Section: Research Policy & Development

Function: wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Contact:

• Email: spiesberger@zsi.at

Publications:

• Foresight on demand brief in support of the Horizon Europe mission board: Adaptation to climate change, including societal transformation (2021)
• Impact assessment study for COST on career development (2019)
• Innovation Vouchers for the Transition of Energy and Innovation Systems (2019)
• Stimulating science-business links: lessons from the Policy Support Facility (2019)
• Measuring the Impact of the EU Flagships "HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT" and "GRAPHENE" (2018) (Primary Author)
• Smart specialisation and social innovation: Evidence from six case studies on clean energy regional initiatives (2018)
• Improving the Effectiveness of Georgia’s Research and Innovation System through Prioritisation, Selectivity of Funding and Science-Business Links (2018)
• Foresight für internationale Wissenschaftspolitik (2018)
• The Role of Smart Specialisation in the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies (2017)
• Evaluating foresight in transnational research programming (2017)
• Report on the S&T Policy Mix Peer Review (PMPR) Kyrgyzstan (2016) (Primary Author)
• PSF Background Report: Peer Review of the Moldovan Research and Innovation System (2016)
• PSF Peer Review Report on Moldova's Research & Innovation System (2016)
• FTA supporting effective priority setting in multi-lateral research programme cooperation: The case of EU–Russia S&T cooperation (2015)
• Guide on Russian Innovation Stimulation Instruments (2015) (Primary Author)
• ERA.Net RUS foresight report (2014)
• Innovation Performance Review Armenia (2014)
• Evaluating foresight in transnational research programming (2014)
• Facilitating EU-Russian Scientific and Societal Engagement: Joint Efforts to Tackle Grand Challenges (2014)
• New model for multilateral EU-Russia cooperation in the sphere of research and innovation under ERA-NET scheme (2013)
• Country Fiche “Russia” (2013)
• Country Fiche “Moldova” (2013)
• ERAWATCH Country Report 2012: Republic of Moldova (2013)
• First special report for the EU-Russia S&T Committee (2013)
• Overview of EU-Russia R&D and Innovation Cooperation: ERA.NET RUS Scenario Validation. Foresight Background Paper (2013)
• Overview of EU-Russia R&D and innovation cooperation published (2013)
• Erawatch Country Reports 2012: Russian Federation (2013)
• Towards a vision for research, technology and innovation cooperation between Russia and the EU, its Member States and Associated Countries (2013) (Primary Author)
• ERAWATCH Country Report 2011: Moldova (2012-11-30)
• INNO-Policy TrendChart report Russia (2012)
• Erawatch Country Reports 2011: Russian Federation (2012)
• INNO-Policy TrendChart report Moldova (2012) (Primary Author)
• Bilateral S&T Cooperation with Russia (2012)
• S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Moldova. Report on the review of the Moldovan S&T Policy Mix (2012)
• ERAWATCH Country Report 2011: Republic of Moldova (2012)
• Erawatch Country Reports 2010: Russian Federation (2011)
• Innovation Policy in Russia (2011)
• Moldova: research and innovation system analysis (2011)
• ERAWATCH Country Report Russia published (2011)
• Policy-Brief zu EU-Russland Foresight publiziert (2011)
• Article on ERA.Net RUS foresight published (2011)
• Article on ERA.Net RUS foresight published (2011)
• Foresight for EU-Russia S&T and Innovation Cooperation (2011)
• ERAWATCH Country Report 2010: Republic of Moldova (2011)
• Overview of EU-Russia R&D and innovation cooperation (2010)
• State of the art and perspectives of bilateral S&T programmes between EU MS/AC and Russia (2010)
• Summarising report: Opportunities and Needs for advanced cooperation of S&T and innovation programme owners in EU MS/AC and Russia (2010)
• The Russian S&T funding system from the perspective of international cooperation (2010)
• Foresight in Russia and for its cooperation with the EU (2010)
• Governance Modelle von RTOs (2009)
• Evaluation of project “Enhancing Capacities in the Area of Protection and Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Zakarpattya/ West Ukraine (2009)
• SEE-ERA-NET Pilot Joint Call for Research and Thematic Network Projects (2009)
• Internationalisation of S&T - Russia (2009)
• Österreichisch-Russische F&W Kooperation (2008-04)
• Monitoring Report on the Pilot Joint Call (PJC) of the SEE-ERA.NET consortium (2008)
• Governance Modelle nationaler Forschungsinfrastrukturen zur strategischen Ausrichtung der RTOs (2008)
• Country Report Russia (2008) (Primary Author)
• Developing Science Based Education. An independent evaluation of the Basic Research and Higher Education Program (1998-2007) (2007)
• The South Eastern Europe Regional Tertiary Education and Research Project (2007)

Work and research focus:

• Research and Innovation policies, especially in Eastern Europe and countries of the Former Soviet Union
• Evaluations, impact assessments and foresight
• Social innovation in energy for climate adaptation, climate change and water

Running and completed projects:

