Fabienne Sierro

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 68 93
fabienne.sierro@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate at ZHAW
Doctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich

Focus

Renewable Energy Technologies - Energy Citizenship - Energy Transitions - Sustainability Transitions - Sustainable Subsurface Development - Geothermal Energy - Photovoltaics -Transdisciplinarity - Mixed methods - Facilitation - Stakeholder Engagement Processes

Teaching

Innovation & Venture LAB III: Facilitation

Experience

Project member
Stiftung Risikodialog
2020 - 2020
Research Assistant
ETH Zurich, Transdisciplinarity Lab
2018 - 2020

Education and Continuing education

Education

M.A. Environmental Science / Climate & Energy
University of Geneva
2016 - 2019
B.A. International Relations / Economics & History
University of Geneva
2012 - 2015

Continuing Education

Facilitation of collaborative work: posture, context, methods
Flow-ing
09 / 2021

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0005-2799-8792

Media presence

Science and politics eounstable: geothermal energy, CO2 storage, raw materials and more: energy and climate change require thoughtful utilisation of the subsurface

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Sierro, Fabienne; Blumer, Yann,

2024.

Material energy citizenship through participation in citizen-financed photovoltaic projects.

Energy, Sustainability and Society.

14(1), pp. 33.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-024-00465-0

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Sierro, Fabienne,

2023.

(Don’t) call me an energy citizen : investigating motivations in citizen-financed photovoltaic projects from the perspectives of providers and participants [poster].

In:

Beyond crisis/Beyond normal: A social science and humanities conference on sustainability, Trondheim, Norway, 27-28 September 2023.

Trondheim:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Available from: https://www.ntnu.edu/energy2014-2023/society/team-society-conference

Other publications

Sierro, Fabienne; Speich, Matthias; Ulli-Beer, Silvia,

2024.

Die Schweizer Tiefe Geothermie mitten im Wandel.

Geothermische Energie.

33(107), pp. 8-11.
Sierro, Fabienne; Blumer, Yann; Jobin, Marilou; Moser, Corinne,

2023.

UNLOCK-PV : die Rolle innovativer Investitionsmodelle in PV zur Beschleunigung der Energiewende.

Bern:

Bundesamt für Energie.

Available from: https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Default?DocumentID=70581
Sierro, Fabienne,

2022.

It’s not about the money : exploring individual’s motivations to participate in citizen-financed photovoltaics (CiFi PV) [poster].

In:

3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS), Manchester, United Kingdom, 20-23 June 2022.
Sierro, Fabienne; Zundritsch, Patricia; Blumer, Yann; Lilliestam, Johan; Ejderyan, Olivier,

2021.

Erfolgreiche partizipative Projektentwicklung findet auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen der Zusammenarbeit statt : Erkenntnisse aus zwei Wasserkraftprojekten.

Wasser, Energie, Luft.

113(2), pp. 105-109.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-966187

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Sierro, Fabienne,

2023.

More than money : local impact is why individuals participate in citizen-financed photovoltaics.

In:

AlpEnForCe Energieforschungsgespräche, Disentis, Switzerland, 25-27 January 2023.

Available from: https://www.alpenforce.com/events/energieforschungsgespraeche-disentis-2023
Ejderyan, Olivier; Oeri, Fintan; Sierro, Fabienne; Kachhi, Aya,

2022.

Green energy or healthy rivers? : tensions in the governance of Swiss hydropower.

In:

4th International Conference I.S.Rivers, Lyon, France, 4-8 July 2022.
Sierro, Fabienne,

2022.

Impact-oriented motivations underlying participation in citizen-financed photovoltaics : uncovering the multitude of motives underlying photovoltaic citizen participation initiatives (PV-CPI) adoption.

In:

7th NEST Conference, Lyon, France, 5-6 May 2022.

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