Personal profile

Short biography

Martin Bruckner holds degrees in Business Informatics (BSc) and Social and Human Ecology (MSc). He obtained his PhD in Social and Economic Sciences.

Martin served as a researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) from 2005 to 2013. In October 2013, he joined the "Global Resource Use" research group at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Additionally, from 2023 to 2024, he served as a Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich.

Research interests

Martin specializes in modeling the physical dimension of biomass conversion and distribution networks. In his research, he develops physical/hybrid multi-regional input-output models, and applies them to explore the characteristics, drivers, environmental impacts, and dynamics of socio-economic biomass metabolism. 

His work finds application in various areas, including:

  • analyzing the global impacts of food and non-food product consumption on land and water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity loss,
  • environmental risks associated with an expansion of the bioeconomy,
  • the potential effects of dietary changes and the reduction of food waste, and
  • climate risks in global agricultural supply chains.

Martin aims to uncover environmental dependencies along international supply chains and illuminate the connections between socio-economic activities and planetary health.

Fields of research: Land use, nutrition, international trade, input-output analysis, environmental footprinting, bioeconomy, climate change, biodiversity loss

External positions

Senior Researcher, ETH Zürich

1 Jan 202330 Sept 2024

Expertise

  • Environmental footprinting
  • Land use
  • Nutrition
  • International trade
  • Bioeconomy
  • Climate change
  • Input-output analysis