Prof. Vicente Carabias-Hütter

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head of Research/Focus Area Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities
• Coordinator of ZHAW Platform Smart Cities & Regions
• Lecturer of Technology Foresight

Focus

• Sustainable Development of Society and Economy
• Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities
• Smart Cities & Regions

Teaching

• CAS Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions – Data, Energy and Mobility
• MSc in Environment and Natural Resources (INE Advisor, NRMUA)
• MSc in Engineering (INE Advisor, EVA-FOTA)
• BW-SMART Smart Living (ZHAW School of Engineering)
• Technology Foresight (EnEP, FUTUR, SASO)

Professional development teaching

• WBK Grundlagen und Organisation von Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
• WBK Data, Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
• CAS Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions – Data, Energy and Mobility

Experience

• Professor
  ZFH
  12 / 2018 - today
• Coordination ZHAW Platform Smart Cities & Regions
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  05 / 2016 - today
• Deputy Head
  ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development
  09 / 2014 - today
• Head of Research Group/Focus Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities
  ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development
  05 / 2014 - today
• Lecturer of Technology Foresight, Senior Scientist
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  08 / 2013 - today
• Scientific Collaboration (RTD, Services, Teaching, PR)
  ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development
  09 / 2007 - 07 / 2013
• Scientific Officer within the Action ERA policy mixes, joint programming and foresight
  JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
  01 / 2009 - 01 / 2012
• Scientific Collaboration (RTD, Services, Teaching, PR)
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur
  04 / 1999 - 08 / 2007
• Scientific Collaboration for Development "Extensive Reforestation with Prosopis juliflora in Peru"
  Fondation du Léman, Genf/Zürich
  08 / 1996 - 12 / 1999
• Technical employee in immission/emission control and air hygiene
  Environmental and Health Protection of City of Zurich
  08 / 1991 - 12 / 1999
• Project Lead Competence Center Ecology
  Engineering School Winterthur
  02 / 1997 - 03 / 1999

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Active Participation / Energy, Living Labs and Smart Cities
  International Conferences
  01 / 2012 - 12 / 2024
• Active Participation / Sustainable Development and Foresight
  International Conferences
  08 / 1998 - 12 / 2011
• Didactics and Pedagogy / Physics and Environmental Education
  ETH Zurich
  08 / 1996 - 04 / 2000
• MSc ETH / Environmental Sciences
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 1990 - 07 / 1996
• Certificate / Maths and Natural Sciences
  High School Zurich Oerlikon
  08 / 1986 - 07 / 1990
• Certificates / Primary and Secondary Schools
  Public Schools in Zurich Affoltern
  08 / 1978 - 07 / 1986

Continuing Education

• Certificate
  ZHAW Management Education
  12 / 2014
• Certificates of Coninued Education of JRC Institute of Prospective Technological Studies
  Proofreading, Scientific Writing, Rapid Reading, Successfully Managing & Developing Teams
  12 / 2011

Network

Membership of networks

• Future City Alliance
• Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology (saguf)
• Smart City Hub Switzerland
• EELISA European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1372-0886

Social media

• ResearchGate
• Google Scholar ID
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

