: Sozio-ökologisch-ökonomische Bewertung förderungswürdiger Technologien. Read more |
| 2001 | Stagl, Sigrid, O’Hara, Sabine U. 2001. Preferences, needs and sustainability. Read more |
| 2001 | O'Hara, Sabine U., Stagl, Sigrid. 2001. Global food markets and their local alternatives - a socio-ecological economic perspective. Read more |
| 2000 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2000. Die Rolle der Konsumnachfrage für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Read more |
Book (monograph)
Chapter in edited volume
| 2018 | Soder, Michael, Theine, Hendrik, Stagl, Sigrid. 2018. Gewerkschaftliche Strategien in der Transformation der Energieerzeugung In: Die Rolle von Gewerkschaften bei der Gestaltung einer sozial-ökologischen Gesellschaft. Hrsg. Ulrich Brand, Kathrin Niedermoser. Read more |
| 2017 | Stagl, S. 2017. Free trade and its effects In: The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development. Hrsg. Wohlmeyer, Heinrich, Quendler, Theodor. Read more |
| 2017 | Stagl, Sigrid, Reichert, Tobias. 2017. International trade on the rise In: The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development. Hrsg. Wohlmeyer, Heinrich, Quendler, Theodor. Read more |
| 2017 | Stagl, S. 2017. Ecological economics as a new integrative approach In: The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development. Hrsg. Wohlmeyer, Heinrich, Quendler, Theodor. Read more |
| 2014 | Stagl, Sigrid, Schulz, Niels, Köppl, Angela, Kratena, Kurt, Mechler, Reinhard, Pirgmaier, Elke, Radunsky, Klaus, Rezai, Armon, Mehdi, Bano. 2014. Kapitel 6: Transformationspfade In: Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht Klimawandel 2014 (AAR14). Hrsg. Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). Read more |
| 2012 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2012. Institutions and changing social preferences. In: Reflexive governance for global public goods. Hrsg. Eric Brousseau, Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Bernd Siebenhüner. Read more |
| 2012 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2012. Value articulating institutions and changing social preferences In: Reflexive Governance for Global Public Goods. Hrsg. Brousseau, Eric, Dedeurwaerdere, Tom, Siebenhüner, Bernd. Read more |
| 2005 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2005. Il ruolo della valutazione multicriterio partecipata nella pianificazione energetica (The role for participatory multicriteria evaluation in energy planning). In: Energia, bellezza, partecipazione: la sfida della sostenibilità. Valutazioni integrate tra conservazione e sviluppo. Hrsg. Girard, Luigi Fusso; Nijkamp, Peter. Read more |
| 2005 | De Montis, Andrea, De Toro, Pasquale, Droste-Franke, Bert, Omann, Ines, Stagl, Sigrid. 2005. Sustainable development and evaluation: a framework for the comparison of multi-criteria decision methods In: Alternatives for Environmental Valuation. Hrsg. Getzner, Michael; Spash, Clive; Stagl, Sigrid. Read more |
| 2004 | De Montis, Andrea, De Toro, Pasquale, Droste-Franke, Bert, Omann, Ines, Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Assessing the quality of different MCDA methods In: Alternatives for Environmental Valuation. Hrsg. Getzner, Michael, Spash, Clive L., Stagl, Sigrid. Read more |
| 2004 | Jackson, Tim, Jager, Wander, Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Beyond insatiability - needs theory, consumption and sustainability In: The Ecological Economics of Consumption. Hrsg. Reisch, Lucia A., Røpke, Inge. Read more |
| 2004 | Spash, Clive L., Stagl, Sigrid, Getzner, Michael. 2004. Exploring alternatives for environmental valuation In: Alternatives for Environmental Valuation. Hrsg. Spash, Clive L., Stagl, Sigrid, Getzner, Michael. Read more |
| 2003 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2003. Endogene Umweltpräferenzen In: Jahrbuch Ökologische Ökonomik, Band 3. Hrsg. Beckenbach, F.; Meyerhoff, J. Read more |
