Publications
2025 Borzino N. , Hiepler B. , Schmitt K. , Schmitz J. , Schubert R. , Tiefenbeck V. :Switching Off: Energy Saving Goals Outshine Incentives—Evidence from a Field Experiment Environmental & Resource Economics 2025 ), Article No.: 044001 ISSN: 0924-6460 10.1007/s10640-025-00973-3 Kuhlemann S. :Self-Set Goals and Sales Performance: A Field Experiment on Goal Setting and CRM-Enabled Feedback in B2B Sales International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2025 (Nashville 14. December 2025 - 17. December 2025 )In: ICIS 2025 Proceedings 2025 https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/is_transformwork/is_transformwork/18/ Manzke L. , O'Sullivan K. , Tiefenbeck V. :“Did I buy that just now?” – Investigating factors influencing the accuracy of food choice self-reports in a simulated online grocery store Appetite 214 2025 ), Article No.: 108032 ISSN: 0195-6663 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108032 O'Sullivan K. , Tiefenbeck V. , Stucki M. , Bradford S. , Fuchs KL. , Wanner S. , Fleisch E. :A single specific and actionable swap recommendation can lead to substantial reductions in households’ dietary carbon footprints Journal of Cleaner Production 526 2025 ), Article No.: 146577 ISSN: 0959-6526 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146577 Ochmann J. , Zilker S. , Michels L. , Tiefenbeck V. , Matzner M. , Laumer S. :The Effects of Information and Incentive Interventions on the Adoption of Algorithms in Human Resources: An Experimental Study Data Base for Advances in Information Systems 56 2025 ), p. 44-60 ISSN: 0095-0033 10.1145/3715966.3715970 Schneider L. :Human Metacognition in AI-Assisted Decision-Making European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (Amman 16. June 2025 - 18. June 2025 )https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2025/human_ai/human_ai/11 Schneider L. , Tiefenbeck V. :Interdependence Within Collective CRM Continuance. A Systematic Literature Review and Integrated Framework European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (Amman 16. June 2025 - 18. June 2025 )https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2025/is_adoption/is_adoption/4 2024 Hevner AR. , Parsons J. , Brendel AB. , Lukyanenko R. , Tiefenbeck V. , Tremblay MC. , vom Brocke J. :Transparency in design science research Decision Support Systems 182 2024 ), Article No.: 114236 ISSN: 0167-9236 10.1016/j.dss.2024.114236 Kuhlemann S. , Mehta P. , Tiefenbeck V. :Greener or Faster: Unraveling the Impact of Travel Time Presentation on Rail vs. Air Travel Decision-Making International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2024 (Bangkok 15. December 2024 - 18. December 2024 )In: ICIS 2024 Proceedings 2024 https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/user_behav/user_behav/30/ Merian S. , O'Sullivan K. , Stöckli S. , Beretta C. , Müller N. , Tiefenbeck V. , Fleisch E. , Natter M. :A field experiment to assess barriers to accurate household food waste measurements Resources Conservation and Recycling 206 2024 ), Article No.: 107644 ISSN: 0921-3449 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107644 Ochmann J. , Michels L. , Tiefenbeck V. , Maier C. , Laumer S. :Perceived algorithmic fairness: An empirical study of transparency and anthropomorphism in algorithmic recruiting Information Systems Journal 2024 )ISSN: 1350-1917 10.1111/isj.12482 Rosenberger J. , Kuhlemann S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Kraus M. , Zschech P. :The Impact of Transparency in AI Systems on Users’ Data-Sharing Intentions: A Scenario-Based Experiment 19. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (Würzburg 16. September 2024 - 19. September 2024 )In: Wirtschaftsinformatik 2024 Proceedings 2024 https://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2024/38/ Wagon F. , Fridgen G. , Tiefenbeck V. :Shaping stable support: Leveraging digital feedback interventions to elicit socio-Political acceptance of renewable energy Energy Policy 195 2024 ), Article No.: 114307 ISSN: 0301-4215 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114307 2023 Fang X. , Götte L. , Rockenbach B. , Tiefenbeck V. , Sutter M. , Schöb S. , Staake T. :Complementarities in behavioral interventions: Evidence from a field experiment on resource conservation Journal of Public Economics 228 2023 )ISSN: 0047-2727 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.105028 Merian S. , O'Sullivan K. , Stoeckli SJ. , Beretta C. , Tiefenbeck V. , Mueller N. , Fleisch E. , Natter