CREATE_AT – Circular Business Models and Supporting Policies for Timber Supply Chains
(lead: Lena Silbermayr; 2024–2027; FFG) CREATE_AT supports Austria’s construction industry in its transition to a circular economy by promoting timber as a sustainable alternative to fossil-based materials. Aligned with the European Green Deal and UN SDGs, the project develops circular business models and policy recommendations to foster sustainable transformation.
COE 12 – FWF Cluster of Excellence Bilateral AI
(lead: Axel Polleres; 2024–2029; FWF) Combining sub-symbolic (machine learning) and symbolic (knowledge representation and reasoning) approaches, this cluster advances the foundations of Broad AI—systems able to draw their own conclusions and exhibit comprehensive cognitive abilities.
Future Foundation
(lead: Sarah Spiekermann) An interdisciplinary forum of distinguished experts developing guidelines for addressing urgent questions about the good life in a digital and AI-shaped world. It focuses on protecting human dignity and designing human-centered, democratic digital transformation.
Competence Center for Applied AI and Scientific Computing
A cross-disciplinary initiative uniting researchers from the Departments of ISOM, Finance, Accounting and Statistics, and Marketing. The center brings together AI researchers and practitioners to develop innovative solutions, translate research into applications, and assess the societal and organizational impact of AI.
FinEst Centre for Smart Cities
An international research and development centre, focusing on creating smart, human-centric, and resilient environment that empower people to lead happy, fulfilling lives.
PADST
A Horizon Europe supported project advancing European knowledge base on public administration capabilities for the twin sustainability and digital transition by implementing joint research actions, organizing knowledge exchange initiatives and preparing a new generation of early-career researchers.
Energy Efficiency Center of Excellence
Interdisciplinary CoE combining engineering, social, data sciences and economics with central focus on energy performance of buildings and districts, electrification and flexibility, renewable energy generation and storage, energy saving measures and business models with their socioeconomic and regional impacts.
