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20. June 2025

Milestones of ETIA 17: Successful Thesis Defenses

We are proud and delighted to share that students of the current ETIA cohort have successfully defended their master’s theses. Dear students, sincere congratulations on your achievement!

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Andreea Mitu with Anke Schaffartzik and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Olga Yurkevich with Felicitas Schneider and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Hannah Lorenz with Matthias Zessner-Spitzenberg and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Laetitia Skalla with Hans Fellner and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Marietta Krismer with Hans Fellner and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Emilia Pilss with Hans Fellner and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Maria Apolloner with Kaluba Chitumbo and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

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Helene Stanger online with Mario Ortner and Academic Director Hans Puxbaum

In under two years, these students have developed impressive expertise and insights and address topics with a particular focus on pressing global challenges at the intersection of environment, technology, and international affairs.

Three students focused on circular economy approaches in the agri-food sector:

Emilia Pilss, "Circularity Scenarios for Fruit Residues in Lower Austria"
Supervised by Prof. Hans Fellner
Laetitia Skalla, "Material Flow Analysis of Innovative Utilization Pathways of Bread Waste in Austria: Comparing Economic, Ecological and Social Criteria"
Supervised by Prof. Hans Fellner
Olga Yurkevich, "Food Waste from Farm to Fork: A Material Flow Analysis of Austria’s Food Supply Chain"
Supervised by Dr. Felicitas Schneider

Other students explored topics ranging from energy transition and climate policy to technological innovation and migration:

Maria Apolloner, "The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Enhancing Safety in Nuclear Power Plants"
Supervised by Dr. Kaluba Chitumbo
Marietta Krismer, "Driving Toward Sustainability: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Electric and Diesel Buses"
Supervised by Prof. Hans Fellner
Hannah Lorenz, "The Agricultural Nitrogen Surplus in the Danube River Basin: Development from 1980 to 2021 and Future Prospects"
Supervised by Prof. Matthias Zessner-Spitzenberg
Andreea Mitu, "When the Wells Run Dry: Understanding Drought-Driven Migration in the Middle East through a Socio-Environmental Lens"
Supervised by Prof. Anke Schaffartzik
Helene Stanger, "The Role of Battery Energy Storage in Large-Scale Solar Integration: A Business Case and Policy Analysis for Kosovo"
Supervised by Dr. Mario Ortner

Curious to learn more? The theses will soon be available at TU library

Interested in becoming a sustainability facilitator? Applications for the Fall 2025 intake are still open! https://application.da-vienna.ac.at/, opens an external URL in a new window

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