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

Persönliches Profil

Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Senior Researcher und Dozent
Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

www.zhaw.ch/de/sml/institute-zentren/cie/

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte, Spezialkenntnisse

Energie, neue Geschäftsmodelle im Energiebereich, Energieversorgungsunternehmen, kommunale Energiestrategien, Energieszenrien, Digitale Geräte

Aus- und Fortbildung

Dr. Sc. ETH Zürich
BSc Environmental Engineering ETH Zürich
MSc Environmental Sciences ETH Zürich

Mitglied in Netzwerken

Swiss Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society and Transition - CREST

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Braunreiter, Lukas; Marchand, Christina; Blumer, Yann,

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), S. 100046.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100046
Bieser, Jan C.T.; Blumer, Yann; Burkhalter, Linda; Itten, René; Jobin, Marilou; Hilty, Lorenz M.; et al.,

2022.

Consumer-oriented interventions to extend smartphones’ service lifetime.

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption.

7(100074).

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2022.100074
Tomic, Uros; Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann; Stauffacher, Michael; Seidl, Roman; et al.,

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), S. e0230255.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230255
Braunreiter, Lukas; Stauffacher, Michael; Blumer, Yann Benedict,

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), S. e0227369.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227369
Moser, Corinne; Frick, Vivian; Seidl, Roman; Blumer, Yann,

2019.

Teaming up for sustainability : promoting sustainable mobility behaviour through sports clubs in Switzerland.

Energy Research & Social Science.

2019(53), S. 89-97.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.02.016
Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann; Hille, Stefanie Lena,

2018.

E-bike trials’ potential to promote sustained changes in car owners’ mobility habits.

Environmental Research Letters.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaad73
Blumer, Yann; Braunreiter, Lukas; Kachi, Aya; Lordan-Perret, Rebecca; Oeri, Fintan,

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, S. 109-118.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.05.024
Braunreiter, Lukas; Blumer, Yann,

2018.

Of sailors and divers : how researchers use energy scenarios.

Energy Research & Social Science.

40, S. 118-126.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.12.003
Seidl, Roman; Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann,

2017.

Navigating behavioral energy sufficiency : results from a survey in Swiss cities on potential behavior change.

PLOS ONE.

12(10), S. e0185963.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185963
Moser, Corinne; Stauffacher, Michael; Blumer, Yann B.; Scholz, Roland W.,

2015.

From risk to vulnerability : the role of perceived adaptive capacity for the acceptance of contested infrastructure.

Journal of Risk Research.

18(5), S. 622-636.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2014.910687
Blumer, Yann B.; Moser, Corinne; Patt, Anthony; Seidl, Roman,

2015.

The precarious consensus on the importance of energy security : contrasting views between Swiss energy users and experts.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

52, S. 927-936.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.081
Epprecht, Nils; Von Wirth, Timo; Stünzi, Christian; Blumer, Yann,

2014.

Anticipating transitions beyond the current mobility regimes : how acceptability matters.

Futures.

60, S. 30-40.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2014.04.001
Blumer, Yann Benedict; Mühlebach, Martin; Moser, Corinne,

2014.

Why some electricity utilities actively promote energy efficiency while others do not : a Swiss case study.

Energy Efficiency.

7(4), S. 697-710.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-013-9249-z
Blumer, Yann; Stauffacher, Michael; Lang, Daniel J.; Hayashi, Kiyotada; Uchida, Susumu,

2013.

Non-technical success factors for bioenergy projects : learning from a multiple case study in Japan.

Energy Policy.

60, S. 386-395.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.075

Bücher und Monographien, peer-reviewed

Blumer, Yann,

2014.

Non-technical challenges for the transition of energy systems.

Zürich:

ETH Zürich.

Diss. ETH ; 21717.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010280640

Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Bieser, Jan; Burkhalter, Linda; Hilty, Lorenz M.; Fuchs, Basil; Blumer, Yann,

2021.

Lifetime extension of mobile internet-enabled devices : measures, challenges and environmental implications [Paper].

In:

Conference Proceedings of PLATE 2021.

4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE), Virtual Conference, Limerick, 26-28 May 2021.

University of Limerick.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.31880/10344/10165
Jattke, Marleen; Bieser, Jan; Blumer, Yann; Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias,

2020.

Environmental implications of service life extension of mobile devices [Paper].

In:

Otto, S. J.; Korf, N.; Mählitz, P. M.; Rotter, V. S., Hrsg.,

WEEE plastic characterization and recyclability assessment : a case study for household appliances.

Electronics Goes Green 2020+, Online, 1. September 2020.

Berlin:

Fraunhofer IZM.

S. 163-170.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20808
Janda, Kathryn B.; Reindl, Katharina; Blumer, Yann; Parag, Yael; Wade, Faye,

2019.

Making more of middles : advancing the middle-out perspective in energy system transformation [Paper].

In:

eceee 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency : is efficient sufficient?.

European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) 2019 Summer Study, Presqu'île de Giens, France, 3-8 June 2019.

European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.

