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Economics and Finance
Austria
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
49
Citations
11914
World Ranking
1436
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Giljum is affiliated with the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria. Their research predominantly focuses on Environmental Science, with particular expertise in Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work covers several primary topics including Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Mining and Resource Management, Extraction and Separation Processes, Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities, Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis, Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds, as well as Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Stefan Giljum has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century (2020) in Ecological Economics
  • A global-scale data set of mining areas (2020) in Scientific Data
  • Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12 (2021) in Nature Sustainability
  • Surge in global metal mining threatens vulnerable ecosystems (2021) in Global Environmental Change
  • An update on global mining land use (2022) in Scientific Data

Their frequent co-authors comprise Victor Maus, Mirko Lieber, Stephan Lutter, Sebastian Luckeneder, and Nina Eisenmenger.

Stefan Giljum's publications commonly appear in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Data, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Nature Sustainability, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • EXIOBASE 3: Developing a Time Series of Detailed Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input-Output Tables

    Konstantin Stadler;Richard Wood;Tatyana Bulavskaya;Carl-Johan Sodersten

  • Methodology and Indicators of Economy‐wide Material Flow Accounting

    Marina Fischer-Kowalski;Fridolin Krausmann;Stefan Giljum;Stephan Lutter

  • Global Sustainability Accounting—Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis

    Richard Wood;Konstantin Stadler;Tatyana Bulavskaya;Stephan Lutter

  • Decoupling : natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth

    Marina Fischer-Kowalski;Mark Swilling;Ernst Ulrich Von Weizsacker;Yong Ren

  • Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century

    Christian Dorninger;Christian Dorninger;Alf Hornborg;David J. Abson;Henrik von Wehrden

  • Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Forty Years of Evidence

    Heinz Schandl;Heinz Schandl;Marina Fischer-Kowalski;James West;Stefan Giljum

  • Applying physical input-output analysis to estimate land appropriation (ecological footprints) of international trade activities

    Klaus Hubacek;Klaus Hubacek;Stefan Giljum

  • The material basis of the global economy Worldwide patterns of natural resource extraction and their implications for sustainable resource use policies

    Arno Behrens;Stefan Giljum;Jan Kovanda;Samuel Niza

  • A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts

    Justin Kitzes;Alessandro Galli;Marco Bagliani;John Barrett

  • Towards a global multi-regional environmentally extended input-output database

    Arnold Tukker;Evgueni Poliakov;Reinout Heijungs;Troy Hawkins

  • North-South Trade and the Distribution of Environmental Goods and Burdens: a Biophysical Perspective

    Stefan Giljum;Nina Eisenmenger

  • Materials embodied in international trade – Global material extraction and consumption between 1995 and 2005

    Martin Bruckner;Stefan Giljum;Christian Lutz;Kirsten Svenja Wiebe

  • Environmental and resource footprints in a global context: Europe’s structural deficit in resource endowments

    Arnold Tukker;Arnold Tukker;Tanya Bulavskaya;Stefan Giljum;Arjan de Koning

  • Measuring telecouplings in the global land system: A review and comparative evaluation of land footprint accounting methods

    Martin Bruckner;Martin Bruckner;Günther Fischer;Sylvia Tramberend;Stefan Giljum

  • A global-scale data set of mining areas.

    Victor Wegner Maus;Victor Wegner Maus;Stefan Giljum;Jakob Gutschlhofer;DIeison M. da Silva

  • A comprehensive set of resource use indicators from the micro to the macro level

    Stefan Giljum;Eva Burger;Friedrich Hinterberger;Stephan Lutter

  • Global Patterns of Material Flows and their Socio-Economic and Environmental Implications: A MFA Study on All Countries World-Wide from 1980 to 2009

    Stefan Giljum;Monika Dittrich;Mirko Lieber;Stephan Lutter

  • Growth in Environmental Footprints and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Resource Efficiency Indicators from EXIOBASE3

    Richard Wood;Konstantin Stadler;Moana Silva Simas;Tatyana Bulavskaya

  • Trade, Materials Flows, and Economic Development in the South: The Example of Chile

    Stefan Giljum

  • Designing an indicator of environmental responsibility

    João Rodrigues;Tiago Domingos;Stefan Giljum;François Schneider

  • Modelling scenarios towards a sustainable use of natural resources in Europe

    Stefan Giljum;Arno Behrens;Friedrich Hinterberger;Christian Lutz

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold Tukker
Arnold Tukker Leiden University
Richard Wood
Richard Wood Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Heinz Schandl
Heinz Schandl Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Fridolin Krausmann
Fridolin Krausmann BOKU University
Günther Fischer
Günther Fischer International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Thomas Wiedmann
Thomas Wiedmann University of New South Wales
Stefan Bringezu
Stefan Bringezu University of Kassel
Raimund Bleischwitz
Raimund Bleischwitz University College London

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