Sylvia Mandl joined the Higher Education Research Group at IHS in December 2019.

Before, she worked as an expert in the department of Mobility & Innovation at AustriaTech GmbH (2019) and in the department of consumer policy at the Chamber of Labour (2017-2018). From 2012 to 2017, she was project manager at the Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development.

Alongside her research roles, she taught "Methods of Social Research" and "Sustainable Consumption" as a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (2013-2018).

She holds a PhD in Social and Economic Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.