Matthias Weber
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Weber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Weber |
| SIGNATURE | WEBER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swiss Finance Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3195-2173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Out of sight, out of mind? The impact of smartphone absence on flow and learning performance and the moderating role of nomophobia
Despite widespread concern that the mere presence of smartphones distracts learners and hinders performance, existing evidence is mixed and rarely examined in authentic online learning contexts. The effect of smartphone presence on task immersion and the influence of nomophobia remain unclear. To address this, we conducted a within-subjects online experiment with 162 undergraduate students, examining perceived distraction, flow, and online learni…
Trajectories and turning points
We introduce generalisation as an intermediated trajectory to explain how system innovations, like alternative food systems, diffuse. While existing literature on diffusion and scaling focuses on human agency and steady progression, we propose a relational, object-oriented approach that highlights the role of situated intermediation punctuating/disrupting trajectories of generalisation. We identify four key objects of intermediation—knowledge, va…
Johannes Luther, Reformer und Vermittler. Bischöfliche Gruppenbildungen und Vernetzungen im burgundischen Raum 1032–1156. Ostfildern, Thorbecke 2023
Civilian Evacuation During War
In times of war, evacuating civilians from conflict zones is of critical importance to their survival and well-being. However, many people are hesitant to evacuate. While text-based nudges have been studied in other contexts, their effectiveness in encouraging evacuation during armed conflict remains under-explored. We conducted a controlled survey experiment in Ukraine in July 2022—during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion—by varying the fr…
Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions
The increasing academic interest in social innovation for addressing societal challenges is mirrored by a growing recognition by policymakers of its potential relevance. Considering that social innovation research has largely emerged outside the field of sustainability transition, the core aim of this special issue is to introduce the diversity of perspectives on social innovation to the sustainability transitions research community, and in doing…
Transformative und agile Innovationssysteme
Die Muster, nach denen Innovationen verlaufen, haben sich in den letzten Jahren deutlich gewandelt. Dies zeigt sich an offeneren Innovationsstrategien von Unternehmen, steigenden Anforderungen an Geschwindigkeit und Agilität von Innovationsprozessen, der Ausweitung globaler Kooperationen und insbesondere der wachsenden Bedeutung digitaler Technologien mit neuen spezifischen Anforderungen. Gleichzeitig haben sich die gesellschaftlichen und ökologi…
Innovation studies, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research
This article is a first attempt towards building an integrative analytical framework to study goal-orientated transformative change (GOTC) processes, defined as system-transforming processes that are guided by the ambition to resolve current or expected future societal challenges. GOTC can only start once a broad range of possible goals are considered by key stakeholders and major relevant actors are committed to act. Hence, there is a need for w…
Fake News in Social Networks
We propose multi-agent reinforcement learning as a new method for modeling fake news in social networks. This method allows us to model human behavior in social networks both in unaccustomed populations and in populations that have adapted to the presence of fake news. In particular the latter is challenging for existing methods. We find that a fake-news attack is more effective if it targets highly connected people and people with weaker private…
Fake News in Social Networks
Sustainable development goals in the research and innovation policy of the European Union
Form und Funktion von Todesschilderungen in Historiographie und Hagiographie im ausgehenden 11. Jahrhundert
Ten tijde van de Investituurstrijd, een periode rijk aan bronnen, wordt veel aandacht besteed aan het overlijden van bisschoppen. In de Middeleeuwen werd het bestaan in het hiernamaals als een echt levensdoel beschouwd, terwijl het aardse bestaan alleen als een kwalificerende fase werd gezien. Tijdens het overlijden werd gedacht dat de wijze waarop men geleefd had zich bij ware concentreerde en het moment van overgang werd beschouwd als een indic…
Foresight and technology assessment for the Austrian parliament — Finding new ways of debating the future of industry 4.0
Moving innovation systems research to the next level
The concept of innovation systems has been a guiding paradigm of innovation research and strongly influenced research and innovation policy since the early 1990s. In spite of this success, criticisms have been raised in recent years about whether it is still a suitable framework for addressing the innovation-related challenges of the future. In the present paper we claim that systemic explanations of innovation success have still a very important…
The Non‐Equivalence of Labour Market Taxes
