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The Executive Board announces that Isabella Wagner will take over the position of Managing Director of the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (fteval) as of October 2023. With this appointment, she will not only be the first woman at the top of the fteval platform, but will also take on a central role in the further development and management of the organisation. Isabella Wagner brings extensive experience in research, evaluation and project management. In her previous role as right-hand woman to the platform's management, she has already contributed significantly to the success and professionalisation of the organisation. It [...]

In light of rapid technological advancements, an fteval working group has been established to explore the impacts and potentials of new AI-based tools for the evaluation system. The group is currently operating in three subgroups: „AI-based Tools“, led by Charlotte D’Elloy (Technopolis Group | Austria) and Joachim Kaufmann (KMU Forschung Austria): This subgroup is testing various tools within the context of their own work. „Relationales Modell“, led by Felix Gaisbauer (DLR-PT) und Isabella Wagner (fteval): This subgroup takes a holistic view of the evaluation system and its actors, analyzing changes in relationships between groups. They apply a model developed by colleagues [...]

Under the leadership of Jakob Kofler and Harald Wieser at the Austrian Institute for SME Research, a working group was working group was commissioned to think about the measurement of sustainability indicators in the sustainability indicators in the RTI sector from an evaluation perspective. Two subgroups were set up: Measurement and indicators for sustainable transformation Understanding and evaluating transformation processes The group is made up of representatives from ministries, agencies and evaluation institutions and meets monthly to collect input and material from both perspectives. An additional workshop was held on 20 November. The results of the working group are expected at [...]

The FWF invites tenders for a study to analyse the direct and indirect economic impact of research results that have emerged in whole or in part from FWF-funded projects over the past 10 to 20 years. […]

Why could the Austria Microdata Center (AMDC) change the workplace arrangement at research institutions? What new possibilities are there for linking data and what do you have to bear in mind? And will the AMDC soon be replaced by an AI? […]