Gerald Steiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5898727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Steiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Steiner |
| SIGNATURE | STEINER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität für Weiterbildung Krems |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3340-3941 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Implementing Multistage Transdisciplinary Modeling for Policy Interventions
Efficient allocation of financial resources through policy interventions is vital for fostering grassroots sports and promoting preventive health measures. However, the intricacies of impact‐oriented grassroots sports subsidies are shaped by factors within a specific funding cascade and the broader societal context. Addressing this complexity requires a methodology that provides a comprehensive, systems perspective, considering diverse stakeholde…
The contradictions of democracy ‐ structural paradoxes and the erosion of collective agency. Insights from the Transatlantic Research Lab on Complex Societal Challenges
Democratic systems are often seen as resilient, yet today they reach their limits: polarization, loss of trust, and digital discourses undermine their capacity to act. In this article, we explore how structural contradictions and communicative double binds challenge democratic practice ‐ and ask which new forms of participation are needed to secure future viability
Association of personality traits and socio-environmental factors with Covid-19 pandemic-related conspiratorial thinking in the D-A-CH region
Misinformation, lack of trust, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic have fostered the emergence of new conspiracy theories. In August 2021, we examined the association of individual personality traits and socio-environmental factors with high belief in pandemic-related conspiracies through an online survey among 3,067 quota-sampled German-speaking adults residing in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). In multivariable-adjus…
The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Depression in the German-Speaking D-A-CH Region Including an Investigation of Potential Moderators and Mediators
Considerable evidence links the “Big Five” personality traits (neuroticism, extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness) with depression. However, potential mediating and moderating factors are less well understood. We utilized data from a cross-sectional survey of 3065 German-speaking adults from the D-A-CH region to estimate multivariable-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervalsbetween personality traits and lifetime p…
Navigating through poly-crises towards One Health
Navigating today’s crises requires transcending one-dimensional, exclusively science-centered approaches. This article advocates a transdisciplinary strategy, integrating diverse perspectives to address complex issues like poly-crises. It emphasizes the potential of mutual learning and knowledge co-generation between science and society for fostering creative, sustainable solutions within a multilayered innovation system
Process ownership in science–practice collaborations
The complexity and importance of environmental, societal, and other challenges require new forms of science and practice collaboration. We first describe the complementarity of method-driven, theory-based, and (to the extent possible) validated scientific knowledge in contrast to real-world, action-based, and contextualized experimental knowledge. We argue that a thorough integration of these two modes of knowing is necessary for developing groun…
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review
Purpose Climate change, poverty and pandemics are some of the complex real-world problems that are increasingly challenging higher education institutions (HEIs) to equip future graduates with meta-competences that have hitherto not been demanded. These graduates need to be able to capture and operate within complex systems and relationships. By focusing on complex real-world problems, this study aims to systematically review competences and frame…
Social Innovation
During the last several decades, the concept of social innovation has been a subject of scientific and practical discourse. As an important paradigm for innovation policies, social innovation is also an object of criticism and debate. Despite a significant proliferation of literature, the rate at which social innovation is a catalyst for coping with challenges of modern societies remains unclear. The goal of the paper is to gain a better understa…
Covid-19 heralds a new epistemology of science for the public good
Preparing for the Next Wave of Covid-19
COVID-19 painfully demonstrates how little resilience our societies have to novel viruses. Societies, decision makers, and scientists lack (1) a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of viral outbreaks and their impact on society; (2) intervention portfolios; and (3) a global crisis and resilience policy, all of which are required to develop appropriate measures and to improve societal resilience. We highlight COVID-19 immunity as one key…
Fast Response to Superspreading
Although the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave has peaked with the second wave underway, the world is still struggling to manage potential systemic risks and unpredictability of the pandemic. A particular challenge is the "superspreading" of the virus, which starts abruptly, is difficult to predict, and can quickly escalate into medical and socio-economic emergencies that contribute to long-lasting crises challenging our current ways…
Ein Netzwerk für die Biodiversität in Österreich
Vor dem Hintergrund des alarmierend schlechten Zustands der Biodiversität bildete sich das Netzwerk Biodiversität Österreich. Aus dieser Initiative heraus schlossen sich Expert(inn)en und Wissenschaftler(innen) zu einem fachübergreifenden, transdisziplinären und unabhängigen Österreichischen Biodiversitätsrat zusammen. Ziel des Netzwerks ebenso wie des Biodiversitätsrats ist es, der biologischen Vielfalt eine starke Stimme zu geben und das Zusamm…
Living sustainability, or merely pretending? From explicit self-report measures to implicit cognition
Recent research supports that a person's self-reported explicit attitude is not necessarily consistent with their implicit attitude. However, in sustainability research, implicit cognitive measures are still at their early stages, and consider primarily singular aspects of sustainability. Here, we pose that the degree of congruence of individuals' implicit and explicit attitudes represents the foundation of any organization's sustainability cultu…
Transdisciplinarity at the crossroads
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
Das Planetenmodell der kollaborativen Kreativität
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
Transdisciplinarity at the crossroads
Living sustainability, or merely pretending? From explicit self-report measures to implicit cognition
Recent research supports that a person's self-reported explicit attitude is not necessarily consistent with their implicit attitude. However, in sustainability research, implicit cognitive measures are still at their early stages, and consider primarily singular aspects of sustainability. Here, we pose that the degree of congruence of individuals' implicit and explicit attitudes represents the foundation of any organization's sustainability cultu…
