Simone Gingrich
@simonegingrich.bsky.social
Environmental historian, social ecologist. Prof @bokusec.bsky.social industrialization, land use, emissions
Pinned
boku.ac.at
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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Open Tenure-track Position in our Insitute! career position in compliance with § 99 (5) UG in the field of Environmental History with a focus on longterm socio-ecological research. 🌿
🗓 Application Deadline: January 6
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
🗓 Application Deadline: January 6
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Open Tenure-track Position in our Insitute! career position in compliance with § 99 (5) UG in the field of Environmental History with a focus on longterm socio-ecological research. 🌿
🗓 Application Deadline: January 6
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
🗓 Application Deadline: January 6
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
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Interested in a tenure track position to work with us in environmental history at SEC and BOKU University in Vienna? Deadline to apply is Jan, 6 next year, details here: boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Interested in a tenure track position to work with us in environmental history at SEC and BOKU University in Vienna? Deadline to apply is Jan, 6 next year, details here: boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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🌳 Join us for a fascinating SEC Lecture with @pszaboenviro.bsky.social, How history shapes our Forests Today
📅 16 Dec 2025, 17:00
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@bokuvienna.bsky.social
📅 16 Dec 2025, 17:00
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@bokuvienna.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🌳 Join us for a fascinating SEC Lecture with @pszaboenviro.bsky.social, How history shapes our Forests Today
📅 16 Dec 2025, 17:00
🔗 boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/so...
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
📅 16 Dec 2025, 17:00
🔗 boku.ac.at/wiso/isec/so...
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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Read of the day:🌲The Industrialization of Forests.
a fascinating chapter on forest transitions, empire, and ecology in Central Europe.
📖by @simonegingrich.bsky.social & @maschmid.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3167/9781...
@zug-wien.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social
a fascinating chapter on forest transitions, empire, and ecology in Central Europe.
📖by @simonegingrich.bsky.social & @maschmid.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3167/9781...
@zug-wien.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Read of the day:🌲The Industrialization of Forests.
a fascinating chapter on forest transitions, empire, and ecology in Central Europe.
📖by @simonegingrich.bsky.social & @maschmid.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3167/9781...
@zug-wien.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social
a fascinating chapter on forest transitions, empire, and ecology in Central Europe.
📖by @simonegingrich.bsky.social & @maschmid.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3167/9781...
@zug-wien.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social
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***Call for Papers***
Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at
#envhist
Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at
#envhist
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
***Call for Papers***
Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at
#envhist
Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at
#envhist
"Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options". Read our new paper led by @alinabrad.bsky.social and @etienneschneider.bsky.social on the abundant policy measures aiming to reduce household emissions in Austria and their limited effect: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options - Communications Earth & Environment
In Austria, policy relies on measures that promote a shift to less emission-intensive services and improve efficiency, but neglects options that reduce resource consumption, according to an analysis t...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options". Read our new paper led by @alinabrad.bsky.social and @etienneschneider.bsky.social on the abundant policy measures aiming to reduce household emissions in Austria and their limited effect: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Der eben veröffentlichte Report zu Global Tipping Points zeigt, dass manche Kipppunkte im Erdsystem bereits angestoßen wurden. Ein Beispiel ist die tropische Korallenbleiche. Die Risiken steigen mit der weiterhin ungebremst voranschreitenden Erderhitzung.
global-tipping-points.org
global-tipping-points.org
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Der eben veröffentlichte Report zu Global Tipping Points zeigt, dass manche Kipppunkte im Erdsystem bereits angestoßen wurden. Ein Beispiel ist die tropische Korallenbleiche. Die Risiken steigen mit der weiterhin ungebremst voranschreitenden Erderhitzung.
global-tipping-points.org
global-tipping-points.org
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! 🌲🌳
👇Fully funded postdoc position 👇
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! 🌲🌳
👇Fully funded postdoc position 👇
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! 🌲🌳
👇Fully funded postdoc position 👇
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! 🌲🌳
👇Fully funded postdoc position 👇
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol
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Are you following our Early-Career-Scholar network, ESEH NextGate? They organize events and support young scholars. Follow here: @esehnextgate.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Are you following our Early-Career-Scholar network, ESEH NextGate? They organize events and support young scholars. Follow here: @esehnextgate.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
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🌍 Is decoupling enough to meet U.S. climate targets in agriculture & forestry?
Our new study in Ecological Economics looks at >100 years of GHG emissions and carbon fluxes in the AFOLU sector (1910–2022).
📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌍 Is decoupling enough to meet U.S. climate targets in agriculture & forestry?
Our new study in Ecological Economics looks at >100 years of GHG emissions and carbon fluxes in the AFOLU sector (1910–2022).
📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is decoupling enough to achieve the U.S. climate targets for agriculture and forestry? Historical greenhouse gas and biomass fluxes from AFOLU sector production in the United States, 1910–2022
The U.S. have committed to a 35 % decrease of non-CO2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CH4, N2O) by 2030. Around half of these emissions stem from the …
www.sciencedirect.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
[1/🧵]
🌍 Is decoupling enough to meet U.S. climate targets in agriculture & forestry?
Our new study in Ecological Economics looks at >100 years of GHG emissions and carbon fluxes in the AFOLU sector (1910–2022).
📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌍 Is decoupling enough to meet U.S. climate targets in agriculture & forestry?
Our new study in Ecological Economics looks at >100 years of GHG emissions and carbon fluxes in the AFOLU sector (1910–2022).
📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We are looking for multidisciplinary panels to be presented at our upcoming conference "Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds," which takes place in July next year.
The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We are looking for multidisciplinary panels to be presented at our upcoming conference "Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds," which takes place in July next year.
The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
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How can we effectively reduce emissions?
We have a new paper out in Energy Research & Social Science, led by @melaniepichler.bsky.social, with @simonegingrich.bsky.social, @n-roux.bsky.social, @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social
@bokusec.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social
1/9
tinyurl.com/ytm2zd9m
We have a new paper out in Energy Research & Social Science, led by @melaniepichler.bsky.social, with @simonegingrich.bsky.social, @n-roux.bsky.social, @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social
@bokusec.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social
1/9
tinyurl.com/ytm2zd9m
Conceptualizing supply- and demand-side climate change mitigation: A typology and new research directions
tinyurl.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How can we effectively reduce emissions?
We have a new paper out in Energy Research & Social Science, led by @melaniepichler.bsky.social, with @simonegingrich.bsky.social, @n-roux.bsky.social, @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social
@bokusec.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social
1/9
tinyurl.com/ytm2zd9m
We have a new paper out in Energy Research & Social Science, led by @melaniepichler.bsky.social, with @simonegingrich.bsky.social, @n-roux.bsky.social, @dominikwiedenhofer.bsky.social
@bokusec.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social
1/9
tinyurl.com/ytm2zd9m
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Super Video Zusammenfassung des Kapitels zu Landnutzung & Ökosystemen im 🇦🇹 Klimabericht:
🌾 Landwirtschaft = 10 % der THG-Emissionen Österreichs
🌍 16% der Agrarimporte stammen aus klimaanfälligen Regionen
Lösungen:
🥩 Weniger Tierprodukte,
🌱 mehr Natur,
🔄 Konflikte fair lösen
#AAR2 #APCC
🌾 Landwirtschaft = 10 % der THG-Emissionen Österreichs
🌍 16% der Agrarimporte stammen aus klimaanfälligen Regionen
Lösungen:
🥩 Weniger Tierprodukte,
🌱 mehr Natur,
🔄 Konflikte fair lösen
#AAR2 #APCC
Dürren und Starkregen werden häufiger. Gleichzeitig sind unsere Böden teils ausgelaugt. Wächst da noch was? Und was, wenn nicht?
In Kapitel 2 des neuen Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel in Österreich gibt's Antworten #AAR2
In Kapitel 2 des neuen Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel in Österreich gibt's Antworten #AAR2
Können wir uns selbst versorgen? | AAR2 | Kapitel 2
YouTube video by Verena Mischitz
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June 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change #AAR2 by #APCC is now published.
aar2.ccca.ac.at
@ccca.ac.at
Here are eight key messages:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
@ccca.ac.at
Here are eight key messages:
Zweiter Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel | AAR2
Der AAR2 ist ein umfassender, interdisziplinärer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel in Österreich.
aar2.ccca.ac.at
June 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change #AAR2 by #APCC is now published.
aar2.ccca.ac.at
@ccca.ac.at
Here are eight key messages:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
@ccca.ac.at
Here are eight key messages:
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📘 Die BOKU-Autor*innen des Zweiten Österreichischen Sachstandsberichts zum Klimawandel rufen zu einer entschlossenen Klimapolitik auf:
short.boku.ac.at/92odzp001000...
short.boku.ac.at/92odzp001000...
June 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📘 Die BOKU-Autor*innen des Zweiten Österreichischen Sachstandsberichts zum Klimawandel rufen zu einer entschlossenen Klimapolitik auf:
short.boku.ac.at/92odzp001000...
short.boku.ac.at/92odzp001000...
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Heute wurde der Klimabericht #AAR2 - der Zweite Österreichische Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel - veröffentlicht!
In Kooperation & mit Begleitung des CCCA wurde der Bericht von rund 200 Wissenschaftler:innen erarbeitet.
