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The art of evidence-informed policymaking lies in productively combining different forms of knowledge, rather than setting them hierarchically against one another.

What can Austria’s Industrial Strategy 2035 learn from historical and current evidence in order to realise its full potential?

A brief assessment of the new strategic framework for Austria’s research, technology and innovation policy.

On the thematic specialisation of higher education institutions in Austria.

While the Productivity Report focuses on openness and flexibility, the Industrial Strategy pursues a focused, implementation-oriented approach. An analysis.

A brief overview of the complex regulatory framework that governs Austria’s higher education systems.

How are Austria’s 77 higher education institutions distributed geographically, how large are they and how has the higher education system developed since 1955?

The development of the Higher Education Strategy 2040 is a favourable opportunity to review the conditions for academic freedom.

Latest EIB survey confirms 2025 STI Monitor results: innovation activities on the decline, while level of digitalisation increases.

On the budgetary and structural embedding of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in the 2028–34 Multiannual Financial Framework.

Other countries are catching up rapidly and developing their innovation systems with greater dynamism and competitiveness than Austria.

Austria has dropped two places in the Global Innovation Index 2025 and has seen a marked decline in its output compared to 2023 and 2024.

Against the backdrop of ongoing public consultations on these new instruments, an analysis of the European startup strategy.