Bettina Emmerling
Alumni in portrait November 2025
When a career begins with the courage to try something new: Bettina Emmerling, Deputy Mayor of Vienna, studied Environmental Systems Sciences at the University of Graz – at the time a young and unconventional field. In this interview, she explains how the desire to shape things herself led her into politics, why education is the key to equal opportunities – and how one can maintain trust even in challenging times.
Camera: www.unreifundtaube.at
Interview/Editing: Carmen Reif-Teubenbacher
More information about Bettina Emmerling
Studies: Environmental Systems Sciences at the University of Graz
Career milestones: Among other things, project manager for transport and mobility at the Austrian Energy Agency; November 2015 to March 2025 Member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament and Municipal Council (NEOS)
Since March 2025: Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor of Vienna, as well as Executive City Councillor for Education, Youth, Integration, Transparency, and Vienna Markets