Congratulations to Hanspeter Wieland on his successful PhD defense

We are delighted to share that REMASS team member Hanspeter Wieland has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Slicing up the social metabolism with physical input‑output techniques.”

His dissertation advances the methodological foundations of physical input‑output analysis and demonstrates their value through global case studies on iron and steel supply chains. By developing a virtual laboratory for constructing physical input‑output tables and integrating spatially explicit environmental data for mining activities, his work offers new tools for understanding the complex interplay between socio-economic activities and biophysical processes. These contributions strengthen the analytical capabilities of socio‑metabolic research and open promising avenues for future applications.

We warmly congratulate Hansi on this important milestone and are excited to continue our collaboration within the REMASS project team.

We wish him every success as he moves forward in his scientific career.