ZSI offers a broad mix of qualitative and quantitative social scientific methods and management and process tools, including many participatory approaches ranging from easy-applied techniques to comprehensive foresight exercises, in order to implement robust evidence-based policy analysis. Our policy analysis is tailor-made to the specific needs of our customers and their problems. It is inclusive and aims to provide socially accepted guidance.

Improving quality & upholding standards
Peer reviews are one of the methods applied by ZSI to enable appraisal and learning. Peer reviews may relate to different levels, such as institutions, straightforward intervention areas in specific sub-fields of policy, or large policy areas. Examples include STI Policy Mix peer reviews in Kazakhstan and Moldova, or peer reviews of public employment services conducted across several European countries. The links below provide detailed examples.

If you are interested in our competences on policy analysis and peer review, please feel free to get in touch with us.
 

Contact person: Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch

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Projects

• Geistes-, sozial- und kulturwissenschaftliche Aspekte in FFG geförderten Innovationen
• Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges
• Digitalisierung – Industrie 4.0 – Arbeit 4.0 – Gender 4.0
• PSF Specific Support to Georgia
• Evaluation of the implementation of HORIZON 2020, EUREKA, COSME, EEN and ERA in Austria
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• Review of the STOA Technology Assessment project "How to overcome the innovation gap in Europe"
• Theses Paper for shaping the next (9th) EU-RTD Framework Programme
• STI International Cooperation Network for Eastern Partnership Countries Plus
• PSF Peer Review of the Ukrainian Research and Innovation System
• Giving focus to the cultural, scientific and social dimension of EU-CELAC relations
• PSF Peer Review of the Moldovan Research and Innovation System
• Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union
• Open FTI-Data Policy - Implikationen für die FTI-Governance
• Innovative patient-centred approach for social care provision to complex conditions
• Konsultation Bioökonomie und F&E Österreich
• AT-Forschungsraum
• EqUIP
• Practical Regional Innovation Policy in Action
• SEA-EU-NET II
• PES to PES Dialogue: Partnerships of Public Employment Services
• ERA Portal Austria: 2013-2020
• MIRRIS-Mobilising Institutional Reforms in Research and Innovation Systems
• STI International Cooperation Network for Central Asian Countries-IncoNet CA
• Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation
• Koordinationsstelle der Territorialen Beschäftigungspakte
• Telekommunikationsindustrie - PES-Analysis
• Analytische Unterstützung FTI Arbeitsgruppe 7a Internationalisierung Drittstaaten
• Indicators to Measure Internationalisation of Science and Research
• Forward Visions on the European Research Area
• EVAL-INNO: Evaluation in RTDI in SEE
• Analyse von ERA-NET-Programmen mit Drittstaaten 2004 - 2010 und ihrer Perspektiven
• Frontrunnerstrategie 2020
• SEE-ERA.NET
• Erawatch Österreich 2009/10
• Planung und Durchführung des Peer Review Prozesses

Publications

• Research and Innovation Observatory Country Report 2017: Austria
• „Atlas of Social Innovation – New Practices for a Better Future” is available now!
• PSF Report: Analysis of the Georgian RTI system
• Regional knowledge economies and global innovation networks – the case of Southeast Asia
• ASEAN-India Collaboration in Science & Technology: Evidence and Prospects
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• The Role of Smart Specialisation in the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies
• Country Report Austria 2016 des Research and Innovation Observatory der EK veröffentlicht
• Fostering Impact and Sustainable Collaboration in FP9 within a new Common Research, Technology and Innovation Policy
• Looking for in-depth knowledge on "Funding frugal Innovations" & on "Indo-European cooperation within the framework of FP7"?
• PSF Peer Review of the Ukrainian Research and Innovation System
• Report on the S&T Policy Mix Peer Review (PMPR) Kyrgyzstan
• Theses Paper for shaping the next (9th) EU-RTD Framework Programme
• PSF Background Report of the Ukrainian Research and Innovation System
• PSF Background Report: Peer Review of the Moldovan Research and Innovation System
• PSF Peer Review Report on Moldova's Research & Innovation System
• MIRRIS Policy Brief on the COST Programme published
• Research and Innovation Observatory Country Report Austria 2015
• PSF Report: Science, technology and innovation (STI) in Ukraine
• ASEAN Economic Community and Intellectual Property Rights: An Assessment of Framework Conditions for Innovation
• ERA Fabric Map. Second Edition
• ERA Fabric Map. Third Edition
• Developing Science Based Education. An independent evaluation of the Basic Research and Higher Education Program (1998-2007)
• Governance Modelle nationaler Forschungsinfrastrukturen zur strategischen Ausrichtung der RTOs
• State of the art and perspectives of bilateral S&T programmes between EU MS/AC and Russia
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Moldova. Report on the review of the Moldovan S&T Policy Mix
• First special report for the EU-Russia S&T Committee
• National RTD programmes for Southeast Europe: A Comparative Summary Report
• Scientific cooperation between Southeast Asia and Europe in 2020. Driving factors as assessed by scientists and policy-makers
• International Benchmarking of the NCP Systems in Europe
• Evaluating Publicly Co-funded RTDI Programmes – Preliminary Benchmarks and Conclusions
• Benchmarking of Nano-Technology Institutes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Report on Benchmarking of the National Contact Point System in the Western Balkan Countries
• Der österreichische Forschungsraum
• Participation of the «New» EU Member States in the European Research Programmes — A Long Way to Go
• Promoting local economic development through multi-level partnership arrangements in Europe
• DP 32: Public Sector Innovation in Austria
• Analytical paper on the use of Lifelong Learning Programmes
• Enhancing S&T cooperation between the EU and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia: a critical reflection on the White Paper from a S&T policy perspective
• INNO-Policy TrendChart report Austria
• INNO-Policy TrendChart report Moldova
• INNO-Policy TrendChart report Russia
• Moldova: research and innovation system analysis
• Innovation Policy in Russia
• Promoting Transnational Learning: Using a critical friend peer review process [...]
• Regional Innovation and Research Policy Outlook
• Policy demand for Information Society statistics
• Newsletter - Peer Review: Österreich als Vorbild für die EU
• Policy Implications of Benchmarking RTD Organisations