• GSF-03-AU-EU HLPD on STI - AU-EU High Level Policy Dialogue on Science Technology and Innovation - Phase II (2023)
• Evaluation of the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation: Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness related to the Green Transition (2021)
• ISF ERA ENP - Assessing progress towards the ERA integration of the associated ENP countries (2021)
• PHOTORAMA - PHOtovoltaic waste management – advanced Technologies for recOvery & recycling of secondary RAw MAterials from end-of-life modules (2021, project leader)
• HERAS PLUS - Higher Education, Research and Applied Science in Kosovo (2020)
• ENTRANCES - ENergy TRANsitions from Coal and carbon: Effects on Societies (2020, project leader)
• FoD-CCA - Foresight-on-Demand: Climate Change Adaptation and Societal Transformation (2019, project leader)
• COST impact assessment (2019, project leader)
• ISF-Central Asia Water - ISF Central Asian Water Regional Science Diplomacy: A Stakeholder's Platform (2018)
• PSF Specific Support to Georgia (2017, project leader)
• PSF - Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (2015, project leader)
• PSF Peer Review of the Moldovan Research and Innovation System (2015, project leader)
• TAIPI - Tools and Actions for Impact Assessment and Policy makers Information (2015, project leader)
• ERA.Net RUS Plus (2013, project leader)
• ener2i - ENErgy Research to Innovation (2013, project leader)
• BILAT-RUS-Advanced (2012, project leader)
• ERAWATCH Moldova (2010)
• ERA.NET RUS - Linking Russia to the ERA (2009)
• ERAWATCH Russia (2008, project leader)
• BILAT-RUS - Stärkung der bilateralen F&E-Partnerschaft mit der Russischen Föderation (2008)
• Österreichisch-Russische Forschungs- und Wissenschaftskooperation (2008, project leader)
• IncoNet EECA - S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asia (2008)

Other Publications:

INTAS and its Activities in Innovation: What a Research Funding Organization Can Do (2004), in: Leal Filho, Walter (ed.): Supporting the Development of R&D and the Innovation Potential of Post-Socialist Countries, Amsterdam.

Round Table: Open Access issues for developing countries (2003), in: Grüttemeier, Herbert/Barry Mahon (ed.): Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information, Amsterdam.

Der Europäische Wirtschaftsraum als Beispiel für Differenzierte Annäherung an die EU (2000), in: Freiburghaus, Dieter (ed.): Wohin des Weg's Europa?, Bern.

Flexible Integration - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Berücksichtigung einzelstaatlicher Besonderheiten und Wünsche durch die Europäische Union (1998), together with Dieter Freiburghaus and Elisabeth Eberharter, in: Cottier, Thomas/Alwin R. Kopše (ed.): Der Beitritt der Schweiz zur Europäischen Union, Zürich.

Übergangsregime zur Abfederung von Differenzen bei EG/EU-Beitritten (1998), in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 1998, 4, 407-423.

Parlamentarismus in der Sowjetunion und Rußland 1985 - Herbst 1993 (1997), master thesis, accepted in May 1997, Vienna.

Participation at events:

• Meet the PHOTORAMA project at EUSEW - Brussels
  26. 09. 2022 - 30. 09. 2022
• Horizon 2020 Training events in the Western Balkan Countries
  21. 09. 2018 - 23. 12. 2018
• Open Evaluation 2016 - Tech Gate Vienna, Donau-City-Straße 1, A-1220 Vienna
  24. 11. 2016 - 25. 11. 2016
• ener2i Brokerage Event in Chisinau, Moldau - Chisinau, Moldau
  11. 12. 2014 - 11. 12. 2014
• ener2i brokerage Veranstaltung in Brüssel am 23. Juni 2014 - Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels / Jacques Delors Building - Room JDE53
  23. 06. 2014
• ZSI bei der TII Jahreskonferenz 2011 vertreten - Nizhny Novgorod, Russland
  26. 05. 2011 - 28. 05. 2011

Education and career:

Mr. Manfred Spiesberger is a senior researcher and project manager at Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Vienna/Austria since 2008. He studied Political Science, Russian and History of Eastern Europe. He is fluent in German, English, French, and Russian.

In the field of energy, Manfred Spiesberger is currently involved in two major H2020 projects: ENTRANCES on coal phase out and decarbonisation of industries, and PHOTORAMA on PV panel recycling. He coordinated the EU FP7 project ener2i (www.ener2i.eu, energy research to innovation, 2014-16), which stimulated cooperation among businesses and researchers from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries on Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency. He has been working with the EC's Joint Research Centre on social innovation in energy and its link to smart specialisation policies. 

In evaluations he was work-package leader in the H2020 TAIPI project (www.taipi.eu) on impact assessment for the EU’s Flagship projects (Graphene and Human Brain Project), and did studies for the COST office. His recent foresight activities include serving as teamleader of an expert group to support the EU Mission Board “Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation” with foresight expertise in 2019-2020. 

He has been involved for many years in EU funded projects related to R&D and innovation cooperation with countries of the Former Soviet Union. He served as a monitoring and foresight expert for the ERA.Net RUS Plus (http://eranet-rus.eu/, 2013-2022). In 2019 he was organising and moderating thematic workshops for the European Commission on the topic of water in Central Asia. He was rapporteur for reviews of the Moldovan (2015-16) and Georgian (2017-18) innovation systems in the frame of the EU's H2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF), team leader of international review panels of the S&T systems of Kyrgyzstan (2015-16) and Moldova (2011-12) in INCO-NET projects, and member of an international review panel of Armenia’s innovation system organised by UNECE.

From 2002-2006 he was an Austrian National Expert with the EU funding programme INTAS, International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists of the New Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union, where he was innovation manager. Before he was working in the Austrian National Contact Point (NCP) office for FP5, and four years as a research and teaching assistant at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration in Lausanne.