Dr. Bernadette Sütterlin

Work at ZHAW

Position

Co-Leader Subteam "Energy Behaviour"

Focus

• Perception and acceptance of technologies
• Attitude and behavior change
• Sustainable consumer behavior
• Judgment and decision making

Professional development teaching

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

Experience

• Co-Leader Subteam "Energy Behaviour"
  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  10 / 2023 - today
• Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Sustainable Development (INE)
  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  12 / 2018 - today
• Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Consumer Behavior at the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED)
  ETH Zurich
  02 / 2015 - 12 / 2019
• Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Consumer Behavior at the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED)
  ETH Zurich
  04 / 2012 - 01 / 2015
• Research Assistant (PhD Student) at the Chair of Consumer Behavior at the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED)
  ETH Zurich
  02 / 2009 - 03 / 2012
• Relationship Manager at Credit Suisse Private Banking
  Credit Suisse
  04 / 2008 - 01 / 2009
• Career Starter (Relationship Management) at Credit Suisse Privat Banking
  Credit Suisse
  10 / 2006 - 03 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

PhD / Psychology
ETH Zurich
02 / 2009 - 03 / 2012

Network

Membership of networks

• Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology (saguf)
• Member of the Horizon Europe “Mission Assembly for Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation“
• Member of the European Platform for Energy Research in the Socioeconomic Nexus (PERSON)
• Member of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)

Projects

• Swiss Smart City Outreach / Team member / Project ongoing
• Welcher Lifestyle-Typ bist Du? / Project leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET LANTERN – Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Team member / Project ongoing
• SWEET SWICE - Sustainable Wellbeing for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition / Project leader / Project ongoing
• SNF Ambizione Evaluation / Team member / Project ongoing
• DSS_Embrace: A collaborative environment to embrace deep uncertainties in decision making on climate risks / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Swiss Smart City Survey / Team member / Project completed
• Development/Upscaling of a digital neighborhood platform / Project leader / Project completed
• Evaluation digital neighborhood platform / Project leader / Project completed
• Swiss Smart City Survey (SSCS) / Team member / Project completed
• Integration in the neighbourhood through sustainability projects (IQN) / Team member / Project completed
• Quartierleben Pilot Neuhegi / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Tomic, Uros; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Marek, Reto; Derungs, Curdin; Sandmeier, Ernst,

  2024.

  Reducing hot water consumption through real-time feedback and social comparison using persuasive technologies : evidence from a Swiss energy-efficient district.

  Energy Efficiency.

  17(15).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-024-10199-9

• Funk, Angela; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Siegrist, Michael,

  2021.

  Consumer segmentation based on stated environmentally-friendly behavior in the food domain.

  Sustainable Production and Consumption.

  25, pp. 173-186.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.08.010

• Dihr, Marius; Berthold, Anne; Siegrist, Michael; Sütterlin, Bernadette,

  2021.

  Consumers’ knowledge gain through a cross-category environmental label.

  Journal of Cleaner Production.

  319(128688).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128688

• Hoogendoorn, Gea; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Siegrist, Michael,

  2021.

  Tampering with nature : a systematic review.

  Risk Analysis.

  41(1), pp. 141-156.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13619

• Funk, Angela; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Siegrist, Michael,

  2020.

  The stereotypes attributed to hosts when they offer an environmentally-friendly vegetarian versus a meat menu.

  Journal of Cleaner Production.

  250(119508).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119508

• Derungs, Curdin; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Tomic, Uros; Marek, Reto; Sütterlin, Bernadette,

  2019.

  Occupant-centred temperature reduction in an energy efficient site [paper].

  In:

  CISBAT 2019 Climate Resilient Cities, Lausanne, 4 - 6 September 2019.

  IOP Publishing.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012146

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Kaschlik, Anke; Brandenberg, Elias; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Nägeli, Tobias; Spiess, Harry,

  2021.

  Integration im Quartier durch Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte (IQN).

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23696

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Kaschlik, Anke; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Spiess, Harry; Brandenberg, Elias; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2021.

  Wie Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte zu sozialer Integration im Quartier beitragen können [poster].

  In:

  Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2021.

  INUAS Konferenz 2021 "Urbane Transformationen: Ressourcen", Online, 3.-5. März 2021.

  HM Hochschule München.

  pp. 300-303.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INUAS2021_Book-of-Abstract_FINAL.pdf

• Tomic, Uros; Oberkalmsteiner, Jasmin; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Z'Rotz, Jana; Ohnmacht, Timo,

  2023.

  Unveiling sustainability-related lifestyles : a framework for lifestyle-based segmentation in sustainability research.

  In:

  7th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28-29 November 2023.

• Sütterlin, Bernadette; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  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.

• Tomic, Uros; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Marek, Reto; Derungs, Curdin,

  2019.

  2000-Watt-Gesellschaft leben : Planung alleine reicht nicht aus.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts : INUAS Conference 2019: Housing under Pressure.

  INUAS Konferenz 2019 "Wohnen unter Druck. Dynamiken zwischen Zentren und Peripherien", Wien, 4.-6. November 2019.

  Wien:

  FH Campus Wien.

  pp. 96-97.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BoA-INUAS-Conference-2019.pdf

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Buis, Anja; Schwengler, Christian,

  2019.

  Enhancing smart neighborhood life through a mobile app.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts : INUAS Conference 2019: Housing under Pressure.

  INUAS Conference 2019 "Housing under Pressure. Dynamics Between Centers and Peripheries", Vienna, 4-6 November 2019.

  Wien:

  FH Campus Wien.

  pp. 83-85.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BoA-INUAS-Conference-2019.pdf

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