Events

The joint conference by IFZ at the Graz University of Technology and the IAS-STS will be held online 3-5 May 2021 https://sts-conference-graz.tugraz.at

What can econometric methods do - what can they not? Innovation activities, especially research and development, are publicly funded in many ways (tax incentives or directly through R&D grants, guarantees and liabilities). Knowledge of the impact of funding is essential for funding institutions and policy makers. In recent years, the availability of innovation data has increased. At the same time, the spectrum of statistical and econometric methods has expanded, especially methods that measure the causal effect of funding. The aim of the discussion event is therefore to provide an overview of econometric methods for the causal estimation of funding effects in [...]

6. Dezember 2010, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Vortrag: Jochen Gläser Vortrag: Grit Laudel Die Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung widmete dem Themenkomplex „Ziele, Indikatoren, Kriterien“ eine lose Workshopreihe im Jahr 2010/2011. Im ersten Workshop: „Karriereverläufe – Ein Indikator zur Messung von Exzellenz?“ -  welcher in Kooperation mit dem BMWF durchgeführt wurde, beschäftigten wir uns mit wissenschaftlichen Karrieren von Wissenschafterinnen und Wissenschaftern, deren Messung und Bewertung. Welche Qualität und Aussagekraft hat der Indikator ‚Karriereverlauf’ für die Arbeit von Ministerien und Agenturen, aber auch für wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen? – diese Frage wurde im Zuge der Veranstaltung erörtert. Die Veranstaltung sollte einen Beitrag zum Verständnis für [...]

Experiences from the self-evaluation exercise presented to the fteval community. The goal of the Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators (VRG) is to bring young excellent researchers from abroad to Vienna to start their first "genuine" group here. The VRG leaders receive substantial funding from WWTF (up to 1.6 mio € per group) for 6-8 years as well as a clear-cut career plan with a long-term perspective from the Vienna host institutions. The application is in tandem, i.e. the VRG leader applies together with the Vienna research institution. The topics of the progamme change every year. The Vienna Research Groups for [...]

As the representative of Statistics Austria Tobias Göllner presented the AMDC to the fteval Community on Wednesday, September 7 at 3pm at OeFSE. Afterwards, the interfaces to evaluation were discussed. Presentation slides (in German) This event was co-organised by ACR and fteval.