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Michael Zwicky Hauschild

Michael Zwicky Hauschild

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Environmental Sciences
Denmark
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Denmark
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
97
Citations
38866
World Ranking
431
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Michael Zwicky Hauschild is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily revolves around environmental science and engineering, with a focus on sustainability and industrial processes.

The scientist has contributed to various fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Building and Construction

Michael Zwicky Hauschild's research addresses multiple interrelated topics, notably:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research

The scientist has published extensively, with influential papers that include:

  • "Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Efficiency stagnation in global steel production urges joint supply- and demand-side mitigation efforts," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Review of life-cycle based methods for absolute environmental sustainability assessment and their applications," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Closed-loop systems to circular economy: A pathway to environmental sustainability?" 2022, CIRP Annals
  • "LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method," 2020, Journal of Industrial Ecology

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Procedia CIRP
  • CIRP Annals
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Alexis Laurent
  • Mikołaj Owsianiak
  • Morten Ryberg
  • Sami Kara
  • Peter Fantke

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment.

    Göran Finnveden;Michael Z. Hauschild;Tomas Ekvall;Jeroen B. Guinée

  • USEtox—the UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment

    Ralph K. Rosenbaum;Till M. Bachmann;Lois Swirsky Gold;Mark A. J. Huijbregts

  • Environmental Assessment of Products: Volume 1 Methodology, Tools and Case Studies in Product Development

    Henrik Wenzel;Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Leo Alting

  • Environmental assessment of products

    Henrik Wenzel;Michael Hauschild;Leo Alting

  • Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems--part I: lessons learned and perspectives.

    Alexis Laurent;Ioannis Bakas;Julie Clavreul;Anna Bernstad

  • Life Cycle Assessment - Theory and Practice

    Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Ralph K. Rosenbaum;Stig Irving Olsen

  • Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment

    Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Mark Goedkoop;Jeroen Guinée;Reinout Heijungs

  • Environmental Assessment of Products: Volume 2: Scientific Background

    Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Henrik Wenzel

  • Methodologies for social life cycle assessment

    Andreas Jørgensen;Agathe Le Bocq;Liudmila Nazarkina;Michael Hauschild

  • A Framework for Social Life Cycle Impact Assessment (10 pp)

    Louise Camilla Dreyer;Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Jens Schierbeck

  • Comparison of three different LCIA methods: EDIP97, CML2001 and Eco-indicator 99. Does it matter which one you choose

    Louise Camilla Dreyer;Anne Louise Niemann;Michael Zwicky Hauschild

  • From Life Cycle Assessment to Sustainable Production: Status and Perspectives

    Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Jack Jeswiet;Leo Alting

  • Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems - Part II: Methodological guidance for a better practice.

    Alexis Laurent;Julie Clavreul;Anna Bernstad;Ioannis Bakas

  • IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method

    Cécile Bulle;Cécile Bulle;Manuele Margni;Laure Patouillard;Laure Patouillard;Anne-Marie Boulay

  • Limitations of carbon footprint as indicator of environmental sustainability.

    Alexis Laurent;Stig I. Olsen;Michael Z. Hauschild

  • Best available practice regarding impact categories and category indicators in life cycle impact assessment

    Helias A. Udo de Haes;Olivier Jolliet;Göran Finnveden;Michael Hauschild

  • Key issues and options in accounting for carbon sequestration and temporary storage in life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting

    Miguel Brandao;Annie Levasseur;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Bo P. Weidema

  • Building a model based on scientific consensus for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of chemicals: the search for harmony and parsimony.

    Michael Z. Hauschild;Mark Huijbregts;Olivier Jolliet;Matt Macleod

  • Life-Cycle Impact Assessment: Striving towards Best Practice

    H.A Udo de Haes;G Finnveden;M Goedkoop;M Hauschild

  • Supply chain collaboration in industrial symbiosis networks

    Gábor Herczeg;Gábor Herczeg;Renzo Akkerman;Michael Zwicky Hauschild

  • C balance, carbon dioxide emissions and global warming potentials in LCA-modelling of waste management systems:

    Thomas H. Christensen;Emmanuel Christophe Gentil;Alessio Boldrin;Anna W. Larsen

  • Environmental assessment of solid waste systems and technologies: EASEWASTE

    Janus Torsten Kirkeby;Harpa Birgisdottir;Trine Lund Hansen;Thomas Højlund Christensen

  • USEtox fate and ecotoxicity factors for comparative assessment of toxic emissions in life cycle analysis: sensitivity to key chemical properties

    Ralph K. Rosenbaum;Mark Huijbregts;Andrew D. Henderson;Manuele Margni

  • Drivers and barriers for implementation of environmental strategies in manufacturing companies

    Niki Bey;Michael Zwicky Hauschild;Tim C. McAloone

  • Methodology, tools and case studies in product development

    Henrik Wenzel;Michael Hauschild;Leo Alting

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis Laurent
Alexis Laurent Technical University of Denmark
Olivier Jolliet
Olivier Jolliet University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Henrik Wenzel
Henrik Wenzel University of Southern Denmark
Manuele Margni
Manuele Margni Polytechnique Montréal
Peter Fantke
Peter Fantke Technical University of Denmark
Mark A. J. Huijbregts
Mark A. J. Huijbregts Radboud University
Thomas Højlund Christensen
Thomas Højlund Christensen Technical University of Denmark
Sami Kara
Sami Kara University of New South Wales
Jeroen B. Guinée
Jeroen B. Guinée Leiden University
Dik van de Meent
Dik van de Meent Radboud University

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