25 Facts About Julia Steinberger

Julia K Steinberger was born on 1974 and is Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne.

Julia Steinberger is an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report, contributing to the report's discussion of climate change mitigation pathways.

Julia Steinberger moved to the United States for her graduate degree, working at Brown University on the cosmic microwave background.

Julia Steinberger earned her PhD studying ultracold atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Julia Steinberger worked in the centre for ultracold atoms with Thomas Greytak and Daniel Kleppner, developing new ways to trap ultracold hydrogen and deuterium.

Julia Steinberger was appointed Senior Researcher at the University of Klagenfurt Institute of Social Ecology in 2007.

Julia Steinberger's research considers the relationships between the use of resources and performance of societies.

Julia Steinberger is interested in identifying new development pathways toward a low carbon society.

Julia Steinberger joined the University of Leeds as an associate professor in ecological economics in 2011.

Julia Steinberger is a member of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy.

On 1 August 2020, Julia Steinberger joined the University of Lausanne as a full professor on the social impact of climate change.

Julia Steinberger showed the greenhouse gas emissions of global cities depends on the relation between geophysical and technical factors.

Julia Steinberger has investigated the textile chain, food waste and materials use.

Julia Steinberger is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council iBUILD.

Julia Steinberger is the Principal Investigator on the Leverhulme Trust Project "Living Well Within Limits".

Julia Steinberger has studied how humanity can maintain a good quality of life without damaging the planet.

Julia Steinberger argues that to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals the world must move away from growth and toward an economic model that promotes sustainability and equity.

Julia Steinberger was one of 238 academics who called for the European Union to limit economic growth and instead promote stability and wellbeing.

Julia Steinberger has been the Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report for Working Group 3.

Julia Steinberger was Lead Author on the Urbanisation knowledge module of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Global Energy Assessment.

Julia Steinberger is on the Steering Committee of Future Earth.

In October 2022, Julia 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.

Ten weeks into the second Trump presidency, Julia Steinberger writes in The Guardian that humanity faces unprecedented threats and that "we need an appropriate name for this new era of fossil and tech bros accelerating attacks on democracy and the planet: cataclysm capitalism".

Julia Steinberger argues that this new phase builds on neoliberalism but is indifferent to a deteriorating economy.

Julia Steinberger is the half-sister of musical instrument and industrial designer Ned Steinberger.