S. 199-204.

Verfügbar unter: 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; Blumer, Yann; Seidl, Roman; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Furrer, Bettina,

2015.

Multiplying energy-saving behaviour in cities through formal social groups [Paper].

In:

Laitinen Lindström, Therese; Borg & Co, Stockholm, Sweden, Hrsg.,

eceee Summer Study proceedings : eceee 2015 Summer Study – First fuel now.

ECEEE 2015 Summer Study «First fuel now» Toulon/Hyères, France, 1-6 June 2015.

S. 2133-2141.

Verfügbar unter: 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

Skirgaila, Patricia; Streule, Pascal; Külling, Céline; Blumer, Yann; Waller, Gregor,

2023.

Nachhaltiger durch längere Nutzung : Befragung zu Smartphonekauf und -nutzung in der Schweiz.

Zürich:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27618
Krysiak, Frank C.; Burger, Paul; Blumer, Yann; Braunreiter, Lukas; Cometta, Claudio; Emmenegger, Rony; Lordan-Perret, Rebecca; Marcucci, Adriana; Roux, Catherine; Sohre, Annika,

2021.

Von Modellen zu Visionen : Ansätze zur Ergänzung von quantitativen Energieszenarien.

SCCER CREST White Paper

; 11.

SCCER CREST.

Verfügbar unter: https://www.sccer-crest.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/White_Paper_11_2021_von_Modellen_zu_Visionen.pdf
Sierro, Fabienne; Zundritsch, Patricia; Blumer, Yann; Lilliestam, Johan; Ejderyan, Olivier,

2021.

Erfolgreiche partizipative Projektentwicklung findet auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen der Zusammenarbeit statt : Erkenntnisse aus zwei Wasserkraftprojekten.

Wasser, Energie, Luft.

113(2), S. 105-109.
Braunreiter, Lukas; Blumer, Yann,

2021.

Es gilt, die Menschen ins Zentrum zu stellen.

Energie & Umwelt.

2021(3), S. 14-15.

Verfügbar unter: https://www.energiestiftung.ch/id-2021-3-es-gilt-die-menschen-ins-zentrum-zu-stellen.html
Jobin, Marilou; Külling, Céline; Jattke, Marleen; Blumer, Yann,

2020.

Extending the lifetime of mobile devices to reduce their environmental impact : a glimpse on the project LIFESAVING.

SocietyByte.

2020.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21566
Seidl, Roman; Stauffacher, Michael; Tomic, Uros; Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann,

2017.

Transition experiments under the shower : energy-saving campaigns with formal social groups [Paper].

In:

The 8th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions (CIIST), Gothenburg, Sweden, 18-21 June 2017.
Seidl, Roman; Stauffacher, Michael; Tomic, Uros; Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann,

2017.

Transition experiments under the shower : energy-saving campaigns with formal social groups [Paper].

In:

hopefulNESS 2017: The 13th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, University of Tampere: School of Management, Tampere, Finland, 6-8 June 2017.
Braunreiter, Lukas; Wemyss, Devon; Kobe, Carmen; Müller, Adrian W.; Krause, Thilo; Blumer, Yann,

2016.

Understandig the Role of Scenarios in Swiss Energy Research.

SML Working Paper

; 13.

Winterthur:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1137
Cometta, Claudio; Blumer, Yann,

2016.

Energieversorger im Wandel.

Handelszeitung.

S. 47.
Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann; Hille, Stefanie Lena,

2016.

Getting started on a car diet : assessing the behavioural impacts of an e-bike trial in Switzerland [Paper].

In:

International Energy Policies & Programmes Evaluation Conference (IEPPEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 June 2016.

IEPPEC.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1571
Blumer, Yann,

2016.

Mehr Engagement für weniger Energie.

Thema Umwelt.

2016(1), S. 18-19.
Cometta, Claudio; Blumer, Yann; Hertach, Christian,

2016.

Vom Versorger zum Dienstleister : Resultate einer Befragung unter Schweizer EVUs.

Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.

2016(3), S. 9-12.
Blumer, Yann; Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne,

2015.

How cities can foster local action in energy efficiency by utilizing middle actors : insights from a Swiss case study [Paper].

In:

ECEEE summer study proceedings.

ECEEE 2015 Summer Study «First fuel now» Toulon/Hyères, France, 1-6 June 2015.

Stockholm:

European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ECEEE.

S. 653-660.
Wemyss, Devon; Blumer, Yann,

2015.

Indicators of innovation : empirical insights into activities, challenges and strategies of Swiss energy sector start-ups.

Winterthur:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Lilliestam, Johan; Blumer, Yann; Geddes, Anna; Späth, Leonhard; Van Vliet, Oscar,

2014.

More than costs : on the fit between solar and renewable electricity policy motivations and energy system models

.

In:

Bailey, Stephen, Hrsg.,

Solar power : technologies, environmental impacts and future prospects.

New York:

Nova Science Publishers.

S. 23-55.

Energy science, engineering, and technology.
Blumer, Yann Benedict; Lilliestam, Johan; Moser, Corinne; Seidl, Roman,

2014.

