Description of the Workshop

Research agencies often use Impact as one of the main criteria in prioritizing and selecting proposals. Researchers on the other hand often feel out of their comfort zone in discussing market demand figures and outreach strategies. In this seminar we investigate how thinking about impact maximization can lead to better research and improved success rates of research project proposals.

Guest lecturer

Dr. Erich Prem, the CEO of eutema Technology Management GmbH, is a computer scientist and epistemologist with more than two decades of experience in strategic research and technology management. He is advisor in RTDI policies to governments, research organisations, universities, and industry. Erich is a frequent evaluator for national and international research agencies, has designed and managed research programmes and participated in the evaluation of programmes and policy initiatives in RTDI. Erich teaches Creativity and Ideas as well as Digital Humanism at TU Vienna and is chief strategist of eutema GmbH, a Vienna-based strategic technology consultancy.