Ralf Steinhauser

Dr. Ralf Steinhauser serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research and as a Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute. His research leverages advanced data analysis and experimental design to inform economic policy across carbon emissions forecasting, consumer behaviour, corporate governance, and taxation domains.

He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. and B.A. from Humboldt University Berlin.

Steinhauser's research spans Behavioural Economics, Fiscal Policy, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Corporate Social Responsibility. His work consistently addresses policy-relevant questions through rigorous econometric analysis of large datasets and experimental methodologies, with particular emphasis on environmental and public finance applications.

Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals concentrated focus on green economy collaborations, behavioral public economics frameworks, and testing foundational economic hypotheses. His research demonstrates evolving integration of environmental sustainability with behavioral insights while maintaining methodological rigor in policy evaluation.

Dr. Steinhauser actively contributes to collaborative research projects:

• Cost of road crashes in Australia (2021-2022)
• The use of nudges as a local government environmental policy instrument (2023-2025)
• Research services to investigate barriers to and boosters of the total fertility rate (2021)
• Impact of ACT Government tax reform (2019-2020)
• Estimation of elasticities for revenue bases (2018-2019)

He maintains active affiliations with POLIS and the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, where he participates in interdisciplinary teams addressing contemporary social policy challenges through evidence-based research approaches.