FIRST KEY NOTE SPEECH

The Politics and Policies of Evaluation in a Multi-level Research System, Wilhelm KRULL (Volkswagenstiftung) Downloads: Wilhelm_Krull_First_key_note [PDF, 2.49 MB]

SESSION 1 – NEW APPROACHES FOR EVALUATING STI POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS

New approaches for evaluating STI policies and instruments Presentations: Matthias WEBER, AIT and Wolfgang POLT, Joanneum Research: Assessing mission-orientated R&D programs: combining foresight and evaluation Pierre-Benoit JOLY, Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société (IFRIS) and INRA/SenS, Ariane GAUNAND, Grenoble Applied Economics Lab (GAEL), Philippe LAREDO, IFRIS, Mireille MATT, GAEL and Stéphane LEMAIRE, IFRIS: Designing and implementing a new approach for the ex-post assessment of impact of research – a return of experience from the ASIRPA project Stephanie DAIMER, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research: Evaluating the novel German “VIP” measure – addressing the stage of translational research between basic research and [...]

SESSION 1 – New approaches for evaluating STI policies and instruments

New approaches for evaluating STI policies and instruments Presentations: Matthias WEBER, AIT and Wolfgang POLT, Joanneum Research: Assessing mission-orientated R&D programs: combining foresight and evaluation Pierre-Benoit JOLY, Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société (IFRIS) and INRA/SenS, Ariane GAUNAND, Grenoble Applied Economics Lab (GAEL), Philippe LAREDO, IFRIS, Mireille MATT, GAEL and Stéphane LEMAIRE, IFRIS: Designing and implementing a new approach for the ex-post assessment of impact of research – a return of experience from the ASIRPA project Stephanie DAIMER, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research: Evaluating the novel German “VIP” measure – addressing the stage of translational research between basic research and [...]

SESSION 4a – Challenges in assessing new European Research Area polices, programmes and instruments

Challenges in assessing new European Research Area polices, programmes and instruments Presentations: Emanuela REALE, CERIS CNR Institute for research on firm and growth, Maria NEDEVA and Thomas DUNCAN, University of Manchester/ Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Emilia PRIMERI, CERIS CNR: Assessing the impact of joint and open research programmes: a process-centred approach Martin-Felix GAJDUSEK, ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation and Nikos SIDIROPOULOS, University of Athens, Centre of Financial Studies: Monitoring and Evaluation in joint calls of “horizontal – INCO” ERA-NET and ERA-NET PLUS actions Martin MAREK and Erich PREM, eutema Technology Management GmbH & Co KG: Visualizing programme participations with [...]

SESSION 4b – Challenges in assessing new European Research Area polices, programmes and instruments

Challenges in assessing new European Research Area polices, programmes and instruments Presentations: André MARTINUZZI and Markus HAMETNER, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS): The FP7-4-SD.eu monitoring system – how does the 7th EU Framework Programme contribute to Sustainable Development? Nathalie HUBER and Antje WEGNER, Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance: How funding of “excellent” young researchers may contribute to the European Research Area – Reflections on empirical results obtained from evaluating the “Starting Grants” program Susana Elena PEREZ, Elisabetta MARINELLI, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ana FERNANDES-ZUBIETA, Institute for Advanced [...]

SESSION 5 – Evaluating for selection – challenges and opportunities

Evaluating for selection – challenges and opportunities Presentations: Ina DREJER and Poul-H. ANDERSEN, Aalborg University: Is the tail wagging the dog? An analysis of possible isomorphism effects in innovation project applications Peter BIEGELBAUER and Thomas PALFINGER, AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology: Selecting Innovation: Project Selection Procedures in Research Funding Agencies Susanne BÜHRER, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research: New modes of stakeholder involvement in ex ante impact assessments Downloads: Selecting Innovation: Project Selection Procedures in Research Funding Agencies [PDF, 352.75 KB] New modes of stakeholder involvement in ex ante impact assessments [PDF, 577.71 KB] Is the tail wagging the [...]

