Special Event: Opportunities and challenges – ERA-Nets as drivers of international cooperation
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Hotel Böglerhof
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in englischer SpracheAs of FP6 dozens of ERA-Nets started to shape the European Research Area. Just a few of them tackled international RTD cooperation with non-EU countries (e.g. with China, India or the Western Balkan Countries). Midterm of FP7 seems an appropriate time to reflect the progress made, problems faced and ways to improve the international dimension of the ERA-Net instrument. The following issues will be addressed:
-Could the anticipated value added in terms of enhanced RTD cooperation, procedural knowledge gain and policy-making be realised?
-How can sustainability of international ERA-Nets be secured?
-Are ERA-Nets within the trajectory of joint programming or complementary tools?
-Will RTD policy turn back to unilateral and bilateral at the expense of multilateral schemes?
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Dr. Klaus SCHUCH
Strategic Research Manager, ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna
| Studied Geography and Economic Sciences; History and Social Sciences at the University of Vienna | |
| 1987-1992 | Research fellow, Department of Economic Geography, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics and Austrian Research Centres Seibersdorf |
| 1992-1994 | Research Assistant, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics |
| 1992-1995 | Lecturer, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics and Johannes Kepler University in Linz |
| 1994-1996 | Head, branch office Sofia, OSI - Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1996-2001 | Head, unit for Third Country Co-operation, BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation in Vienna/Austria (INCO-NCP) |
| 1997 | Lecturer, master class "Central and Eastern Europe", Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| Topic: Transformation of the Economic Geography and Regional Development in the CEECs | |
| 1998 | Lecturer, Regional Competitiveness, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1999 | Consultant, PHARE-Project "Polish Participation in EU-RTD Programmes", Poland |
| since 2001 | Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Vienna (Managing Director from 2002-2012) |
| since 2006 | Lecturer, "Design, Evaluation and Monitoring", University of Vienna |
| Lecturer, postgraduate SOQUA course for vocational education in social scientific research | |
| 2012 | Member of the International STI Cooperation Expert Group of DG Research and Innovation |
Ph.D. Philippe FROISSARD
Deputy Head, Unit D.3 - Specific International Cooperation Activities, Directorate-General for Research, European Commission, Brussels
| 1992 | Graduated in nuclear engineering and completed his Ph.D. in nuclear physic |
| Worked on nuclear fusion research and particularly on radio frequency heating first at the JET Joint Undertaking in Oxfordshire and then at the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique in Cadarache | |
| since 2000 | Directorate-General for Research, European Commission |
| Several positions in the Human Potential and International Cooperation Programmes, European Commission | |
| Currently: Deputy Head, Specific International Cooperation Activities, Unit D.3, European Commission |
Dr. Jörn SONNENBURG
Executive Director, International Bureau, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bonn
| 1983-1988 | Studies of Physics, University of Rostock |
| 1988-1991 | Doctoral Studies of Theoretical Physics, University of Rostock and the Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| 1991 | PhD in Theoretical Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) and postdoctoral work, Research Centre Juelich, Institute of Solid State Physics |
| 1991-1997 | Senior Scientific Officer, Project Management Agency for Health Research, German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology |
| 1997-2008 | Head of Division "Cooperation with the countries of Europe and CIS", International Bureau, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| since 2008 | Head of Division "Cooperation with the countries of Europe, CIS, Africa and Middle East", International Bureau, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| since 2002 | Executive Director, International Bureau, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Mag. Peter Bernhard MAYR
Policy Officer, Unit D.3 - Specific international cooperation activities, Directorate-General for Research, European Commission, Brussels
| 1998-1999 | Festival of Central European Culture, Austrian Cultural Centre, London |
| 1999-2003 | Specialisation in the field of European and International higher education, Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research (ÖAD) and the Austrian Research Association (ÖFG) |
| 2004-2008 | Coordination, EU project "The South-East European ERA-NET", fourteen European ministries and three RTD funding institutions as project partners, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) as coordinating institution, Vienna |
| 2007 | Consultant, The World Bank |
| since 2008 | Policy officer (SNE) in the field of International Cooperation, DG Research, European Commission |
Dr. Anneliese STOKLASKA
Ehemals stellvertretende Sektionsleiterin sowie Leiterin, Abteilung II.6 - Internationale Forschungskooperationen, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Wien
| 1970-1971 | Austrian newspaper "Kurier" |
| 1971-1991 | Administrative Assistant, Vienna University of Technology |
| 1984 | Ph.D. Degree, Medieval History, University of Vienna |
| 1991 | Department for International Research Co-operation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
| 1994-2011 | Head, Department for International Research Co-operation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
| 2009-2011 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research |
Mag. MA Barbara WEITGRUBER
Director General, Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Vienna
| Barbara Weitgruber was founding staff member and Director of the Office for International Relations and lecturer at Karl-Franzens Universität Graz and then Director of the Office for European Educational Co-operation of the Austrian Academic Exchange Service in Vienna. In December 1994 she joined the Austrian Ministry in charge of higher education and research as Director and later became Deputy Director General for Higher Education and Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations. Weitgruber holds a Master degree in English/American and Interdisciplinary Studies, a Certificate in Mass Media and a Translator´s Diploma in English from Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and an M.A. in Communications from the University of Illinois in Chicago where she started her professional career as a Fulbright Scholarship Holder and Teaching Assistant. She is - among others - member of the Task Force for Research, Technology and Innovation of the Austrian Federal Government, the Austrian Fulbright Commission, the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, the European "Research Policy Group" and chair of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria. |
