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🧑🏼‍💻 Current Position

Post-Doc | University of Bern @ Institute of Political Science & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
(10/2021 to Present)
Working on the projects SWEET EDGE (Enabling Decentralized renewable GEneration in the Swiss cities, midlands, and the Alps) focusing on solar PV policy acceptance, and SURE (SUstainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland) with focus on future climate and energy policy, both funded by Swiss Federal Office of Energy, SFOE. Teaching and organisation of the Swiss Social Science & Humanities Energy Research Group.

🚗 Previous Academic Positions

Visiting Fellow | London School of Economics and Political Science @ Social Policy Department
(09/2023-12/2023)
Working on urban experiences with environmental policies targeted at transport emissions, such as Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and Ultra-Low Emission Zones (ULEZ).

Researcher & PhD Candidate | ETH Zurich @ International Political Economy and Environmental Politics & Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (Swiss Mobility Lab)
(10/2017-09/2021)
Projects included e.g., Fostering the Transition Towards More Fuel-Efficient Cars funded by Swiss Federal Office of Energy, SFOE.

🎓 Completed Education

Dr. sc. ETH, Doctoral thesis entitled Electric vehicle adoption and acceptance.
ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Supervisor: Thomas Bernauer Committee members: Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Kay W. Axhausen. (2017– 2021)

Master of Science, International Economics and Policy Consulting
University of Magdeburg, Germany.
Thesis: An Econometric Analysis of the Effect of Political Contributions from the Oil Industry on Votes at the US Congress. (2014 – 2017)

Exchange Semester, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. (2015 - 2016)

Bachelor of Science, Economics
University of Munich, Germany.
Thesis: Widowhood, Medical Expenditures, and Health Care Utilization among the Elderly US Population. (2010 – 2013)

Exchange Semester, Stockholm University, Sweden. (2012 - 2013)

📑 Publications

See also the dedicated page: https://brueckmann.github.io/publications.html

📔 Peer-reviewed Publications in Academic Journals

Brückmann, G. (2025). Public opinion on climate policies that reduce emissions abroad to reach domestic targets - a Swiss case study. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 10, 100295. doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100295
• Covered in SWEET EDGE video.

Brückmann, G., Ruprecht, S., & Stadelmann-Steffen, I. (2024). Solar for tenants: Survey evidence on design and framing of citizen-financed photovoltaic projects in Switzerland. Energy Research & Social Science, 118, 103819. /doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103819

Brückmann, G. & Bernauer, T. (2023). An experimental analysis of consumer preferences towards public charging infrastructure. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 116, 103626. doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103626

Brückmann, G., Berger, S., Caviola, H., Hahnel, U., Piana, V., Sahakian M., Stadelmann-Steffen, I. & the Swiss Social Science and Humanities Energy Research Group (2023). Towards more impactful energy research: The salient role of social sciences and humanities. PLOS Climate, 2(2), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000132
• Covered in energeia.

Brückmann, G. (2022). The effects of policies providing information and trialling on the knowledge about and the intention to adopt new energy technologies. Energy Policy, 167, doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113047

Brückmann, G. (2022). Test drives & information might not boost actual battery electric vehicle uptake. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 160, doi.org/10.1016/J.TRA.2022.03.025

Wicki, M., Brückmann, G. & Bernauer, T. (2022). How to accelerate the uptake of electric cars? Insights from a choice experiment. Journal of Cleaner Production, doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131774

Wicki, M., Brückmann, G., Quoß, F. & Bernauer, T. (2022). What do we really know about the acceptance of battery electric vehicles? – Turns out, not much. Transport Reviews, doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.2023693

Brückmann, G., Wicki, M. & Bernauer, T. (2021). Is resale anxiety an obstacle to electric vehicle adoption? Results from a survey experiment in Switzerland. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (12), 124027. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3531

Brückmann, G., Willibald, F. & Blanco, V. (2021). Battery Electric Vehicle adoption in regions without strong policies. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 90, 102615. doi.org/10.1016/J.TRD.2020.102615

Brückmann, G. & Bernauer, T. (2020). What drives public support for policies to enhance electric vehicle adoption? Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), 094002. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab90a5
• Covered in Yale Environmental Review. Explained in ISTP4Public video.

📝 Working Papers on Preprint Servers

Brückmann, G. & Stadelmann-Steffen, I. (2025). To abstain or not to abstain from binary choice in conjoint experiments. SocArXiv preprint. https://www.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kr64j_v1

Simpson, T., Jones, S., Brückmann, G., El-Ajou W., Moreira E., Martinez Oltra, B., Krause, R., Multerer, M., & Stadelmann-Steffen, I. (2025). Ensured Energy: A simulation game to elicit preferences around Swiss energy transition pathways. arXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.12799
• Play Ensured Energy, the Serious Game underlying this research.

