Section: Research Policy & Development

The Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020 was published in English language in September 2020.

The report was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW). It was written by a working group consisting of WPZ Research, the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and the Austrian Institute for SME Research (KMU Forschung Austria) with support of VDI/VDE Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit), Technopolis and the Industry Science Institute.

Suggested citation:

Ecker, B. et al. (2020): Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020. Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW).

The report consists of the following chapters which inform about the most recent Austrian R&I trends and policies:

1. Current Trend

1.1 Funding and R&D performance in Austri

1.2 Austria's position in international comparisons

1.3 Austria and the EU Research, Technology and Innovation Policy

1.4 Strategic measures, initiatives and further developments

1.5 Structures and developments in selected institutions

2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research

2.1 Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

2.2 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)

2.3 Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW)

2.4 Silicon Austria Labs (SAL)

2.5 Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)

2.6 Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG)

2.7 Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

2.8 Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH)

2.9 Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

2.10 Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG)

3. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

3.1 Context

3.2 AI in schools and higher education

3.3. Achievements in AI research at universities and research institutions

3.4 AI at companies

3.5 AI as a topic in applied research funding

3.6 An international comparison of AI

3.7 AI in public administration

3.8 Ethics and AI

3.9 Summary

4. RTI Evaluation Culture and Practice

4.1 Current trends

4.2 Selected evaluations

5. List of Figures and Tables

6. Literature

7. Annex I

8. Annex II

9. Statistics

Authors: Gassler (on educational leave), H., Schuch, K., Sturn, D., Brigitte Ecker (Koordination, WPZ Research), Philipp Brunner (IWI), Tobias Dudenbostel (Technopolis), Gerald Gogola (WPZ Research), Ernst A. Hartmann (iit), Joachim Kaufmann (KMU Forschung Austria), Peter...

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