The ESDN Office
In early 2006, the ESDN Steering Group contracted the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration to run the ESDN Office for an initial period of two years.
The mission of the ESDN Office is to help improve national SD strategy processes in Europe and to assist in the delivery of the renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS) by facilitating a continuous exchange of experiences between the relevant national key actors. Current key functions of the ESDN Office are
- to maintain a website that serves the ESDN and the public as an up-to-date “one-stop-shop” on SD strategies and related activities throughout Europe,
- to support the ESDN members individually in finding information on SD strategies;
- to help the ESDN and the Steering Group in finding and articulating common interests, and
- to support the formulation of common “products” or “services” of the ESDN.
The activities of the ESDN Office are overseen by the Steering Group.
The ESDN Office Team from the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability consists of the following experts (for more information about the ESDN Office Team members, click on one of the photos):
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André Martinuzzi (Dr.) coordinates the ESDN Office. He is Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Business and Administration and Director of RIMAS. He specialises in sustainable development policy, environmental management, evaluation and monitoring as well as knowledge brokerage. He coordinated projects in FP5 and FP6 and is currently work package leader in two FP7 projects (CORPUS and IMPACT). On behalf of DG Research and Eurostat he designed and implemented internet-based monitoring and information systems.
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Gerald Berger (Mag., MSc) is operating officer of the ESDN Office. He holds an MA in political science from Salzburg University and an MSc in sustainable development policy and planning from Cardiff University, Wales, UK. His main research interests are sustainable development policy, governance and EU policy-making as well as environmental policy. He has more than 10 years experience in European research projects and has, since many years, organised international workshops and conferences for policy-makers and researchers alike.
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Andreas Endl (Mag.) studied biology and anthropology at the University of Vienna and participated in the international master-programme of human ecology at the Free University of Brussels. His areas of expertise include data mining and statistical analysis in SPSS, social network analysis as well as monitoring and evaluation of sustainable development issues. He was one of the authors of the 2011 Eurostat Monitoring Report of the EU SDS, and is involved in the monitoring the FP7 contribution to the EU SDS.
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Markus Hametner (Mag.) studied ecology and environmental management and has also long-term experience in designing and running websites, web platforms and e-learning frameworks. He currently coordinates two large European projects: a project on monitoring the progress of the EU SDS for Eurostat and a project on evaluating the integration of sustainable development objectives into FP7 work programmes.
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Umberto Pisano (MSc) studied Sustainability and Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds (UK). In his dissertation he analysed the role of renewable energy projects within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a mean to tackle Climate Change, to contribute to local Sustainable Development and to develop a low-carbon energy infrastructure in developing countries. He previously graduated in Economics and Business at University of RomaTre in Rome (IT). His current research activities focus on sustainable consumption, beyond growth concerns, system mapping and sustainable development.
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Katrin Lepuschitz (BA) holds her bachelor degree in Sinology and is currently studying an international and trans-disciplinary Master programme "Environmental Technologies and International Affairs" at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the Technical University of Vienna. Since 2011 she is employed as junior researcher at the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS). Her area of operation includes translations, research and assistance in organizing projects and workshops.
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Michal Sedlacko (Dr.) studied environmental sciences and international relations at the University of Economics in Bratislava and at the Central European University in Budapest. He conducted several international projects (e.g. for UNDP) and is currently coordinating the EASY-ECO projects that is funded in FP6. His has since many years experience in institutional analysis, ecological economics and sustainability evaluation.
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