Eine Frage der Perspektive : Energiesicherheit in der Debatte um die Schweizer Energiezukunft.

Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.

105(10), S. 9-12.

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Braunreiter, Lukas; Blumer, Yann,

2018.

Not only experts matter : the role of lay people’s expectations about the energy future in acceptability evaluations.

In:

Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts.

BEHAVE 2018 - 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Zurich, 5-7 September 2018.

Zürich:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

S. 67-68.
Seidl, Roman; Stauffacher, Michael; Tomic, Uros; Moser, Corinne; Blumer, Yann,

2017.

Co-designing field experiments with cities : promoting energy-saving showerheads.

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; Moser, Corinne,

2016.

Förderung von energiesparendem Verhalten in Städten durch Nutzung von Vereinen.

In:

Sitzung der OKI-Fachgruppe (Klima und Umwelt) - Klimabündnis Städte Schweiz (KBSS), Zürich, 28. Juni 2016.
Blumer, Yann; Moser, Corinne; Gregorowius, Daniel,

2016.

Exploring how expectations of the future energy system shape individuals’ energy political attitudes.

In:

Energy Systems Conference 2016, London, United Kingdom, 14-15 June 2016.
Moser, Corinne; Frick, Vivian; Blumer, Yann; Stauffacher, Michael; Seidl, Roman,

2016.

Sports clubs as multipliers for energy-saving campaigns? : developing and evaluating a mobility intervention together with the city of Winterthur (Switzerland).

In:

4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2016), Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.
Blumer, Yann Benedict; Moser, Corinne,

2014.

Why some electricity utilities actively promote energy efficiency and others do not.

In:

24ème Journée du CUEPE, Genève, 19 September 2014.
Blumer, Yann Benedict; Seidl, Roman; Moser, Corinne,

2014.

The precarious consensus on the importance of energy security.

In:

Energy Systems Conference 2014, London, United Kingdom, 24-25 June 2014.

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Peer Reviewed Papers:

Blumer, Y., Mühlebach, M., Moser, C. (2014). Why some electricity utilities actively promote energy efficiency and others do not — a Swiss case study. Energy Efficiency, 7, 697-710.

Epprecht, N., von Wirth,T., Stünzi, C., Blumer, Y. (2014). Anticipating transitions beyond the current mobility regimes: how acceptability matters. Futures, 60, 30-40.

Blumer, Y., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D., Kiyotada, H., Uchida, S. (2013). Non-technical success factors for bioenergy projects - learning from a multiple case study in Japan. Energy Policy, 60, 386-395

Scholz, R., Blumer, Y., Brand, F. (2012). Risk, vulnerability, robustness and resilience from a decision-theoretic perspective. Journal of Risk Research, 15, 313-330.

Saner, D., Blumer, Y., Lang, D., Koehler, A. (2011). Scenarios for the implementation of EU waste legislation at national level and their consequences for emissions from municipal waste incineration. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 57, 67-77.

Further Publications:

Blumer, Y. (2014). Non-technical challenges for the transition of energy systems. Doctoral thesis Nr. 21’717. Zürich: ETH Zürich.

Baltensperger, T., Ruppen, D., Blumer, Y., Spörri, A. (2013) Analyse der schweizerischen Energieversorgungssicherheit - Eine Abschätzung der Verwundbarkeit des Energiesystems. Ittingen: BFE.

Blumer, Y. (2012). Die Schweizer Erdgasversorgung – Struktur- und Schwachstellenanalyse basierend auf Interviews mit Branchenexperten. Ittingen: BFE.

Blumer, Y. (2012). Die Schweizer Kernkraft – Struktur- und Schwachstellenanalyse basierend auf Interviews mit Branchenexperten. Ittingen: BFE.

Blumer, Y., Martin, S. (2012). Die Schweizer Wasserkraft – Struktur- und Schwachstellenanalyse basierend auf Interviews mit Branchenexperten. Ittingen: BFE.

Blumer, Y., Klarer, M. (2012). Die Schweizer Ölversorgungskette – Struktur- und Schwachstellen-analyse basierend auf Interviews mit Branchenexperten. Ittingen: BFE.

Blumer, Y., Martius, G., Stauffacher, M. (2011). Kleine EVUs unter Hochspannung – Eine Fallstudie der ETH Zürich zur Situation in den Kantonen St. Gallen und beide Appenzell. Bulletin SEV/VSE, 4, 8-11.

Probst, M., Bening, C., Blumer, Y., Friedrich, E., Hoppmann, J., Saner, D., Stauffacher, M. & Scholz, R. W. (2011). Herausforderungen und Chancen im Energiebereich für den Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Zürich: ETH Zürich.

Book Sections:

Lilliestam, J., Blumer, Y., Geddes, A., Labordena, M., Späth, L., van Vliet, O. (forthcoming 2014): More than costs: on the fit between solar and renewable electricity policy motivations and energy system models, in: Schlapa, J. (Ed.): Solar power: Technologies, environmental impacts and future prospects, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppage.

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