Projects

• MOVEO Winterthur / Project leader / ongoing
• Smart City Pilot Project in Aesch (Canton of Basel-Landschaft) / Team member / ongoing
• Urban Positive Clean neigHborhood energy trAnsition: driving innovative solutions for Renovation, diGitalisation and energy Efficiency / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Demo area Hard within PEDvolution-WIN / Project leader / ongoing
• Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Team member / ongoing
• SNF Ambizione Evaluation / Project leader / ongoing
• New approaches to shaping the future of 5-minute neighbourhoods / Deputy project leader / completed
• Smart City Winterthur - Development of the WinLab Co-Creation Lab / Deputy project leader / completed
• Zurich urban reachability & accessibility enhancement through digital technology / Project leader / completed
• Swiss Smart City Outreach / Deputy project leader / completed
• Smart City Winterthur - WinLab / Team member / completed
• Front Runner / Team member / completed
• Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock / Co-project leader / completed
• Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities / Project leader / completed
• Swiss Smart City Survey / Project leader / completed
• Win.Lab – Living Labs for Energy Decarbonisation / Project leader / completed
• Smart City Frauenfeld / Project leader / completed
• Mandate Smart City Switzerland / Project leader / completed
• Social Power Plus / Co-project leader / completed
• Predictive replenishment of urban distribution centres for the decentralised food supply / Deputy project leader / completed
• Scaling Smart City Projects - from Individual pilots towards a Common strategy of industry Emergence / Project leader / completed
• Development/Upscaling of a digital neighborhood platform / Team member / completed
• Integration in the neighbourhood through sustainability projects / Project leader / completed
• Smart City potential analysis in Meilen ZH / Co-project leader / completed
• OKEE – Pilot Region Basel / Team member / completed
• Unfolding next generation demand-side information models / Project leader / completed
• Analysis of potential for Internet of Things (IoT) to act as an enabler for climate protection and the Energy Strategy 2050 / Project leader / completed
• Smart bioclimatic low-carbon urban areas as innovative energy isles in the sustainable city (ENSCC Smart Urban Isles) / Project leader / completed
• Participative Foresight for Smarter Cities – From a Vision over Scenarios to Roadmapping / Project leader / completed
• Social Power Project / Project leader / completed
• UNCTAD Strategic Foresight / Project leader / completed
• Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain: environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers / Project leader / completed
• PV2050: Sustainability, market deployment and interaction to the grid – the impacts of advanced PV solutions / Project leader / completed
• Smart City Winterthur: Analysis of Electricity Consumption / Project leader / completed
• Towards Smart Energy Regions: Exploring Future Energy-Systems / Project leader / completed
• Smart Cities / Project leader / completed
• Wind energy Goms-region / Team member / completed
• IFA International Foresight Academy / Project leader / completed
• IEA Task 24 Demand-Side Management / Project leader / completed
• SoE Project MPIG / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Conte, A. et al. (2025) 'Positive energy district evolution : a test case for Winterthur's hard community', Journal of Smart Cities and Society, 4(3), pp. 152–165. doi: 10.1177/27723577251352737.
• Spiess, H. et al. (2019) 'Akzeptanzforschung für die Energiewende', Gaia, 28(1), pp. 58–60. doi: 10.14512/gaia.28.1.14.
• Sokolov, A. et al. (2019) 'Scenario-based identification of key factors for smart cities development policies', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 148. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119729.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2018) 'Social life cycle assessment : specific approach and case study for Switzerland', Sustainability, 10(12), p. 4382. doi: 10.3390/su10124382.
• Wemyss, D. et al. (2018) 'Examining community-level collaborative vs. competitive approaches to enhance household electricity-saving behavior', Energy Efficiency, 11(8), pp. 2057–2075. doi: 10.1007/s12053-018-9691-z.
• Ejderyan, O. et al. (2016) 'Stakeholder dialogue for sustainability : the challenge of thinking between boxes', Gaia, 25(4), pp. 299–301. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02210.x.
• Spiess, H. et al. (2015) 'Future acceptance of wind energy production : exploring future local acceptance of wind energy production in a Swiss alpine region', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 101, pp. 263–274. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.06.042.
• Burger, P. et al. (2015) 'Advances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change : outline of an integrated framework', Frontiers in Energy Research, 29(3), pp. 1–19. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2015.00029.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. and Haegeman, K. (2013) 'Future-oriented technology analysis (FTA) to support decision-making in meeting global challenges', Gaia, 22(1), pp. 57–59. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4250.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., Moser, C. and Spiess, H. (2013) 'Anticipating gaps in energy research at transdisciplinary and international interfaces', Gaia, 22(4), pp. 281–283. doi: 10.14512/gaia.22.4.16.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., De Smedt, P. and Teichler, T. (2013) 'Smart S&T and innovation agendas in a globalised era', Foresight, 15(1), pp. 3–5. doi: 10.1108/fs.2013.27315aaa.001.
