Dr. Daniel Patrick Balestrini

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

• MINT-Mädchenförderung/Mentoring
• A Gifted Identification Kit for the United Arab Emirates: Identifying and Developing High Potentials
• Research-Based Preparation of a Global Talent Mentoring Hub (GTMH)
• Implicit constructions of giftedness and cultural educational capital in text-based mass media
• Macrosystemic differences in cultural outlooks about learning, education, and effort
• Talent development in aesthetic group sports (drum and bugle corps)

Vernon, M., Kawecki, N. S., Smith, C., Marcotte, G., Blaik, R., Crosbie, R. H., Balestrini, D. P., Stoeger, H., & Rowat, A. C. (2026). Assessing current and future needs for workforce development in cellular agriculture. Industry and Higher Education.  Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222261430217 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2024). Cultural framing of giftedness in recent US fictional texts. PLoS ONE, 19(8), e0307222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307222 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P. (2024). Peer review report for: Analysis of the MUII-plus mentorship programme: Reflections of fellows’ experiences and lessons for other programmes [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]. Open Research Africa 2021, 3(37). https://doi.org/10.21956/aasopenres.14323.r30707 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2023). Quantitative text analysis in gifted and talented research. High Ability Studies, 34(2), 189–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2023.2167812 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P., & Icik, B. (Hosts). (2022). “Don’t let Talent Fool You!” A Conversation About Talent, its Development, and Mentoring [Audio podcast episode]. Melton Foundation. Spotify. open.spotify.com/episode/4hi8le753YamOHscxA3EZZ (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2021). Eminence-focused talent development in drum and bugle corps. Gifted and Talented International, 36(1–2), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2021.1960223 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Stoeger, H., Balestrini, D. P., & Steinbach, J. (2021). Self-regulated learning for high-ability and high-achieving students in mixed-ability classrooms throughout the Asia-Pacific. In S. R. Smith (Ed.). Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific (pp. 291–318). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Stoeger, H., Balestrini, D. P., & Ziegler, A. (2021). Key issues in professionalizing mentoring practices. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1483, 5–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14537 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Stöger, H., Balestrini, D. P., & Ziegler, A. (2021). Selbstreguliertes Lernen für hochbegabte und hochleistende Schüler/innen in leistungsheterogenen Lerngruppen [Self-regulated learning for gifted and high-achieving pupils in mixed-performance learning groups]. In V. Müller-Oppliger & G. Weigand (Eds.), Handbuch Begabung (pp. 390–401). Beltz.

Balestrini, D. P. (2019). Substantiating cultural orientations supportive of high academic achievement: A comparison of cultural products in East Asia and the United States. Granite Bay Books.

Heilemann, M., Mader, M., Balestrini, D. P., & Stöger, H. (2019). Empirische Befunde zu Mentoring und ihre Bedeutung für die Begabtenförderung an Hochschulen [Empirical findings on mentoring and its meaning for gifted education in higher education]. In ÖZBF (Ed.), Mentoring an Hochschulen (pp. 19–32). Österreichisches Zentrum für Begabtenförderung und Begabungsforschung.

Luo, L., & Balestrini, D. P. (2019). Global Talent Mentoring: A New Virtual Online Talent Development Resource for the World. Nurturing Talents 6(2), 2–4.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2018). Substantiating a special cultural emphasis on learning and education in East Asia. High Ability Studies, 29(1), 79–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2017.1423281 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ziegler, A., Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2018). An international view on gifted education: Incorporating the macro-systemic perspective. In S. I. Pfeiffer (Ed.), Handbook of giftedness in children (pp. 15–28). Springer.

Balestrini, D. & Stöger, H. (2017). Alltagstheorien zu Hochleistungen in Ostasien [Everyday theories of high achievements in East Asia]. In C. Fischer, C. Fischer-Ontrup, F. Käpnick, F.-J. Mönks, N. Neuber, & C. Solzbacher (Eds.), Potenzialentwicklung. Begabungsförderung. Bildung der Vielfalt (pp. 197–207). Waxmann.

Stoeger, H., Balestrini, D. P., & Ziegler, A. (2017). International perspectives and trends in research on giftedness and talent development. In S. Pfeiffer, M. Foley-Nicpon, & E. Shaunessy-Dedrick (Eds.), APA handbook of giftedness and talent (pp. 25–39). American Psychological Association.