Under full rationality, a labour market tax levied on employers and a corresponding income tax levied on employees are equivalent. With boundedly rational agents, this equivalence is no longer obvious. In a real-effort experiment, we study the effects of these taxes on preferences concerning the size of the public sector, subjective well-being, labor supply, and on-the-job performance. Our findings suggest that employer-side taxes induce preferen…
Two-tier voting
The Success and Failure of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands
Stewart Russell’s research work on combined heat and power / district heating (CHP/DH) in the UK was among the first empirical contributions to demonstrate that technological change is not just determined by seemingly objective technical and economic performance characteristics, but rather the result of social choices. His rich conceptual thinking is reconstructed in a coherent framework, and its explanatory power explored by analysing the innova…
Foresight for Sustainability-Oriented Policy-Making Vorausschau in nachhaltigkeits-orientierten Politikprozessen
Vorausschau in nachhaltigkeitsorientierten PolitikprozessenForesight for Sustainability-Oriented Policy-Making
Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability
(2003). Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability: On the Role of Users and Future Visions for the Uptake of City Logistics and Combined Heat and Power Generation. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 155-175
Moving innovation systems research to the next level
The concept of innovation systems has been a guiding paradigm of innovation research and strongly influenced research and innovation policy since the early 1990s. In spite of this success, criticisms have been raised in recent years about whether it is still a suitable framework for addressing the innovation-related challenges of the future. In the present paper we claim that systemic explanations of innovation success have still a very important…
Innovation studies, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research
This article is a first attempt towards building an integrative analytical framework to study goal-orientated transformative change (GOTC) processes, defined as system-transforming processes that are guided by the ambition to resolve current or expected future societal challenges. GOTC can only start once a broad range of possible goals are considered by key stakeholders and major relevant actors are committed to act. Hence, there is a need for w…
Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions
The increasing academic interest in social innovation for addressing societal challenges is mirrored by a growing recognition by policymakers of its potential relevance. Considering that social innovation research has largely emerged outside the field of sustainability transition, the core aim of this special issue is to introduce the diversity of perspectives on social innovation to the sustainability transitions research community, and in doing…
The Non‐Equivalence of Labour Market Taxes
Under full rationality, a labour market tax levied on employers and a corresponding income tax levied on employees are equivalent. With boundedly rational agents, this equivalence is no longer obvious. In a real-effort experiment, we study the effects of these taxes on preferences concerning the size of the public sector, subjective well-being, labor supply, and on-the-job performance. Our findings suggest that employer-side taxes induce preferen…
Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability
(2003). Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability: On the Role of Users and Future Visions for the Uptake of City Logistics and Combined Heat and Power Generation. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 155-175
Foresight and technology assessment for the Austrian parliament — Finding new ways of debating the future of industry 4.0
Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability
(2003). Transforming Large Socio-technical Systems towards Sustainability: On the Role of Users and Future Visions for the Uptake of City Logistics and Combined Heat and Power Generation. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 155-175
Foresight for Sustainability-Oriented Policy-Making Vorausschau in nachhaltigkeits-orientierten Politikprozessen
Vorausschau in nachhaltigkeitsorientierten PolitikprozessenForesight for Sustainability-Oriented Policy-Making
The Success and Failure of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands
Stewart Russell’s research work on combined heat and power / district heating (CHP/DH) in the UK was among the first empirical contributions to demonstrate that technological change is not just determined by seemingly objective technical and economic performance characteristics, but rather the result of social choices. His rich conceptual thinking is reconstructed in a coherent framework, and its explanatory power explored by analysing the innova…
Two-tier voting
Moving innovation systems research to the next level
The concept of innovation systems has been a guiding paradigm of innovation research and strongly influenced research and innovation policy since the early 1990s. In spite of this success, criticisms have been raised in recent years about whether it is still a suitable framework for addressing the innovation-related challenges of the future. In the present paper we claim that systemic explanations of innovation success have still a very important…
