Research

Main research interests 

• Anca Balietti, Souvik Datta and Stefanija Veljanoska (2022). Air pollution and child development in India. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 113, p. 102624. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624 (Preprint version here)

• Nina Boogen, Souvik Datta and Massimo Filippini (2021). Estimating residential electricity demand: New empirical evidence. Energy Policy, Volume 158, p. 112561. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112561 (Preprint version here)

• Souvik Datta (2019). Decoupling and demand-side management: Evidence from the US electric industry. Energy Policy, Volume 132, pp. 175–184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.005 (Preprint version here)

• Nina Boogen, Souvik Datta and Massimo Filippini (2017). Dynamic models of residential electricity demand: Evidence from Switzerland. Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 18, pp.85–92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2017.09.010 (Preprint version here)

• Nina Boogen, Souvik Datta and Massimo Filippini (2017). Demand-side management by electric utilities in Switzerland: Analyzing its impact on residential electricity demand. Energy Economics, Volume 64, pp. 402–414. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.04.006 (Preprint version here)

• Souvik Datta and Massimo Filippini (2016). Analysing the Impact of ENERGY STAR Rebate Policies in the US. Energy Efficiency, 9(3), pp. 677–698. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12053-015-9386-7 (Preprint version here)

• Souvik Datta and Sumeet Gulati (2014). Utility Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances: Are They Effective? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 68(3), pp.480–506. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2014.09.003 (Preprint version here)

Other papers

• Michael J. Greencorn, S. David Jackson, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Souvik Datta and Manosh C. Paul (2025). Mild-temperature gasification of biomass as a carbon-neutral CO2 utilisation process. Journal of CO2 Utilization, Volume 99, p.103165. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2025.103165 (Open access)

• Marcel Verhoeven, Cécile Zachlod, Larissa Hugentobler, Souvik Datta and Olga Schibli (2024). Dissemination in Social Media and Blogs of Public Health Information and Misinformation on Covid-19 Containment in Switzerland. European Journal of Health Communication, Volume 5 No. 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2024.304 (Open access)

• Sabina C. Heuss and Souvik Datta (2023). Impact of leadership communication on job satisfaction and well-being of physicians. Discover Global Society, 1, 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-023-00004-w (Open access)

• Michael J. Greencorn, S. David Jackson, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Souvik Datta and Manosh C. Paul (2022). Enhancement of gasification in oxyfuel BECCS cycles employing a direct recycling CO2 utilisation process. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 277, p.116601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116601 (Open access)

• Michael J. Greencorn, S. David Jackson, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Souvik Datta and Manosh C. Paul (2022). Thermodynamic limitations to direct CO2 utilisation within a small-scale integrated biomass power cycle. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 269, p.116144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116144 (Open access)

• Souvik Datta (2016). Financial Incentives for Energy Efficient Appliances. In Heffron R.J., and Little G. (Eds) “Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and US: A Reader”, Edinburgh University Press: UK.

• Fabian Heimsch, Souvik Datta, Thomas Heimsch, Patric Buergi (2023). Stochastische Frontieranalyse – ein geeignetes Konzept zur Messung der Effizienz von Forstbetrieben?

• Fabian Heimsch, Beat Hulliger, Souvik Datta, Sonja Schüler (2022). "Die Berufsunfallstatistik der Schweiz im internationalen Vergleich," report for the  Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety, Switzerland

• Fabian Heimsch, Souvik Datta (2022). Empirische Untersuchung Kosteneffizienz Waldbewirtschaftung.

• Sabina Heuss, Souvik Datta (2022). Kommunikation: Ein wichtiger Schlüssel für zufriedene Ärztinnen und Ärzte im Spital. Schweizerische Akademien der Medizinischen Wissenschaften SAMW Bulletin, (1), 1-4.

• Massimo Filippini, Souvik Datta, Nina Boogen (2015). "An Evaluation of the Impact of Energy Efficiency Policies on Residential Electricity Demand in Switzerland," report for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland (download)

• State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), "Demonstrator of systemic solutions for the territorial deployment of the circular economy in the Trilateral Chemical Region with a focus on plastic waste streams Quality for Recycling (SYSCHEMIQ)" (CHF 182,232), part of the EU Horizon Europe project SYSCHEMIQ

• Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU), "Empirische Untersuchung der Bestimmungsgründe der Effizienz in der Waldbewirtschaftung anhand des Schweizerischen Testbetriebsnetzes (Empirical investigation of the determinants of efficiency in forest management using Swiss Forestry Data)", with Bernhard Pauli (co-PI), Fabian Heimsch (co-PI), Patric Bürgi, Alexandra Müller and Mélanie Thomas (approx. CHF 50,000)

• Clariant Foundation and Berufsverband Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte (FMH), Verband der Schweizer Assistenz- und Oberärztinnen und -ärzte (VSAO), Nationaler Verband der öffentlichen und privaten Schweizer Spitäler, Kliniken und Pflegeinstitutionen (H+), Verband Leitender Spitalärztinnen und -ärzte Schweiz (VLSS), Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (SGC), Schweizerisches Institut für ärztliche Weiter- und Fortbildung (SIWF), Forum Junger Chirurgen (FJC), "Communication in Swiss hospitals", with Sabina Heuss (PI) (approx. CHF 60,000)

• Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE), "An Evaluation of the Impact of Energy Efficiency Policies on Residential Electricity Demand in Switzerland", with Nina Boogen and Massimo Filippini (CHF 150,000)