Technopolis Group: locally rooted, internationally connected 

Technopolis Group’s strength as an evaluation and consulting firm in research, science and innovation policy—and well beyond—rests on the close collaboration of our teams across Europe and around the world. Every day, our nearly 300 colleagues exchange insights on effective policy instruments and strategies, both within and beyond individual projects, across borders and always grounded in deep knowledge of local research and innovation systems. We are now taking this European collaboration a step further by bringing our capabilities together more closely across the DACH region. 

This next step reflects the decision of our long-standing colleague and Managing Director of Technopolis Austria, Katharina Warta, to pursue a new professional path. We are deeply grateful for the many projects we have shared and for her inspiring and dedicated leadership of the Vienna office. We wish Katharina every success and all the very best for the future, both personally and professionally. 

Continuity and closer collaboration across the German-speaking region 

Going forward, leadership of the Vienna office will be assumed by Tobias Dudenbostel (Technopolis Austria) together with Florentine Frantz. They are supported by Dr. Florian Berger and Jérôme Treperman (Technopolis Germany). In doing so, we are strengthening cross-border collaboration within Technopolis Group and laying the foundation to support our clients even more comprehensively, effectively and flexibly. Katharina Warta will actively support the transition and will continue to work with us at project level. 

The Vienna team will continue its proven work in evaluation and consulting in the field of public policy. Our clients in Austria can continue to rely on long-standing local contacts, the same expertise and the same high quality. 

At the same time, we are bringing Technopolis Group’s capabilities together even more closely. Through deeper integration, our Austrian clients and partners will benefit more than ever from the thematic breadth and methodological strengths of our future DACH team—for example in areas such as the green economy and international cooperation, as well as through the innovative approaches of our Data Science Unit. In turn, the Vienna team brings to the DACH team its strong expertise in the Austrian science and innovation system and its long-standing contribution to evaluation practice in Austria and across Europe. 

We look forward to this new chapter in Technopolis Group’s nearly 40-year history—and we wish Katharina Warta every success and all the very best for the future, both personally and professionally.