Dr. Yann Blumer

Dr. Yann Blumer

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Institut für Innovation und Entrepreneurship
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 46 86
yann.blumer@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Senior Researcher und Dozent
Senior Researcher und Dozent

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Energie und Nachhaltigkeit, Science-Practice Interface, Nachhaltiges Konsumverhalten

Berufserfahrung

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
ETH Zürich, USYS TdLab
06 / 2009 - 06 / 2014

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

Dr. Sc. ETH Zürich / Umweltwissenschaften
ETH Zürich
10 / 2010 - 01 / 2014

Weiterbildung

CAS in Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW
08 / 2017

Netzwerk

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0224-4538

Medienpräsenz

NFP 73 Podcast: Nachhaltige Nutzung von Mobilgeräten

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Gomm, Sarah, Yann Blumer, Sandor Czellar, Simona Haasova, Swen J. Kühne, Renate Schubert, and Thomas Bernauer. 2026. "Comparing and Combining Theory of Planned Behavior and Dragons of Inaction to Explain Pro-Environmental Consumption Behavior." Sustainable Production and Consumption 66 (July): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2026.04.008.
Kühne, Swen J., Yann Blumer, Sandor Czellar, Simona Haasova, Pascal Streule, Leïla Rahmani, Renate Schubert, and Gregor Waller. 2026. "How Psychological and Contextual Barriers to Environmentally Sustainable Consumption Vary across Domains : A Comparative Study of Food, Electronics, and Clothing in Switzerland." Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 21 (100423). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2026.100423.
Blumer, Yann, Devon Wemyss, and Lukas Braunreiter. 2024. "Beyond the Usual Suspects : Contrasting Perspectives of Developers and Peripheral Users of Model-Based Energy Scenarios." Environmental Research: Energy 1 (4): 41001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad96be.
Sierro, Fabienne, and Yann Blumer. 2024. "Collective Action without Community? Perspectives from Project Developers and Participants in Citizen-Financed Photovoltaic Projects." Energy Research & Social Science 119 (103856). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103856.
Sierro, Fabienne, and Yann Blumer. 2024. "Material Energy Citizenship through Participation in Citizen-Financed Photovoltaic Projects." Energy, Sustainability and Society 14 (1): 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00465-0.
Braunreiter, Lukas, Christina Marchand, and Yann Blumer. 2023. "Exploring Possible Futures or Reinforcing the Status-Quo? : The Use of Model-Based Scenarios in the Swiss Energy Industry." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition 2023 (3): 100046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100046.
Bieser, Jan C.T., Yann Blumer, Linda Burkhalter, René Itten, Marilou Jobin, and Lorenz M. Hilty. 2022. "Consumer-Oriented Interventions to Extend Smartphones' Service Lifetime." Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 7 (100074). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2022.100074.
Braunreiter, Lukas, Michael Stauffacher, and Yann Benedict Blumer. 2020. "How the Public Imagines the Energy Future : Exploring and Clustering Non-Experts' Techno-Economic Expectations towards the Future Energy System." Plos One 15 (3): e0227369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369.
Tomic, Uros, Corinne Moser, Yann Blumer, Michael Stauffacher, and Roman Seidl. 2020. "Exploring the Role of Positive Direct Experience in the Adoption of Energy Efficient Technologies : Evidence from a Swiss Field Study on the Promotion of Low-Flow Showerheads." Plos One 15 (3): e0230255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230255.
Moser, Corinne, Vivian Frick, Roman Seidl, and Yann Blumer. 2019. "Teaming up for Sustainability : Promoting Sustainable Mobility Behaviour through Sports Clubs in Switzerland." Energy Research & Social Science 2019 (53): 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.02.016.
Blumer, Yann, Lukas Braunreiter, Aya Kachi, Rebecca Lordan-Perret, and Fintan Oeri. 2018. "A Two-Level Analysis of Public Support : Exploring the Role of Beliefs in Opinions About the Swiss Energy Strategy." Energy Research & Social Science 43: 109–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.05.024.
Braunreiter, Lukas, and Yann Blumer. 2018. "Of Sailors and Divers : How Researchers Use Energy Scenarios." Energy Research & Social Science 40: 118–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.12.003.
Moser, Corinne, Yann Blumer, and Stefanie Lena Hille. 2018. "E-Bike Trials' Potential to Promote Sustained Changes in Car Owners' Mobility Habits." Environmental Research Letters 13 (4): 44025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaad73.
Seidl, Roman, Corinne Moser, and Yann Blumer. 2017. "Navigating Behavioral Energy Sufficiency : Results from a Survey in Swiss Cities on Potential Behavior Change." Plos One 12 (10): e0185963. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185963.
Moser, Corinne, Michael Stauffacher, Yann B. Blumer, and Roland W. Scholz. 2015. "From Risk to Vulnerability : The Role of Perceived Adaptive Capacity for the Acceptance of Contested Infrastructure." Journal of Risk Research 18 (5): 622–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2014.910687.
Blumer, Yann B., Corinne Moser, Anthony Patt, and Roman Seidl. 2015. "The Precarious Consensus on the Importance of Energy Security : Contrasting Views between Swiss Energy Users and Experts." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 52: 927–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.081.
Blumer, Yann Benedict, Martin Mühlebach, and Corinne Moser. 2014. "Why Some Electricity Utilities Actively Promote Energy Efficiency While Others Do Not : A Swiss Case Study." Energy Efficiency 7 (4): 697–710. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-013-9249-z.
Epprecht, Nils, Timo Von Wirth, Christian Stünzi, and Yann Blumer. 2014. "Anticipating Transitions beyond the Current Mobility Regimes : How Acceptability Matters." Futures 60 (August): 30–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2014.04.001.
Blumer, Yann, Michael Stauffacher, Daniel J. Lang, Kiyotada Hayashi, and Susumu Uchida. 2013. "Non-Technical Success Factors for Bioenergy Projects : Learning from a Multiple Case Study in Japan." Energy Policy 60: 386–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.075.

