Prorektor für den Bereich Forschung und Transfer, Professor für Internationales Management, Nachhaltigkeit und Erneuerbare Energien
Campus: CI5 101
Neckarsteige 6-10 72622 Nürtingen
Office hours: nach Vereinbarung
CV

2016
Visiting Researcher at Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté d'Economie et de Gestion: Forschungstätigkeit

2015
Visiting Faculty at Portland State University, School of Business Administration: Lehrtätigkeit

since 04/2013

Institute for International Research on Sustainable Management and Renewable Energy: Director

since 03/2012

Nuertingen-Geislingen University: Professor for international management and renewable energy

since 05/2011

Independent management consultant

06/2007 – 04/2011

NAWARO BioEnergie AG (http://www.nawaro.ag/de/): Director, last position: CFO, board member

10/1998 - 05/2007

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (www.rolandberger.com), Munich and Tokyo: Senior Project Manager

10/1991 – 09/1993

Siemens AG, Transportation Systems Division, Braunschweig and Berlin (www.siemens.com): Commercial apprenticeship

 

Education

01/2005 – 09/2006

European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany: Doctoral program in business administration, Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.)

10/1993 – 09/1998

Mannheim University and Heidelberg University, Germany: Studies in business administration and Japanese studies, Diplom-Kaufmann (Master’s degree)

04/1997 – 03/1998

Hitotsubashi University, Japan, Graduate School of Commerce: Research Student

 

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

Reviewer for Scientific Journals

  • Energy Policy
  • Energy, Sustainability and Society
  • Sustainability
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • GAIA

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

  • Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.

 

Publications

2025

Rilling, Benedikt; Braun, Holger; Herbes, Carsten; Sparke, Kai; Kleih, Anne-Katrin; Lehberger, Mira
Brand, color, price or peat - what drives consumer decision preferences for potting soil? A mixed-methods approach among German gardeners
Scientia Horticulturae (352) :114423
2025
ISSN: 0304-4238

DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114423

Herrmann, Karoline; Klingele, Ina Elisabeth; Petter, Lioba; Herbes, Carsten
FORTH-BW: Erarbeitung und Bereitstellung eines bedarfsorientierten FDM-Workflows für HAWs
In Heuveline, Vincent and Kling, Philipp and Heuschkel, Florian and Habinger, Sophie G. and Krömer, Cora F., Editor, E-Science-Tage 2025: Research Data Management: Challenges in a Changing World from E-Science-Tage 2025: Research Data Management: Challenges in a Changing World
Page 468 — 475
Publisher: Hochschule Nürtingen-Geislingen, Heidelberg
2025
468 — 475

DOI: 10.11588/heibooks.1652

ISBN: 978-3-911056-52-6

Kurze, Annegret; Herbes, Carsten
Gärprodukte als Düngemittel und Torfersatz zukunftsfähig
Biogas Journal, 2025 (3) :88 — 92
2025
ISSN: 1619-8913

File : https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:950-opus4-45487

Herbes, Carsten; Apfel, Dorothee
How flexible is the German biogas sector? Stakeholder acceptance of flexible feeding options to support better system integration
Energy Policy, 2025 (206) :114795
2025
ISSN: 0301-4215

DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114795

Schneider, Deborah; Osieja, Sanja; Herbes, Carsten; Weinrich, Ramona
The role of biodiversity in consumer research on food: A review and research agenda
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 2025 (19) :100362
2025
ISSN: 2666-7843

DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100362

2024

Herbes, Carsten; Mielinger, Ellen; Krauter, Victoria; Arranz, Elena; Hurtado, Rosa María Càmara; Marcos, Begonya; Poças, Fàtima; Maya, Salvador Ruiz; Weinrich, Ramona
Company views of consumers regarding sustainable packaging
Sustainable Production and Consumption, 52 :136 — 150
2024
ISSN: 2352-5509

DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.018

Weinrich, Ramona; Mielinger, Ellen; Krauter, Victoria; Arranz, Elena; Camara Hurtado, Rosa Maria; Marcos, Begonya; Poças, Fàtima; Maya, Salvador Ruiz; Herbes, Carsten
Decision-making processes on sustainable packaging options in the European food sector
Journal of Cleaner Production (434) :139918
2024
ISSN: 0959-6526

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139918

Braun, Holger; Herbes, Carsten; Rilling, Benedikt
Den Torfausstieg gut begleiten
DEGA Grüner Markt, 2024 (05/06) :40 — 43
2024
Haag, Steffen; Apfel, Dorothee; Herbes, Carsten
Do development finance projects facilitate domestic renewable energy transitions? The role of small economic actors in Senegal
Energy Research & Social Science, 115 :103598
2024
ISSN: 2214-6296

DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103598

Braun, Holger; Apfel, Dorothee; Rilling, Benedikt; Herbes, Carsten
On the irrelevance of (peat-free) substrates - Qualitative insights into the social practices of hobby gardeners in Germany
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 14 :100201
2024
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 2666-7843

DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100201

Rilling, Benedikt; Kurz, Peter; Herbes, Carsten
Renewable gases in the heating market: Identifying consumer preferences through a Discrete Choice Experiment
Energy Policy (184) :113857
2024
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0301-4215

DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113857

2023

Weinrich, Ramona; Herbes, Carsten
Consumer research on bioplastics: A systematic review
Q Open, 3 (1) :qoad013
2023
ISSN: 2633-9048

DOI: 10.1093/qopen/qoad013

Herbes, Carsten
International Management and Sustainability
In Ernst, Dietmar and Gabriel, Robert and Sailer, Ulrich, Editor, Sustainable Business Management from Sustainable Business Management
Page 159 — 170
Publisher: Hochschule Nürtingen-Geislingen
2023
159 — 170

DOI: 10.24053/9783739882017-0

ISBN: 978-3-7398-3201-2

Braun, Holger; Apfel, Dorothee; Rilling, Benedikt; Herbes, Carsten
Supplementary material to: On the irrelevance of (peat-free) substrates - Qualitative insights into the social practices of hobby gardeners in Germany
2023

File : https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:950-opus4-37425

Apfel, Dorothee; Herbes, Carsten
Supplementary material to: What drives Senegalese SMEs to adopt renewable energy technologies? Applying an extended UTAUT2 model to a developing economy
2023

File : https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:950-opus4-39041

2022

Dörnyei, Krisztina Rita; Bauer, Anna-Sophia; Krauter, Victoria; Herbes, Carsten
(Not) Communicating the Environmental Friendliness of Food Packaging to Consumers
Foods, 11 (9) :1371
2022
ISSN: 2304-8158

DOI: 10.3390/foods11091371

Cruz, Rui M. S.; Krauter, Victoria; Krauter, Simon; Agriopoulou, Sofia; Weinrich, Ramona; Herbes, Carsten; Scholten, Philip B. V.; Uysal-Unalan, Ilke; Sogut, Ece; Kopacic, Samir; Lahti, Johanna; Rutkaite, Ramune; Varzakas, Theodoros
Bioplastics for Food Packaging: Environmental Impact, Trends and Regulatory Aspects
Foods, 11 :3087
2022
ISSN: 2304-8158

DOI: 10.3390/foods11193087

Rilling, Benedikt; Herbes, Carsten
Consumer preferences for renewable gas options: Qualitative insights into the German heating market
Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 (91) :38
2022
ISSN: 2214-6296

DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102744

File : https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:950-opus4-29724

Rilling, Benedikt; Herbes, Carsten
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market
Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 (91) :12
2022
ISSN: 2214-6296

DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102744

2021

Roth, Ursula; Wulf, Sebastian; Fechter, Maximilian; Herbes, Carsten; Dahlin, Johannes
Gärrestaufbereitung als Beitrag zur Nährstoffentfrachtung von Überschussregionen - Kosten und Treibhausgasemissionen
Landtechnik, 76 (2) :68 — 95
2021

DOI: 10.15150/lt.2021.3266

Herbes, Carsten; Rilling, Benedikt
Green gas providers' marketing strategy is out of step with consumer preferences: A comparative analysis of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK
2021
Herbes, Carsten
Nachhaltiger Konsum
Handbuch Globale Kompetenz from Handbuch Globale Kompetenz
Page 1 — 18
Publisher: Hochschule Nürtingen-Geislingen
2021
1 — 18

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-30684-7_36-1

ISBN: 9783658306847

Herbes, Carsten; Rilling, Benedikt; Ringel, Marc
Policy frameworks and voluntary markets for biomethane - How do different policies influence providers' product strategies?
Energy Policy, 153 (June) :112292
2021
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0301-4215

DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112292

Herbes, Carsten; Rilling, Benedikt; Holstenkamp, Lars
Ready for new business models? Human and social capital in the management of renewable energy cooperatives in Germany
Energy Policy, 156 :112417
2021
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0301-4215

DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112417

Rilling, Benedikt; Herbes, Carsten; Holstenkamp, Lars
Renewable Energy Cooperatives: Gaps in qualifications for new business models
2021