Research
My research explores the social and economic dimensions of digital technologies within Science, Technology & Society (STS), focusing on socio-technical infrastructures, data-driven economies, and the interplay between markets, technology, and social relations.
List of publications below and on ResearchGate.
Digital Payments: Making Payments Personal and Social
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), University of Lucerne | 2021–2026
Lead of subproject; qualitative research on socio-technical innovations in payment systems; expert acquisition; international conference presentations; author of 300-page dissertation.
Sustainable Consumer Advisor
Innosuisse, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | 2022–2024
Co-author of successful grant proposal; contributed to project design phase.
New Work Journey
ITC Digital Transformation, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | 2020–2023
Research Associate; involved in all phases of study on organizational agility and new work practices.
Sustainability of Swiss Online Shops
Swiss Post/Public Authorities, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | 2018–2021
Research Associate; supported three iterations of study; data analysis and reporting for public authorities.
Steigerwald, A. (forthcoming). “Die Zukunft der Zahlung. Netzwerkbildung und Plattformisierung in digitalen Zahlungssystemen”. PhD thesis. Lucerne: University of Lucerne. (Submission in June 2026; defense anticipated in fall 2026)
Boenigk, M., Bründler-Ulrich, S., Stalder, U., Mohr, S., & Steigerwald, A. (2021). Einsatz von Content-Marketing-Strategien in Schweizer Unternehmen: Nutzenerwartungen – Inhalte – Erfolgsgrundlagen. In S. Matrisciano, E. Hoffmann, & E. Peters (Eds.), Mobilität – Wirtschaft – Kommunikation (pp. 219–236). Springer VS.
Kohler, F., Gasser, B., & Steigerwald, A. (2021). “Medienhandeln und Strategien zur Selbststeuerung in Bezug auf Social Media: Eine qualitative Studie mit Schweizer Studierenden”. In: Media Literacy. Ed. by Guido Keel and Wibke Weber. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 129–142. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748920656
Wozniak, T., Lu, G., Georgi, D., Janoschka, A., & Steigerwald, A. (2021). Exploring the Sustainability of Swiss Online Shops: Preliminary Evidence from a Clustering Approach. In 34th Bled eConference Digital Support from Crisis to Progressive Change (pp. 643–655). University of Maribor Press. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-485-9
Mollet, L. & Steigerwald, A. (2020). Wie gelingt die Transformation von Organisationen in Richtung agil-kollaboratives People Management? Eine explorative Studie auf der Basis von Expert*inneninterviews. Ed. by Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Lucerne. (Report)
Zumstein, D. & Steigerwald, A. (2019). Onlinehändlerbefragung 2019 : Chancen und Herausforderungen im Vertrieb und Marketing von Schweizer Onlineshops. Ed. by Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18746