Bücher, peer-reviewed

Blumer, Yann. 2014. "Non-Technical Challenges for the Transition of Energy Systems." Doctoral dissertation, Zürich: ETH Zürich. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010280640.

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Blumer, Yann, Kim Whett, and Devon Wemyss. 2025. "How Does the Public Perceive Energy Models and Scenarios? First Insights from the Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey (SHEDS)." Conference poster. In 5th SSH Energy Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, 16-17 June 2025.
Kühne, Swen J., Renate Schubert, Sandor Czellar, Yann Blumer, Simona Haasova, Gregor Waller, Leïla Rahmani, and Pascal Streule. 2024. "Consumers' Barriers to Sustainable Actions : A Multi-Language Evaluation of the Dragons of Climate Inaction Psychological Barrier Scale." Conference paper. In 28th International Conference Association People-Environment Studies, Barcelona, Spain, 2-5 July 2024.
Bieser, Jan, Linda Burkhalter, Lorenz M. Hilty, Basil Fuchs, and Yann Blumer. 2021. "Lifetime Extension of Mobile Internet-Enabled Devices : Measures, Challenges and Environmental Implications." Conference paper. In Conference Proceedings of PLATE 2021. University of Limerick. https://doi.org/10.31880/10344/10165.
Jattke, Marleen, Jan Bieser, Yann Blumer, René Itten, and Matthias Stucki. 2020. "Environmental Implications of Service Life Extension of Mobile Devices." Conference paper. In WEEE Plastic Characterization and Recyclability Assessment : A Case Study for Household Appliances, edited by S. J. Otto, N. Korf, P. M. Mählitz, and V. S. Rotter, 163–70. Berlin: Fraunhofer IZM. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20808.
Janda, Kathryn B., Katharina Reindl, Yann Blumer, Yael Parag, and Faye Wade. 2019. "Making More of Middles : Advancing the Middle-out Perspective in Energy System Transformation." Conference paper. In Eceee 2019 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency : Is Efficient Sufficient?, 199–204. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. https://www.eceee.org/library/conference_proceedings/eceee_Summer_Studies/2019/1-the-dynamics-of-limiting-energy-consumption/making-more-of-middles-advancing-the-middle-out-perspective-in-energy-system-transformation/.
Moser, Corinne, Yann Blumer, Roman Seidl, Vicente Carabias-Hütter, and Bettina Furrer. 2015. "Multiplying Energy-Saving Behaviour in Cities through Formal Social Groups." Conference paper. In Eceee Summer Study Proceedings : Eceee 2015 Summer Study – First Fuel Now, edited by Therese Laitinen Lindström and Stockholm, Sweden Borg & Co, 2133–41. https://www.eceee.org/library/conference_proceedings/eceee_Summer_Studies/2015/9-dynamics-of-consumption/multiplying-energy-saving-behaviour-in-cities-through-formal-social-groups/.

