Ines Omann

Ines Omann

Participation

Contact

Telephone +43 1 315 63 93 -31

E-Mail ines.omann@oegut.at

Short biography

Mag. Dr. Ines Omann is head of the Localised project at ÖGUT. She studied environmental systems science and economics at the University of Graz and holds a PhD in ecological economics from the Universities of Graz and Leeds. For 25 years, she has been working in transdisciplinary research projects in the fields of socio-ecological transformation, climate change and policy and sustainability research, among others at SERI, the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the Helmholtz Research Centre for the Environment in Leipzig, or at ÖFSE. She is also a self-employed moderator and process facilitator. As such, she coordinated, for example, the first ,,österreichischen Klimarat der Bürger:innen 2022'' (Austrian Citizens' Climate Council 2022).

Key activities

  • Social-ecological transformation research
  • climate research
  • Citizen participation
  • Participatory research
  • Stakeholder participation, process support and moderation

Publications

Peer reviewed journals

Jäger, J., Brutschin, E., Pianta, S., Omann, I, Kammerlander, M., Sudharmma Vishwanathan, S,, Vrontisi, Z., MacDonald, J. and van Ruijven, B. (2023): Stakeholder engagement and decarbonization pathways: Meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Sustain. 3:1063719. doi: 10.3389/frsus.2022.1063719.

Kammerlander, M., Omann, I., Gerold, S., Mock, M., Stocker, A. (2020). How does a social practice perspective add to the development of policy instruments to reduce consumption-based CO2 emissions? A case study of Austria. In: Climate Policy, 20 (3), 323-340, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1727830

Omann, I., Kammerlander, M., Jäger, J. et al. (2019). Assessing opportunities for scaling out, up and deep of win-win solutions for a sustainable world. In: Climatic Change, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02503-9

Omann, I., Handler, M: (2019). Art of Hosting in Lehre, Forschung und Organisationsentwicklung Wie können wir gemeinsam Neues schaffen und Veränderung gestalten? In: Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln. Ausgabe 3.

Schäpke, N.; Omann, I.; Wittmayer, J.M.; van Steenbergen, F.; Mock, M. (2017). Linking Transitions to Sustainability: A Study of the Societal Effects of Transition Management. Sustainability 9, 737. doi:10.3390/su9050737 http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/5/737

Omann, I., Mock, M., Lauer, P., Schuler, J. (2017). Engagement und Wellbeing: Wie nachhaltiges Verhalten unser Wohlbefinden beeinflusst. In: Momentum quarterly Vol. 6, No. 2 (2017), p. 107-122.

Rauschmayer, F., Omann I. (2017). Needs as a central element of sustainable development. In: Spash, C.L. (ed). (2017). Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics: Nature and Society. Abingdon : Routledge.

Books (editor or chapter author)

Rauschmayer F, Omann I, Frühmann J. (2011). Needs, capabilities, and quality of life. Re-conceptualizing Sustainable Development. In Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs, and Well-Being, Rauschmayer, F., Omann, I. and Frühmann, J. (eds). Routledge: London.

Rauschmayer, F., Omann, I. (2015). Well-being in Sustainability Transitions: Making Use of Needs In: Müller, M.L., O'Brien, K. (Eds). Sustainability and the Good Life. Studies in Environmental Humanities. Rodopi, Oslo. Pp. 111-125.

Jäger, J., Omann, I., Hinterberger F. (2016). Was verträgt unsere Erde noch? In: Wiegandt, K. (Ed.). Mut zur Nachhaltigkeit. 12 Wege in die Zukunft. Forum für Verantwortung. Fischer: Frankfurt. Pp.15-79.

Rauschmayer, F., Omann I. (2017). Needs as a central element of sustainable development. In: Spash, C.L. (ed). (2017). Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics: Nature and Society. Abingdon: Routledge.

Lauer P., Omann I., Mock M. (2019). Nachhaltiges Intervenieren – welche Rolle kann Forschung spielen?. In: Ukowitz M., Hübner R. (eds) Interventionsforschung. Springer, Wiesbaden. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-22048-8_5. S.109-135.

Handler, M., Omann, I., Hübner, R. (2019). Art of Hosting oder wie können Konferenzen durch ihre Gestaltung transformativ wirken? In: Hübner, R., Schmon, B. (Eds.). Das transformative Potenzial von Konsum zwischen .Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung Chancen und Risiken, Reihe: Kritische Verbraucherforschung. Springer. S. 161-174.