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Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain

The Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain studies the role of blockchain in energy markets and sustainability. Research highlights how decentralized systems can transform energy regulation, distribution, and the transition to renewable resources

What happens to energy law when digital and decentralised technologies transform markets, infrastructures, and regulation? The Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain at ZIBR investigates how blockchain and other emerging technologies are reshaping the governance of energy systems. This research explores regulatory strategies, market structures, and the integration of blockchain into clean energy transitions — from hydrogen and district heating to smart meters and cross-border electricity markets.
Blockchain in Energy Markets
Blockchain, smart meters, and digital infrastructures introduce new challenges and opportunities for energy law. The chair examines how decentralised systems can support transparency, efficiency, and trust in energy markets — while also requiring robust regulatory frameworks to address risks.
Regulation and Transformation
The energy transition calls for innovative regulatory strategies, including experimental regulation in projects such as Positive Energy Districts and the development of hydrogen markets. The chair studies how regulation can guide technological and market transformation while balancing sustainability, competition, and fairness.
Global and Cross-Sector Perspectives
Energy law does not stop at borders. Research includes EU law and Swiss-EU electricity market agreements, competition and regulation in China, and issues of market power, private enforcement, and cross-sector regulation in digital and telecommunications markets.

This chair explores how energy law must evolve when clean energy transitions and digital technologies such as blockchain transform both infrastructures and regulatory frameworks.

Prof. Dr. Max Baumgart
Associate Professor of Energy Law and Blockchain
Get to know the Chair
The Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain contributes to interdisciplinary debates on how to regulate the twin transitions of digitalisation and decarbonisation. By combining expertise in energy markets, competition law, and digital regulation, the chair helps shape policy and governance in Switzerland, Europe, and beyond.
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