Weitere Publikationen

Blumer, Yann, Fabienne Sierro, and Devon Wemyss. 2025. "Hohes Nachfragepotenzial für LEG : Lokale Elektrizitätsgemeinschaften." Bulletin.ch 2025 (8): 44–47. https://www.bulletin.ch/hohes-nachfragepotenzial-fuer-leg.
Blumer, Yann, Sandor Czellar, Diana Duque, Simona Haasova, Swen J. Kühne, Leila Rahmani, Renate Schubert, Pascal Streule, and Gregor Waller. 2024. "Swiss Sustainable Consumption Observatory (SSCO) 2021-2023 : Key Insights from the First Three Waves." ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2496.
L'Orange Seigo, Selma, Matthias Probst, Michael Stauffacher, Evelyn Lobsiger, and Yann Blumer, eds. 2023. Interventionen in Reallaboren : ein Handbuch für die Praxis. Zürich: ETH Zürich, TdLAB. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000608410.
Skirgaila, Patricia, Pascal Streule, Céline Külling, Yann Blumer, and Gregor Waller. 2023. "Nachhaltiger durch längere Nutzung : Befragung zu Smartphonekauf und -nutzung in der Schweiz." Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27618.
Sierro, Fabienne, Yann Blumer, Marilou Jobin, and Corinne Moser. 2023. "UNLOCK-PV : die Rolle innovativer Investitionsmodelle in PV zur Beschleunigung der Energiewende." Bern: Bundesamt für Energie. https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=70581.
Braunreiter, Lukas, and Yann Blumer. 2021. "Es gilt, die Menschen ins Zentrum zu stellen." Energie & Umwelt 2021 (3): 14–15. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-976607.
Sierro, Fabienne, Patricia Zundritsch, Yann Blumer, Johan Lilliestam, and Olivier Ejderyan. 2021. "Erfolgreiche partizipative Projektentwicklung findet auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen der Zusammenarbeit statt : Erkenntnisse aus zwei Wasserkraftprojekten." Wasser Energie Luft 113 (2): 105–9. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-966187.
Krysiak, Frank C., Paul Burger, Yann Blumer, Lukas Braunreiter, Claudio Cometta, Rony Emmenegger, Rebecca Lordan-Perret, Adriana Marcucci, Catherine Roux, and Annika Sohre. 2021. "Von Modellen zu Visionen : Ansätze zur Ergänzung von quantitativen Energieszenarien." SCCER CREST. https://www.sccer-crest.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/White_Paper_11_2021_von_Modellen_zu_Visionen.pdf.
Jobin, Marilou, Céline Külling, Marleen Jattke, and Yann Blumer. 2020. "Extending the Lifetime of Mobile Devices to Reduce Their Environmental Impact : A Glimpse on the Project LIFESAVING." SocietyByte 2020 (May). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21566.
Seidl, Roman, Michael Stauffacher, Uros Tomic, Corinne Moser, and Yann Blumer. 2017. "Transition Experiments under the Shower : Energy-Saving Campaigns with Formal Social Groups." Conference paper. In The 8th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions (CIIST), Gothenburg, Sweden, 18-21 June 2017.
Seidl, Roman, Michael Stauffacher, Uros Tomic, Corinne Moser, and Yann Blumer. 2017. "Transition Experiments under the Shower : Energy-Saving Campaigns with Formal Social Groups." Conference paper. In hopefulNESS 2017: The 13th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, University of Tampere: School of Management, Tampere, Finland, 6-8 June 2017.
Cometta, Claudio, Yann Blumer, and Christian Hertach. 2016. "Vom Versorger zum Dienstleister : Resultate einer Befragung unter Schweizer EVUs." Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE 2016 (3): 9–12. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-857097.
Blumer, Yann. 2016. "Mehr Engagement für weniger Energie." Thema Umwelt 2016 (1): 18–19.
