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First Name: Klaus
Last Name: Schuch
Occupation: Business and Research Manager
Institution: ZSI - Zentrum für Soziale Innovation
Address: 1160 Vienna, Koppstr. 116
Country: Austria
Phone: (0043-1)4950442-32
Fax: (0043-1)4950442-40
E-Mail: schuch@zsi.at
WebSite: http://www.zsi.at
Fields of expertise: systems of education , evaluation assessment , higher education , ,
Language skills: Deutsch , English , ,
References:
Monitoring of Stability-Pact Projects financed by the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the field of Secondary and Higher Education (client: Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs)(2001- ongoing) Expert Opinion on Building a University Library in Shkoder (Albania), headed by Klaus Schuch, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna (client: Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs)(2001) Polish Participation in EU RTD Programmes, PHARE-project, headed by Manfred Horvat, BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (client: Polish Foundation for Sciences)(1998-1999) Austria?s Participation in EU RTD Programmes with Central and Eastern Europe, headed by Klaus Schuch, BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (client: Austrian Ministry for Transport and Research)(1996-2001) Identifikation österreichisch-ungarischer Technologiefelder: Grundlagen für eine technologiepolitische Initiative, Auftragsforschung/BMwA, headed by Eva Buchinger, Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf (client: Austrian Ministry for Economic Affairs)(1998)
CV:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
Name: Klaus Schuch
Day of birth: 1963-02-28
Birthplace: Vienna
Citizenship: Austria
Education
University: Geography and Economic Sciences; History and Social Sciences (University of Vienna)
1992 M.A.
M.A. thesis: Technological innovation exemplified on implementation of MRP-systems. A contribution to the discussion on the shift
of paradigms in industry.
Ph.D. topic: Participation of Central European Candidate Countries in the European Framework Programme for RTD.
High School: HAK (commercial business school), Matura: June 1982
Professional Record
Since April 2001 (ongoing) Executive Research and Product Development Manager in the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Vienna,
Austria.
Responsible for fund raising, dissemination, exploitation, marketing and commercialisation of scientific results achieved by the CSI
staff. Implementation of consultation services at the CSI for customers from private and public domains. Support for the scientific
management in terms of opportunity screening, internationalisation, project management and project controlling. Responsible for the
financial management of the entire organisation. Active participation in scientific events (national and international); expertise
in national innovation systems as well as transformation processes in Central and Eastern European Countries.
Dec. 1996 - March 2001 Head of the unit for Third Country Co-operation in the BIT - Bureau for international Research and
Technology Co-operation in Vienna/Austria.
Responsible for information and advice on EU research and technology programmes for Austrian researchers both from industry and
academic institutions: e.g. programme and project consultancy on the INCO-programme of the EU (co-operation with CEECs and
Developing Countries), the COST-programme, PHARE S&T and INTAS (scientific co-operation with the former Soviet Union).
Organisation of workshops, conferences and brokerage events. Active participation in conferences (national and international).
Official Austrian NCP (national contact point) for INCO (2nd Activity of the 5th European Framework Programme for RTD).
1999 Consultant for the PHARE-Project ?Polish Participation in EU RTD Programmes?, Poland
1998 Lecturer at the Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics (WU-Wien).
Topic: Regional Competitiveness
1997 Lecturer in the master class ?Central and Eastern Europe? at the Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics
(WU-Wien).
Topic: Transformation of the Economic Geography and Regional Development in the CEECs
Dec. 1994 - Nov. 1996 Head of the branch office Sofia of the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies in
Sofia/Bulgaria.
Comprehensive scientific management, in particular establishment of the new branch office; mediatorship in bilateral and
multilateral research and technology co-operation; organisation of fellowship programs for the Austrian Ministry of Science
regarding Bulgaria; organisation of lectures, workshops, seminars, conferences incl. budgeting and fund-raising ...
