Mag. Philipp Brugner, BA
Section: Research Policy & Development
Function: Project Manager, Researcher
Contact:
- Phone: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 49
- Fax: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 40
- Email: brugner@zsi.at
Publications:
- The European Political Community: Some Post-Meeting Thoughts (2023) (Primary Author)
- ReConnect China Policy Briefs on EU-China STI Cooperation in digital technologies (2023) (Primary Author)
- Wie kooperiert Österreich mit Nordamerika im Wissenschaftsbereich? (2022) (Primary Author)
- Transversal impacts of cumulative crises on democratic governance: analysing political opportunism (2022) (Primary Author)
- The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on the Eastern Neighbourhood and Africa (2020) (Primary Author)
- European Strategy for Socio-Economic Recovery of Southeastern Europe after COVID-19 induced crisis (2020)
- STI Policy Recommendations: EU-EaP Beyond 2020 (2019) (Primary Author)
- “Policy brief on thematic patterns of cross-border S&T cooperation based on co-publication and co-patent analysis” [BSH Policy Brief #2] (2016-05-25)
- PSF Report: Science, technology and innovation (STI) in Ukraine (2016)
- PSF Background Report of the Ukrainian Research and Innovation System (2016)
- ZSI analysis of co-publication and co-patenting among countries in the Danube Region (2015)
- Guide on Russian Innovation Stimulation Instruments (2015)
Work and research focus:
- Main activities: CDE, Impact and Innovation in EU R&I grants
- Main tools: Design of trainings and capacity building workshops about project management cycle of EU R&I grants, with an emphasis on innovation dimension, impact pathways exploitation (incl. research market analysis)
- Main topics: EU's global role, EU's relations to its neighbourhoods, EU's regulatory capacities in external engagement, Science Diplomacy, Multi-level governance & Organisational theory, Alignment of third country R&I systems to EU standards
- International Cooperation in Research & Innovation with non EU-MS (in particular Ukraine, the Eastern Partnership Countries and the ASEAN countries)
Running and completed projects:
- INHERIT - Next Generation Solutions for Sustainable, Inclusive, Resource-efficient and Resilient Cultural Heritage (2023, project leader)
- GSF-05-EU-KNOC2.0 - European R&I Knowledge Network on China 2.0 (2022, project leader)
- ReConnect China - Generating independent knowledge for a resilient future with China for Europe and its citizens (2022, project leader)
- TWINNIBS - Twinning for excellence in non-invasive brain stimulation in Western Balkans (2022, project leader)
- Kooperationen öffentlicher Universitäten und Fachhochschulen (2022)
- AT-Nordamerika - Kooperationen in Lehre und Forschung zwischen Österreich und Nordamerika (2021)
- ISF ERA ENP - Assessing progress towards the ERA integration of the associated ENP countries (2021)
- BIONANOSENS - Deepening collaboration on novel biomolecular electronics based on "smart" nanomaterials (2020)
- BrainTwin - Development of a World-Level Neuroengineering Research Centre by European Twinning (2020, project leader)
- NEUROTWIN - Pan-European twinning to re-establish world-level Neuroscience Centre in Kiev (2019, project leader)
- SEA-EU JFS phase 2 - ISF Support for the enhancement of the SEA-EU Joint Funding Scheme - phase 2 (2019, project leader)
- S4D4C - Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges (2018)
- SEA-EU JFS - ISF Support for the EU-ASEAN Joint Funding Scheme (JFS) (2017, project leader)
- RaiSE - Enhancing social enterprises competitiveness through improved business support policies (2017)
- EaP PLUS - STI International Cooperation Network for Eastern Partnership Countries Plus (2016, project leader)
- ADVANSE quality assurance - External quality assurance of Erasmus+ project on university management in Southeast Asia (2016)
- RI-LINKS2UA - Strengthening Research and Innovation Links towards Ukraine (2016)
- SiA - Science in Asylum (2016)
- Turkey in HORIZON 2020 (2015, project leader)
- Beyond Europe Informationsplattform (2015)
- Kopublikationsanalyse: Österreich-Lateinamerika (2014)
- Danube-INCO.NET (2014)
- ener2i - ENErgy Research to Innovation (2013)
- STI International Cooperation Network for Central Asian Countries-IncoNet CA (2013)
- IncoNet EaP (2013)
- MIRRIS-Mobilising Institutional Reforms in Research and Innovation Systems (2013)
- SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN (2013)
- SEA-EU-NET II (2012)
- BILAT UKR*AINA (2012)
- WBC-INCO.NET (2008)
Other Publications:
Commentaries and op-eds in daily newspapers
11. August 2022, Wiener Zeitung: Zeit für echte europäische Partnerschaften
18. Februar 2021, Neue Zürcher Zeitung PRO Global: So wird die EU zu einem digitalen Binnenmarkt
31. Dezember 2020, Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Strategisch handeln - die freie Welt braucht ein starkes Europa