Die Vollversion & die Zusammenfassungen findet ihr hier:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
In Kooperation & mit Begleitung des CCCA wurde der Bericht von rund 200 Wissenschaftler:innen erarbeitet.
Die Vollversion & die Zusammenfassungen findet ihr hier:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
Zweiter Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel | AAR2
Der AAR2 ist ein umfassender, interdisziplinärer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel in Österreich.
aar2.ccca.ac.at
June 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Heute wurde der Klimabericht #AAR2 - der Zweite Österreichische Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel - veröffentlicht!
In Kooperation & mit Begleitung des CCCA wurde der Bericht von rund 200 Wissenschaftler:innen erarbeitet.
Die Vollversion & die Zusammenfassungen findet ihr hier:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
In Kooperation & mit Begleitung des CCCA wurde der Bericht von rund 200 Wissenschaftler:innen erarbeitet.
Die Vollversion & die Zusammenfassungen findet ihr hier:
aar2.ccca.ac.at
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Erstmals seit Mitte der 1960-er Jahre - also seit 60 Jahren - nimmt der Holzvorrat im Wald leicht ab. Damit hat der Wald - trotz nach wie vor leicht wachsender Waldfläche - in der letzten Periode wohl netto keinen Kohlenstoff mehr aus der Atmosphäre aufgenommen.
www.bfw.gv.at/pressemeldun...
www.bfw.gv.at/pressemeldun...
www.bfw.gv.at
January 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Erstmals seit Mitte der 1960-er Jahre - also seit 60 Jahren - nimmt der Holzvorrat im Wald leicht ab. Damit hat der Wald - trotz nach wie vor leicht wachsender Waldfläche - in der letzten Periode wohl netto keinen Kohlenstoff mehr aus der Atmosphäre aufgenommen.
www.bfw.gv.at/pressemeldun...
www.bfw.gv.at/pressemeldun...
🚨Ausschreibung: studentische Mitarbeit! Wir suchen jemanden, der*die bei der Recherche (quantitativer) Informationen zu Waldweide in Österreich im 19. Jh unterstützt🌳🌲🐂📖 . Diverse Studienrichtungen willkommen boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da... @zug-wien.bsky.social
boku.ac.at
December 19, 2024 at 7:20 AM
🚨Ausschreibung: studentische Mitarbeit! Wir suchen jemanden, der*die bei der Recherche (quantitativer) Informationen zu Waldweide in Österreich im 19. Jh unterstützt🌳🌲🐂📖 . Diverse Studienrichtungen willkommen boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da... @zug-wien.bsky.social
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Two more job vacancies! post doc position (full time, 6y) in the field of political ecology (e.g., new conflicts, changing geopolitical/North-South relations, more-than-human approaches). Please share widely and contact me for any queries 1/2
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boku.ac.at
December 2, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Two more job vacancies! post doc position (full time, 6y) in the field of political ecology (e.g., new conflicts, changing geopolitical/North-South relations, more-than-human approaches). Please share widely and contact me for any queries 1/2
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
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We are hiring! Post doc (full time, 6y) in the fields of social ecology, ecological/feminist economics or similar (e.g., provisioning systems, degrowth, environmental labor studies, socio-ecological practices). Please share and contact me for any queries. Deadline: 9th Dec
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 20, 2024 at 6:57 PM
We are hiring! Post doc (full time, 6y) in the fields of social ecology, ecological/feminist economics or similar (e.g., provisioning systems, degrowth, environmental labor studies, socio-ecological practices). Please share and contact me for any queries. Deadline: 9th Dec
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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Time to prepare an abstract: The deadline for the 13th biennial ESEH conference, in Uppsala, Sweden, is on 31 October. Alongside the conventional formats, this conference welcomes "Different World Sessions" like history cafes, poetry slams, debates, artistic interventions and more.
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
Call for Papers - ESEH CONFERENCE 2025
13th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference Climate Histories The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) is pleased to invite proposals for sessions, individ...
eseh2025.com
September 28, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Forest recovery can be beneficial for people and nature, but this is not necessarily so. Check out our new paper led by C Kull on nine pitfalls when equating forest transitions with shifts towards more sustainability! Open access now www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Pitfalls for the sustainability of forest transitions: evidence from Southeast Asia | Environmental Conservation | Cambridge Core
Pitfalls for the sustainability of forest transitions: evidence from Southeast Asia
www.cambridge.org
May 23, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Forest recovery can be beneficial for people and nature, but this is not necessarily so. Check out our new paper led by C Kull on nine pitfalls when equating forest transitions with shifts towards more sustainability! Open access now www.cambridge.org/core/journal...