1992-1995 Lecturer at the Vienna University for Business Administration and Economics and at the Johannes Kepler-University in Linz
Topics: Research methods in Economic Geography; Technological structure of Austria?s economical and regional development
1992-1994 Assistant Professor at the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Vienna University for Business Administration and
Economics (WU-Wien)
Engaged primarily in research (regional development and new technologies; subcontracting industries; innovation centres; lean
management); care taking of advanced students, exchange students (in particular ERASMUS) and guest professors (HCM etc.);
preparation of scripts and research reports; active participation at conferences (national and international)
1990/91 M.A. fellowship of the Austrian Research Centres Seibersdorf (OFZS) - Department of Automatisation
since 1987 Research fellow at the Department of Economic Geography, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics
Professional Memberships and Nominations (excerpt)
Austrian - Russian Working Group on S&T
Bulgarian - Austrian Committee for Research Project Evaluation
Austrian Association for Critical Geography
Austrian Institute for East and Southeast-European Studies
Other Knowledge and Skills
Languages: English (excellent)
German (mother tongue)
French (basic)
Russian (basic)
Bulgarian (basic)
Computer skills: in most popular word processing-, graphical-, statistical-, and calculation-programmes for DOS/Windows and MAC as
well as DTP skills (QuarkXpress, Photoshop)
Continued education: project management
negotiation training
conflict management
public relations and new media
presentation technics (inc. geo-marketing)
inter-cultural communication
Trainer: in proposal writing
in project management
in scientific institution building
in event organisation
Expert: for the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Austrian
Ministry for Labour and Economics in affairs of international S&T co- operation.
Publications (excerpt)
2002 ?Dialogue on S&T between the European Union and the Russian Federation? (ed. together with Elizabeth Bell and Leonid Gokhberg),
CSRS: Moskau-Wien
2002 ?Joint RTD Projects between the EU and Eastern Europe ? What Does Really Matter??, in Bell, E., Gokhberg, L. and Schuch, K.
(ed.): ?Dialogue on S&T between the European Union and the Russian Federation?, Proceedings from the international research workshop
?Policies and Practices: Dialogue on S&T between the European Union and the Russian Federation?; IIASA/Laxenburg, September 14 - 15,
2000, Moscow, pp. 133-148
2001 ?Re-inventing INTAS??, in Hentschel, U. and Burlatchuk, L. (ed.): ?Focus Eastern Europe - Psychological and Social
Determinants of Behaviour in the Transition Countries?, StudienVerlag, Innsbruck, pp. 245-255
2001 ?Scientific and Technological Specialisation Patterns in Central Europe within European RTD Programmes?, in: Central European
Quarterly, CA, Vienna
2000 ?Zusammenarbeit zwischen EU-Ländern und China im europäischen Forschungsrahmenprogramm möglich? (mit B. Lawal) in: China
Nachrichten, Quartal 4/2000, Beijing
2000 ?Programme zur Förderung der wissenschaftlich-technischen Kooperation zwischen der EU und Mittel- und Osteuropa?, in:
Hochgerner, Josef und Höglinger, Andrea (Hg.): Forschen in Europa - Soziale Dimensionen europäischer Forschung, Guthmann Peterson,
Wien
1999 ?EU-Förderungen für die Wasserwirtschaft?, Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverbandes, Heft
133, Wien
1999 ?Operative problems encountered in the process of implementing the European Framework Programme for RTD in Central Europe?,
Proceedings from the 3 rd International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Austin, August - September, 30 - 2, 1999
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/ic2/austin99/abstracts/13_schuch.htm
1998 ?Participation possibilities for female researchers in the European Framework Programme for Research, Development and
Technological Demonstration?, Proceedings from the international conference ?Women managing EU projects, Vienna, December, 3 - 4,
1998
1998 ?Identifikation österreichisch-ungarischer Technologiefelder: Grundlagen für eine technologiepolitische Initiative? (with Eva
Buchinger, Christian Rammer and Tamás Zimler), Research Report, Austrian Research Centres, October 1998
1998 ?The emergence of the European Innovation System and its impact on the Austrian S&T System?, Proceedings from the 38th
Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Vienna, August - September, 28 - 1, 1998
1998 ?Structure of scientific co-operation with CEECs and NIS in European RTD programmes - the Austrian experience?, Proceedings
from the 2nd International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Lisbon, August, 3 - 5, 1998
1998 ?Transfer of Broadband Telecommunications to Central and Eastern European Countries? (with Thomas Zeiler), Proceedings from
the Six Countries Spring Workshop, Vienna, May, 25 - 26, 1998
1998 ?Energy related scientific co-operation with CEECs in European RTD programmes?, Proceedings from the Conference on energy
co-operation, Graz, February, 19 - 20, 1998
1998 ?Financing scientific co-operation with the NIS? (eds. with Christiane Walcher), Proceedings from the ISCONIS-Workshop,
Vienna, December, 4 - 5, 1997
1997 ?Osteuropa nach der Wende. Wirtschaftliche und soziale Auswirkungen der Transformation? (with Christian Rammer), in:
GWU-Materialien 3/97, ISSN 1027-7242
1997 ?Wissenschaftlich-technische Kooperation mit mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern (MOEL) im Rahmen von europäischen
Forschungsprogrammen?, in: IDM-Info 1/97
1994 ?Technologische und organisatorische Kompetenz österreichischer Zulieferbetriebe. Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel
der Maschinen- und Stahlbauindustrie sowie der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie? (with Manfred M. Fischer), in: Mitteilungen der
Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 136
1994 ?Neue Entwicklungen in der US-amerikanischen Automobilindustrie?, in: Kritische Geographie 4, Reihe II
1994 ?Die Österreichische Zulieferindustrie im Lichte des europäischen Integrationsprozesses? (with Manfred M. Fischer), WSG-RR 5,
ISBN 3 85037 034 8
1994 ?Good bye, Henry Ford? Paradigmenwechsel in der US- amerikanischen Wirtschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg - eine
regulationstheoretische Betrachtung? (with Gottfried Menschik), in: Kritische Geographie 4, Reihe II
1993 ?The regional economy of Carinthia in a frontier-region perspective? (with Petra Staufer), in: Ratti, R. und Reichmann, S.
