New Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at FH Burgenland

the new and the old Vice Rector

Handover in the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Innovation at FH Burgenland. Gerda Füricht-Fiegl (left) takes over from Silvia Ettl-Huber.

The staff unit for research and innovation at FH Burgenland remains in female hands. Gerda Füricht-Fiegl, Head of the European Studies - Management of EU projects Master's programme, is taking over this role from Silvia Ettl-Huber, Head of the Department of Business Studies. The new Vice-Rector will focus on expanding existing research activities, utilising synergies and intensifying national and international networking.

Eisenstadt, 17 October 2023- At the beginning of the month, the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Innovation at UAS Burgenland saw a handover. Longstanding Vice-Rector Silvia Ettl-Huber handed over her responsibilities as Head of Research and Innovation to her colleague Gerda Füricht-Fiegl.

Füricht-Fiegl has been head of the English-language Master's degree programme European Studies - Management of EU projects at UAS Burgenland since the 2019/2020 academic year. In her younger years, she worked for both the European Parliament and the European Commission and has good connections to decision-makers relevant to the UAS from these times. In 2005, she gained a foothold in teaching and research at Danube University Krems and joined the management team of the Department of Knowledge and Communication Management in 2015. She wrote her dissertation on "Political Issue Management in EU Election Campaigns". She is a sought-after expert at political discussion events and interviews.

The researchers at UAS Burgenland have achieved a great deal in recent years. We dedicate our research to the key challenges facing society with a clear application-orientated approach. In the future, it will be important to continue on the successful path we have taken, to utilise synergies, to network even more closely and to make our research findings visible to society. I am pleased to be able to make my contribution here.

Gerda Füricht-Fiegl, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at FH Burgenland

Her predecessor Silvia Ettl-Huber initially fulfilled the role of Vice-Rector alongside managing Forschung Burgenland and is now head of the Department of Economics and the Master's degree programme in Human Resource Management and Labour Law. Ettl-Huber: "These tasks are extensive enough, so I am very happy that I can place the Vice-Rectorate in good hands. Our first joint projects are already being planned!" During her time as Vice-Rector, she founded the Pannonia Research Award Junior for high school graduates, the new research strategy of FH Burgenland and much more.

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Further information:
Mag.a Christiane Staab
Marketing & Communication
Fachhochschule Burgenland GmbH
Tel: +43 (0)5 7705 3537
E-Mail: christiane.staab@hochschule-burgenland.at

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