Support Kunst & Forschung

Support for project-based artistic and scientific work. We facilitate and support the process of turning ideas into plans, plans into projects, and projects into positions in the field. To make possible what is possible.

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Focus on initiating the development of Angewandte research projects, accessing project resources.

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Support

Focus on project development and implementation of Angewandte research projects, development of project perspectives.

Support

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Focus on communication, documentation and reflection of processes and results.

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Enable: Support in the development of research projects and project resources

Projects: internal and external funding opportunities for research projects

Research activities on funding formats, development of funding formats, consultation dates, management of entries

Projects

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Mag. art. Helga Aichmaier, PhD

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Franziska Echtinger-Sieghart, BA

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Mag. phil. Elisabeth Strasser

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People: postgraduate support, professional careers and self-employment

Networking and further education programmes, contact to networks, promotion of graduates of the Angewandte

People

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Edda Thürriedl, MA

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Mag. phil. Angelika Zelisko

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Mag. phil. Ulrike Klöckl

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Perspectives: Cooperation with leading institutions and practitioners

Event and publication formats, editing, reviews, conception and implementation of information campaigns

Perspectives

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Dr. phil. Wera Hippesroither, MA

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Marianna Mondelos, MA

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Sen. Sc. Mag. art. Karl Salzmann

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Support: Support in project development and implementation of Angewandte research projects

Focus on research activities

Support in personnel and financial matters, infrastructure, communication outreach for projects, coaching and consulting

Support

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Dr. phil. Alexander Damianisch MAS

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Franziska Echtinger-Sieghart, BA

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Secure: Support in communicating, documenting and reflecting on processes and results

Communicate, document and enable access to processes and results

Editorial work, review processes, national and international knowledge transfer and networking, databases, reporting, auditing and controlling.

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Dr. phil. Alexander Damianisch MAS

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Dr. phil. Wera Hippesroither, MA

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Marianna Mondelos, MA

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Developing ideas for art and science, securing funds and opening up new perspective

Alexander Damianisch manages the Zentrum Fokus Forschung and is responsible for Support Kunst und Forschung, covering the area of project development in art and research. Central services for the University of Applied Arts include: Conception, development and management of the Support Kunst und Forschung unit to enable complementary projects at the Angewandte; Conception, development and management of the Zentrum Fokus Forschung (centre for the support and dissemination of projects in art and science incl. doctoral projects in artistic and scientific research).

Team Support & Fokus

„Transforming Understanding and Understanding Transformation through Art and Science.“

Dr. phil. Alexander Damianisch MAS

CV Alexander Damianisch
(available in German)

As a moderator, expert and reviewer at institutions (Germany), funding agencies (Switzerland), as well as in professional magazines and journals, Alexander Damianisch contributes critically and consultatively to aspects of art, science and research work, questions of organizational critique and institutional development as a peer, a source of ideas, a commentator and an interlocutor. Next to his general outreach activities (moderation and presentations on topics in art and science) and regular teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, he teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the Artistic Research Doctoral Program of the Artistic Research Center.

Memberships and activities:

Member of the Executive Board of the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL, formerly Angewandte Innovation Laboratory)
Representative of the Angewandte in the uniko Research Forum (on behalf of Vice Rector Barbara Putz-Plecko)
Representatives of the Angewandte at the Austrian Agency for Research Integrity
Delegate to the FWF, the Austrian Science Fund
Head of the Austrian Priority group III on “Research” UNiNETZ 2
Member of the team developing the cooperation project between the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Johannes Kepler University Linz
Vice President of the Angewandte Alumni Association ARTist
Representative of the Angewandte at the International Society for Artistic Research (SAR)

Representative of the Angewandte at ELIA – European League of the Institutes of the Arts;
Reviewer for Arts Research Africa | Wits School of Arts, Mellon Project
Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation
Reviewer for the Journal for Artistic Research of the Society for Artistic Research
Executive function in the bmwfw-funded projects “Transform” (management team) and “eInformatics” (advisory board), among others.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Studiotopia programme co-funded by Creative Europe
Founding member of the Society for Artistic Research Special Interest Group on Language-based Artistic Research