Jan Bieser

Jan Bieser is a professor of Digitalization and Sustainability and head of the Data + Infrastructure research group. His research examines the opportunities and risks of digitalization for society and the environment. Before joining BFH, Jan Bieser conducted research and taught as a senior researcher, postdoctoral fellow, and doctoral candidate on digitalization and sustainable development at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Zurich, and the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental and Engineering Sciences at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

As a Fellow of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities of Tomorrow, Jan Bieser worked with representatives from cities, the private sector, and international organizations to address how digital technologies can make cities more sustainable and equitable. Jan Bieser has led several collaborative research projects on the environmental impacts of digital technologies in partnership with industrial companies, trade associations, and NGOs. Previously, he served as sustainability manager at the University of Zurich, where he was the lead author of the university’s first sustainability report, and worked as an IT and sustainability consultant at IBM and Deutsche Telekom.