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
- ISF 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
- Conceptual and practical problems of evaluation of international R&I policies
- 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
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Events
- S4D4C’s Final Networking Meeting
- S4D4C at the European Research Days 2020
- Science Diplomacy: S4D4C Interactive Webinar Series
- ZSI organises discussion on European and Canadian science diplomacy
- European Science Open Forum - ESOF2020 Trieste
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