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H. Christoph Steinhardt

University of Vienna

Associate professor

Vienna

Austria

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

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418

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

Value-Driven Contention in China: Forms, Tactics and State Responses

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Jul 2024
H. Christoph Steinhardt and Kai Yang
University of Vienna and Hong Kong Lingnan University
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Value-driven activism, protest control, stability maintenance, protest event analysis, Chinese politics

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Protecting Society from Itself: How the Social Credit System Is Justified on Chinese Social Media

Accepted for publication in Big Data and Society
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Nov 2025 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2025
H. Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel
University of Vienna and University of Vienna
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Surveillance, Privacy, Infrastructural Power, Social Credit System, Social Anomie, Moral Engineering, China

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The Perception of Social Anomie in China: Magnitude, Drivers, and Consequences

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Dec 2025
H. Christoph Steinhardt
University of Vienna
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Social Anomie Perception, Moral Crisis, Moral Engineering, Social Cohesion, Social Capital, Social Trust, Pessimism, Political Support

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External Rewards or Intrinsic Desire? The Motivations Behind State-Led Volunteering in China

Accepted for publication in Chinese Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1177/2057150X251393549
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Jan 2026
H. Christoph Steinhardt, Jian Lu and Carolyn Hsu
University of Vienna, China University of Political Science and Law - China University of Political Science and Law, Center for Law and Economics, Students and Colgate University
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Volunteering, extrinsic motivations, intrinsic motivations, self-determination theory, incentives, social credit

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Measuring National Identity with Conjoint Experiments Using the Case of Taiwan

Number of pages: 72
Steven Denney and H. Christoph Steinhardt
Leiden University and University of Vienna
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national identity, conjoint analysis, Taiwan, survey methodology, nationalism