Uros Tomic

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

zhaw.ch/ine

Expertise and research interests

Energy research from the social sciences perspective, sustainable lifestyles, sustainable change of behavior, empirical sustainability research, acceptance of sustainable energy solutions

Educational background

MSc in Sustainable Development, 2016, University of Basel
Diploma degree in Economics, 2011, University of Freiburg (Germany)

Projects

• SWEET LANTERN – Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Team member / Project ongoing
• ZEV hoch 2 - ZEV^2 / Project leader / Project ongoing
• MixMyRide – Mixing public transport, carpooling and active mobility to reduce solo car use / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Sustainable Multimodal Mobility in Toggenburg / Team member / Project ongoing
• User-based redistribution for free-floating car sharing / Team member / Project ongoing
• Study on the barriers and Drivers of the decarbonisation of industrial processes (SERENDIP) / Team member / Project completed
• Social, mobility and energetic impacts of home-office on the employees of the School of Engineering / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Nachhaltige Mobilität School of Engineering der ZHAW / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Smarte Mobilität mit nachhaltigem E-Carsharing und bidirektionalem V2X / Team member / Project completed
• MOBIS: Promoting Sustainable Mobility Behaviour through Mobility Pricing and Informational Measures / Team member / Project completed
• 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft leben: Reduktion des Energieverbrauchs durch Verhaltensänderungen / Team member / Project completed
• IMPROVE / Team member / Project completed
• ENSCC Smart Urban Isles / Team member / Project completed
• Social Power Project / Team member / Project completed
• NRP71: Promoting energy-sufficient behaviour in cities / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Baumgartner, Anne; Schubert, Iljana; Sohre, Annika; Tomic, Uros; Moser, Corinne; Burger, Paul,

  2022.

  Toward a reduction of car-based leisure travel : an analysis of determinants and potential measures.

  International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2022.2121234

• Molloy, Joseph; Castro, Alberto; Götschi, Thomas; Schoeman, Beaumont; Tchervenkov, Christopher; Tomic, Uros; Hintermann, Beat; Axhausen, Kay W.,

  2022.

  The MOBIS dataset : a large GPS dataset of mobility behaviour in Switzerland.

  Transportation.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-022-10299-4

• 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), pp. e0230255.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230255

• Hoerler, Raphael; Tomic, Uros; Dijk, Jeremy Van; Patt, Anthony; Del Duce, Andrea,

  2020.

  Are carsharing users more likely to buy a battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hybrid electric vehicle? : powertrain choice and shared mobility in Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems (FISTS), Delft, Netherlands, Online, 3-5 November 2020.

  Delft:

  IEEE.

  pp. 70-76.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FISTS46898.2020.9264903

• Bichsel, Jürg; Kunz, Dominique; Padey, Pierryves; Citherlet, Stephane; Eicher, Sara; Cellina, Francesca; Castri, Roberta; Tomic, Uros; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2019.

  IMPROVE : enhancing demand-side energy reduction through informative billing strategies [paper].

  In:

  CISBAT 2019 Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era,Lausanne, 4–6 September 2019.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 012144.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012144

• Tomic, Uros; Hoerler, Raphael; Del Duce, Andrea,

  2019.

  Mode choice for commuting and leisure : a matter of lifestyle? [poster].

  In:

  6th SCCER Mobility Annual Conference, Zurich, 6 September 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18758

• 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

• Hoerler, Raphael; Tomic, Uros; Del Duce, Andrea,

  2019.

  Transforming the Swiss mobility system : who are the future e-sharers? [poster].

  In:

  6th SCCER Mobility Annual Conference, Zurich, 6 September 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18759

• Hoerler, Raphael; Tomic, Uros; Del Duce, Andrea,

  2021.

  Feedback loops in mobility and recommendations on system transformation – the Swiss case.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23359

• Hoerler, Raphael; Tomic, Uros; Del Duce, Andrea,

  2021.

  Swiss mobility transformation to sustainability : recommendations on niche developments.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22661

• Sandmeier, Ernst; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Marek, Reto; Tomic, Uros; Kälin, Stefan,

  2020.

  2000-Watt-Gesellschaft leben : Reduktion des End-Energieverbrauchs durch Verhaltensänderungen : Nutzerinterventionen im Hüttengraben-Areal.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Energie.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22811

• Tomic, Uros; Schoeman, Beaumont; Tchervenkov, Christopher; Molloy, Joseph; Dubernet, Thibaut; Castro, Alberto; Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat; Axhausen, Kay; et al.,

  2020.

  Explaining modal split by a top-down, lifestyle-based segmentation approach : evidence from a Swiss tracking study [poster].

  In:

  7th SCCER Mobility Annual Conference, Online, 23 November 2020.

  Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24634

• 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.

• Tomic, Uros; Stiebe, Michael; Schubert, Iljana; et al.,

  2022.

  Incentivising user-based redistribution in free-floating carsharing : bridging the gap between intention and action.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2022.

  INUAS Konferenz 2022 "Urbane Transformationen: Öffentliche Räume", Winterthur, Schweiz, 7.-9. September 2022.

  pp. 108-109.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/INUAS_BoA_220906_high.pdf

• Tomic, Uros; Schubert, Iljana; Scherrer, Maike,

  2021.

  How to incentivise the user-based redistribution in free-floating carsharing? : the evidence from Switzerland.

  In:

  Mobility Research and Innovation in Switzerland, Luzern, 9. September 2021.

• Tomic, Uros; Schoeman, Beaumont; Tchervenkov, Christopher; Molloy, Joseph; Dubernet, Thibaut; Castro, Alberto; Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat; Axhausen, Kay; et al.,

  2020.

  Do our basic values guide us in our transportation mode choice? : an evidence from a Swiss tracking study.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts of Swiss Mobility Conference 2020.

  Swiss Mobility Conference 2020, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne/online, 29-30 October 2020.

  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

  pp. 44-45.

• 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; Tomic, Uros; Spiess, Harry; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2018.

  Exploring the social acceptance of building integrated photovoltaics in Switzerland.

  In:

  Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts.

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

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Tomic, Uros; Spiess, Harry; Parravicini, Luca; Kuehn, Tobias; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  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.

• 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.

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