Blum, Nicola

Nicola Blum started her doctoral studies at Prof. Hoffmann’s Chair of Sustainability and Technology in September 2009, after writing her master thesis in the field of climate change and knowledge management.

She holds a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering, a master degree in management, technology and economics and a diploma in didactics from ETH Zurich and gained practical experience when working with Ciba's "Product Stewardship and Issues Management" group in Basel, ATD QUART MONDE in Paris, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Zürich and during the one-year Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs (2010/11) where she worked for the social investor responsAbility in Zurich, Switzerland, the clean energy investor E+Co in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and San José, Costa Rica and the German International Cooperation GIZ in South East Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia). During her studies and her doctorate she receives a scholarship from the Swiss Study Foundation.

In her dissertation Nicola investigates economic, political and social conditions for the (non-)successful diffusion of Village Grids in South East Asia.“

Publications:

• Blum N., Sryantoro R., Schmidt T.S. (2013): "Rural electrification through village grids - Assessing the cost competitiveness of isolated renewable energy technologies in Indonesia" , Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 22, 482-496 Abstract
  

• Blum N., Gradl C., Santa Cruz A. (2011): Clean Development Mechanism: Every little bit helps, D+C International Journal, Vol. 52 Article