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Stefanie Hellweg

Stefanie Hellweg

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
76
Citations
27150
World Ranking
689
National Ranking
11

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
85
Citations
32463
World Ranking
736
National Ranking
26

Overview

Stefanie Hellweg is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Engineering. Their body of work encompasses various specialized subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Global and Planetary Change, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Industrial Ecology, and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

Recent publications showcase a range of interdisciplinary research. Selected papers include:

  • "Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy" (2020, Nature)
  • "Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids" (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Growing environmental footprint of plastics driven by coal combustion" (2021, Nature Sustainability)
  • "LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method" (2020, Journal of Industrial Ecology)
  • "Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050" (2024, Science)

Stefanie Hellweg frequently publishes in several key scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research practice, with frequent co-authors including Stephan Pfister, Zhanyun Wang, Christopher Oberschelp, Vanessa Burg, and Ramin Roshandel. These partnerships reflect a multidisciplinary approach to complex environmental and engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment.

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

  • Assessing the environmental impacts of freshwater consumption in LCA

    Stephan Pfister;Annette Koehler;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment

    Stefanie Hellweg;Llorenç Milà i Canals

  • The ecoinvent Database: Overview and Methodological Framework (7 pp)

    Rolf Frischknecht;Niels Jungbluth;Hans-Jörg Althaus;Gabor Doka

  • Implementation of life cycle impact assessment methods. Data v2.0 (2007). Ecoinvent report No. 3

    R. Frischknecht;N. Jungbluth;H.-J. Althaus;R. Hischier

  • Overview and methodology. Data v2.0 (2007). Ecoinvent report No. 1

    R. Frischknecht;N. Jungbluth;H.-J. Althaus;R. Hischier

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction in Switzerland.

    Claudio Beretta;Franziska Stoessel;Urs Baier;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids.

    Helene Wiesinger;Zhanyun Wang;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Is cumulative fossil energy demand a useful indicator for the environmental performance of products

    Mark A J Huijbregts;Linda J A Rombouts;Stefanie Hellweg;Rolf Frischknecht

  • Growing environmental footprint of plastics driven by coal combustion

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  • Cumulative energy demand as predictor for the environmental burden of commodity production.

    Mark A. J. Huijbregts;Stefanie Hellweg;Rolf Frischknecht;Harrie W. M. Hendriks

  • Applying cumulative exergy demand (CExD) indicators to the ecoinvent database

    Michael E. Bösch;Stefanie Hellweg;Mark A. J. Huijbregts;Rolf Frischknecht

  • Cumulative Exergy Extraction from the Natural Environment (CEENE): a comprehensive Life Cycle Impact Assessment method for resource accounting

    J Dewulf;M E Bösch;B De Meester;G Van der Vorst

  • Impact of forest management on species richness: global meta-analysis and economic trade-offs

    Abhishek Chaudhary;Zuzana Burivalova;Lian Pin Koh;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Quantifying Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity: Combining Species–Area Models and Vulnerability Indicators

    Abhishek Chaudhary;Francesca Verones;Laura de Baan;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Environmental impacts of water use in global crop production: hotspots and trade-offs with land use.

    Stephan Pfister;Peter Bayer;Annette Koehler;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Do We Have the Right Performance Indicators for the Circular Economy?: Insight into the Swiss Waste Management System

    Melanie Haupt;Carl Vadenbo;Stefanie Hellweg

  • Is there any empirical support for biodiversity offset policy

    Michael Curran;Stefanie Hellweg;Jan Beck

  • Implementation of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods. ecoinvent report No. 3, v2.2

    R. Hischier;B. P. Weidema;H. J. Althaus;C. Bauer

  • Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want

    B. Oberle;S. Bringezu;S. Hatfield-Dodds;S. Hellweg

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. J. Huijbregts
Mark A. J. Huijbregts Radboud University
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Aafke M. Schipper
Aafke M. Schipper Radboud University
Samantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Tomoko Hasegawa
Tomoko Hasegawa Ritsumeikan University
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University

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