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Reinhard Steurer

Reinhard Steurer

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
5307
World Ranking
1341
National Ranking
7

Overview

Reinhard Steurer is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on sustainability and climate change governance. Their research encompasses several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Political Science and International Relations.

Steurer's recent research publications reflect an emphasis on climate change adaptation, policy analysis, and urban sustainability. Key papers include:

  • Adaptation to climate change in small German municipalities: Sparse knowledge and weak adaptive capacities (2022), published in Natural Resources Forum
  • Climate Change Acts in Scotland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden: the role of discourse and deliberation (2021), published in Climate Policy
  • From symbolism to substance: what the renewal of the Danish climate change act tells us about the driving forces behind policy change (2021), published in Environmental Politics
  • Climate change adaptation with green roofs: Instrument choice and facilitating factors in urban areas (2021), published in Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Kapitel IV: Technical Summary (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in Steurer's work include Sarah Louise Nash, Ernest Aigner, Christoph Görg, Astrid Krisch, and Verena Madner.

Steurer's publications appear in diverse venues, with repeated contributions to SSRN Electronic Journal, as well as articles in Natural Resources Forum, Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, and Journal of Urban Affairs.

The scientist's research covers several interconnected topics, such as:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

This profile reflects a body of work grounded in interdisciplinary approaches to environmental challenges, emphasizing governance, policy change, and adaptation strategies across different societal and geographical contexts.

Best Publications

  • Corporations, Stakeholders and Sustainable Development I: A Theoretical Exploration of Business–Society Relations

    Reinhard Steurer;Markus E. Langer;Astrid Konrad;André Martinuzzi

  • The role of governments in corporate social responsibility: characterising public policies on CSR in Europe

    Reinhard Steurer

  • Mapping stakeholder theory anew: from the ‘stakeholder theory of the firm’ to three perspectives on business–society relations

    Reinhard Steurer

  • Disentangling governance: a synoptic view of regulation by government, business and civil society

    Reinhard Steurer

  • Public Policies on CSR in Europe: Themes, Instruments, and Regional Differences

    Reinhard Steurer;Andre Martinuzzi;Sharon Margula

  • The Governance of Climate Change Adaptation in 10 OECD Countries: Challenges and Approaches

    Anja Bauer;Judith Feichtinger;Reinhard Steurer

  • Sustainable development strategies

    Reinhard Steurer

  • Towards a New Pattern of Strategy Formation in the Public Sector: First Experiences with National Strategies for Sustainable Development in Europe:

    Reinhard Steurer;André Martinuzzi

  • Empirical Findings on Business–Society Relations in Europe

    A. Konrad;R. Steurer;M. E. Langer;André Martinuzzi

  • Business-society relations in Central- Eastern and Western Europe: How those who lead in sustainability reporting bridge the gap in corporate (social) responsibility

    Reinhard Steurer;Astrid Konrad

  • Objectives and Indicators in Sustainable Development Strategies: Similarities and Variances across Europe

    Reinhard Steurer;Markus Hametner

  • Multi-level governance of climate change adaptation through regional partnerships in Canada and England

    Anja Bauer;Reinhard Steurer

  • From government strategies to strategic public management: an exploratory outlook on the pursuit of cross‐sectoral policy integration

    Reinhard Steurer

  • Integrated strategies on sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation in Western Europe: communication rather than coordination

    Juan Casado-Asensio;Reinhard Steurer

  • Barriers and guidelines for public policies on climate change adaptation: A missed opportunity of scientific knowledge-brokerage

    Christoph Clar;Andrea Prutsch;Reinhard Steurer

  • Multi-sectoral strategies as dead ends of policy integration: Lessons to be learned from sustainable development:

    Ralf Nordbeck;Reinhard Steurer

  • Assessment Practices in the Policy and Politics Cycles: A Contribution to Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development?

    James Meadowcroft;Reinhard Steurer

  • Is decentralisation always good for climate change mitigation? How federalism has complicated the greening of building policies in Austria

    Reinhard Steurer;Christoph Clar

  • Mitigating climate change in a federal country committed to the Kyoto Protocol: how Swiss federalism further complicated an already complex challenge

    Juan Casado-Asensio;Reinhard Steurer

  • Taking stock of Climate Change Acts in Europe: living policy processes or symbolic gestures?

    Sarah Louise Nash;Reinhard Steurer

  • Innovation in climate adaptation policy: are regional partnerships catalysts or talking shops?

    Anja Bauer;Reinhard Steurer

  • Soft Instruments, Few Networks: How ‘New Governance’ Materializes in Public Policies on Corporate Social Responsibility Across Europe

    Reinhard Steurer

  • The EU's double-track pursuit of sustainable development in the 2000s: how Lisbon and sustainable development strategies ran past each other

    Reinhard Steurer;Gerald Berger

  • Climate change adaptation at different levels of government: Characteristics and conditions of policy change

    Christoph Clar;Reinhard Steurer

  • Public Policies on CSR in Europe: Themes, Instruments, and Regional Differences

    Reinhard Steurer;Sharon Margula;Andre Martinuzzi

  • Multi-Level Governance of Climate Change Adaptation: The Role of Regional Partnerships in Canada and England

    Anja Bauer;Reinhard Steurer

Frequent Co-Authors

James Meadowcroft
James Meadowcroft Carleton University
Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
U. Rashid Sumaila
U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia
Arthur P.J. Mol
Arthur P.J. Mol Wageningen University & Research
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Bert Scholtens
Bert Scholtens University of Groningen
Genia Kostka
Genia Kostka Freie Universität Berlin
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Reinhard Mechler
Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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