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
- Kooperationen in Lehre und Forschung zwischen Österreich und Nordamerika
- Bestandsaufnahme der Kooperation und Vernetzung österreichischer und nordamerikanischer Forschender, FTI-Stakeholder und -Institutionen
- Untangling the impacts of technological transformations, globalisation and demographic change to foster shared prosperity in Europe
- Assessing progress towards the ERA integration of the associated ENP countries
- Studie zur österreichischen Wissenschaftsdiplomatie
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Publications
- Strategic Foresight in the Western Balkans: Recovery on the Horizon
- Study on Austrian actors, networks and activities in the field of science diplomacy
- Patterns of geographical mobility of researchers from 6 Western Balkan Countries ...
- Two articles in the "Science Diplomacy Review" related to the S4D4C project
- Conceptual and practical problems of evaluation of international R&I policies
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Events
- Science Diplomacy Training for COST researchers
- S4D4C Final Networking conference
- Science Diplomacy in the Mediterranean
- S4D4C’s Final Networking Meeting
- S4D4C at the European Research Days 2020
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News
- First successful Horizon Europe project proposals at ZSI
- Results brief for the S4D4C project published by CORDIS
- ZSI supporting research and innovation management in IMBG
- ZSI supports appeal related to Afghanistan's researchers
- Interest in EU research mobility schemes growing in the Western Balkans
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