(eds.): Theory and Practice of Transborder Cooperation, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel, ISBN 3 7190 1314 6
1992 ?Produktionsplanung- und Steuerung als Beispiel technisch- organisatorischer Innovation. Ein Beitrag zur industriellen
Paradigmendiskussion?, WSG-RR 1, ISBN 3 85037 026 7
1992 ?Industrie- und technologiepolitische Infrastruktur in Österreich? (with N. Böck, H. Gassler, W. Hesina, C. Rammer und J.
Traxler), Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf
Scientific Presentations (excerpt)
2002 ALPBACH!!! TEMPUS!!!
2002 ?Project Motivation, Knowledge Flows and Exploitation of Results under INTAS?, presentation at the INTAS General Assembly,
Brussels, 2002-01-30
2001 ?European Framework Programmes for RTD ? Experiences of Candidate Countries and Perspectives for Southeast European
Non-Candidate Countries?, UNESCO Workshop, University of Maribor, 2001-10-04/06
2001 ?How Do Central European Candidate Countries Perform in the European Framework Programme for RTD??, ARC Funds/Centre for the
Study of Democracy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2001-06-01
2001 ?Scientific Co-operation between Austria and Georgia in INTAS and INCO-Copernicus?, Lecture at the Tbilisi State University,
Georgia, 2001-04-30
2000 ?Practical Experiences in the Project Management of Joint EU - Russian RTD projects?, International Research Workshop on
?Dialogue on S&T between the EU and the Russian Federation?, IIASA, Laxenburg, 2000-09-14/15
2000 ?The impact of European RTD programs on Austria?, National State Committee for Scientific Research, Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
2000-01-31
1999 ?Operative problems encountered in the process of implementing the European Framework Programme for RTD in Central Europe?, 3
rd International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Austin, USA, 1999-09-01
1998 ?The emergence of the European Innovation System and its impact on the Austrian S&T System?, 38th Congress of the European
Regional Science Association, Vienna, Austria, 1998- 08-31
1998 ?Structure of scientific co-operation with CEECs and NIS in European RTD programmes - the Austrian experience?, 2nd
International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Lisbon, Portugal, 1998-08-04
1998 ?Transfer of Broadband Telecommunications to Central and Eastern European Countries?, Six Countries Spring Workshop, Vienna,
Austria, 1998-05-26
1998 ?Possibilities for co-operation with CEECs in the framework of European RTD programmes?, Conference on energy co- operation
between Croatia, Slovenia and the Austrian federal states of Carinthia and Styria, Graz, Austria, 1998-02-20
1998 ?The Austrian participation in the RTD-programmes of the European Union?, Institut Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
1998-01-20
1997 ?Impact of the FTD programs of the European Union on the Austrian innovation system?, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia,
Bulgaria, 1997-05-05
Organisation of Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (excerpt)
2000 ?How to Write a Successful Proposal for the 5th European Framework Programme for RTD?, Workshop, Ministry for Science and
Technology, Beijing, China, 2000-10-30 - 2000-11-01
2000 ?Policies and Practices: Dialogue on S&T between the European Union and the Russian Federation?; Conference, IIASA/Laxenburg,
2000-09-14/15
2000 ?COPEX2000?, International Project Brokerage Event, Vienna, 2000-06-05/06
1998 ?ELEAM - Executive Level Event on Accompanying Measures for High Performance Consultancy on FP5?, official Austrian EU
Presidency Workshop, Vienna, 1998-11-23/24
1997 ?Financing Scientific Co-operation with the NIS?, ISCONIS- Workshop, Vienna, 1997-12-04/05
1997 ?COPEX - Copernicus Co-operation Exchange ?97?, International Project Brokerage Event, Vienna, 1997-06-16/17
1996 ?Transformation of Social Sciences in Bulgaria?, Workshop, Sofia,
1996-09-21
1996 ?Sigmund Freud - Psychology, Philosophy and Culture?, Conference, Sofia, 1996-06-21/23
1996 ?Contemporary Bulgaria - Recent Economic and Political Developments?, Seminar, Vienna, 1996-05-09/11