Events

• Horizon 2020 Association Launching Workshop and Info Day for Armenia
• Open Innovation - APA Science Event
• Digitalisierung der Produktion - Open Innovation als Chance für die Industrie
• Success breeds Success. Experiences from Singapore
• Seminar on Research and Innovation Policy (for Eastern Partnership countries)
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• Seminar on Research and Innovation Policy (for Central Asian Countries)
• Workshop zu Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
• ASEAN-EU Science, Technology, and Innovation Days 2015
• 1st Peer Review & 1st CE-Ageing International Conference in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
• INCO-NET CA/SC : Policy Stakeholder Conference in Astana
• S&T Policy Stakeholder Conference in Kazakhstan

News

• Societal impact of the Vienna University of Economics and Businness
• Recommendations for overhaul of Georgia's innovation system
• PSF Mutual Learning Exercise on Open Science - Altmetrics and Rewards
• Low participation of some New Member States in FP7 and Horizon 2020
• Call for papers for the Austrian SSH EU Council Presidency conference published!
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• Impact of R&I Policy-Conference: Call for Extended Abstracts published
• PSF Latvian Research Funding System: Final Report published
• Measuring the Impact of EU Framework Programmes for R&I at National Level
• Social Sciences and Humanities - A Pumping Heart for European Research
• Call for trainer!
• Enorme Gefahr, dass Flüchtlinge aus dem System fallen
• Synthesebericht der Bioökonomie Dialogforen veröffentlicht
• Katja Mayer ist neue Mitarbeiterin am ZSI
• "Wettbewerb statt Gießkannenprinzip"
• Thesis Paper for FP9 published in Austria
• Peer Review Report of the Kyrgyz R&I system presented
• PSF Background report on the Moldovan Research and Innovation System published
• PSF Background Report published: Science, technology and innovation in Ukraine
• PSF Peer Review Group meets in Ukraine
• EU – Central Asia STI cooperation
• Bescheidene Effizienz österreichischer F&E-Fördermaßnahmen
• Recommendations to modernise Research and Innovation in Moldova presented
• MIRRIS Policy Brief on the COST Programme published
• EaP STI Evaluation Platform: MoU signed
• Horizon 2020 Association Launching Workshop and Info Day in Armenia
• PSF Peer review of the Ukrainian STI system started
• Learn more about Science and Innovation in Ukraine
• Call for extended abstracts for 'OPEN EVALUATION 2016'
• Ukrainian journal "Science and Innovation"
• Foresight and STI Governance
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Georgia completed (IncoNet EaP)
• "Wir bereiten Entscheidungsgrundlagen für die Politik auf!"
• New MIRRIS press release on 3rd Policy Dialogue in Prague
• EU13 Member States in Fast Track to Innovation Initiative
• Participation of cohesion countries in Horizon 2020 still low
• Bioeconomy in Austria
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Reviews Danube-INCO.NET
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Reviews
• European Parliament Conference on R&D cooperation with ENP Countries
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships at the Centre of Social Innovation
• Wiener Zeitung: Studie empfiehlt Programm für Spitzenleistungen
• Seminar on Research and Innovation Policy
• Facilitating EU-Russian Scientific and Societal Engagement: Joint Efforts to Tackle Grand Challenges
• InnovateUK 2014 networking and expert exchange in London – with ZSI input
• ZSI at the event "ERA NEU DENKEN?" (Re-thinking ERA)
• Research Evaluation for the Social Sciences and the Humanities
• Thematic Pole 1: Innovation governance and policy
• Participation of the «New» EU Member States in the European Research Programmes
• SEA-EU-NET publishes study on innovation support structures in Southeast Asia
• Teaming incentives for strong performers unclear
• Innovation Performance Review Armenia
• ERA Portal Austria Policy Brief on Widening Participation in HORIZON 2020
• medianet: "No-Go" - gekaufte Evaluationen
• Journalartikel zu multi-level partnership arrangements in Europe veröffentlicht
• medianet: goal-overload und Kleinteiligkeit
• medianet: "Evaluierung im Politikzyklus"
• MIRRIS quarterly newsletter: Policy Dialogues...
• medianet: "Ergebnisse? Immer zu spät …" -- zum Aussetzen der PISA-Studie
• medianet: Gute Evaluation ist missionsfrei
• Widening Participation in HORIZON 2020 in Poland
• MIRRIS - Dialogue events on Widening Participation
• Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften in Horizon 2020
• EU-Russia Year of Science has been launched!
• Wissens- und Technologietransfer
• RTI cooperation platforms with Eastern European Partnership (INCO NET EaP) & Central Asian Countries (INCO NET CA) launched
• Beyond Europe
• Inco.Net EECA: S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Report to Kazakhstan presented to the President of Kazakhstan on 23 October 2012
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Review site visits to Moldova and Kazakhstan successfully concluded
• INNO-Policy TrendChart
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Reviews
• Policy Workshop to support Ukraine-EU cooperation in RTDI
• SEA-EU-NET Foresight study published as part of policy recommendations for enhancing Science and Technology collaboration between the European Union and Southeast Asia
• Now online: Transversal analysis on the evolution of skills needs in 19 economic sectors
• Neuerscheinung: Regional Innovation and Research Policy Outlook