Stoeger, H., Greindl, T., Kuhlmann, T., & Balestrini, D. (2017). The learning and educational capital of male and female students in STEM magnet schools and in extracurricular STEM programs: A study in high-achiever-track secondary schools in Germany. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 40(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0162353217734374 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ziegler, A., Stoeger, H., & Balestrini, D. P. (2017). Systemic gifted education. In J. R. Cross, C. O’Reilly, & T. L. Cross (Eds.), Providing for the special needs of students with gifts and talents (pp. 15–55). CTYI Press.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stöger, H. (2016). Zugänge der Hochbegabungsdiagnostik im Vergleich [Approaches to giftedness diagnostics in comparison]. Journal für Begabtenförderung, 16(1), 6–16.

Balestrini, D. P., Harder, B., Stöger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2014). Zur Verwendung der Begriffe Begabung, Talent und Hochbegabung: Ergebnisse einer korpuslinguistischen Analyse [On the use of the terms giftedness, talent, and high ability: Results of a corpus linguistic analysis]. News & Science, 36/37(1–2), 56–59.

Balestrini, D. P., Harder, B., Stöger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2013). Die Verwendung von Begabung, Talent und Hochbegabung in der deutschen Sprache: Ergebnisse einer korpuslinguistischen Untersuchung [Usage of giftedness, talent, and intellectual giftedness in German: Findings of a corpus linguistics investigation]. Labyrinth, 117, 22–23.

Ziegler, A., Stoeger, H., Harder, B., & Balestrini, D. P. (2013). Gifted education in German-speaking Europe. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 36(3), 384–411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162353213492247 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Balestrini, D. P. (2009). Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft: Vol. 17. Hermann Mendel und Gustav Modes Operntextbibliothek: Zur Popularisierung der Oper im Industriezeitalter [Herman Mendel and Gustav Mode’s Opera Text Library: The popularization of opera in the Industrial Age]. Mainz: Are Musik.

Balestrini, D. P. (2009). Zwischen Reue und Rechtfertigung: Pfitzner über sein Engagement für die Nationalsozialisten in den Jahren 1934 und 1936 [Between remorse and rationalization: Pfitzner on his cooperation with the National Socialists]. Mitteilungen der Hans Pfitzner-Gesellschaft, 69, 29– 38.

Balestrini, D. P. (2009). Pfitzner, Hindemith, Frankfurt und die Moderne: Symposium Frankfurt, 27./28. Juni 2009 [Pfitzner, Hindemeth, Frankfurt and modernism: Conference in Frankfurt]. Mitteilungen der Hans Pfitzner-Gesellschaft, 69, 144–146.

Balestrini, D. P. (2008). Further Reading in English (bibiography). In H. Ullrich, Continuum Library of Educational Thought: Vol. 11. Rudolf Steiner (pp. 231–249). London: Continuum International Publishing Group.

Balestrini, D. (2008). Hans Pfitzners Autounfall in Berlin im Winter 1936 [Hans Pfitzner’s car accident in Berlin in the winter of 1936]. Mitteilungen der Hans Pfitzner-Gesellschaft, 68, 145–148.

Balestrini, D. P. (2005). Schilling, (Friedrich) Gustav. In L. Finscher (Hrsg.). Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik, Vol. 14 (Personenteil, cols. 1359–1361). Bärenreiter.

Balestrini, D. P. (2002). Schillers absolute Ethik: Eine Deutung der Max und Thekla-Handlung [Schiller’s absolute ethics: An interpretation of the Max and Thekla storyline]. Focus on German Studies, 9, 73–86. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.UC/1943 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Talks (Including Poster-Based Talks)

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2025, August). The cultural framing of giftedness and its place in educator professional development. Poster presentation at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction conference (EARLI 2025), Graz, Austria.

Emmerdinger, K. J., Bayer, S., Uebler, C., Balestrini, D. P., Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2025, August). Mentors‘ and mentees‘ expectations for mentor roles and their impact on mentoring success. Roundtable presentation at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction conference (EARLI 2025), Graz, Austria.