| 2003 | Kastenhofer, Karen, Omann, Ines, Stagl, Sigrid, Steininger, Karl. 2003. Science policy for transdisciplinary research. In: The Encylopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Read more |
| 2001 | Stagl, Sigrid, Cox, Graham, Erickson, Jon, Hubacek, Klaus. 2001. A multi-criteria analysis for Open Space Conservation in New York State. In: Natural Environment Management and Applied Systems Analysis. Hrsg. Nakayama, H.; Makowski, Marek. Read more |
| 2001 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2001. Can a Firm be Ethical? Friedman, Georgescu-Roegen and Sustainable Agriculture In: Sustainability in Action. Sectoral and Regional Case Studies. Edward Elgar 2001. Read more |
| 2001 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2001. International trade and its effects - some critical remarks In: The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development. Hrsg. Wohlmeyer, Heinrich, Quendler, Theodor. Read more |
| 2000 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2000. Die Ökonomie als Teil des Ökosystems In: Zwischen Gesellschaft und Natur - Aspekte der Umweltgeschichte in Österreich und Europa. 151-166, öbv&hpt, Wien 2000. Read more |
| 2000 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2000. Methoden der Theoriebildung und Analyse der Fallbeispiele In: Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften. Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des Guten Lebens. 73-85, Kleine-Verlag, Bielefeld 2000. Read more |
| 2000 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2000. Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften - Beginnen wir mit Lebensmitteln. In: Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften. Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des Guten Lebens. 133-139, Kleine-Verlag, Bielefeld 2000. Read more |
| 2000 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2000. Ökologische Ökonomie - Chance für ein nachhaltigeres Lateinamerika? In: Recht auf Umwelt oder Umwelt ohne Recht? 89-104, Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt/Main 2000. Read more |
| 1997 | Stagl, Sigrid. 1997. Kommentierte Bibliografie zum Thema 'Arbeit - Arbeitslosigkeit - Utopien' In: Transformation der Arbeit-Prozeßwissenschaftliche Erforschung einer Grundkategorie, Falter Verlag, S. 210-247 1997. Read more |
| 1997 | Stagl, Sigrid. 1997. Segmentierung des Arbeitsmarktes und alterswirksames Unternehmensverhalten - Exkurs in die ökonomische Theorie In: Die Diskriminierung Älterer am Arbeitsmarkt. Wissenschaftsverlag, Wien 1997. Read more |
Working Paper/Preprint
| 2017 | Soder, Michael, Theine, Hendrik, Stagl, Sigrid. 2017. Gewerkschaftliche Strategien in der Transformation der Energieerzeugung. Read more |
| 2009 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2009. Value articulating institutions and changing social preferences. Read more |
| 2007 | Thompson, J., Millstone, E., Scoones, I., Ely, A., Marshall, F., Shah, E., Stagl, Sigrid. 2007. Agri-Food System Dynamics: pathways to sustainability in an era of uncertainty. Read more |
| 2007 | Stirling, A., Leach, M., Mehta, L., Scoones, I., Smith, A., Stagl, Sigrid, Thompson, J. 2007. Empowering Designs: towards more progressive appraisal of sustainability. Read more |
| 2007 | Scoones, I., Leach, M., Smith, A., Stagl, Sigrid, Stirling, A., Thompson, J. 2007. Dynamic Systems and the Challenge of Sustainability. Read more |
| 2006 | Stagl, Sigrid, Kaufmann, Peter, Franks, Daniel. 2006. Belief Formation and Social Influence in Agent-Based Modelling. Read more |
| 2004 | Kaufmann, Peter, Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Factors Influencing Farmers’ Decision Whether to Adopt Organic Farming Practices in Central and Eastern European Countries. Read more |
| 2004 | Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Promoting regional resilience: rural tourism and protected areas in Europe. Read more |
| 2004 | Albritton, Ch. Jason, Lange, Jillian, Stagl, Sigrid. 2004. Evaluating the UK Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme: a coevolutionary management perspective. Read more |