Researcher Profile

Field: Institutional Change and Policy Instruments

Main Research: Public Policy Analysis; Science, Technology and Innovation Policy; Responsible Innovation; Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Experience: Peter Biegelbauer is Senior Scientist at the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. He focuses on policy related work in fields such as innovation policy, responsible innovation and sustainability transitions, where he has coordinated a number of national and international research projects. He is involved in academic and policy work, being part of various boards and committees in several countries. He has published more than hundred articles on policy analysis, policy evaluation, knowledge and expertise in decision-making, regulatory impact assessment and the possibilities of learning from experience. He is teaching at the University of Vienna and the University of Applied Science Campus Vienna and holds degrees from the University of Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria, and from MIT, USA, all in political science.

• 2014-now: Lecturer
  SOQUA, FH Campus, Austrian Federal Administrative Academy / Austria
• 2012-now: Senior Scientist
  AIT / Austria
• 2001-2009: Lecturer
  University of Innsbruck / Austria
• 1998-2012: Senior Researcher
  Institute for Advanced Studies / Austria
• 1998-now: Lecturer
  University of Vienna / Austria
• 1998-1999: Lecturer
  University of Salzburg / Austria
• 1996-1998: Researcher
  ICCR Vienna / Austria
• 1994-1996: Freelance Researcher
  Vienna / Austria

• 2012 - now: Elected Co-Chair Section "Politics and Administration", Austrian Political Science Association
• 2011 - now: European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group "Democratic Innovations"
• 2011 - now: German Association for Political Science, Section "Policy Analysis and Administrative Science"
• 2010 - 2014: Executive Board of the Austrian Political Science Journal
• 2007 - now: European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group "Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis"
• 2001 - now: International Political Science Association
• 2000 - now: Central European Political Science Association
• 1999 - 2001: Elected General Secretary Austrian, Political Science Association
• 1996 - 1999: Elected Co-Chair Section "Political Economy", Austrian Political Science Association
• 1994 - now: European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
• 1991 - now: Austrian Political Science Association
• 1989 - 1991: Elected Member, Student Government
• 2015 - 2018: Co-Editor of the Journal "European Policy Analysis"
• 2016 - 2020: Member of Graduate School Programme Commission of FH Campus, Public Management
• 2016 - 2020: Management Committee Member of COST-Action European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (ENRESSH)
• 2017 - now: Sounding Board Member of the Gov Lab of the Austrian Ministry for Public Service and Sports
• 2018 - now: Editorial Board Member of Journal European Policy Analysis
• 2019 - now: Scientific Board Member of Impact Assessment Observatory, Torino, Italy
• 2019 - now: Member of Board of the Austrian Political Science Association
• 2021 - now: Member of Board of KDZ-Centre for Public Administration Research

• 2013: Book Grant Austrian Research Association
• 2011: Paul Lazarsfeld Award
• 2011: ELSA-GEN Mobility Programme Stipend
• 2011: ECPR Joint Sessions Professionals Grant
• 2003: Fulbright Exchange Scholarship for Scientists
• 2003: Austrian Research Association Research Scholarship
• 1998: Windhag Dissertation Award
• 1994: Scholarship for Excellence, University of Vienna
• 1991: Scholarship for Outstanding Performance, University of Vienna

• Democratic Theory and Citizen Participation: democracy models in the evaluation of public participation in science and technology”, in: Science and Public Policy
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer and Janus Hansen
  Journal: Science and Public Policy, 38(8) (2011) ; 589-598
• Politik, öffentliche Verwaltung und Wissen: Wer prägt die Politikgestaltung ethisch und technisch komplexer Themen?
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer, Erich Griessler, Anne Loeber
  Journal: der moderne staat, 6 (2013) ; 223-240
• Becoming More Resilient In Crisis Situations: Innovations for Democratic Systems
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer
  Journal: Gaia, 22(3) (2013) ; 206-208
• Die wissenschaftliche (Nicht-)Beschäftigung mit der Verwaltung und ihrem Verhältnis zur Politik in Österreich
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer, Christoph Konrath, Benedikt Speer
  Journal: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 43(4) (2014) ; 349-365
• How Different Forms Of Policy Learning Influence Each Other: Case Studies from Austrian Innovation Policy-Making
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer
  Journal: Policy Studies, 37(2) (2016) ; 129-146
• Auswahlverfahren von Forschungsförderungsorganisationen im internationalen Vergleich
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer, Thomas Palfinger
  Journal: fteval Journal , 41 (2016) ; 63-68
• Mitentscheiden oder Mitgestalten: Direkte Demokratie versus Deliberation in lokalen Entscheidungsfindungsprozessen
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer, Sandro Kapeller
  Journal: SWS-Rundschau, 57(1) (2017) ; 32-55
• The tower of Babylon in the governance of research, technology and innovation: Participatory foresight as a method of policy coordination
  Author(s): Michael Dinges, Peter Biegelbauer, Doris Wilhelmer
  Journal: Futures, 100 (2018) ; 34-44
• How to Select the Best: Selection Procedures of Innovation Agencies
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer, Thomas Palfinger, Sabine Mayer
  Journal: Research Evaluation, 29 (2020) ; 289–299
• How (Not) to Solve Local Conflicts Around Alternative Energy Production: Six Cases of Siting Decisions of Austrian Wind Power Parks
  Author(s): Sandro Kapeller, Peter Biegelbauer
  Journal: Utilities Policy, 65 (2020)

• Wie lernt die Politik;
  Lernen aus Erfahrung in Politik und Verwaltung
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer
  Publisher: Springer VS; Wiesbaden; 2013; 262 Seiten; ISBN: 978-3-531-18591-0
  Series: ; VS Forschung
• Translational research: entrepreneurship, advocacy and programmatic work in the governance of biomedical innovation;
  In: The Governance of Socio-Technical Systems: Explaining Change
  Author(s): Etienne Vignola-Gagné, Peter Biegelbauer, Daniel Lehner
  Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing; Cheltenham, UK; 2014; pp. 132-158; ISBN: 978 1 78471 018 7
  Series: Susana Borrás, Jakob Edler; EU-Spri Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
• EU Research, Technological Development and Innovation Policy ;
  Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer and Matthias Weber
  Publisher: Edward Elgar; 2018; 241-259
  Series: Hubert Heinelt/Sybille Münch (Eds.)
• Innovation Policy Learning ;
  Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer
  Publisher: Springer, New York, NY; 2019
  Series: Elias Carayannis, David Campbell (eds)
• Innovation Policy Coordination;
  Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  Author(s): Peter Biegelbauer
  Publisher: Springer, New York, NY; 2019
  Series: Elias Carayannis, David Campbell (eds)
• Translational Research;
  Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  Author(s): Etienne Vignola-Gagné E. and Peter Biegelbauer
  Publisher: Springer, New York, NY; 2019
  Series: Elias Carayannis, David Campbell (eds)

• Project homepage Co-Change
• Publications AIT publications database
• Blog https://austrianinstituteoftechnology.academia.edu/PeterBiegelbauer
• CV as pdf