Research Interests

Participation and social acceptance
sustainable and cross-border mobility
transdisciplinary methods

Projects

2022 - 2025: Real laboratory CO₂-neutral innovation region Upper Rhine (CO2Inno)
2019 - 2022: Bidirectional charging management (BDL): https://www.bdl-projekt.de/

Completed projects

2018 -2021: SuMo-Rhine (Sustainability Mobility Rhine): https://sumo-rhine.com/
Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe: http://www.profilregion-ka.de/index.php/en/about-us

Publications

Users’ Willingness to Participate in V2G – A Comparison Between German and UK Households
Baumgartner, N.; Klumpp, N.; Signer, T.; Wadud, Z.; Fichtner, W.
2024. 2024 20th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), Istanbul, 10th-12th June 2024, 1–8, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM60825.2024.10609014

Modeling V2G spot market trading: The impact of charging tariffs on economic viability
Signer, T.; Baumgartner, N.; Ruppert, M.; Sandmeier, T.; Fichtner, W.
2024. Energy Policy, 189, Arrt.-Nr.: 114109. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114109

Energy Communities as Eneablers for innovative Technologies? The Case of Vehicle-to-Grid in Three European Countries
Baumgartner, N.; Sloot, D.; Fichtner, W.
2023. BEHAVE 2023 Conference Proceedings, 216–227, Netherlands Enterprice Agency (RVO)

Impact of V2G Flexibility on Congestion Management in the German Transmission Grid
Ruppert, M.; Baumgartner, N.; Märtz, A.; Signer, T.
2023. Driving the Transition to E-Mobility

How to integrate users into smart charging – A critical and systematic review
Baumgartner, N.; Weyer, K.; Eckmann, L.; Fichtner, W.
2023. Energy Research & Social Science, 100, Art.-Nr.: 103113. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2023.103113

Does experience matter? Assessing user motivations to accept a vehicle-to-grid charging tariff
Baumgartner, N.; Kellerer, F.; Ruppert, M.; Hirsch, S.; Mang, S.; Fichtner, W.
2022. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 113, Art.-Nr.: 103528. doi:10.1016/j.trd.2022.103528

Persisting barriers in the context of vehicle to grid: exploring the role of minimum security range based on consumer experience
Baumgartner, N.; Kellerer, F.; Dreisbusch, M.; Mang, S.; Ruppert, M.; Fichtner, W.
2021. 5th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium (EMOB 2021). Hybride Konferenz, 77–83, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). doi:10.1049/icp.2021.2508

Consumer understanding and evaluation of carbon-neutral electric vehicle charging services
Will, C.; Lehmann, N.; Baumgartner, N.; Feurer, S.; Jochem, P.; Fichtner, W.
2022. Applied Energy, 313, Article no: 118799. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118799

Indikatoren zur Bewertung zukünftiger urbaner Mobilitätsszenarien
Rüb, T.; Baumgartner, N.; Schumacher, K.
2021. Städtebauliche und sozioökonomische Implikationen neuer Mobilitätsformen. Beiträge aus: Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe. Hrsg.: J. Schippl, U. Burghard, N. Baumgartner, B. Engel, M. Kagerbauer, E. Szimba, 77–105, KIT Scientific Publishing

The framing of power in climate change adaptation research
Woroniecki, S.; Krüger, R.; Rau, A.-L.; Preuss, M. S.; Baumgartner, N.; Raggers, S.; Niessen, L.; Holländer, L.; Beyers, F.; Rathgens, J.; Wagner, K. C.; Habigt, L.; Krause, T.; Wamsler, C.; Wehrden, H. von; Abson, D.
2019. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews / Climate change, 10 (6). doi:10.1002/wcc.617

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2019	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Research associate at the Institute for Industrial Production and at the German-French Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU)
06/2018 – 07/2019	EWUS Effiziente Wärme- und Stromlieferung GmbH Junior Manager, also working for Smartnet Energy
07/2017 – 12/2017	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Internship at Globalvorhaben bilateral energy partnerships
10/2014 – 03/2017	Leuphana University Lüneburg Sustainability Sciences (M.Sc.)
08/2011 – 07/2014	University of Basel Sociology and Social Sciences (B.A.)