• Stauffacher, M. et al. (2013) 'Engagement für inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung', Gaia, 22(2), pp. 142–144. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2695.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., De Smedt, P. and Teichler, T. (2012) 'FTA break new ground in response to grand challenges', Foresight, 14(4), pp. 279–281. doi: 10.1108/14636681211256062.
• Konnola, T. et al. (2012) 'Facing the future : scanning, synthesizing and sense-making in horizon scanning', Science and Public Policy, 39(2), pp. 222–231. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scs021.
• Amanatidou, E. et al. (2012) 'On concepts and methods in horizon scanning : lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues', Science and Public Policy, 39(2), pp. 208–221. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scs017.
• Weber, K. M. et al. (2012) 'Coping with a fast-changing world: towards new systems of future-oriented technology analysis', Science and Public Policy, 39(2), pp. 153–165. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scs012.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. and Ulrich, M. (2008) 'Nachhaltige Entwicklung erfassen - KLARTEXT spielen', Gaia, 17(2), pp. 247–250. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4230.
• Scheuthle, H., Carabias-Hütter, V. and Kaiser, F. G. (2005) 'The motivational and instantaneous behavior effects of contexts : steps towards a theory of goal-directed behavior', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(10), pp. 2076–2093. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02210.x.
• Marti, K. et al. (2002) 'Nationale Evaluation von Lokale Agenda 21-Prozessen in der Schweiz', Gaia, 11(4), p. 319.
• Joos, W. et al. (1999) 'Social aspects of public waste management in Switzerland', Waste Management, 19(6), pp. 417–425. doi: 10.1016/S0963-9969(99)00087-3.
• Monn, C. et al. (1997) 'Small-scale spatial variability of particulate matter < 10 μm (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide', Atmospheric Environment, 31(15), pp. 2243–2247. doi: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00030-7.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Neuroni, A. C. et al. (2019) 'Public value creation in a smart city context - an analysis framework', in Rodriguez Bolivar, M. P. (ed.) Setting foundations for the creation of public value in smart cities. Cham: Springer, pp. 49–76. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-98953-2_3.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., Winistörfer, H. and Joos, W. (2003) 'Assessing and improving social compatibility', in Ludwig, C., HelIweg, S., and Stucki, S. (eds) Municipal solid waste management : strategies and technologies for sustainable solutions. Berlin: Springer, pp. 405–461. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-55636-4.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Cellina, F. et al. (2021) 'Social power plus : empowering households to energy sufficiency through co-designed app‑based community energy challenges', in Conference Proceedings : BEHAVE 2020-2021. Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, pp. 89–93. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-23771.
• West, M. et al. (2019) 'Enhancing citizen participation through serious games in virtual reality', in Schenk, M. et al. (eds) Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society. Wien: Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning, pp. 881–888. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3332.
• Bichsel, J. et al. (2019) 'IMPROVE : enhancing demand-side energy reduction through informative billing strategies', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 012144. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012144.
• Hackenfort, M. et al. (eds) (2018) Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts, 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2018), Zurich, 5-7 September 2018. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1370.
• Wemyss, D. et al. (2017) 'Reaching the finish line : analysis of the differences between active participants and drop-outs in a behaviour change intervention', in Consumption, efficiency and limits : eceee 2017 summer study on energy efficiency, pp. 1775–1784.
• Moser, C. et al. (2015) 'Multiplying energy-saving behaviour in cities through formal social groups', in Laitinen Lindström, T. and Borg & Co, S. S. (eds) eceee Summer Study proceedings : eceee 2015 Summer Study – First fuel now, pp. 2133–2141. Available at: 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/.
• Moser, C., Wendel, T. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2014) 'Scientific and practical understandings of smart cities', in Schrenk, M. et al. (eds) Plan it Smart! Clever Solutions for Smart Cities. Proceedings of REAL CORP 2014, 19th International Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. Vienna, 2014. corp.at, pp. 507–514. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4248.

