Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

Evaluation and quality assurance concept; institutional quality assurance measures
• A Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed exclusively of international experts (generally with five 
people) has been established for external quality assurance purposes for each Ludwig Boltzmann Insti-
tute (LBI). This Advisory Board meets once a year at each LBI and submits written recommendations. 
There were 66 international experts working in 14 SABs in 2018 and 72 experts working in 16 SABs in 
2019.
• There is also an internal quality assurance procedure in place with representatives from the partner 
organisations.

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2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research 
155
 
Indicator 3: Human resources and qualifications
Human Resources
2018
Total staff *
627
of which women
369
of which men 
258
Full time equivalents, rounded
326
of which women
192
of which men 
135
Work and service contracts 
172
Note: * This includes genuine employees and freelancers, as well as employees
on temporary contracts.
Source: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG). 
Special measures
The following continuing education measures are offered by the LBG Career Center: 
Pre- and post-docs: individual offers (such as the career chat, potential analysis, coaching, career ad-
vice, career budget, etc.) and institutional offers, i.e. career events (expert talks, skills training, career 
workshops) as well as special programmes (expert internships, 4 fellowships 4 entrepreneurs, summer 
school LEAD_able) have all been available to the pre- and post-doc students at the LBI free of charge 
since 2017. There were 280 pre- and post-docs in 2019 who took advantage of these services, with signifi-
cantly more women (56%) using them than men (44%). This year, 60 people used their career budget (for 
individual training and continuing education) and 90 people took part in career events. In addition, all the 
places were fully booked in the “Special Programs 4 Fellowships 4 Entrepreneurs” (6 individuals) and at the 
Summer School LEAD_able (16 individuals) and there were also 7 expert internships in 2019.
Managers or heads of the Institute and their deputies (approx. 40 individuals): since 2019 there have 
been collective offers within the framework of the LAB - Leadership Academy Boltzmann (leadership circle, 
leadership and management training, LAB modules with partners) and individual offers (executive coach-
ing, leadership profile, executive education budget) for the heads of the LBI institutes, which are imple-
mented on a step-by-step basis and are becoming increasingly popular.