Edina Vadovics

With a background in environmental management, sciences, policy and education, Edina is Research Director at GreenDependent Institute in Hungary. GreenDependent is a non-profit research and action organisation, with the mission to support and promote sustainable lifestyles while enabling multi-stakeholder discussion and collaboration.

Edina’s research focuses on sustainable lifestyles, social innovation and communities. She has a strong interest in connecting the environmental and social aspects of sustainability in all her work, most recently in European research projects on 1.5° lifestyles and energy citizenship. Edina has also been involved in action projects, multi-actor consultation and co-creation projects. Through these, she has supported households, communities and various organisation in becoming more sustainable through changing their behaviour, or, importantly, recognizing and preserving their already existing, often incidental, sustainable practices.

Edina’s publications include coediting books, e.g., Energy Citizenship Across Europe and Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption. Research and Action for Societal Transformation, contributing book chapters, and papers, e.g., Preferences, enablers, and barriers for 1.5°C lifestyle options. Because of the nature of her work and organisation, she also writes and edits publications for a more general audience, an example of which is the recently published 1.5° Lifestyles – a guide to reducing our climate impact while living a healthier and fairer life, available in 8 languages.

Ms Vadovics is a member of the SCORAI Europe steering committee.