Annual Conference 2025

From 09:00 Registration

and informal networking over coffee and pastries

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome

Eva Werner, President, AQ Austria

10:10 - 10:20 Impulse for establishing a culture of scientific integrity and artistic integrity across higher education sectors in Austria (German)

Elmar Pichl, Head of Section, Ministry of Women, Science and Science

10:20 - 10:35 State of play and challenges of quality assurance for scientific integrity and artistic integrity at Austrian higher education institutions (German)

Jürgen Petersen, Managing Director, AQ Austria

10:35 - 11:05 The OeAWI presents: Current developments, measures and initiatives (German)

Sabine Chai, Managing Director, Austrian Agency for Research Integrity (OeAWI)

with representatives of the Austrian higher education sectors

11:05 - 11:15 Change of rooms

11:15 - 12:15 Practical insights I

Four parallel sessions

Session 1: "Integrating integrity" - Integrity as a Quality Dimension

Workshop (German)

Karl Ledermüller, Head of Evaluation and Quality Enhancement, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Oliver Vettori, Dean of Accreditations & Quality Management, Director of Program Management & Teaching and Learning Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Session 2:  Insights into the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Presentations & Discussion

Ensuring digital sovereignty - shaping quality in the age of AI (German)

Jeanna Nikolov-Ramirez, Deputy Head of Quality Management and Higher Education Development, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

Eva-Maria Schlattau, Deputy Managing Director & Head of the Quality Management and Higher Education Development Department, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

Research diaries as a practical example for strengthening scientific integrity in the age of AI (German)

Marc Philipp Crepaz, Research associate, Tirol Institute for Quality in Healthcare (TiQG)

Simone Davidsen, Research associate in the degree programme Quality and Process Management in Healthcare, fh gesundheit | health university of applied sciences tyrol

Eva Maria Jabinger, Director Master Degree Programme Quality and Process Management in the Health Care Sector, fh gesundheit | health university of applied sciences tyrol & Lead, Tirol Institute for Quality in Healthcare (TiQG)

Session 3: Perspectives on Artistic Integrity in Research and Teaching

Presentations & Discussion

Do think twice… Art university perspectives on integrity and quality in interdisciplinary research contexts (German)

Eugen Banauch, head of research support, mozarteum university & Represenatative "Forum Forschung", uniko

Thomas Ballhausen, Lecturer and Inter-university institution Science & Art, mozarteum university

Embedding integrity competences in creative and performing arts curricula: A tuning CPAD matrix approach (English)

Leander Gussmann, Artistic Research Center (ARC), mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Session 4: Ethics and Integrity in Research at University Colleges of Teacher Education - Recommendations, Checklists, and Discourses 

Workshop (German)

Session 5: Strategies for Embedding Scientific Integrity and Research Ethics at Hochschule Campus Wien

Workshop (German)

Maria Fürstaller, Chair of the Ethics Committee, University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien

Georg Hochfellner, Head of Academic Institutional Development, University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien

Session 6: Integrity and Quality Assurance 

Presentations & Discussion

A holistic strategy for a culture of integrity (English)

Susanne Oechsner, Center for Strategic Development in Education, Technical University of Vienna

Marjo Rauhala, Senior Advisor for Research Ethics and Head of Service Unit of Responsible Research Practices, Technical University of Vienna

Strengthening integrity in applied research - findings from 5 years of the MCI Ethics Commission (German)

Stephan Schlögl, Coordination R&D Unit Management & Society, Chair of the ethics committee, MCI Management Center Innsbruck - The Entrepreneurial School

Session 7: Holistic Approaches to Artistic Integrity

Presentations & Discussion

Art as reflexive practice: Reflections on the higher education framing of artistic integrity (German)

Bernhard Achhorner, Head of Research Management, Stella Vorarlberg Private University College for Music

On self-determined and self-committed artistic practice and honesty (German)

Alexander Damianisch, Lead of Support Art and Research, University of Applied Art Vienna

Martina Schöggl, Lead of Institutional Development and Quality Culture, University of Applied Art Vienna

Session 8: Using Integrity Networks Efficiently

Workshop (German)

Sabine Chai, Managing Director, Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity (OeAWI)

Anna-Katharina Rothwangl, Managing Director of the Ombuds Office for Students, Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research

15:50 - 16:00 Changing Rooms

16:00 - 16:30 Concluding discussion: Reflections and future outlook

Rosemarie Brucher, Vice Rector for Research & Head of the Centre for Science and Research, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna

Jakob Woisetschläger, Chair of the Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering, Graz University of Technology

Barbara Jeitler, Student representative, University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien

Moderation: Micha Teuscher, Vice President, AQ Austria

16:30 Thematic exchange and networking

over wine and snacks

Conference Moderation: Agnes Witzani, Head of Analyses and Quality Enhancement, AQ Austria

Graphic Recording: Frances Blüml, Visual Facilitator, visuell.gedacht.

Registration for the annual conference is possible here (deadline: 9. September 2025). The conference fee is € 170,-. There is a reduced rate of € 30,- for students.