SESSION 6 – Evaluation practices scrutinised

Evaluation practices scrutinised Presentations: Erich PREM, eutema Technology Management GmbH & Co KG: Evaluation as the construction of policy narratives Jürgen STREICHER, Vienna University of Economics and Business: The Influence of Evaluations on STI Policy Making Franz BARJAK, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW: Supporting policy learning by means of an evaluation synthesis: findings from a study on Swiss innovation policies Wolfgang POLT, Joanneum Research, Kaisa LÄJTEEMÄKI-SMITH and Kimmo HALME, Ramboll Management Consulting: How to evaluate large-scale ‘transformative’ STI funding programmes Downloads: Supporting policy learning by means of an evaluation synthesis: findings from a study on Swiss innovation [...]

SESSION 7 – Evaluation of STI policy portfolios and policy mixes

Evaluation of STI policy portfolios and policy mixes Presentations: Peter Van den BESSELAAR, VU University Amsterdam Network Institute & Department of Organization Studies and Ulf SANDSTRÖM, Royal Institute of Technology - KTH: Evaluation at the research systems level: Funding ecologies as policy portfolio Christiane KERLEN, Dr Kerlen Evaluation, Christian Von DRACHENFELS, Leo WANGLER and Jan WESSELS, Institut für Innovation und Technik, Volker WIEDMER, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal: Portfolio evaluations: A case study to illustrate evaluation challenges Ly LOOGA, Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance: How STI policy instruments affect science and business cooperation in the Estonian ICT sector? [...]

SESSION 8 – Data, monitoring systems and indicators

Data, monitoring systems and indicators Presentations: E. Brooks APPLEGATE, Western Michigan University: Management and Aggregation of Disparate Data from Disparate Sources: Illustrations from an Evaluation of the Swiss National Science Foundation Michael DINGES, AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology, Jakob EDLER, University of Manchester - Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and Matthias, WEBER, AIT: Measures and means to position competence centres via monitoring data: evidence from the Austrian Competence Centre Programmes Kplus and K_Ind/K_net Matteo RAZZANELLI, Science Europe: Data availability for STI policy portfolio evaluations: a process-related challenge requiring new models for stakeholder engagement Torger MÖLLER, Marion SCHMIDT and Daniel SIRTES, [...]

Dänemark – ein herausragender Forschungsstandort

10. Juni 2013, bmwf Veranstaltungsräumlichkeiten Freyung Vortrag: Lauritz Holm-Nielsen Dänemark gehört zu den europäischen Spitzenländern in Forschung und Innovation. Ähnlich wie in der Schweiz oder in den Niederlanden gelingt es dort, herausragende Positionen zu erreichen, wenn es um Outputs, Impacts und Dynamiken von Forschungsfeldern geht. Zugleich hat Dänemark eine tiefgreifende Reform des öffentlichen Forschungssektors hinter sich, die eine Stärkung der großen Universitäten zur Folge hat. In der Veranstaltung geht es darum, Faktoren zu identifizieren, die diese erfolgreiche Entwicklung ermöglicht haben und weiter verstärken.   Programm: 13:00 Begrüßung: SC Mag.a Barbara Weitgruber (BMWF) 13:15  Vortrag Prof. Lauritz Holm-Nielsen 14:00 Discussant: Prof. Georg Winckler [...]

CONFERENCE “EVALUATION OF STI POLICIES, INSTRUMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS: NEW HORIZONS, NEW CHALLENGES”

Veranstalter: Österreichische Plattform für Forschungs- und Technologiepolitikevaluierung (fteval), Manchester Institute of Innovation Research und L'IFRIS - institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société. Die internationale Konferenz „New Horizons / New Challenges: evaluation of STI policies, instruments and organisations” bot Evaluatorinnen und Evaluatoren, F&E-Managerinnen und F&E-Managern, Agenturen und Ministerien, ein Forum, um neue Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen moderner Forschungs-, Technologie- und Innovationspolitik und ihre Auswirkungen auf Theorie und Praxis in diesem Bereich zu diskutieren. Bekannte Expertinnen und Experten nahmen an der Konferenz teil, z.B. Irwin Feller (em. Penn State Univ.), Wilhelm Krull (Volkswagenstiftung), Dominique Guellec (OECD), Stefan Kuhlmann (Univ. Twente), Christina Schuh (Humboldt Stiftung), Göran Marklund [...]