Dr. Devon Wemyss

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Focus

Energy & Sustainability, Behaviour change, Digital and Social innovations, Collaboration & Transdisciplinary processes

Teaching

• Master: Collaboration & Co-creation in Innovation Ecosystems
• Master: Sustainability
• Bachelor: Behavioural Economics
• Bachelor: General Management Group Seminar (GM-Forum)

Experience

• Scientific Assistant
  Eawag, Dübendorf, CH
  2013 - 2014
• Environmental Scientist
  Pöyry, Zürich, CH und Burkina Faso
  2010 - 2011
• Environmental Engineer
  CH2MHill, Calgary, Canada
  2009 - 2009

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD Science & Technology Policy Studies / Investigating digital tools for climate-relevant individual behaviour change
  University of Sussex
  2019 - 2024
• MSc. Environmental Science / Human-Environment Systems
  ETH Zürich
  2009 - 2012
• BEng. Civil Engineering / Environment
  McGill University
  2003 - 2008

Network

Social media

Linkedin

Projects

• SWEET COSI – Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society / Team member / Project ongoing
• Innovation Monitor / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET LANTERN – Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Akzeptanz von Datenfreigabe als Grundlage für Innovationen in Smart Cities / Team member / Project completed
• Energy Startup Day / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Social Power Plus / Team member / Project completed
• H2020 SONNET: Social Innovation for the Energy Transition / Team member / Project completed
• Extending the lifespan of mobile devices / Team member / Project completed
• Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER CREST) / Team member / Project completed
• Social Power Project / Team member / Project completed
• UNCTAD Strategic Foresight / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Brugger, Heike; Brunzema, Iska; Dańkowska, Alicja; Wemyss, Devon; Vernay, Anne-Lorène; Betz, Regina; Avelino, Flor; de Geus, Tessa; Dembek, Agata; Duetschke, Elisabeth; Hielscher, Sabine; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Müller, Leticia; Musiolik, Jörg; Ranville, Adélie; Schleich, Joachim; Stasik, Agata; Strumińska-Kutra, Marta; Winzer, Christian; Wittmayer, Julia; Rogge, Karoline S.,

  2023.

  Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance.

  Communications Earth & Environment.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

• Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; Grieder, Manuel; Schlüter, F.,

  2023.

  Looking beyond the hype : conditions affecting the promise of behaviour change apps as social innovations for low-carbon transitions.

  Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

  (47), pp. 100702.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2023.100702

• Wemyss, Devon; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Jud, S.; Cellina, F.,

  2023.

  Leveraging realities of saving energy at home : contributions of co-design to behavioural interventions.

  Energy Research & Social Science.

  104(103258).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103258

• Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; de Luca, Vanessa; Castri, Roberta,

  2019.

  Does it last? : long-term impacts of an app-based behavior change intervention on household electricity savings in Switzerland.

  Energy Research & Social Science.

  47, pp. 16-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.018

• Wemyss, Devon; Castri, Roberta; Cellina, Francesca; De Luca, Vanessa; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2018.

  Examining community-level collaborative vs. competitive approaches to enhance household electricity-saving behavior.

  Energy Efficiency.

  11(8), pp. 2057-2075.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9691-z

• Wemyss, Devon; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Jud, Silvana; Cellina, Francesca,

  2021.

  Mainstreaming sustainability transitions : from research towards impact [paper].

  In:

  12th International Sustainability Transition Conference (IST), Karlsruhe, Germany, 5-8 October 2021.

• Cellina, Francesca; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Granato, Pasquale; Kienast, Pascal; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon,

  2021.

  Social power plus : empowering households to energy sufficiency through co-designed app‑based community energy challenges [paper].

  In:

  Conference Proceedings : BEHAVE 2020-2021.

  6th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2020-2021), online, 21 - 23 April 2021.

  Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency.

  pp. 89-93.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23771

• Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne; Castri, Roberta; Kovacs, Nikolett; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2017.

  Reaching the finish line : analysis of the differences between active participants and drop-outs in a behaviour change intervention [paper].

  In:

  Consumption, efficiency and limits : eceee 2017 summer study on energy efficiency.

  ECEEE 2017 Summer Study «Energy Efficiency», Hyères, France, 29 May - 3 June 2017.

  pp. 1775-1784.

• Wemyss, Devon; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Cellina, Francesca; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Gabani Bianchi, Pamela; Hertach, Christian; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias, Vincente,

  2016.

  Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour [paper].

  In:

  4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.

• Bencsik, Barbara; Kubli, Merla; Markard, Jochen; Palmié, Maximilian; Wemyss, Devon; Zobel, Ann-Kristin,

  2020.

  Erfolg durch Partnerschaft : neue Kollaborationsmodelle für einen Energiemarkt im Wandel.

  SCCER CREST White Paper

  ; 9.

  SCCER CREST.

  Available from: https://www.sccer-crest.ch/fileadmin/FILES/Datenbank_Personen_Projekte_Publikationen/Publications/White_Papers/Final_White_Paper9_2020_WP1_Erfolg_durch_Partnerschaft.pdf

• Jud, Silvana; Wemyss, Devon; Beckenbauer, Angela; Cometta, Claudio; Jaekel, Martin,

  2020.

  The role of higher education institutions in open innovation.

  swissuniversities.

  Available from: https://www.swissuniversities.ch/fileadmin/swissuniversities/Dokumente/Organisation/SUK-P/SUK_P-2/White_Paper-The_Role_of_Higher_Education_Institutions_in_Open_Innovation.pdf

• Loerincik, Yves; Mandron, Anne; Duclon, Kathleen; Marchand, Christina; Wemyss, Devon,

  2019.

  Wege zur erfolgreichen Zusammenarbeit zwischen öffentlichen Einrichtungenund Cleantech-Startups?.

  Swiss Environment and Energy.

  Available from: https://www.innovation-monitor.ch/media/news/Eqlosion_article_2019_DE5.pdf

• Braunreiter, Lukas; Wemyss, Devon; Kobe, Carmen; Müller, Adrian W.; Krause, Thilo; Blumer, Yann,

  2016.

  Understandig the Role of Scenarios in Swiss Energy Research.

  SML Working Paper

  ; 13.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1137

• Castri, Roberta; Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; De Luca, Vanessa; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Bianchi, Pamela; Carabias, Vincente,

  2016.

  Triggering electricity-saving through smart meters : play, learn and interact [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 1st ever energy-feedback symposium : Teddinet 1st energy-feedback symposium “feedback in energy demand reduction: examining evidence and exploring opportunities.

  1st Ever Energy Feedback Symposium, Edinburgh, 4-5 July 2016.

  pp. 248-256.

• Blumer, Yann; Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne,

  2015.

  How cities can foster local action in energy efficiency by utilizing middle actors : insights from a Swiss case study [paper].

  In:

  ECEEE summer study proceedings.

  ECEEE 2015 Summer Study «First fuel now» Toulon/Hyères, France, 1-6 June 2015.

  Stockholm:

  European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ECEEE.

  pp. 653-660.

• Wemyss, Devon; Blumer, Yann,

  2015.

  Indicators of innovation : empirical insights into activities, challenges and strategies of Swiss energy sector start-ups.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

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