Adrian Rinscheid
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Item type:Publication, Between ideology and self-interest: exploring variations in public support for basic income schemes in GermanyThis paper studies public opinion towards the introduction of a universal basic income in the case of Germany. Using novel data from a vignette survey experiment conducted in the summer of 2022, we analyse to what extent variations in the policy design characteristics of a hypothetical basic income scheme affect levels of support. We find that support for basic income strongly depends on these characteristics, with support being highest for schemes that are relatively generous, paid to citizens and long-term residents, paid to individuals rather than households, unconditional and financed with taxing the rich. In a further step, we explore interaction effects between vignette dimensions and respondent characteristics, finding significant heterogenous treatment effects in the cases of income, age and ideology.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Social PolicyScopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Do stakeholders' values support transformative change in the food system? Evidence from the NetherlandsResearch in the sustainability sciences often emphasizes values and value change as important drivers of sustainability transformations. Drawing from conceptualizations of values developed in environmental psychology and the environmental social sciences, this study offers a survey-based examination of values among stakeholders involved in or close to policymaking processes. the empirical context is the Dutch agri-food system-a hotspot of biodiversity loss, water pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions, and challenges to human and animal health. Based on a survey fielded among stakeholders, including public institutions, researchers, consultancy firms, agribusinesses, and others (n = 174), we investigated the prevalence of environmental and food-system values. Moreover, we asked how food-system values are related to stakeholders' views on transformative change. Our analysis yields three insights. First, biospheric and altruistic values, often considered in the literature as backbones of a socially and environmentally sustainable food system, were quite strongly endorsed among the surveyed stakeholders. By contrast, egoistic values, which revolve around the cost-benefit calculus of different courses of action irrespective of their environmental or social consequences, received comparatively less endorsement. second, stakeholders expressed strong agreement with food-system values emphasizing health and community aspects, food and nutrition as a global public good, and ecological and animal-free agriculture, but were less favorable toward values emphasizing technology and markets. Finally, using regression analysis, we show that stakeholders' food-system values help explain the degree to which they perceive a need for change, and the extent to which they support public policies to make the agri-food system more sustainable.Type:journal articleJournal:Sustainability: Science, Practice and PolicyVolume:21Issue:1Scopus© Citations 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Decline by design: Assessing decline policies as a decarbonisation strategy under the Paris Agreement(2025-10-24); Scopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The (de-)construction of technology legitimacy: Contending storylines surrounding wind energy in Austria and SwitzerlandType:journal articleJournal:Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeVolume:198Scopus© Citations 17 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Why do (some) German car manufacturers go electric? The role of dynamic capabilities and cognitive frames(2023-08-21); ; After the internal combustion engine was the dominant technology in the automotive industry for more than a century, a transition to electric cars is now under way. However, not all car manufacturers seem equally determined to move away from fossil fuels. Based on a comparative case study of German automakers, we discuss some underlying factors associated with variation in electrification strategies. Conceptually, we focus on firms' dynamic capabilities—in particular, their ability to sense low-carbon risks and opportunities in a changing business environment. Building on qualitative interviews, we gauge sensing capabilities through industry executives' cognitive frames. Our analysis reveals striking differences in the way executives perceive the opportunities and risks associated with electric mobility. In particular, firms' dynamic capabilities to shape the low-carbon transition are tied to their conceptions of consumer preferences and the economics of the transition, their perception of network embeddedness, prior experiences with technological innovation, and leadership.Type:journal articleJournal:Business Strategy and the EnvironmentDOI:10.1002/bse.3538Scopus© Citations 17 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The source is the message: the impact of institutional signals on climate change–related norm perceptions and behaviors(Springer, 2021-06-05); Scopus© Citations 43 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Introducing the Endowment-Practice-Institutions (EPI) framework for studying agency in the institutional contestation of socio-technical regimesA timely transition of socio-technical systems to more sustainable alternatives is crucial in mitigating climate change and other environmental problems. While innovation plays a significant role in such transitions, policy makers and the scientific community have become increasingly aware that the deliberate destabilization of existing socio-technical regimes—including associated institutions and technologies—is also often necessary. However, such aspiration is politically contested. This paper presents the Endowment-Practice-Institutions (EPI) Framework to study the contestation of institutions underpinning socio-technical regimes. By integrating key theories from Institutional Sociology and Political Economy, the framework conceives actors’ capability of influencing institutional structures to be dependent on their institutional work practices and the various endowments that enable these practices. We present Japanese coal policy as an example to illustrate how the framework can be used to assess actors’ institutional work and their influence on institutional outcomes. In addition to providing new theoretical insights, the framework helps to systematically analyze agency-driven mechanisms pertinent for the maintenance or destabilization of socio-technical regimes.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Cleaner ProductionVolume:296Scopus© Citations 17 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Emphasizing urgency of climate change is insufficient to increase policy supportAlthough many people are concerned about climate change, active public support for ambitious policies is still lagging behind. How can this gap be closed? Recent work has theorized that the perceived urgency of climate change drives public support for climate policy, but this lacks empirical evidence. Using advanced sparse regressions and comparative survey-embedded framing experiments with 9,911 eligible voters in Germany and the United States, we empirically studied the role of perceived urgency. Our study provides two findings. First, although perceived urgency is key in driving support for “low-cost” mitigation policies, it does not lead to more support for “high-cost” mitigation policies where the behavioral implications are visible. Second, while temporal reframing does not increase policy support or feelings of dread, context information about demand-side mitigation increases support for such costly climate policies. The results are particularly relevant for democracies, where ambitious policies require the support of citizens.Type:journal articleJournal:One EarthVolume:4Issue:3Scopus© Citations 61 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks: Coal phase-out in GermanyDiscourse analysis is gaining attention in transition studies. This paper uses discourse network analysis (DNA) to study how discourse coalitions, and the storylines they mobilize, change over time. Drawing from archival data of two daily newspapers, we analyze the struggle over coal phase-out in Germany (2000–2020). We identify an anti-coal discourse coalition, which was stable and ideationally congruent over time. It used climate change as the dominant storyline to delegitimize coal. The phase-out policy decision in 2020 can be interpreted as the success of this coalition. The pro-coal coalition, in contrast, was more dispersed and less consistent in their arguments. Nonetheless, it was able to institutionalize some of its key storylines in the final policies. We argue that DNA is a powerful tool we can mobilize in sustainability transitions research for the study of politics and beyond.Type:journal articleJournal:Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsVolume:40Scopus© Citations 91 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States: Perceptions, preferences, and lessons for policyAlthough Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies can potentially play an important role in climate change mitigation efforts, commercial CCS projects are still rare. Knowledge about the technical challenges of these technologies is rapidly advancing, but the challenges related to their public acceptance are still underinvestigated. Here we try to close this research gap by investigating public perceptions of CCS and public attitudes towards policies to scale up these technologies in the United States, where most existing industrial-scale CCS projects are operating. Based on a demographically representative sample of US residents, we find that awareness of CCS is very low. Using a conjoint experiment, we show that policies that outlaw the construction of new coal- and gas-fired power plants without CCS find higher public support than CCS subsidies and increases in taxes on unabated fossil fuel power generation. Public support decreases with rising costs of CCS deployment and decreasing minimal distance requirements of CCS plants from residential areas. Our results provide insights into the political feasibility of a large-scale deployment of CCS and show that specific policy design choices play an important role in influencing public support for policies to scale up these technologies.Type:journal articleJournal:Energy PolicyVolume:151