Professor of Ecological Economics
Julia K. Steinberger (born 1974) is Professor of
Ecological Economics at the
University of Lausanne .
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[4] She studies the relationships between the use of resources and performance of societies. She is an author of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
6th Assessment Report , contributing to the report's discussion of
climate change mitigation pathways.
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Education and early life
Steinberger, daughter of
Nobel laureate in Physics
Jack Steinberger , studied science at the
Collège de Saussure in Switzerland, where she was awarded the de Saussure prize in 1993. Steinberger moved to the
United States for her graduate degree, working at
Brown University on the
cosmic microwave background .
[6] She earned her
PhD studying
ultracold atoms at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
[7] She worked in the centre for
ultracold atoms with
Thomas Greytak and
Daniel Kleppner ,
[2] developing new ways to trap ultracold hydrogen and
deuterium .
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[9] The comparison of hyperfine splitting in the ground and excited state is expected to test
quantum electrodynamics . During graduate school Steinberger was a member of the
MIT Social Justice Cooperative.
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Research and career
Steinberger was a
postdoctoral
fellow at the
University of Lausanne and then the
University of Zurich , working alongside
Claudia R. Binder .
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[13] Steinberger was appointed Senior Researcher at the
University of Klagenfurt Institute of Social Ecology in 2007.
[14] Her research considers the relationships between the use of resources (energy, materials and emission of greenhouse gases) and performance of societies (wellbeing and economic output).
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[16] She is interested in identifying new development pathways toward a
low carbon society.
[17] She joined the
University of Leeds as an associate professor in ecological economics in 2011.
[18] She is a member of the
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP).
[19] On 1 August 2020, Steinberger joined the
University of Lausanne as a full professor on the social
impact of climate change .
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Steinberger showed the
greenhouse gas emissions of global cities depends on the relation between geophysical and technical factors.
[21] She has also investigated the textile chain,
food waste and materials use.
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[25] Steinberger is a member of the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) iBUILD (I nfrastructure BU siness models, valuation and I nnovation for L ocal D elivery ).
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Steinberger is the Principal Investigator on the
Leverhulme Trust Project "Living Well Within Limits".
[28] The project investigates what the biophysical requirements are for human well-being, and the influence of social provisioning on the levels of resource associated with this.
[28] The project also looks to understand how the world's limited resources could be used to preserve human wellbeing.
[28] To achieve this, Steinberger believes it is necessary to define what a "good" life is, understand what the requirements are for wellbeing and the context surrounding international inequality.
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Steinberger has studied how humanity can maintain a good quality of life without damaging the planet.
[30] She argues that to achieve the
United Nations (UN)
Sustainable Development Goals the world must move away from growth and toward an economic model that promotes sustainability and equity.
[30] Steinberger and colleagues visualised the relationship between national performance in several
environmental sustainability indicators and social thresholds for a 'good life'.
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In 2020, Harrabin reported on her research on the responsibility of the rich for climate change.
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Steinberger supports the work of
Greta Thunberg and the
school strike for climate activists.
[34] She was one of 238 academics who called for the
European Union to limit economic growth and instead promote stability and wellbeing.
[35] Steinberger has been the Lead Author on the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report for Working Group 3.
[36] She was also Lead Author on the Urbanisation knowledge module of the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Global Energy Assessment.
[37] She is on the Steering Committee of
Future Earth .
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In October 2022, Steinberger participated at a road blockage in Bern with the Swiss ecological movement
Renovate Switzerland , and glued her hand to the pavement alongside five other people.
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Personal life
Steinberger is the daughter of
Jack Steinberger and Cynthia Steinberger.
[40] She is the half-sister of musical instrument and industrial designer
Ned Steinberger .
References
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Julia Steinberger publications indexed by
Google Scholar
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d Steinberger, Julia K. (2004). Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
hdl :
1721.1/28649 .
OCLC
655586822 .
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Julia K. Steinberger. Curriculum Vitae, 2011 (PDF, Retrieved 14 October 2022.)
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Julia Steinberger publications from
Europe PubMed Central
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"How to spot and respond to climate deniers" . The Independent . 12 August 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021 .
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"TFBCON2003 (Students): Julia Steinberger '97" . www.math.brown.edu . Archived from
the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
^ Steinberger, Julia K. (2004).
Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
hdl :
1721.1/28649 .