🧑🏼‍💼 Conference & Academic Seminar Presentations

  • 2025: SPSA (Swiss Political Science Association Annual Congress), Alp-Pop, MZES-DVPW Conference Methods of Political Science, PolMeth Europe, EPG Survey Workshop, Swiss Social Science and Humanities Energy Workshop
  • 2024: SPSA, APSA (American Political Science Association) Virtual Research Meeting, Swiss Social Science and Humanities Energy Workshop, EPSA (European Political Science Association Annual Congress), E4EE (Workshop on Experimental Economics for the Environment)
  • 2023: SPSA , EPCS (European Public Choice Society), EPSA, Swiss Social Science and Humanities Energy Workshop (as organizer and presenter), Dreiländertagung (D-A-CH-Congress) (presenter and panel organizer), LSE Social Policy seminar
  • 2022: SPSA, PolMeth Europe, Swiss Social Science and Humanities Energy Workshops (lead organiser), EPSA, EPG Online
  • 2021: SPSA, OSWEET (Online Summer Workshop in Environment, Energy, and Transportation), Environment, Transport, and Sustainability (EnTS) Research Group Seminar University of Bath
  • 2020: EMEE, SPSA (accepted, not participated due to injury.), PSA ECN, 3-Länder International Political Economy conference 2020. (Paper accepted, conference cancelled.)
  • 2019: IAEE International Conference, EPSA, AIEE Energy Symposium

🧑🏼‍🏫 Teaching Experience

See also the dedicated page: https://brueckmann.github.io/teaching.html

🎩 Own Semester-Long Teaching

  • Lecture The Art of Causal Inference, University of Bern (Spring 2024) Syllabus online
  • Master Seminar Energy and Mobility Policies for Decarbonisation, University of Bern (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025) Syllabus online
  • Tutorial Mathematical Methods in Economics, accompanying lecture by Prof. H. Rainer, Ph.D., LMU Munich (2012)

👥 Co-teaching, Shorter Teaching & Thesis Supervision

  • Lectures Renewable Energy Acceptance using Causality and Data Science Organiser: Prof. Dr. Philipp Schütz, Domain Experience: Data analytics for energy systems and IOT, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. (Spring 2024)
  • Lectures Political Economy of Climate Change, Organiser: Prof. Dr. V. Koubi, University of Bern (Spring 2023)
  • Lecture Climate Change Policy and Electric Vehicles in Europe, Organiser: Climate Physics seminar, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. (Nov 2022)
  • Supervision of master thesis entiteled “Electric charging behaviour – Understanding the trilemma of willingness to pay, the value of time and source of energy in the context of public charging stations in the German part of Switzerland”, ETH Zürich (Nov 2021)
  • Lecture on Battery-electric Vehicle Adoption at Frontiers in Energy Research, Organiser: Energy Science Centre, ETH Zurich (2021)
  • Lecture on Sustainable Development at “Political Economy”. Organisation jointly with: V. Koubi, D. Kolcava, ETH Zurich (2021)
  • Supervision of master thesis entiteled “The role of charging infrastructure to the mainstream adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs)”, ETH Zurich (2020)
  • Lecture on Experimental Political Science at Proseminar 2. Organisers: D. Presberger, F. Quoß, ETH Zurich (2020)
  • Tutorial Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung (Empirical social science methods), lecture by Dr. L. Rudolph, ETH Zurich (2018 & 2019)
  • Seminar instructor IDEA League Challenge: The mobility challenge, Organize: Prof. Dr. T. Bernauer, ETH Zurich (2018 & 2019)

💸 Grants

🤝 Services to the Community

  • Since 2025: EPSS (European Political Science Society) Diversity Committee.
  • Since 2024: Early Career Researcher (ECR) Editorial Advisory Board Policy & Politics.
  • Since 2022: Organizer Swiss Social Science & Humanities Energy Research Group.
  • Since 2022: Member of Commission for the Promotion of Early Career Researchers, University of Bern.
  • Since 2022: Deputy Member Commission for Quality Assurance and Development and Gender Equality Commission, University of Bern.
  • Since 2022: Head and Member of the panel for The Fund for the Promotion of Young Researchers, University of Bern.
  • 2019-2022: Founding Member MeWell Community, Zurich.
  • 2017-2021: Member of Commission for Master in Science, Technology and Policy (MSc ETH STP), ETH Zurich.
  • 2011-2012: Student representative, Senate, LMU Munich.

🌐 Memberships in Professional Networks

🙇🏼 Peer-Review for Scientific Journals

Applied Economics, Climate Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Energy Research & Social Science, Environmental Research Communications, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Sciences Europe, European Journal of Political Research, Global Sustainability, Joule, Nature Energy, Patterns, PLOS Climate, Scientific Reports, The Journal of Politics, Transportation, Transportation Research Part D.

💬 Languages

🇩🇪 German: Native
🇬🇧 English: C1
🇫🇷 French: B2
Some knowledge: 🇸🇪🇪🇸🇨🇭

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