Leadership
I build research teams around interdisciplinary environmental and behavioral questions.
I have built an independent research programme at the intersection of environmental, behavioral and experimental economics. My research leadership combines competitive funding, international collaboration, interdisciplinary team development, researcher mentoring and policy engagement.
eading and coordinating interdisciplinary collaborations across environmental economics, behavioral science and climate research.
Research leadership at a glance:
9M€+ in competitively funded research project led or co-led (full list here)
7 projects as sole PI
Personally managed ~2M€ in research funding
PI of the Austrian project part (Economic Experiments and Household Surveys)
International research leadership:
Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Affiliated Faculty since 2012
2nd Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change
Coordinating Lead Author
Chapter on navigating demand-side transformations towards net-zero.
Major national climate assessment involving more than 120 researchers and approximately 2M€ in funding.
International scientific service
Scientific committees of EAERE, the Austrian Economic Association, and the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.
Reviewer of grant applications
European Commission, the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR).
Institutional Leadership:
Deputy Coordinator of the Research Center Innsbruck Decision Sciences, since 2023.
Deputy-Director of the Research Area Economics, Politics and Society (400+ members in social sciences), 2021–2023.
Faculty Tenure Commission representative, 2026–present
Recognition:
2026: Honor mention to the Best Published Paper Award
Spanish and Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.
2025: Beatriz de Galindo Senior Category
Ranked #15 nationally across all disciplines; position subsequently declined because of incompatibility with the starting timeline.
2022: Best Published Paper Award
Spanish and Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.
2017: Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
Government of the Balearic Islands.
2009: Gabriel Escarrer International Prize in Tourism Studies
For work contributing to my PhD thesis.