STaR Team
We are an interdisciplinary team representing social and natural sciences, and the humanities. We are dedicated to fostering research-, teaching-, and outreach- collaboration on and beyond our university's campus.
To learn more about our individual research activities, click here.
Core Team
Sigrid Stagl
Christian Rammel
Fellows (actively engaged alumni)
Kateřina Krebsová
From 2021 to 2023, Kateřina led the STaR SDG-Videos project, interviewing WU researchers, seasoned business leaders, and founders of sustainability startups. She has now returned to STaR to work on the Sustainable Work Lab, designed to serve as a go-to hub for showcasing WU’s latest research on the future of sustainable work. See her LinkedIn profile.
Alexandra Kick
Alexandra co-founded Thinkubator back in 2021. What began as a circular economy fellowship has grown into a think tank that now hosts Climate Launchpad in Austria, the world’s largest green business idea competition, with STaR as a key partner. In collaboration with RCE Vienna, Thinkubator also delivers the Green Skills Challenge. Alexandra's LinkedIn.
Felix Ambros
Felix is the Co-Founder of Thinkubator, a Circular Economy Think Tank based in Vienna. His work is driven by the vision of closing the knowledge-action gap in climate change to help Europe achieve a net-zero circular economy by 2050. He teaches at WU and FH Krems alongside Marie-Sophie Attems from RCE Vienna/STaR. See his LinkedIn.
Visiting Scholars
Aljaz Kuncic
Development Coordination Officer with the United Nations; STaR Visiting Scholar, Spring-Summer 2023. See Aljaz's LinkedIn profile. We also recommend his book SDG Haikus (with all profits donated to charitable causes related to the SDGs).
Project Support
We are grateful to all our long- and short-term project assistants, who have supported STaR across numerous initiatives and inspired many new ideas over the years. We are delighted that many of them remain committed to sustainability in their new careers—across a wide range of organizations, from universities to startups, business corporations, NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, and even the theater.
Eva Basantpreet
[2021 - 2025] Eva supported STaR with numerous activities, including event promotion, social media support, external outreach, and cross-campus engagement through the Green Buddies initiative. Here’s her LinkedIn profile.
Marlene Gruber
[2019 - 2025] Marlene (PhD in International Business) was involved in various STaR activities during her PhD, from supporting various Events to co-developing sustainability curricula with the WU Executive Academy and Tomorrow’s University. Here’s her LinkedIn profile.
Rohan Simon
[Summer, 2022 - Winter, 2025] Rohan (WU MBA, Finance) supported the team by maintaining the STaR website and LinkedIn page, hosting events, and participating in the filming of the SDG-Video series. He also created the informational page STaR intro to ESG Here's Rohan's LinkedIn profile.
Luca Ali
[2023 Spring - 2024 Winter] Luca (SEEP Master's) supported everyday operational processes and organized events for external stakeholders. She also helped to raise the visibility of the cross-campus Green Buddies initiative and contributed to the dissemination of the Refugee Talents brochure. Here's Luca's LinkedIn profile.
María Díaz Macías
[Spring, 2021-Summer, 2022] María (CEMS Master’s) helped us improve STaR’s social media strategy, contributed new website content, and was indispensable for the NBS SCC 2021 Workshop. Here's Maria's LinkedIn profile.
Teresa Riosa
[Spring-Summer, 2022] Teresa supported us with several aspects of the STaR Humanitarian Aid Hub initiative, including research for and compilation of relevant resources and materials. Here's Teresa's LinkedIn profile.
Marius Brand
[2019-2021] Marius (PhD in International Management) supported us with various activities during the foundational years of our center, including creating and managing an event website for the global Network for Business Sustainability conference.
Viktoriia Babii
[Spring-Summer, 2022] Viktoria supported us with the ViaGerman initiative. Founded and run by WU (CEMS) alumnus Lukas Pichler, the project helped Ukrainian children in Vienna learn German. Free lessons were offered by student, faculty, and alumni volunteers. Here's Victoria's LinkedIn profile.
Alisa Tkash
[Spring-Summer, 2022] Alisa supported us with the ViaGerman Initiative. Founded and run by WU (CEMS) alumnus Lukas Pichler, the project helped Ukrainian children in Vienna to learn German. Free lessons were offered by student, faculty, and alumni volunteers.
Susan Üstün
[Fall 2020] Susan (SEEP Master's) helped us enhance the Sustainability@WU and For Students pages, initiate the collection of STaR Resources, and produce a special series on “Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship” within the Inside Impact podcast. Here is her LinkedIn.
Dorian Aigner
[Summer 2020] Dorian (CEMS Master’s) collected the first round of Thesis Writing for Impact topics, conducted student interviews, and helped us launch the Sustainability@WU page. Here's Dorian's LinkedIn profile.