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"Ultracold Hydrogen Group Personal" . web.mit.edu . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
^ Johnson, Cort; Matos, Lia; Newman, Bonna; Steinberger, Julia; vant, Kendra; Yi, Peng; Ueno, Tomohiro; Willmann, Lorenz; Greytak, Thomas (2003). "Developments with Ultracold Hydrogen". APS Division of Atomic . 34 : D1.067.
Bibcode :
2003APS..DMP.D1067J .
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"Volume 122, Issue 1 - The Tech" . tech.mit.edu . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Michelle Povinelli: Adventures in Activism" . web.mit.edu . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Commencement Day Crackdown" . www.mit.edu . Archived from
the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Julia K. Steinberger Homepage" . public.julias.promessage.com . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Social Ecology Vienna | www.sume.at" . www.sume.at . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Julia K Steinberger, Author at World Social Science Blog" . World Social Science Blog . Archived from
the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Growth and sustainability: When can enough be enough?" (PDF) . lancaster.ac.uk . 31 January 2014. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"LIDA Seminar: The answer to life, the universe and everything?" . cdrc.ac.uk . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Julia Steinberger" . Bluedot Festival . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Julia Steinberger" . cccep.ac.uk . Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Julia Steinberger, professeure ordinaire" . unil.ch/gse/home/ (in Swiss French). University of Lausanne, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment. Retrieved 19 November 2020 .
^ Kennedy, Christopher; Steinberger, Julia; Gasson, Barrie; Hansen, Yvonne; Hillman, Timothy; Havránek, Miroslav; Pataki, Diane; Phdungsilp, Aumnad; Ramaswami, Anu (2009).
"Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities" . Environmental Science & Technology . 43 (19): 7297–7302.
Bibcode :
2009EnST...43.7297K .
doi :
10.1021/es900213p .
ISSN
0013-936X .
PMID
19848137 .
^ Papargyropoulou, Effie; Lozano, Rodrigo; K. Steinberger, Julia; Wright, Nigel; Ujang, Zaini bin (2014).
"The food waste hierarchy as a framework for the management of food surplus and food waste" (PDF) . Journal of Cleaner Production . 76 : 106–115.
doi :
10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.020 .
ISSN
0959-6526 .
S2CID
154562712 .
^ Steinberger, Julia K.; Krausmann, Fridolin; Eisenmenger, Nina (2010). "Global patterns of materials use: A socioeconomic and geophysical analysis". Ecological Economics . 69 (5): 1148–1158.
doi :
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.009 .
ISSN
0921-8009 .
^ Weisz, Helga; Steinberger, Julia K (2010).
"Reducing energy and material flows in cities" . Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability . 2 (3): 185–192.
Bibcode :
2010COES....2..185W .
doi :
10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.010 .
ISSN
1877-3435 . Archived from
the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019 .
^ Steinberger, Julia; Friot, Damien; Jolliet, Olivier; Erkman, Suren (2009).
"A spatially explicit life cycle inventory of the global textile chain" . The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment . 14 (5): 443–455.
doi :
10.1007/s11367-009-0078-4 .
ISSN
0948-3349 .
S2CID
153975438 .
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"iBUILD - Newcastle University" . research.ncl.ac.uk . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
^ University of Leeds (19 May 2017).
"Valuing Infrastructure Conference 2017 - Julia Steinberger" . youtube.com . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Living Well Within Limits [LiLi] : Homepage of the LiLi Leverhulme Research Leadership Award Project" . lili.leeds.ac.uk . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"EESS talk on "Well-being and climate change mitigation: the Living Well Within Limits approach" " . memento.epfl.ch . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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b Steinberger, Julia K.; William F. Lamb; Fanning, Andrew L.; O’Neill, Daniel W. (2018).
"A good life for all within planetary boundaries" (PDF) . Nature Sustainability . 1 (2): 88–95.
doi :
10.1038/s41893-018-0021-4 .
ISSN
2398-9629 .
S2CID
169679920 .
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"Home" . A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"About" . A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
^ Harrabin, Roger (16 March 2020).
"Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds" . BBC News . Retrieved 13 January 2021 .
^ Steinberger, Julia (17 February 2019).
"Gaslighting the climate-striking students" . medium.com . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
^ Letters (16 September 2018).
"The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth" .
The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"IPCC Authors (beta)" . archive.ipcc.ch . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Urban Energy Systems" (PDF) . iiasa.ac.at . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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"Steering Committee" . futureearth.org . Future Earth. Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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" 'We Don't Have Much Time Left': Co-Author of UN Climate Report Detained at Climate Protest" . www.vice.com . 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022 .
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"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988" . nobelprize.org . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .
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