1995 ?Vocational Training for the emerging market economy in Bulgaria in the framework of TEMPUS?, Workshop, Sofia, 1995-11-08/10
1995 ?Europe between integration and disintegration?, Trilateral Summerschool, Varna, 1995-07-01/23
Projects (excerpt)
2002/2001 Monitoring of Stability-Pact Projects financed by the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the field of Secondary and
Higher Education (client: Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
2001 Expert Opinion on Building a University Library in Shkoder (Albania), headed by Klaus Schuch, Centre for Social Innovation,
Vienna (client: Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
2001 Structure of the Central European Candidate Countries in the European Framework Programme for Research, Technological
Development and Demonstration: Policy Recommendation for RTD Co-operations with Austria, headed by Klaus Schuch, Vienna, (client:
BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation)
2000/01 SYNERGNET, INCO-Accompanying Measure for Implementing an NCP Network for the 5th European Framework Programme for RTD in
Malta, headed by Joseph Micalleff, National Science and Technology Committee, Malta (clients: European Commission)
1999/00 INTERPRISE InfoBulgaria 2000, headed by Zoya Damianova, Klaus Schuch, Stephan Hinteregger et al., Sofia (clients: European
Commission)
1999/00 Science and Technology Mission to the Republic of Uzbekistan, organised and headed by Klaus Schuch, BIT - Bureau for
International Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (clients: Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Austrian Ministry
for Transport and Research)
1998/99 Polish Participation in EU RTD Programmes, PHARE-project, headed by Manfred Horvat, BIT - Bureau for International
Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (client: Polish Foundation for Sciences)
1998/99 Austria?s Participation in EU RTD Programmes with Central and Eastern Europe, headed by Klaus Schuch, BIT - Bureau for
International Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (client: Austrian Ministry for Transport and Research)
1998 Identifikation österreichisch-ungarischer Technologiefelder: Grundlagen für eine technologiepolitische Initiative,
Auftragsforschung/BMwA, headed by Eva Buchinger, Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf (client: Austrian Ministry for
Economic Affairs)
1997 MonhX - Model of National Host Extension to Central and Eastern European Countries, INCO-Copernicus Project, headed by Thomas
Zeiler, BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation, Vienna (client: European Commission)
1996/97/98 Erfassung und Analyse des Kooperationspotentials österreichischer Forscher mit Drittländern und internationalen
Organisationen sowie Stimulierung der österreichischen Beteiligung am spezifischem EU-Programm für die Forschungs- und
Entwicklungskooperation mit Drittländern und internationalen Organisationen sowie an COST, Auftragsarbeit, headed by Klaus Schuch,
BIT - Büro für internationale Forschungs- und Technologiekooperation, Wien (client: Austrian Ministry for Transport and Research)
1994 Technologische und organisatorische Kompetenz der österreichischen Zulieferindustrie, Auftragsforschung, geleitet von Manfred
M. Fischer, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie der WU-Wien
1993 Modellierung des grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehrs im Einzugsbereich der RMD-Wasserstraße, Auftragsforschung, geleitet von
Manfred M. Fischer, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie der WU-Wien
1992 The regional economy of Carinthia, ARGE Alpen-Adria Project, headed by Manfred M. Fischer, Institut für Wirtschafts- und
Sozialgeographie der WU-Wien
1992 Industrie- und technologiepolitische Infrastruktur in Österreich, Auftragsforschung, geleitet von Josef Fröhlich,
Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf und Manfred M. Fischer, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie der WU-Wien
Vienna, January, 2002
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