Dr. Annina Boogen

Work at ZHAW

Focus

• Environmental economics
• Empirical analysis of policy instruments
• Energy efficiency, sufficiency and flexibility
• Behavioural economics (Energy and climate-related behaviour of households)
• Transdisciplinary approaches

Teaching

• ClimateTech Summer School
• Economics for Bsc Business Law, ZHAW
• Introduction to Behavioural Economics, ZHAW
• Energierecht, ZHAW
• Lecturer in CAS Technology and Public Policy, ETH Zurich

Experience

• Associated researcher
  Uri's Institute Cultures of the Alps (University Lucerne)
  11 / 2020 - today
• Research associate
  Center for Energy and the Environment, ZHAW
  08 / 2020 - today
• Senior assistant (Oberassistentin)
  Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich
  10 / 2018 - 05 / 2022
• Member «Kuratorium Ökologie»
  Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
  04 / 2019 - 06 / 2020
• Research associate / Postdoc
  Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich
  03 / 2016 - 09 / 2018
• Lecturer
  Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences
  10 / 2014 - 08 / 2017
• Research assistant
  Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich
  03 / 2011 - 02 / 2016
• Research assistant
  Engineering office Verenum, Zurich
  09 / 2008 - 06 / 2010

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Arts / Transdisciplinarity in and with the arts
  Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
  09 / 2017 - 09 / 2020
• Doctor of Science
  ETH Zurich
  02 / 2012 - 02 / 2016
• Master of Science / Energy Science and Technology
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 2009 - 09 / 2011
• Bachelor of Science / Environmental Science
  ETH Zurich
  10 / 2005 - 08 / 2008

Continuing Education

CAS Higher & Professional Education
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
12 / 2022

Network

Membership of networks

• Energy Efficiency, Associate Editor
• Swiss Society for Acoustic Ecology (SSAE), board member and president
• European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
• Swiss Association of Energy Economics (SAEE, former board member) / International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE)

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1245-8249

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Project leader / ongoing
• Positive Energy District Algorithms for Load Forecasting and Optimal Dispatch / Co-project leader / ongoing
• DEcarbonisation of Cities and Regions with Renewable GAses / Team member / ongoing
• Competence for Cantonal Energy and Climate Policy ZHAW through expansion and communication of the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland / Project leader / completed
• Establishing the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland (CEIS) as standard instrument for policy makers / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Boogen, N., Daminato, C., Filippini, M., & Obrist, A. (2022). Can information about energy costs affect consumers’ choices? : evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 196, 568–588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.02.014
• Boogen, N. (2022). Designing effective energy information. Nature Energy, 7(4), 308–309. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01010-z
• Boogen, N., Cattaneo, C., Filippini, M., & Obrist, A. (2021). Energy efficiency and the role of energy-related financial literacy : evidence from the European residential sector. Energy Efficiency, 14(40). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-021-09945-0
• Blasch, J., Boogen, N., Daminato, C., & Filippini, M. (2021). Empower the consumer! : energy-related financial literacy and its implications for economic decision making. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 10(2), 149–180. https://doi.org/10.5547/2160-5890.10.2.jbla
• Boogen, N., Datta, S., & Filippini, M. (2021). Estimating residential electricity demand : new empirical evidence. Energy Policy, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112561

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Boogen, N., & Obieta, F. (2025). Transdisciplinarity through the arts. In M. Schüz (Ed.), Transdisciplinary thinking and acting : fundamentals and perspectives (pp. 305–319). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70680-6_16

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Borghoff, B., & Boogen, N. (2024, June 28). Transformation by Creagilization – designing the future of now with “Creative Agility”. 2nd Global Transdisciplinarity Conference, Mustafapaşa, Türkiye, 26-30 June 2024.

Other publications

• Müller, U., Previšić, B., Boogen, A., & Studer-Kovacs, V. (2025). Solarkraft in den Alpen : ein Thema – viele Blickwinkel. Urner Institut Kulturen der Alpen. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35864
• Boogen, N. (2025). Von Transitzonen und Kopflandschaften. Solarspar-Magazin, 2025(1), 18. https://www.solarspar.ch/app/download/13199202787/Solarspar_Magazin_2025-1_web.pdf
• Boogen, N., & Winzer, C. (2024). Households’ willingness to curtail electricity usage during winter shortages : a field experiment. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5037079
• Boogen, N. (2023). Paysages, énergies renouvelables et sons : la perception sensorielle des infrastructures énergétiques dans les paysages alpins. In L. Chanteloup & N. Valsangiacomo (eds.), Résonances : la dimension sonore des Alpes (pp. 199–221). Éditions Antipodes.
• Boogen, N. (2023). Erneuerbare Energien im Alpenraum : partizipative Prozesse neu denken. In Nutzen. Benutzen. Hegen. Pflegen : die Alpen im Anthropozän (pp. 58–64). Hier und Jetzt.
• Betz, R., Boogen, N., & Rösli, S. (2023). Welche Kantone investieren am meisten in erneuerbare Energien? Die Volkswirtschaft, 2023(3), 58–61. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27840
• Filippini, M., Houde, S., Boogen, N., Kumar, N., Wekhof, T., & Obrist, A. (2022). Role of behavioural and market failures as barriers to energy-efficiency investments in single-family housing in Switzerland. Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=69528
• Boogen, N. (2022). Erneuerbare Energien im Alpenraum : partizipative Prozesse neu denken. Syntopia Alpina. https://www.syntopia-alpina.ch/beitraege/erneuerbare-energien-im-alpenraum-partizipative-prozesse-neu-denken
• Boogen, N., Filippini, M., & Martinez-Cruz, A. L. (2022). Value of co-benefits from energy saving ventilation systems : contingent valuations on Swiss home owners. CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000535197

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Complete list of publications on www.ninaboogen.ch

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