Mission Statement
AIANI was established as part of the internationalization efforts of the University of Innsbruck and aims at improving the positioning of the research sites Innsbruck, Tyrol and Austria in general. AIANI wants to support researchers from the University of Innsbruck in establishing international contacts primarily to Israel and realize joint collaborations. This should lead to a more intensive knowledge transfer to and from Austria.
Why Israel
Israel is one of the most attractive and successful research areas in the world. Numerous renowned scientific institutions are located in Israel, e.g. the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Technion in Haifa, the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev etc. These institutions are committed on a high standard not only to basic and applied research, but also to quality teaching.
Israel invests more in science and research than every other country in the world (measured against the gross domestic product). It strives to improve and enhance its research and teaching by establishing international cooperations.
Regarding innovation, Israel lies sixth worldwide, leaving Canada, England, and France behind (according to the “Global Competitiveness Report 2010”). The Israeli economy bases itself primarily on high-tech companies, most of which center around the fields of communication technology, biotechnology, water supply, electricity and energy production (particularly solar energy), and medical technology.
While the U.S. are the main partner for scientific and academic cooperation with Israel, Germany has also been successful in concentrating networking efforts with Israel for decades now. Austria is still in the early stages regarding collaboration and AIANI is the first network of its kind in Austria to promote such efforts. Though Israel has been taking part in the supporting programs of the European Union for scientific research and technological development (CAST, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, etc.), it does not yet have many institutionalized partners at Austrian institutions of higher education or research. AIANI tries to promote such collaboration between Israel and Innsbruck.
Israel is one of the most attractive and successful research areas in the world. Numerous renowned scientific institutions are located in Israel, e.g. the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Technion in Haifa, the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev etc. These institutions are committed on a high standard not only to basic and applied research, but also to quality teaching.
Israel invests more in science and research than every other country in the world (measured against the gross domestic product). It strives to improve and enhance its research and teaching by establishing international cooperations.
Regarding innovation, Israel lies sixth worldwide, leaving Canada, England, and France behind (according to the “Global Competitiveness Report 2010”). The Israeli economy bases itself primarily on high-tech companies, most of which center around the fields of communication technology, biotechnology, water supply, electricity and energy production (particularly solar energy), and medical technology.
While the U.S. are the main partner for scientific and academic cooperation with Israel, Germany has also been successful in concentrating networking efforts with Israel for decades now. Austria is still in the early stages regarding collaboration and AIANI is the first network of its kind in Austria to promote such efforts. Though Israel has been taking part in the supporting programs of the European Union for scientific research and technological development (CAST, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, etc.), it does not yet have many institutionalized partners at Austrian institutions of higher education or research. AIANI tries to promote such collaboration between Israel and Innsbruck.