M. :A Field Experiment on Biases in Food Waste Measurement Methods EMAC Annual Conference 2023 (Odense 23. May 2023 - 26. May 2023 )In: Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy 2023 Michels L. , Ochmann J. , Schmitt K. , Laumer S. , Tiefenbeck V. :Salience, transparency, and self-nudging: a digital nudge to promote healthier food product choices European Journal of Information Systems 2023 )ISSN: 0960-085X 10.1080/0960085X.2023.2229787 Nuñez-Jimenez A. , Mehta P. , Griego D. :Let it grow: How community solar policy can increase PV adoption in cities Energy Policy 175 2023 ), Article No.: 113477 ISSN: 0301-4215 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113477 Staake T. , Tiefenbeck V. , Stiefmeier T. :Information Systems and Behavioural Change: Feedback Interventions to curb the consumption of natural resources In: Vanessa A. Cooper, Johann J. Kranz, Saji K. Mathew, Richard T. Watson (ed.): Handbook of Information Systems and the Environment Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2023 , p. 253-274 (Research Handbooks in Information Systems)ISBN: 9781802201857 10.4337/9781802201864 Wörner A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Ketter W. :Blockchain-enabled markets: A literature review with a focus on decentralised energy markets Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2023 ISBN: 9781802201864 Wörner A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Ketter W. :Chapter 16: Blockchain-enabled markets: A literature review In: Edward Elgar Publishing (ed.): Handbook of Information Systems and the Environment Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2023 ISBN: 9781802201857 10.4337/9781802201864 2022 Fuchs K. , Lian J. , Michels L. , Mayer S. , Toniato E. , Tiefenbeck V. :Effects of Digital Food Labels on Healthy Food Choices in Online Grocery Shopping Nutrients 14 2022 )ISSN: 2072-6643 10.3390/nu14102044 Griego D. , Mehta P. , Nuñez-Jimenez A. :Solar Energy Communities in the Urban Environment In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures 2022 ISBN: 978-3-030-51812-7 10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_184-1 Mehta P. , Tiefenbeck V. :Solar PV sharing in urban energy communities: Impact of community configurations on profitability, autonomy and the electric grid Sustainable Cities and Society 87 2022 ), Article No.: 104178 ISSN: 2210-6707 10.1016/j.scs.2022.104178 Michels L. , Ochmann J. , Günther SA. , Laumer S. , Tiefenbeck V. :Empowering Consumers to Make Environmentally Sustainable Online Shopping Decisions: A Digital Nudging Approach HICSS 2022 (, 3. January 2022 - 7. January 2022 )10.24251/hicss.2022.574 Michels L. , Ochmann J. , Tiefenbeck V. , Laumer S. :The Acceptance of AI-based Recommendations: An Elaboration Likelihood Perspective 17. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (, 21. February 2022 - 23. February 2022 )Wörner A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Wortmann F. , Meeuw A. , Ableitner L. , Fleisch E. , Azevedo I. :Bidding on a Peer-to-Peer Energy Market: An Exploratory Field Study Information Systems Research 2022 )ISSN: 1047-7047 10.1287/isre.2021.1098 2021 Koch K. , Tiefenbeck V. , Liu S. , Fleisch E. , Wortmann F. :Taking mental health & well-being to the streets: An exploratory evaluation of in-vehicle interventions in the field ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Online Virtual Conference (originally Yokohama, Japan) 8. May 2021 - 13. May 2021 )10.1145/3411764.3446865 Michels L. , Schmitt K. , Ochmann J. , Laumer S. , Tiefenbeck V. :Is It All About Transparency? The Effectiveness and Ethics of a Digital Salience Nudge Proceedings of the 2021 European Conference on Information Systems (Marrackech, Morocco 14. June 2021 - 16. June 2021 )Pena-Bello A. , Parra D. , Herberz M. , Tiefenbeck V. , Patel MK. , Hahnel UJJ. :Integration of prosumer peer-to-peer trading decisions into energy community modelling Nature Energy 2021 )ISSN: 2058-7546 10.1038/s41560-021-00950-2 Toniato E. , Mehta P. , Marinkovic S. , Tiefenbeck V. :Peak load minimization of an e-bus depot: impacts of user-set conditions in optimization algorithms Energy Informatics 4 2021 ), Article No.: 23 ISSN: 2520-8942 10.1186/s42162-021-00174-4 2020 Ableitner L. , Tiefenbeck V. , Meeuw A. , Wörner A. , Fleisch E. , Wortmann F. :User behavior in a real-world peer-to-peer electricity market Applied Energy 270 2020 ), Article No.: 115061 ISSN: 0306-2619 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115061 Graf V. , Graf-Drasch