Other publications

• Rechsteiner, M. et al. (2026) Positive Energy Districts in der Praxis. Baar: oe.energy. Available at: www.oe.energy/publications/2026.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2021) 'Wie Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte zu sozialer Integration im Quartier beitragen können', in Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2021. HM Hochschule München, pp. 300–303. Available at: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INUAS2021_Book-of-Abstract_FINAL.pdf.
• Musiolik, J. et al. (2019) Smart City : Leitfaden zur Umsetzung von Smart-City-Initiativen in der Schweiz. Bern: Bundesamt für Energie. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-19406.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2019) 'Smart Sustainable Cities : Innovationen für mehr Lebensqualität', eTrends, 2019(1), pp. 14–19. Available at: https://www.etrends.ch/detail/smart-sustainable-cities.html.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2018) Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain : environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Eschenauer, U. et al. (2017) Smart Cities in Theorie und Praxis : Szenarien, Strategien und Umsetzungsbeispiele. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1237.
• Cometta, C. et al. (2017) Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050 - Band II : Neue Ansätze für Staat und Wirtschaft. Edited by C. Cometta and C. Kobe. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1233.
• Zwahlen, M. et al. (2016) 'Konzepte für die Zukunft : eine Delphi-Umfrage zu Smart Cities liefert konkrete Ansätze', Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE, 2016(12), pp. 16–19. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4226.
• Bernath, K., Carabias-Hütter, V. and Mächler, A. (2016) 'Winterthur entwickelt sich von der Energiestadt zur Smart City', Die Volkswirtschaft, 2016(7), pp. 24–26. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4224.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. (2016) 'Wie man smarte Städte entwickelt', Energy.Now! - Fachmagazin der Schweizer Energieszene, pp. 14–15. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4225.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2016) 'Energy efficiency programmes in the spotlight - analysis of governmental, institutional and entrepreneurial energy efficiency programmes : target groups, governance mechanisms and factors of success', in Patterson, J. and Varriale, F. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference 'Smart Energy Regions' : Cardiff, UK, 11th and 12th February 2016. Cardiff: The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, pp. 31–44. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4241.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2016) 'Participative foresight for smarter cities : from vision seeds to the development of scenarios', in Schrenk, M. et al. (eds) REAL CORP 2016 : Smart Me Up! Wien: corp.at, pp. 501–508. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4243.
• Spiess, H. et al. (2016) 'Success factors and barriers for 100% renewable energy regions', in Patterson, J. and Varriale, F. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference 'Smart Energy Regions' : Cardiff, UK, 11th and 12th February 2016. Cardiff: The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, pp. 70–83. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4242.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2016) Leitfaden Smarte Quartiere : Ideenentwicklung und Prozessgestaltung für Genossenschaften und andere Akteure der Quartierentwicklung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4240.
• Zwahlen, M. et al. (2016) Delphi-Expertenbefragung zu Smart Cities 2035. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4244.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2016) Treiber und Barrieren auf dem Weg zu einer Smart City : Erkenntnisse aus Theorie und Praxis. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1052.
• Abegg, A. et al. (2016) Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Staat und Wirtschaft. Edited by C. Cometta, C. Kobe, and A. Benz. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1053.
• Castri, R. et al. (2014) 'Favouring behavioural change of household's energy consumption through social media and cooperative play', in Behave 2014 - Paradigm Shift: From Energy Efficiency to Energy Reduction through Social Change. Behave Energy Conference. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4249.
• Ferraro, F. et al. (2014) 'Technologien auf dem Prüfstand : neu entwickeltes Indikatorenset zur Bewertung der Stromproduktion anhand der Ziele der Energiestrategie 2050', Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE, 4, pp. 9–12. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4228.
• Spiess, H., Lobsiger, E. and Carabias, V. (2014) 'Energieertrag vor Landschaftsbild? : sozioökonomische und technische Aspekte der Windenergie am Beispiel der Region Goms', Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE, 2014(3), pp. 17–20. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4227.
• Moser, C. et al. (2014) 'Trade-offs between national and regional energy systems perspectives', in Energy Systems Conference 2014, London, United Kingdom, 24-25 June 2014.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2014) 'Switzerland', in Jones, P. et al. (eds) COST action TU1104 : smart energy regions. Cardiff: The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, pp. 259–266. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4246.
• Spiess, H. et al. (2013) 'An interdisciplinary approach to the implementation of wind energy : acceptance, engineering, economics and site optimization', in Koroneos, C. J., Rovas, D. C., and Dompros, A. Th. (eds) Proceedings of ELCAS 2013, pp. 835–845.
• Wellstein, J. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2013) 'Energieeinsparung dank Energieeffizienz-Contracting - Kunden müssen aber wollen! : Schweizer Beteiligung am Forschungsprogramm Demand Side Management (DSM)', HK-Gebäudetechnik, 2013(12/13), pp. 42–44.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2013) 'The urgency of energy conservation : required behaviour and social norm change for demand-side management', in Koroneos, C. J., Rovas, D. C., and Dompros, A. Th. (eds) Proceedings of ELCAS 2013. COST, pp. 999–1014.
