Dr. Christian Zipper

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Senior lecturer with team leading
• Academic management MAS/DAS/CAS Integrated Risk Management

Professional development teaching

• DAS Integrated Risk Management
• MAS Integrated Risk Management

Projects

• Resilience and efficiency of smart and sustainable power grids: mesoscopic modelling and stochastic simulation / Deputy 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
• UNCTAD Strategic Foresight / Team member / completed
• Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain: environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

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.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Mock, R. G. and Zipper, C. (2020) 'A formal representation of terms and processes for the transition from risk to resilience and sustainability management', in Baraldi, P., Di Maio, F., and Zio, E. (eds) Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference. Singapore: Research Publishing. Available at: https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2020/pdf/3827.pdf.
• Mock, R. G. and Zipper, C. (2017) 'Embedding resilience assessment into risk management', in Cepin, M. and Bris, R. (eds) Safety and reliability : theory and applications. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 1009–1014.
• Mock, R. G. et al. (2017) 'Resilience assessment of internet of things : a case study on smart buildings', in Risk, reliability and safety : innovating theory and practice. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 2260–2267.

Other publications

• 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.
• Mock, R. G. and Zipper, C. (2017) 'Risiko : das Ende eines Konzeptes?', Sicherheitsforum, 2017(1), pp. 45–47.
• Mock, R. G. and Zipper, C. (2016) 'Risikomanagement : Herausforderung auch für Profis', Management und Qualität, 45(7-8), pp. 18–19.
• Lopez de Obeso, L., Mock, R. G. and Zipper, C. (2016) 'Operationalization of an ISO 31000-compliant resilience engineering method, applied to the temperature control in a smart building', in Proceedings of the 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference, : IDRC Davos 2016, Extended Abstract Collection, Integrative Risk Management - towards resilient cities, 28 August - 01 September. Global Risk Forum, pp. 393–397.

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