V. , Tiefenbeck V. , Weitzel R. , Fridgen G. :Supporting Citizens’ Political Decision-Making Using Information Visualisation European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020) (Marrakesch 15. June 2020 - 17. June 2020 )In: In Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2020 Günther SA. , Staake T. , Schöb S. , Tiefenbeck V. :The behavioral response to a corporate carbon offset program: A field experiment on adverse effects and mitigation strategies Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 64 2020 ), Article No.: 102123 ISSN: 0959-3780 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102123 Meeuw A. , Schopfer S. , Wörner A. , Ableitner L. , Tiefenbeck V. , Fleisch E. , Wortmann F. :Implementing a blockchain-based local energy market: Insights on communication and scalability Computer Communications 160 2020 ), p. 158-171 ISSN: 0140-3664 10.1016/j.comcom.2020.04.038 Michels L. :If I Cannot See It, It Is Not There - A Graphical Approach to De-escalating Commitment SIGMIS-CPR '20: 2020 Computers and People Research Conference In: SIGMIS-CPR'20: Proceedings of the 2020 on Computers and People Research Conference 2020 10.1145/3378539.3393865 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3378539.3393865 Ochmann J. , Michels L. , Zilker S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Laumer S. :The influence of algorithm aversion and anthropomorphic agent design on the acceptance of AI-based job recommendations Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (Hyderabad, Indien In: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (ed.): Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2020 2019 Griego D. , Schopfer S. , Henze G. , Fleisch E. , Tiefenbeck V. :Aggregation effects for microgrid communities at varying sizes and prosumer‐consumer ratios Energy Procedia 159 2019 ), p. 346-351 ISSN: 1876-6102 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.004 Tiefenbeck V. , Worner A. , Schoeb S. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Real-time feedback reduces energy consumption among the broader public without financial incentives Nature Energy 4 2019 ), p. 831–832 ISSN: 2058-7546 10.1038/s41560-019-0480-5 Tiefenbeck V. , Wörner A. , Schöb S. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Energy conservation: Real-time feedback reduces energy consumption among the broader public without financial incentives Nature Energy 4 2019 ), p. 831-832 ISSN: 2058-7546 10.6084 Tiefenbeck V. , Wörner A. , Schöb S. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Real-time feedback promotes energy conservation in the absence of volunteer selection bias and monetary incentives Nature Energy 4 2019 ), p. 35-41 ISSN: 2058-7546 10.1038/s41560-018-0282-1 Weinhardt C. , Mengelkamp E. , Cramer W. , Hambridge S. , Hobert A. , Kremers E. , Otter W. , Pinson P. , Tiefenbeck V. , Zade M. :How far along are local energy markets in the DACH+ region? A comparative market engineering approach 2019 ACM e-Energy Workshop on Market Engineering (2019 e-Energy EME Workshop) (New York, USA 25. June 2019 - 28. June 2019 )10.1145/3307772.3335318 Wörner A. , Ableitner L. , Meeuw A. , Wortmann F. , Tiefenbeck V. :Peer-to-peer energy trading in the real world: Market design and evaluation of the user value proposition. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2019 (Munich, Germany Wörner A. , Ableitner L. , Meeuw A. , Wortmann F. , Tiefenbeck V. :Trading solar energy within the neighborhood: Field implementation of a blockchain-based electricity market 8th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics (Salzburg, Austria 26. September 2019 - 27. September 2020 )10.1186/s42162-019-0092-0 2018 Ableitner L. , Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. :The role of the user in peer-to-peer energy communities 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (Behave 2018) (Zürich, Switzerland Ableitner L. , Tiefenbeck V. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Eco-feedback interventions: selective attention and actual behavior change Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2016) (New Orleans, USA Dahlinger A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Ryder B. , Gahr B. , Fleisch E. , Wortmann F. :The impact of numerical vs. symbolic eco-driving feedback on fuel consumption – a randomized control field trial Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment 65 2018 ), p. 375-386 ISSN: 1361-9209 10.1016/j.trd.2018.09.013 Kupfer A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Staake T. :The ambiguous boundary between professional and private use of information systems: a bibliometric analysis European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2018) (Portsmouth, United Kingdom Santini S. , Tiefenbeck V. :6th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics (EnInf 2017) Computer Science - Research and Development 33 2018 ), p. 1-2 ISSN: 1865-2034 10.1007/s00450-017-0390-3 Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Staake T. :Economic assessment of photovoltaic battery systems based on household load profiles Applied Energy 223 2018 ), p. 229-248 ISSN: 0306-2619 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.185 Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Staake T. :Profitability assessment of photovoltaic battery systems based on household load profiles Applied Energy 223 2018 ), p. 229-248 ISSN: 0306-2619 10.1016 Tiefenbeck V. , Götte L. , Degen K. , Tasic V. , Fleisch E. , Lalive R. , Staake T. :Overcoming salience bias: How real-time feedback fosters resource conservation Management Science 64 2018 ), p. 1458-1476 ISSN: 0025-1909 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2646 Wörner A. , Tiefenbeck V. :The role of self-set goals in IS-enabled behavior change European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2018) (Portsmouth, United Kingdom 10.3929/ethz-b-000291478 2017 2016 Ableitner L. , Kupfer A. , Tiefenbeck V. , Schöb S. , Staake T. :Resource conservation with Green IS: A field experiment on pecuniary and non-pecuniary strategies SIGGreen Pre-ICIS 2016 Workshop (Dublin, Ireland Kupfer A. , Ableitner L. , Schöb S. , Tiefenbeck V. :Technology adoption vs. continuous usage intention: Do decision criteria change when using a technology? Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2016) (San Diego, USA Kupfer A. , Kehr F. , Tiefenbeck V. :Towards a measurement scale for self-tracking: Attitudes and user characteristics European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016) (Istanbul, Turkey Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Effect of tariff arbitrage on photovoltaic battery economics using predictive control International Conference on Energy, Environment and Economics (ICEEE 2016) (Edinburgh, United Kingdom Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :Providing primary frequency control with residential scale photovoltaic-battery systems Computer Science - Research and Development 32 2016 ), p. 105–115 ISSN: 1865-2034 10.1007/s00450-016-0318-3 Schopfer S. , Tiefenbeck V. , Staake T. :Untersuchung des Selbstversorgungsgrades und der Wirtschaftlichkeit von PV-Batteriesystemen anhand eines grossen Smart-Meter-Datensatzes 14. Symposium Energieinnovation 2016 (Graz, Austria Tiefenbeck V. :On the magnitude and persistence of the Hawthorne effect - evidence from four field studies 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (Behave 2016) (Coimbra, Portugal Tiefenbeck V. , Götte L. , Schöb S. , Staake T. :Better get focused: How feedback on a specific behavior can reduce energy consumption International Energy Policy & Programme Evaluation Conference (IEPPEC 2016) (Amsterdam, Netherlands Tiefenbeck V. , Kupfer A. , Ableitner L. , Schöb S. , Fleisch E. , Staake T. :The uncertain path from good intentions to actual behavior: A field study on mobile app usage Twenty-First DIGIT Workshop (Dublin, Ireland Tiefenbeck V. , Tasic V. , Schöb S. , Staake T. :Long-lasting effects or short-term spark? On the persistence of behaviour change induced by real-time feedback on resource consumption European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016) (Istanbul, Turkey 2015 2013 Tiefenbeck V. , Staake T. , Roth K. , Sachs O. :For better or for worse? Empirical evidence of moral licensing in a behavioral energy conservation campaign Energy Policy 57 2013 ), p. 160-171 ISSN: 0301-4215 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.021 Tiefenbeck V. , Tasic V. , Schöb S. , Staake T. :Mechatronics to drive environmental sustainability: Measuring, visualizing, and transforming consumer patterns on a large scale 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2013) (Vienna, Austria 10.1109/IECON.2013.6699906 Tiefenbeck V. , Tasic V. , Staake T. :The effects of real-time feedback on resource consumption in single- and multi-person households Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Annual Congress 2013: „The Energy Transition and its Challenges” (Neuchâtel, Switzerland 20. June 2013 - 21. June 2013 )2012