In several projects, ZSI researches and promotes internationalisation of research and innovation as well as techno-globalisation.
Techno-globalization denotes a global pervasion in generating technological knowledge and exploiting innovations with a technological content. It also claims that globalization that has been shaped and advanced with the help of technology. With regard to R&D and innovation, the term in its most modest form is shorthand for the fact that generation, transmission, and diffusion of technologies is increasingly international in scope. A fundamental typology (Archibugi and Michie, 1995) differentiates between:
- global technology exploitation
- global technological cooperation
- global generation of technology
For more than 15 years, ZSI has actively contributed to researching such techno-globalization phenomena and related foresight and dialogue activities. Moreover, ZSI is engaged in conceptualising and designing strategies and instruments for governments and research systems, how to maximise the benefits of techno-globalisation, and how to minimise its negative sides. Among the clients for such advisory services are the European Commission, ERAC (formerly CREST), the Austrian government, the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development and many others.
Another concept in this context is the one of "science diplomacy" where ZSI also takes a leading role by coordinating one of the research and innovation actions funded under Horizon 2020 on this topic: S4D4C.
ZSI is also active partner in key support facilities of the European Commission:
- the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility and the
- Service Facility in Support of the Strategic Development of International Cooperation in Research and Innovation
Contact person: Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch
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Projects
- Data Gathering on the participation of Switzerland and Israel to Horizon 2020
- ISF – Supporting Horizon 2020 National Contact Points in EU Partner Countries - phase 2
- Evaluation of the Austrian Offices of Science and Technology in Washington and Beijing
- Uptake of European Programmes in the CEEPUS cooperation area
- PSF MLE on National strategies and roadmaps for international cooperation in R&I
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Publications
- European Strategy for Socio-Economic Recovery of Southeastern Europe after COVID-19 induced crisis
- Policy Brief: Building Better Science Diplomacy for Global Challenges: insights from the COVID-19 crisis
- The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on the Eastern Neighbourhood and Africa
- International R&I cooperation policies revisited: sustained challenges and new developments
- Science Diplomacy in the Making: Case-based insights from the S4D4C project
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Events
- S4D4C webinars on the European Science Diplomacy Online Course
- World Science Forum 2019 in Budapest
- 21st Meeting of the Joint Committee of CEEPUS Ministers
- Discussing science diplomacy with Marie Curie Alumnis
- ESASTAP2020 event on EU-South Africa R&I cooperation
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News
- The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on Africa and ENP
- S4D4C asks for feedback to newly published policy report
- H2020 Policy Support Facility Report on International Cooperation published!
- Science Diplomacy and COVID-19 - an international debate
- ZSI-koordiniertes Projekt in Die Presse
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