Impact on People and Society

Dr. Stefan Bauer
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Dr. Stefan Bauer

Visionary Entrepreneur, Passionate Professor and Purpose-Driven Innovator

Endowed Professor

City of Vienna — Finance, ESG & AI

CEO & Co-Founder

Sustainista GmbH

Vice-Chair

Digital Future Education

Managing Director

Bäckerei Karl Bauer GmbH

6,333 LinkedIn Followers 620+ Citations
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Sustainista
Sustainista sustainista.net
Skills-UP!
Skills-UP! digitale-zukunftsbildung.eu
Bäckerei Bauer
Bäckerei Bauer baeckereibauer.at

DISRUPT · Learning Worlds

CyberSim InnoSim EntreSim AI Literacy
Dr. Stefan Bauer at Europe Tech Hackathon — Sustainista
Sustain·Automate·Scale
CEO & Co-Founder · Sustainista GmbH

Innovation &
Digital Product Passport

The future of business is digital, sustainable, and regulated. We build the infrastructure for it — AI-automated ESG reporting and EU-compliant Digital Product Passports. This is where the future lies.

Sustainista automates ESG reporting and builds EU-compliant Digital Product Passports (EU Battery Regulation, Ecodesign). As Work Package Lead in FFG Flagship PACE-DPP — a €3M project with 13 partners — we drive Austria's circular economy forward. Product Carbon Footprint (Scope 1–3), fully AI-powered.

€3MFFG Flagship Project
13Project Partners
DPPDigital Product Passport
AIESG Automation
Sustainista · sustainista.net DPP Austria · dpp-austria.at
Educate·Enable·Scale
Vice-Chair · Digitale Zukunftsbildung

Financial Literacy
for Austrian Schools

Every school year another cohort leaves without ever having managed a budget. The association builds the lessons that close that gap — and hands them to teachers ready to run.

Digitale Zukunftsbildung is the non-profit association behind Skills-UP!: finished teaching modules, hands-on simulations and a teacher dashboard for eight Austrian school types. Curriculum-aligned and GDPR-safe, recommended by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, with scientific support from Hochschule Burgenland.

12+Teaching modules
10+Practice simulations
8School types covered
WKÖRecommended
Digitale Zukunftsbildung · digitale-zukunftsbildung.eu
Skills-UP! gewinnt TOP 3 bei der MEGA Education Million 2025 — Dr. Stefan Bauers Team auf der Bühne mit €200.000-Schecks
Pitch·Win·Scale
MEGA Bildungsstiftung Skills-UP!
Entrepreneur · Innovator · Startup Founder

€200.000
Pitch Award

From idea to funding — Skills-UP! won Austria's largest education award among 80+ national initiatives. A peer-to-peer financial literacy platform proving that bold ideas, strong pitches, and consistent execution create real impact.

Austria's most prestigious education award, selected by an expert jury and public vote. Skills-UP! reached 200+ apprentices and achieved lasting behavior change in 90% of participants. As a founder, innovator, and entrepreneur, I think in products — and I build them.

€200kPitch Award Won
80+Initiatives Beaten
3×Startup Founder
FFGFlagship Project Lead
Skills-UP! Team on stage at MEGA Education Million 2025 — €200,000 Pitch Award · TOP 3 of 80+ national initiatives · Dr. Stefan Bauer as Founder & Innovator
Dr. Stefan Bauer — Professor at Lauder Business School
Finance·AI·Leadership
Lauder Business School Vienna Stadt Wien
Endowed Professor · City of Vienna & Lauder Business School

Professor for Finance,
ESG & AI

Appointed by the City of Vienna as Endowed Professor for Finance, ESG & AI at Lauder Business School. Creator of the DISRUPT university simulation series (CyberSim, InnoSim & EntreSim) and lecturer at 8 universities — WU Vienna, TU Vienna, Lauder Business School, FH WKW, Aarhus University, Reykjavik University and more. 620+ academic citations, awarded twice for Outstanding Research at WU.

8Universities
620+Academic citations
2×WU Outstanding Research
PhDInformation Systems, WU
CyberSim · cybersim.disrupt.company InnoSim · innosim.disrupt.company EntreSim · entresim.disrupt.company AI Literacy · ai-literacy.disrupt.company
Lauder Business School, Vienna — Stiftungsprofessur der Stadt Wien · Professor for Finance, ESG & AI · Dr. Stefan Bauer
Dr. Stefan Bauer — Project Leadership at ViennaUP
Lead·Deliver·Impact
FFG PACE-DPP ViennaUP · Anthropic · OpenAI · Google · AWS
Work Package Lead · Project Director · EU Research

Leading Projects
That Matter

Work Package Lead in FFG Flagship PACE-DPP (€3M, 13 partners) and Erasmus+ L2BGreen (€1.5M, 8 countries). Organizer of the Europe Tech Hackathon @ ViennaUP — 200+ participants, partners including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and AWS. From EU research consortia to national innovation programs — leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets, delivering results.

€4.5M+Combined project volume
21+Project partners
8Countries, Erasmus+
200+Hackathon participants
PACE-DPP · dpp-austria.at Erasmus+ · l2bgreen.com
Europe Tech Hackathon @ ViennaUP — Dr. Stefan Bauer · Work Package Lead FFG PACE-DPP & Erasmus+ L2BGreen · 21+ partners across 8 countries
Bäckerei Karl Bauer GmbH — Kaffeehaus Wien
Tradition·Transform·Lead
Managing Director · Bäckerei Karl Bauer GmbH

Managing Director
Family Business

Nearly 5 years as Managing Director of a traditional Viennese family business — 80 employees, multiple locations. Driving digital transformation, modernising HR systems, financial controlling, and operational processes. Combining entrepreneurial thinking with hands-on management in one of Austria's most demanding sectors.

80Employees
5Years as MD
DigitalTransformation
Finance& Operations
Bäckerei Karl Bauer · baeckereibauer.at
Bäckerei Karl Bauer GmbH, Vienna — Dr. Stefan Bauer · Managing Director · 80 Employees · Digital Transformation & Finance
Connect·Collaborate·Create

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