Ethics Committee for Research Activities

The ethics committee of FH Campus Wien is responsible for an ethical discourse on ensuring good scientific practice and advises on research ethics issues as well as on specific legal and data protection principles.

The committee covers the full range of disciplines within the University of Applied Sciences and ensures the ethical integrity of research projects across all disciplines.

Our main fields of activity

Review and approval of research projects based on ethical criteria
Identification of potentially ethically relevant issues in research
Integration of research ethics into the research design
Advice on research ethics issues and specific legal and data protection principles
Support for compliance with research ethics guidelines in research projects

The Ethics Committee of FH Campus Wien is guided by internationally recognized ethical guidelines, such as

the Declaration of Helsinki,
the Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice of the Austrian Agency for Research Integrity (ÖAWI),
the core principles of social science research ethics.

In our download area you will find the guidelines and our internal regulations as PDF files for download.

Chairperson

KommR. OStR. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schnider

Dr.ⁱⁿ Maria Fürstaller (deputy)
FH-Prof.in Univ.Doz.in Dr.ⁱⁿ Ines Swoboda (deputy)

the Vice Rector for Research and Development

FH-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisabeth Haslinger-Baumann, DGKP

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Heimo Sandtner, Rektor (deputy)

one member from the council

FH-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Verena Musil, MSc MBA

Gerhard Eder, MSc MSc (deputy)

from the Department Applied Life Sciences

FH-Prof.ⁱⁿ Univ.Doz.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Ines Swoboda

FH-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^aDr.ⁱⁿ Alexandra Graf (deputy)

from the Department Building and Design

FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Manfred Steiner

FH-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Markus Vill (deputy)

from the Department Health Sciences

Mag. Dr. Peter Putz

Karina Zeyda, MSc PhD (Stellvertreter*in)

from the Department Applied Nursing Science

Cornelia Feichtinger, BSc BSc MSc

Tamara Großbichler, BScN MA (deputy)

from the Department Engineering

FH-Prof. DI Christian Halter

from the Department Social Work

Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Maria Fürstaller

Mag.^a Nina Hover-Reisner (deputy)

from the Department Administration, Economics, Security and Politics

Mag. Dr. Mario Steyer

Daniel Oblak, Msc (WU) (deputy)

a data protection officer

DIin (FH) Daniela Janko

Mag. Markus Dörfler (deputy)

external experts

Mag.^a Monika Zach, MA

Mag.^a Anna Gruböck (deputy)

Dr. Roland Frank

Mag.^a Anita Kavalirek

Mag.^a Verena Wallquist (deputy)

KommR. OStR. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schnider

Dozent (PD) Dr. Andreas Klein (deputy)

Submission platform

On our platform, you can find detailed information about the cases in which an application is required, what to look out for when submitting an application and how the application and assessment process works. You will also find all relevant documents there. In order to submit a project, it is necessary to create a free user account.

An assessment can only take place after an ethics application has been submitted. Once the review has been completed, the Ethics Committee decides whether to issue a vote (see Section 4 of the internal regulations).

Please note the respective submission deadlines for the individual review meetings.

The following applications CANNOT be processed by the Ethics Committee of FH Campus Wien:

Studies that fall under the Medical Devices Act (MPG) and the Medicinal Products Act (AMG).
If you are pursuing a research project in this area, please get in touch with the contact person in the relevant department (members).
Applications for research projects that deal with the manipulation of animals or the killing of animals for the purpose of organ and tissue removal as well as the creation and use of transgenic animals.

Please note: Currently, only applications for projects that are institutionally anchored at FH Campus Wien can be processed (as of May 2021).

To the submission platform

Review meetings and submission deadlines

Meeting on April 23, 2024
End of the submission deadline March 26, 2024

Meeting on May 28, 2024
End of the submission deadline April 30, 2024

Meeting on June 25, 2024
End of the submission deadline May 29, 2024

Meeting on September 17, 2024
End of the submission deadline August 20, 2024
Meeting on October 22, 2024
End of the submission deadline September 16, 2024
Meeting on November 19, 2024
End of submission deadline October 26, 2024
Meeting on December 17, 2024
End of the submission deadline November 20, 2024
Meeting on February 18, 2025
End of the submission deadline January 21, 2025

Meeting on April 22, 2025
End of submission deadline March 25, 2025

Meeting from27. May 2025
End of the submission deadline April 29, 2025

Meeting on June 24, 2025
End of submission deadline May 31, 2025

Submissions July to August:
Applications can also be submitted during the period without meetings (June to August).
Please note, however, that it may take longer to process applications during this period.

Ethics consultation

The ethics committee offers an online consultation hour every 1st Tuesday of the month from 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. (except during non-teaching periods). Should you have any queries, you can simply join the zoom meeting on one of the dates listed below. Registration is not required.