Jan Bieser

Jan Bieser

PhD Candidate

Phone: +41 44 635 43 06

Address: Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich

Room number: IfI BIN 2.A.13

jan.bieser@ifi.uzh.ch

Jan Bieser is a PhD candidate focussing on effects of digitalization on individual time use and the environment. As part of the Sustainability Team of University of Zurich, Jan is a project manager for sustainability reporting and mobility (Sustainability Team). Formerly he worked as a sustainability consultant in the ICT sector.

Table of contents

Research

  • Next Generation Mobile Networks - Problem or Solution for Climate Protection
  • Digitalization and Time Use Project Website ResearchGate
  • Mistra SAMS Sustainable Accessibility and Mobility Services Project Website
  • Extending the lifespan of mobile devices Project Website
  • Methods for Assessing Indirect Effects of the Digital Transformation on Sustainability ResearchGate
  • Opportunities and Risks of Digitalization for Climate Protection in Switzerland Publication

Teaching

  • Business Informatics I (lecturer)
  • Digitalization and Sustainable Development (teaching assistant)
  • Informatik, Ethik und Gesellschaft (teaching assistant)
  • Sustainability Reporting (guest lecturer)
  • Supervision of master or bachelor thesis and projects

Short CV

01/2018 -
today		 Sustainability manager
Sustainability Team, University of Zurich
02/2016 -   
today		 Researcher and PhD candidate
Informatics and Sustainability Research Group, University of Zurich
09/2018 -
11/2018		 Visiting researcher
Mistra SAMS, KTH Royal Institut of Technology Stockholm
01/2014 -
01/2018		 Sustainability consultant
Detecon Consulting (Deutsche Telekom Group)
09/2011 -
08/2013		 MSc Double Degree, Management and Information Systems
Copenhagen Busienss School, University of Manhheim

10/2008 -
10/2011

Project manager in ICT, marketing and sales
IBM Germany/Ireland

10/2008 -
10/2011

BSc, Business Information Technology
University of Cooperative Education Stuttgart

Publications

2020                             

Vaddadi, B.; Bieser, J.; Pohl, J.; Kramers, A.: Towards a conceptual framework of direct and indirect environmental effects of co-working. ICT4S2020. 7th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, Bristol, 22 June 2020 - 27 June 2020. ACM. Article
2020                             

Bieser, J.; Hintemann, R.; Beucker, S.; Schramm, S., Hilty, L.: Klimaschutz durch digitale Technologien - Chancen und Risiken. Bitkom, Borderstep Institute, University of Zurich (2020). Press release Article
2020                             

Bieser, J.; Coroama, V.: Direkte und indirekte Umwelteffekte der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie. Sustainability Management Forum (2020). DOI  Article (PDF, 450 KB)
2020                             

Bieser, J.; Hilty, L.: Conceptualizing the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Individual Time and Energy Use. Telematics and Informatics (2020). DOI  Article (PDF, 775 KB)
2019                               Bieser, J.: Visual Exploration of Time Use Data to Support Environmental Assessment of Lifestyles. Presentation. 41st International Association for Time Use Research Conference, American University, Washington DC, 10 July 2019 - 12 July 2019. Presentation (PDF, 15436 KB)
2019                               Bieser, J.; Haas, D.; Hilty, L.: VETUS – Visual Exploration of Time Use Data to Support Environmental Assessment of Lifestyles. ICT4S 2019. 6th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, Lappeenranta, 10 June 2019 - 14 June 2019. ZORA
2019 Bieser, J.; Warland, L.; Hilty, L.: Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2018. Universität Zürich. Website
2018 Bieser, J.: Digitalisierung bietet Chancen für den Klimaschutz. Swiss IT Magazine, 201811 (2018), p.36-38. ZORA
2018 Bieser, J.; Hilty, L.: Assessing Indirect Environmental Effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT): A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability, 10:2662. ZORA
2018 Bieser, J.; Hilty, L.: An Approach to Assess Indirect Environmental Effects of Digitalization Based on a Time-Use Perspective. In: Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics. Cham: Springer (Bücher), 67-78. ZORA
2018 Bieser, J.; Hilty, L.: Indirect Effects of the Digital Transformation on Environmental Sustainability: Methodological Challenges in Assessing the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Potential of ICT. ICT4S 2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability, Toronto, 15 May 2018 - 17 May 2018, 68-81. ZORA
2017 Hilty, L.; Bieser, J.: Opportunities and Risks of Digitalization for Climate Protection in Switzerland. Zurich: University of Zurich. ZORA

Supervised student thesis and projects

2020 Näf, S.: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of ICT: Assessing the GHG Abatement Potential of four ICT Use Cases in Germany in 2030 (bachelor thesis)
2020 Kolenchery, A.: Drones and their potential impact on greenhouse gas emissions (master's basic module)
2020 Fuchs, B.: Measures of Prolonging Mobile Internet-Enabled Devices Service Life (bachelor thesis)
2020 von Rotz, S.: Implementation of a Generalized Binary Machine Learning Tool for Classifying Scientific Papers Based on Natural Language (master thesis)
2019 Lebiedz, M.: Digitalization - Analysis of its Influence on Individual Time Use and Associated Impacts on the Environment (master thesis)
2019 Triner, M.: Smart Homes – Wie sich die Interaktion mit der Wohnumgebung durch Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie verändert (master thesis)
2019 Wyss, D.: Travel behavior and telecommuting: A research overview (master's basic module)
2019 Kubrak, J.: Identification and Application of Requirements for Videoconferencing at University of Zurich (master thesis)
2019 Braegger, B.: Green VVZ: A web application to facilitate storage and display of modules related to sustainability topics, based on the course catalogue of the University of Zurich. (bachelor thesis)
2019 von Rotz, S., Einsele, C.: Green ZORA: Development of Web Services and Interfaces for a Machine Learning Tool (master project)
2019 Dora, M.: Use of time: Theories and application in the age of digitalisation (bachelor thesis)
2019 Piga, G.: Impacts of e-commerce on individual travel from a time-use perspective (bachelor thesis)
2019                          Wyss, D.: Lifestyle-based Analysis of Travel Behavior: Analyzing the applicability of Claritas PRIZM Premier for classifying travel behavior through sequence and state analysis on daily activity schedules (bachelor thesis)
2019        Schenker, R.: An agent-based model of individual time allocation (master thesis)
2018 Rüegge, V.: Investigation of the time-use substitution effect: Using exploratory data analysis and to better understand how individuals spend time saved on work travel and commute (master's basic module)
2018 Fuhrer, J.: Analysis of the Unitd Kingdom Time Use Survey 2014-2015 (master's basic module)
2018 Rüegge, V.: Data mining and a time-use approach: Using Decision Trees to Understand the impacts of socio-demographic factors and activity patterns on the time spent on work travel and commute (bachelor thesis)
2018 Haas, D.: Visualization of time-use data (bachelor thesis)