Balestrini, D. P., Alghawi, M., Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2024, August 28–31). Global Talent Mentoring: Talent support to create excellence and innovation in STEMM. In H. Stoeger & A. Ziegler (Chairs), Fostering STEMM talent development [Symposium]. 19th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Thessaloniki, Greece.

Emmerdinger, K. & Balestrini, D. P. (2023, November). Wann ist Mentoring effektiv? Evidenzbasiertes Mentoring zur Talentförderung. Vortrag am Tag der Hochbegabung des Hector-Instituts für Empirische Bildungsforschung, Stuttgart.

Balestrini, D. P., & Emmerdinger, K. J. (2023, October). Applying key elements of evidence-based mentoring for talent development. Webinar at the 2nd World Giftedness Center International Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Heil, S., Balestrini, D. P., Olszewski-Kubilius, P. M., & Worrel, F. C. (2022, November). Outlier arts: Supporting gifted youth in their passion for regional forms of aesthetic talent. Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2021, November). A support framework for talented youths in high-intensity marching arts. Presentation at the 68th Annual Conference of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), Denver, Colorado, United States of America.

Balestrini, D. P., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2021, April). Connoting talent development? 210 years of talking about mentoring in US public discourse. Invited presentation at the 2020 European–North American Summit on Talent Development, Berkeley, California (held virtually).

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2018, August). Macro-level evidence for the cultural specificity of everyday giftedness conceptions. Presentation at the 16th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Dublin, Ireland.

Ziegler, A., AlGhawi, M., Aljughaiman, A., Balestrini, D., & Stoeger, H. (2018, August). The relationship between learning resources and performances among secondary school students, music and sport experts. Presentation at the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Bangkok, Thailand.

Balestrini, D. P., Heilemann, M. & Stoeger, H. (2016, March). Differing everyday views of giftedness and talent in East Asia and the United States. Presentation at the 15th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Vienna, Austria.

Balestrini, D. P., Heilemann, M., & Stoeger, H. (2015, September). Eine kulturvergleichende Untersuchung des Gender-Bias in Diskursen über Hochbegabung und MINT in den Medien [A cross-cultural investigation of gender bias in media discourses on giftedness and STEM]. Presentation at the Fifth Münster Education Conference, Münster, Germany.

Balestrini, D. P., Heilemann, M., & Stoeger, H. (2015, March). Measuring gender bias in authentic gifted STEM discourse: A study of newspaper writing in German-speaking Europe and the United States. Presentation at the International Conference for the Gifted and Talented, Brisbane, Australia.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2014, September). Regionally specific manifestations of cultural educational capital (CEC) in news writing. Presentation at the 14th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Kuhlmann, J. M., Greindl, T., Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2014, September). The role of learning and educational capital for high-achieving girls in STEM. Presentation at the 14th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2013, September). Regionally specific manifestations of cultural educational capital (CEC) in newspaper articles. Presentation in an invited symposium at the Third Annual International Conference on Talent Development and Excellence (ICTDE), Antalya, Turkey.

Posters

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2021, November). Cultural framing of giftedness and talent in newspaper writing. Poster at the 68th Annual Conference of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), Denver, Colorado, United States of America.

Balestrini, D. P., & Stoeger, H. (2017, October). Salience of concern with learning and education in East Asia and the United States: Results of A cross-cultural study of news reporting. Poster presented at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Heilemann, M., Balestrini, D. P., Schirner, S., & Stöger, H. (2016, March). Gender Bias in der Darstellung von Care und MINT in Kinder- und Schulbüchern [Gender bias in the representation of care and STEM in children’s and school textbooks]. Poster presented at the 4th Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF), Berlin, Germany.

Giglberger, S., Gardeia, A., Kuhlmann, J., Balestrini, D. P., & Stöger, H. (2015, March). MINT-Girls Regensburg: An initiative of the University of Regensburg and the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Conference of LernortLabor – Federal Association of Student Laboratories (LeLa), Berlin, Germany.

Heilemann, M., Balestrini, D. P., Schirner, S., Stoeger, H. & Ziegler, A. (2013, September). Experiencing positive emotions in an e-mentoring community for gifted girls in STEM. Poster presented at the Third Annual International Conference on Talent Development & Excellence (ICTDE), Antalya, Turkey.