Moser, Corinne, Yann Blumer, and Stefanie Lena Hille. 2016. "Getting Started on a Car Diet : Assessing the Behavioural Impacts of an E-Bike Trial in Switzerland." Conference paper. In International Energy Policies & Programmes Evaluation Conference (IEPPEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 June 2016. IEPPEC. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1571.
Braunreiter, Lukas, Devon Wemyss, Carmen Kobe, Adrian W. Müller, Thilo Krause, and Yann Blumer. 2016. "Understandig the Role of Scenarios in Swiss Energy Research." Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1137.
Cometta, Claudio, and Yann Blumer. 2016. "Energieversorger im Wandel." Handelszeitung, May, 47.
Blumer, Yann, Devon Wemyss, and Corinne Moser. 2015. "How Cities Can Foster Local Action in Energy Efficiency by Utilizing Middle Actors : Insights from a Swiss Case Study." Conference paper. In ECEEE Summer Study Proceedings, 1:653–60. Stockholm: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Wemyss, Devon, and Yann Blumer. 2015. "Indicators of Innovation : Empirical Insights into Activities, Challenges and Strategies of Swiss Energy Sector Start-Ups." Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Blumer, Yann Benedict, Johan Lilliestam, Corinne Moser, and Roman Seidl. 2014. "Eine Frage der Perspektive : Energiesicherheit in der Debatte um die Schweizer Energiezukunft." Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE 105 (10): 9–12. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-856298.
Lilliestam, Johan, Yann Blumer, Anna Geddes, Leonhard Späth, and Oscar Van Vliet. 2014. "More than Costs : On the Fit between Solar and Renewable Electricity Policy Motivations and Energy System Models." In Solar Power : Technologies, Environmental Impacts and Future Prospects, edited by Stephen Bailey, 23–55. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Braunreiter, Lukas, and Yann Blumer. 2018. "Not Only Experts Matter : The Role of Lay People's Expectations About the Energy Future in Acceptability Evaluations." Conference presentation. In Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts, 67–68. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Seidl, Roman, Michael Stauffacher, Uros Tomic, Corinne Moser, and Yann Blumer. 2017. "Co-Designing Field Experiments with Cities : Promoting Energy-Saving Showerheads." Conference presentation. In Human Dimensions of Environmental Risks: Behavioural Experiments, Field Experiments, Survey Research, ENRI 2017, Environmental Research Group, Ascona, Switzerland, 21-26 May 2017.
Blumer, Yann, Corinne Moser, and Daniel Gregorowius. 2016. "Exploring How Expectations of the Future Energy System Shape Individuals' Energy Political Attitudes." Conference presentation. In Energy Systems Conference 2016, London, United Kingdom, 14-15 June 2016.
Moser, Corinne, Vivian Frick, Yann Blumer, Michael Stauffacher, and Roman Seidl. 2016. "Sports Clubs as Multipliers for Energy-Saving Campaigns? : Developing and Evaluating a Mobility Intervention Together with the City of Winterthur (Switzerland)." Conference presentation. In 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2016), Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.
Blumer, Yann, and Corinne Moser. 2016. "Förderung von energiesparendem Verhalten in Städten durch Nutzung von Vereinen." Conference presentation. In Sitzung der OKI-Fachgruppe (Klima und Umwelt) - Klimabündnis Städte Schweiz (KBSS), Zürich, 28. Juni 2016.
Blumer, Yann Benedict, and Corinne Moser. 2014. "Why Some Electricity Utilities Actively Promote Energy Efficiency and Others Do Not." Conference presentation. In 24ème Journée Du CUEPE, Genève, 19 September 2014.
Blumer, Yann Benedict, Roman Seidl, and Corinne Moser. 2014. "The Precarious Consensus on the Importance of Energy Security." Conference presentation. In Energy Systems Conference 2014, London, United Kingdom, 24-25 June 2014.

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