27. März 2020, Wiener Zeitung: Corona-Stresstest am Balkan
11. Oktober 2019, Die Presse: China macht Außenpolitik mit der Geld-Gießkanne
29. Juni 2019, Wiener Zeitung: Georgiens europäischer Weg auf dem Prüfstand
09. Mai 2019, Der Standard: Die Östliche Partnerschaft der EU braucht einen neuen Ansatz
08. August 2018, Die Presse: Auf dem Weg zu einer Bürgerunion?
20. Juli 2018, Der Standard: Weg von der pessimistischen Nabelschau
Participation at events:
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CHERN Webinar on EU-China cooperation in science, technology and innovation
24. 04. 2024 - 24. 04. 2024 -
Coimbra Group Conference: European universities' collaboration with China
- Würzburg und online
29. 02. 2024 - 01. 03. 2024 -
ReConnect China Roundtable in Wien
- Wien
17. 11. 2023 - 17. 11. 2023 -
Online Meeting: European Network for Academic and Scientific Exchange with China (ENASEC)
- online
10. 11. 2023 - 10. 11. 2023 -
Horizon Europe, Research and Innovation: where should science lead us?
- online
17. 11. 2021 - 17. 11. 2021 -
Europe and China: whose future are we heading towards?
- Online
14. 04. 2021 - 14. 04. 2021 -
Café Europa: Unsere Nachbarn im Osten
- Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek Graz
09. 12. 2019 - 09. 12. 2019 -
S4D4C’s 2nd Networking Meeting - Berlin
- Berlin
10. 10. 2019 - 10. 10. 2019 -
Matchmaking event for European and Southeast Asian researchers/innovators in Bangkok
- BITEC, Bangkok
26. 09. 2019 - 26. 09. 2019 -
EaP PLUS final event
- Brussels
11. 06. 2019 - 11. 06. 2019 -
RI-LINKS2UA Final Event
- Kiev, Ukraine
30. 01. 2019 - 30. 01. 2019 -
Clusters Manager Workshop
- IEF Conference Room, 26, Panasa Myrnoho, Kyiv, Ukraine
15. 02. 2017 - 15. 02. 2017 -
ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days 2016
- Melia Hotel, Hanoi
10. 05. 2016 - 12. 05. 2016 -
EaP Panel on Research & Innovation 2016 annual event "Horizon 2020 NCPs training"
- Ministry of Education and Science, Kyiv, Ukraine
16. 03. 2016 - 17. 03. 2016 -
Seminar on Research and Innovation Policy (for Eastern Partnership countries)
- Vienna
16. 02. 2015 - 20. 02. 2015 -
Project Danube-INCO.NET with public presentation in Vienna
26. 06. 2014 - 27. 06. 2014 -
WBC-INCO.NET: "Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Innovation in the Western Balkan Region” – WBC-INCO.NET
- Tech Gate Vienna, Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Wien, Österreich
27. 03. 2014 - 28. 03. 2014
Education and career:
Philipp BRUGNER is Project Manager, Communications Manager and R&I policy expert at the Centre for Social Innovation GmbH (ZSI) in Vienna, Austria. He received a Master's degree in Slavic Studies/Russian (Magister/M.A. in 2013) and a Bachelor's in Political Sciences/Eastern European Politics (B.A. in 2011) from the University of Vienna and the Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg. In 2018 he continued his academic education with a specialised course on Public Policy Economics at the University of Oxford's department for continuing education and in 2020 he finished an academic diploma on Digital Business and Innovation as part of the correspondent online-MBA programme offered by Middlesex University London.
At ZSI Mr. Brugner is mainly engaged in communication and analytical activities with a geographical focus on the EU-Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia and Ukraine. Before joining ZSI, he was working as a freelance journalist for Austrian and German newspapers, followed by a position as a scientific assistant for a project on Russian oil workers at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna. Some short period of time Mr. Brugner spent also at the International Organization for Migration’s Regional Office in Vienna, working on migration related issues in Russia and Central Asia. Between 10/2016 and 06/2020 he was a Young European Ambassador for the Eastern Partnership countries. Since April 2018 Philipp Brugner is a member of the youth board of the Policy Crossover Center (PCC): Vienna - Europe, an Austrian think tank on EU affairs, and writes on EU topics for print and online media.
Education:
- Certified Project Manager IPMA® Level C, 07/2024
- Diploma in Digital Business & Innovation as part of the correspondent online-MBA programme offered by KMU Akademie & Management AG/Middlesex University London, 07/2020 - 12/2020
- Academic Certificate in Public Policy Economics at University of Oxford/Department for Continuing Education from 09-12/2018
- Degrees in Political Science/Eastern European Politics (B.A. in 2011) and Slavic Studies/Russian Studies (Mag./M.A. in 2013) from the University of Vienna
Other relevant professional experience:
Since 2023: Guest lecturer and thesis supervisor in joint MA programme at CIFE I European Institute
Since 2018: Expert commentaries on European politics published in Austria (Der Standard, Die Presse, Wiener Zeitung) and Switzerland (NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung)
Memberships, Research networks
CHERN "China in Europe Research Network"
AuPSA "Austrian Political Science Association"
ORCiD Profile
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