Social Innovation
During the last several decades, the concept of social innovation has been a subject of scientific and practical discourse. As an important paradigm for innovation policies, social innovation is also an object of criticism and debate. Despite a significant proliferation of literature, the rate at which social innovation is a catalyst for coping with challenges of modern societies remains unclear. The goal of the paper is to gain a better understa…
Das Planetenmodell der kollaborativen Kreativität
Transdisciplinarity at the crossroads
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
The real type and ideal type of transdisciplinary processes
Living sustainability, or merely pretending? From explicit self-report measures to implicit cognition
Recent research supports that a person's self-reported explicit attitude is not necessarily consistent with their implicit attitude. However, in sustainability research, implicit cognitive measures are still at their early stages, and consider primarily singular aspects of sustainability. Here, we pose that the degree of congruence of individuals' implicit and explicit attitudes represents the foundation of any organization's sustainability cultu…
Preparing for the Next Wave of Covid-19
COVID-19 painfully demonstrates how little resilience our societies have to novel viruses. Societies, decision makers, and scientists lack (1) a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of viral outbreaks and their impact on society; (2) intervention portfolios; and (3) a global crisis and resilience policy, all of which are required to develop appropriate measures and to improve societal resilience. We highlight COVID-19 immunity as one key…
Fast Response to Superspreading
Although the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave has peaked with the second wave underway, the world is still struggling to manage potential systemic risks and unpredictability of the pandemic. A particular challenge is the "superspreading" of the virus, which starts abruptly, is difficult to predict, and can quickly escalate into medical and socio-economic emergencies that contribute to long-lasting crises challenging our current ways…
Ein Netzwerk für die Biodiversität in Österreich
Vor dem Hintergrund des alarmierend schlechten Zustands der Biodiversität bildete sich das Netzwerk Biodiversität Österreich. Aus dieser Initiative heraus schlossen sich Expert(inn)en und Wissenschaftler(innen) zu einem fachübergreifenden, transdisziplinären und unabhängigen Österreichischen Biodiversitätsrat zusammen. Ziel des Netzwerks ebenso wie des Biodiversitätsrats ist es, der biologischen Vielfalt eine starke Stimme zu geben und das Zusamm…
Covid-19 heralds a new epistemology of science for the public good
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review
Purpose Climate change, poverty and pandemics are some of the complex real-world problems that are increasingly challenging higher education institutions (HEIs) to equip future graduates with meta-competences that have hitherto not been demanded. These graduates need to be able to capture and operate within complex systems and relationships. By focusing on complex real-world problems, this study aims to systematically review competences and frame…
Social Innovation
During the last several decades, the concept of social innovation has been a subject of scientific and practical discourse. As an important paradigm for innovation policies, social innovation is also an object of criticism and debate. Despite a significant proliferation of literature, the rate at which social innovation is a catalyst for coping with challenges of modern societies remains unclear. The goal of the paper is to gain a better understa…
Navigating through poly-crises towards One Health
Navigating today’s crises requires transcending one-dimensional, exclusively science-centered approaches. This article advocates a transdisciplinary strategy, integrating diverse perspectives to address complex issues like poly-crises. It emphasizes the potential of mutual learning and knowledge co-generation between science and society for fostering creative, sustainable solutions within a multilayered innovation system
Process ownership in science–practice collaborations
The complexity and importance of environmental, societal, and other challenges require new forms of science and practice collaboration. We first describe the complementarity of method-driven, theory-based, and (to the extent possible) validated scientific knowledge in contrast to real-world, action-based, and contextualized experimental knowledge. We argue that a thorough integration of these two modes of knowing is necessary for developing groun…
Association of personality traits and socio-environmental factors with Covid-19 pandemic-related conspiratorial thinking in the D-A-CH region
Misinformation, lack of trust, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic have fostered the emergence of new conspiracy theories. In August 2021, we examined the association of individual personality traits and socio-environmental factors with high belief in pandemic-related conspiracies through an online survey among 3,067 quota-sampled German-speaking adults residing in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). In multivariable-adjus…
The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Depression in the German-Speaking D-A-CH Region Including an Investigation of Potential Moderators and Mediators
Considerable evidence links the “Big Five” personality traits (neuroticism, extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness) with depression. However, potential mediating and moderating factors are less well understood. We utilized data from a cross-sectional survey of 3065 German-speaking adults from the D-A-CH region to estimate multivariable-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervalsbetween personality traits and lifetime p…
The contradictions of democracy ‐ structural paradoxes and the erosion of collective agency. Insights from the Transatlantic Research Lab on Complex Societal Challenges
Democratic systems are often seen as resilient, yet today they reach their limits: polarization, loss of trust, and digital discourses undermine their capacity to act. In this article, we explore how structural contradictions and communicative double binds challenge democratic practice ‐ and ask which new forms of participation are needed to secure future viability
Implementing Multistage Transdisciplinary Modeling for Policy Interventions
Efficient allocation of financial resources through policy interventions is vital for fostering grassroots sports and promoting preventive health measures. However, the intricacies of impact‐oriented grassroots sports subsidies are shaped by factors within a specific funding cascade and the broader societal context. Addressing this complexity requires a methodology that provides a comprehensive, systems perspective, considering diverse stakeholde…
Sociology (10 works) · Social science (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Engineering ethics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (5 works) · Knowledge management (5 works) · Management science (5 works)