The Non‐Equivalence of Labour Market Taxes
Under full rationality, a labour market tax levied on employers and a corresponding income tax levied on employees are equivalent. With boundedly rational agents, this equivalence is no longer obvious. In a real-effort experiment, we study the effects of these taxes on preferences concerning the size of the public sector, subjective well-being, labor supply, and on-the-job performance. Our findings suggest that employer-side taxes induce preferen…
Form und Funktion von Todesschilderungen in Historiographie und Hagiographie im ausgehenden 11. Jahrhundert
Ten tijde van de Investituurstrijd, een periode rijk aan bronnen, wordt veel aandacht besteed aan het overlijden van bisschoppen. In de Middeleeuwen werd het bestaan in het hiernamaals als een echt levensdoel beschouwd, terwijl het aardse bestaan alleen als een kwalificerende fase werd gezien. Tijdens het overlijden werd gedacht dat de wijze waarop men geleefd had zich bij ware concentreerde en het moment van overgang werd beschouwd als een indic…
Foresight and technology assessment for the Austrian parliament — Finding new ways of debating the future of industry 4.0
Sustainable development goals in the research and innovation policy of the European Union
Fake News in Social Networks
We propose multi-agent reinforcement learning as a new method for modeling fake news in social networks. This method allows us to model human behavior in social networks both in unaccustomed populations and in populations that have adapted to the presence of fake news. In particular the latter is challenging for existing methods. We find that a fake-news attack is more effective if it targets highly connected people and people with weaker private…
Fake News in Social Networks
Transformative und agile Innovationssysteme
Die Muster, nach denen Innovationen verlaufen, haben sich in den letzten Jahren deutlich gewandelt. Dies zeigt sich an offeneren Innovationsstrategien von Unternehmen, steigenden Anforderungen an Geschwindigkeit und Agilität von Innovationsprozessen, der Ausweitung globaler Kooperationen und insbesondere der wachsenden Bedeutung digitaler Technologien mit neuen spezifischen Anforderungen. Gleichzeitig haben sich die gesellschaftlichen und ökologi…
Innovation studies, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research
This article is a first attempt towards building an integrative analytical framework to study goal-orientated transformative change (GOTC) processes, defined as system-transforming processes that are guided by the ambition to resolve current or expected future societal challenges. GOTC can only start once a broad range of possible goals are considered by key stakeholders and major relevant actors are committed to act. Hence, there is a need for w…
Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions
The increasing academic interest in social innovation for addressing societal challenges is mirrored by a growing recognition by policymakers of its potential relevance. Considering that social innovation research has largely emerged outside the field of sustainability transition, the core aim of this special issue is to introduce the diversity of perspectives on social innovation to the sustainability transitions research community, and in doing…
Johannes Luther, Reformer und Vermittler. Bischöfliche Gruppenbildungen und Vernetzungen im burgundischen Raum 1032–1156. Ostfildern, Thorbecke 2023
Civilian Evacuation During War
In times of war, evacuating civilians from conflict zones is of critical importance to their survival and well-being. However, many people are hesitant to evacuate. While text-based nudges have been studied in other contexts, their effectiveness in encouraging evacuation during armed conflict remains under-explored. We conducted a controlled survey experiment in Ukraine in July 2022—during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion—by varying the fr…
Out of sight, out of mind? The impact of smartphone absence on flow and learning performance and the moderating role of nomophobia
Despite widespread concern that the mere presence of smartphones distracts learners and hinders performance, existing evidence is mixed and rarely examined in authentic online learning contexts. The effect of smartphone presence on task immersion and the influence of nomophobia remain unclear. To address this, we conducted a within-subjects online experiment with 162 undergraduate students, examining perceived distraction, flow, and online learni…
Trajectories and turning points
We introduce generalisation as an intermediated trajectory to explain how system innovations, like alternative food systems, diffuse. While existing literature on diffusion and scaling focuses on human agency and steady progression, we propose a relational, object-oriented approach that highlights the role of situated intermediation punctuating/disrupting trajectories of generalisation. We identify four key objects of intermediation—knowledge, va…
Computer Science (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Sustainability (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economic system (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)