About Us

Our mission and activities

As a Competence Center not-tied to an academic program or deparment, STaR is uniquely positioned to support WU’s societal responsibility as a driver of sustainable transformations. Our key aim is to serve as a platform for networking, knowledge exchange, external engagement, and dissemination of exemplary scholarship on all aspects related to environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

We host academic and public events, provide online space for sharing relevant content, and serve as a liaison between WU community and external stakeholders.

Our Team

We are an interdisciplinary team representing the social and natural sciences, and humanities. We are dedicated to fostering research and teaching collaboration on and beyond our university's campus.

For general inquiries, please contact us at star@wu.ac.at.

Sigrid Stagl

Co-Director at STaR, Head of the Department of Socioeconomics

sigrid.stagl@wu.ac.at

+43 1 31336 5790

Günter Stahl

Co-Director at STaR, Institute for International Business, Department of Global Business and Trade

guenter.stahl@wu.ac.at

+43 1 31336 4434

Milda Zilinskaite

Senior Scientist & Center Manager at STaR

milda.zilinskaite@wu.ac.at

+43 1 31336 5684

Christian Rammel

STaR WU Third Mission & SDGs, Head of the RCE Vienna

Responsibilities: See our RCE Vienna and Third mission sites

christian.rammel@wu.ac.at

+43 1 31336 5762

Laura Bauer

Organizational and Network Support (part time)

Responsibilities: Event logistics, Green Buddies, SDG-Club & SDG-Day, STaR representative at Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria and PRME DACH chapter

laura.bauer@wu.ac.at

+43 1 31336 6146