Dr. Anton Sentic

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/study/master-of-science-in-environment-and-natural-resources/ine/

Professional development teaching

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

Expertise and research interests

Research on energy transitions, focusing on system decentralisation and the role of sector coupling innovations, and the role of living labs and similar experimental environments in transition processes. Additional research expertises include corporate social responsibility in large enterprises and waste management with a focus on re-use and management system innovations.

Educational background

2017 PhD, University of Greenwich, London, UK (Role of CHP technologies in the UK energy transition)
2013 MSc Environmental System Sciences - Sustainability Management, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
2011 Bakk.rer.soc.oec. Environmental System Sciences - Business Management, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Professional milestones

2017-2021 Senior Researcher, international institute of management in technology / Smart Living Lab, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
2017-2017 Research Assistant, Sheffield University Management School, Sheffield, UK
2014-2017 PhD student and Visiting Lecturer, University of Greenwich, London, UK
2012-2014 Project Manager, ARGE Abfallvermeidung, Graz, Austria

Membership of networks

• Sustainable Transitions Research Network (STRN), member of the Steering Group (since 2019)
• Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainable Transitions (NEST), co-founder (since 2015)
• Responsible Innovation Sustainability Entrepreneurship (RISE), founding member (since 2015)

Projects

• Smart City Winterthur - WinLab / Team member / Project ongoing
• Front Runner / Team member / Project ongoing
• SWEET LANTERN – Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Project leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET SWICE - Sustainable Wellbeing for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock (RENOWAVE) / Team member / Project ongoing
• Valorisation of industrial residues for a sustainable industry (VARESI) / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• WinLab co-creation platform: digital matchmaking and ideation platform / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Pathways and supportive policies for accelerating vehicle to grid (V2G) technology / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Win.Lab – Living Labs for Energy Decarbonisation / Team member / Project ongoing
• SNF Ambizione Evaluation / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Szenarioentwicklung für Verwertung lokaler Stromüberschüsse durch Elektromobilität / Project leader / Project completed
• Win.Lab – Strategierevision des Reallabors der Stadt Winterthur / Team member / Project completed

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Teufel, B., Sentic, A., Niemer, T., Hojčková, K., 2020. Transformation oder Disruption im Energiemarkt?, in: Fill, H.-G., Meier, A. (Eds.), Blockchain – Grundlagen, Anwendungsszenarien Und Nutzungspotenziale, Edition HMD. Springer Verlag.

Teufel, B., Sentic, A., Barmet, M., 2019. Blockchain energy: Blockchain in future energy systems. Journal of Electronic Science and Technology 17, 100011. doi.org/10.1016/j.jnlest.2020.100011

Ritzel, C., Sentic, A., 2018. Investigating Energy Prosumer Behaviour in Crowd Energy Using an Interactive Model/Diorama. Journal of Electronic Science and Technology 16, 341–350. doi.org/10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.80727104

Coles, A.-M., Piterou, A., Sentić, A., 2017. Is small really beautiful? A review of the concept of niches in innovation. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 1–14. doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2017.1408907

Provasnek, A.K., Sentić, A., Schmid, E., 2017. Integrating Eco-Innovations and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Development and a Social License to Operate: Sustainable Innovations and a Social License to Operate. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 24, 173–185. doi.org/10.1002/csr.1406

Manikas, I., Hamann, K., Sentić, A., 2016. Quality Management Schemes and Connections to the Concept of Sustainability in the Food Chain, in: Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 233–254. doi.org/10.1002/9781118937495.ch9

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