• Mourik, R. et al. (2013) Analysis of case studies IEA DSM task 24 : closing the loop - behaviour change in DSM: from theory to practice. iea dsm.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2012) 'FLA anticipate sustainable development challenges for better policy support', in Giessecke, S., van der Gießen, A., and Elkins, S. (eds) "The role of forward-looking activities for the governance of Grand Challenges" : insights from the European Foresight Platform. Vienna: European Foresight Platform (EFP), pp. 63–72. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4251.
• Amanatidou, E. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2011) Energy : weak signals and emerging issues for European policy.
• Boden, M. et al. (eds) (2011) The 4th International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) and grand societal challenges, 4th International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis, Seville, Spain, 12-13 May 2011. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC64647.pdf.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., Stülpnagel, H. and Wittmann, F. (2010) Internationale Forschung – Zusammenarbeit oder Wettbewerb? : ein Leitfaden zur internationalen Forschung an der ZHAW. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1974.
• Boden, M. et al. (2010) Facing the future : time for the EU to meet global challenges. Luxembourg: European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Union. doi: 10.2791/4223.
• Nill, J. et al. (2009) ERAWATCH country report 2009 : analysis of policy mixes to foster R&D investment and to contribute to the ERA - Germany. Luxembourg: European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Union. doi: 10.2791/21333.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2007) Enhancing Regional RTD and Innovation Development through Foresight & Mentoring : Scenario Development and Action Plan for RTD and Innovation Promotion up to 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-103.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2007) Regional R&D investment programmes : comparing, evaluating & benchmarking activities in the REFORM partner regions. Coventry.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., Kümin, D. and Siegrist, D. (2006) 'Fostering sustainable regional development with indicator based certification procedures', in Siegist, D. et al. (eds) Exploring the Nature of Management : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Rapperswil: Research Centre for Leisure, Tourism and Landscape, Institute for Landscape and Open Space, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, pp. 137–139.
• Kunz, M. et al. (2006) Kompetenzen für die Zukunft : nachhaltige Entwicklung konkret. 1. Auflage. Edited by R. Kyburz-Graber. Bern: hep.
• Carabias-Hütter, V., Kümin, D. and Martinez, M. (2005) D8.5 fully operated benchmarking platform : beta phase.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2005) Zertifizierung : Konzept für einen indikatorenbasierten Zertifizierungsprozess von Bergregionen. St.Gallen: Hochschule St.Gallen.
• Basu, A. J. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2004) 'Indicators for sustainability assessment and reporting', in 2004 Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration SME Annual Meeting, Denver, 26-28 February 2004.
• Martinez Paino, M. et al. (2004) Benchmarking Requirements Report : INTELCITIES Deliverable D8.2. Valencia: AIDICO.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. and Renner, E. (2004) Indikatoren : nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung verstehen, messen, bewerten und steuern. Edited by F. f. W. u. R. Hochschule St. Gallen (FWR-HSG). St.Gallen.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (2003) 'Nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung im Alpenraum : Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen des NFP48 Landschaften und Lebensräume der Alpen', ZHWInfo, 16, p. 22.
• Kunz, M., Carabias-Hütter, V. and Kiener, U. (2002) Indicators into action : local sustainability indicator sets in their context, Pastille consortium.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. (2002) 'Conciencia ambiental y comportamiento ecológico : un análisis de la escala GEB ( General Ecological Behavior ) de Kaiser', Revista internacional de sociología, 2002(33), pp. 133–170.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. (2002) 'Internationale Zusammenarbeit für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung', ZHWInfo, 16, p. 60.
• Winistörfer, H. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2001) 'Tools needed for sustainability evaluation : the social compatibility analysis (SCA)', Waste Management and Treatment of Municipal and Industrial Waste, 2001(5), p. 533.
• Winistörfer, H. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (1998) 'Wie sozial verträglich ist unsere Abfallwirtschaft? : Umfrageergebnisse weisen auf Akzeptanzprobleme hin', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, p. 15.
• Maselli, D. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (1998) 'El Nino unterstützt Wiederaufforstung in Peru : Anpflanzung von Prosopis-Bäumen in Wüstengebiet', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, p. 71.
• Carabias-Hütter, V. et al. (1997) 'Reforestation of Algarrobo (Prosopis juliflora) in the deserts of northwestern Peru : a research project carried out by a Swiss NGO and a Peruvian NARS', ATSAF-Circular, 1997(49), p. 57.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Sütterlin, B., Lobsiger-Kägi, E. and Carabias-Hütter, V. (2021) 'Promotion of environmental and social sustainability through a digital community platform in the context of the Corona pandemic', in International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Syracuse, Italy, 5-8 October 2021.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2019) 'Enhancing smart neighborhood life through a mobile app', in Book of Abstracts : INUAS Conference 2019: Housing under Pressure. Wien: FH Campus Wien, pp. 83–85. Available at: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BoA-INUAS-Conference-2019.pdf.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2018) 'Exploring the social acceptance of building integrated photovoltaics in Switzerland', in Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Tomic, U. et al. (2017) 'Community and socio-political acceptance of building-integrated photovoltaics', in International Conference at the Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF) of ETH Zurich, Human Dimensions of Environmental Risks - Behavioural Experiments, Field Experiments, Survey Research, Ascona, 21-26 May 2017.
• Lobsiger-Kägi, E. et al. (2014) 'A framework to enhance communities towards low energy and low carbon societies', in Behave Energy Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3-4 September 2014.
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