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harald wilfing
Prof.
Dr. Harald Wilfing is the Head of the Human Ecology working group.
He studied Medicine, Zoology and Anthropology
at the University of Vienna. He completed his PhD in Anthropology in 1987.
He was awarded the venia docendi for anthropology, which is the highest academic
degree, for a study of post-modern fertility development in Austria in 1997.
He established the working group Human Ecology at the Institute in 1990,
which currently focuses on developmental studies, transition studies, co-evolutionary
theory in social systems, historical landscape development and demography
and demographic transition in scientific research.
A theoretical basis is of high
importance in the fields of co-evolutionary theory and transition studies:
Prof. Wilfing has also gathered profound experience
in epistemology, of which is mainly focussed on theoretical biology. He is
one of the founding members and scientific heads of the scientific project ‘Science
as Culture’ and the trainee programme ‘Studium Integrale’ at
the Department of Cultural Studies and Philosophy of Science of the Institute
for Interdisciplinary Research (IFF).
Both activities are strongly related
to problems and features of interdisciplinary communication. A total of
seven projects have been successfully completed
under both his vice-chairmanship and chairmanship or were granted by national
and
international institutions since 1997. Prof. Wilfing's academic career
includes scientific fieldwork in Egypt, Guatemala and
Peru. He has attended special
training courses in Germany and Great Britain.
selected references
Wilfing, H, Muellner, A. (1998):
Rediscovering Turbulence – Historical
Demography in an Austrian Village. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 26: 232.
Project
Group Environmental History (1998): Kulturlandschaftsgenese – dynamische
Prozesse zwischen Naturraum und Gesellschaft. Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege
und Naturschutz. Heft 56, 107-120. Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
Project Group Environmetal
History (1999): Landschaft hat Geschichte – historische
Entwicklung von Umwelt und Gesellschaft in Theyern. CD-ROM. WUV Facultas Universitätsverlag,
Wien.
Project Group Environmental History (1999): Auf der
Suche nach den Landschaften des Mittelalters. Iff-Texte,
5, 57-65. Wien.
Project Group Environmetal History
(1999): Landscape and History: A multidisciplinary Approach. Coll. Anthropol.
23/2, 379-396. Wilfing, H. (1999): Rasse – Karriere
eines biologischen Begriffes. In: Schneider, B., Jochum, R. (eds): Erinnerungen
an das Töten – Genozid
reflexiv. Böhlau Wien, 104-112.
Wilfing, H., Winiwater, V., Grundmann,
R., Loibl, C., Schrenk, M. & Chloupek,
A. (2000): CLOC-ROM 1st Cultural Landscape Online Conference Archive. CD-ROM.
Forschungsschwerpunkt Kulturlandschaftsforschung/Begleitmodul CLOC. Wien.
Project
Group Environmental History (2000): Historische Entwicklung zwischen
Gesellschaft und Natur. CD-ROM. (=Bundesministerium
für Wissenschaft und Verkehr.
Schriftenreihe Forschungsschwerpunkt Kulturlandschaftsforschung, Band
7) Wien.
Kastenhofer,
K., Wilfing, H.(2000): Biologie – Die Leitwissenschaft im
Spannungsfeld neuer Machbarkeiten. Iff-Texte, 6, 83-89. Project Group Environmental
History: Environmental Histories: the long-term interaction of society and
nature in three Austrian Villages. Die Bodenkultur.
53, 45-53. 2002.
Winiwarter, V., Wilfing, H. (eds.) (2002): Historische
Humanökologie.
Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zum Menschen und seiner Umwelt. WUV Facultas
Universitätsverlag, Wien.
Bechtold, U., Wilfing, H. (2002): Xelaqué – Social
Impact Analysis of the DA-Project ‘XelAguA’ in Quetzaltenango,
Guatemala. Horizont 3000. Wien: Universität Wien
Bechtold, U., Wilfing, H. (2003): Man-Nature : Leymebamba.
Transition Patterns of the Social System in Leymebamba, Amazonia, Peru. Wien:
Universität
Wien.
Wilfing, H. (2005): Carl von Rokitansky und das Menschenbild der Wiener Anthropologischen Gesellschaft. In: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky 1804-1878. Pathologe, Politiker, Philosoph, Gründer der Wiener Medizinischen Schule des 19. Jahrhunderts. Rumpler, H., Denk, H., Ottner, C. (eds.), Böhlau Verlag, Wien, 139-146.
Wilfing, H., Bechtold, U., Seidler, H. (2005): Man-Nature: Leymebamba. Bericht über die Aktivitäten 2004/2005 im Distrikt Leymebamba, Chachapoyas, Amazonia, Peru. Wien.
Rammel, C., Stagl, S., Wilfing, H., (2005): How to Manage Coevolving Complex Systems? A Coevolutionary Perspective on Natural Resource Management Systems. Ecological Economics (in press).
Bechtold, U., Wilfing, H., Peterson, B., Hirvelä, S.: Transition - an Overarching Theoretical Approach. Preliminary Modeling of Thoughts. In preparation.
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