In 2021 FH Campus Wien became the first University of Applied Sciences in Austria to establish its own ethics committee.
FH Campus Wien had already established an ethics committee for research projects in the health sciences study programs in 2014. Due to the high demand for research ethics questions, this committee was expanded to include all seven departments in 2017. FH Campus Wien has now taken a decisive step further and is the first University of Applied Sciences in Austria to establish its own ethics committee.
For Vienna as a business and university location, this is an important step towards the future:
FH Campus Wien’s ethics committee advises on research ethics issues and specific legal and data protection principles. It sees itself as establishing an ethical discourse on compliance with good scientific practice, and thus assumes responsibility and offers support to research projects in guaranteeing compliance with ethical research guidelines.
The variety of courses embedded in seven departments from different disciplines results in an abundance of research opportunities. In order to be able to do justice to these diverse and often very heterogeneous research projects and methodological approaches, an ethics committee is necessary which is appropriate to these challenges
In the process, the ethics committee acts without instructions and undertakes to follow international ethical guidelines - such as the Declaration of Helsinki, Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity’s (ÖAWI)Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice its current version 2019 (PDF, 897 KB) and the core principles of social science research ethics.
The main task of the ethics committee within the rules and regulations (see § 3 of the GO) is the assessment of research work and projects with regard to ethical research aspects, which also includes examining suitable research methodology according to ethical criteria. An assessment can only take place after an ethics application has been submitted. You can find more information about the assessment in the download area under FAQ.
After assessment, the ethics committee decides whether to issue a vote (see Section 4 of the GO).
The rules and regulations of FH Campus Wien’s ethics committee can be found in the download area of the submission platform.
The interdisciplinary ethics committee of FH Campus Wien consists of 13 permanent members (§1 GO), for each of which a deputy has been appointed. In addition, the committee has a pool of experts at its disposal.
The chairperson of the ethics committee is KommR. OStR. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schnider, his two deputies are Dr.in Maria Fürstaller and FH-Prof. Univ. Doz.Dr.in Ines Swoboda.
Members of the ethics committee are:
+ 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)
+ a member of the council:
FH-Prof.in Mag.a Verena Musil, MSc MBA; Gerhard Eder, MSc MSc (deputy)
The following representatives of FH Campus Wien’s departments of are members of the ethics committee:
FH-Prof.in Univ.Doz.in Dr.in Ines Swoboda
Academic Staff
T: +43 1 606 68 77-3660
ines.swoboda@fh-campuswien.ac.at
FH-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Alexandra Graf
Research and Development
T: +43 1 606 68 77-3612
alexandra.graf@fh-campuswien.ac.at
FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Manfred Steiner
Academic Staff
T: +43 1 606 68 77-2210
manfred.steiner@fh-campuswien.ac.at
FH-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Markus Vill
Course Leader for Technical Building Equipment, Construction and Renovation Technology for the Real Estate Industry, Academic Staff
Mag. Dr. Peter Putz
Research and Development Department Health Sciences, Head of Competence Centre INDICATION
T: +43 1 606 68 77-1723
peter.putz@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Karina Zeyda, MSc Phd,
Biomedical Analyst,
Research and Teaching
+43 1 606 68 77-4108,
karina.zeyda@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Tamara Großbichler, BScN MA
Lehre und Forschung
T: +43 1 606 68 77-4023
tamara.groszbichler@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Cornelia Feichtinger, BSc, BSc, MSc,
Interimistische Leiterin Kompetenzzentrum für Angewandte Pflegeforschung
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit
+43 1 606 68 77-4283
cornelia.feichtinger@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Mag.a Dr.in Maria Fürstaller
Academic Staff
T: +43 1 606 68 77-3241
maria.fuerstaller@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Mag.a Nina Hover-Reisner
Head of Degree Program for Social Management in Elementary Education
T: +43 1 606 68 77-3231
nina.hover-reisner@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Eveline Prochaska, BSc MSc
Academic Staff
T: +43 1 606 68 77-2410
eveline.prochaska@fh-campuswien.ac.at
FH-Prof. DI Christian Halter
Academic Staff, Chair of Works Council
christian.halter@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Mag. Dr. Mario Steyer
Research and Teaching
+43 1 606 68 77-3803
mario.steyer@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Mag. Michael Zwick-Pevny
Academic Staff
+43 1 606 68 77-3704
michael.zwick-pevny@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+ a lawyer
Mag.a Monika Zach, MA; Mag.a Anna Gruböck (Deputy)
+ a doctor:
Dr. Roland Frank
+ a patient representative:
Mag.a Anita Kavalirek
+ a person with a science-based research ethics competence:
KommR. OStR. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schnider; Dozent (PD) Dr. Andreas Klein (deputy)
Should you have any questions about data protection law, please contact our data protection expert:
Head of Quality Management, Data Protection Coordinator
For any further questions, please contact the ethics committee at ethik@fh-campuswien.ac.at or on +43 1 606 68 77- 1585/1532.
You will be redirected to our submission platform via the icon "submission platform". There you will find all relevant and fundamental information on submitting an ethics application. No submission will take place by clicking the icon "submission platform". To submit a submission, you must first create a user account on this submission platform.
In the download area of our submission platform you will find
to FH Campus Wien’s ethics committee.
Please note the respective submission deadlines for each committee sitting.
The following applications can NOT be processed by the ethics committee of FH Campus Wien:
Academic year 2022/23:
Sitting of 25th April 2023
End of the submission period 26th March 2023
Sitting of 30th May 2023
End of the submission period 2nd May 2023
Academic year 2023/24:
Sitting of 19th September 2023
End of the submission period 22nd August 2023
Sitting of 17th October 2023
End of the submission period 19th September 2023
Sitting of 14th November 2023
End of the submission period 24th October 2023
Sitting of 12th December 2023
End of the submission period 14th November 2023
Sitting of 20th February 2024
End of the submission period 23th January 2024
Sitting of 23rd April 2024
End of the submission period 26th March 2024
Sitting of 28th May 2024
End of the submission period 30th April 2024
Sitting of 25th June 2024
End of the submission period 29th May 2024
Submissions June – August:
Applications can also be submitted during the non-sitting period (June – August). Please note, however, that this may take longer to process.
Dr.in Gudrun Koch
E-Mail: ethik@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-1585
Iryna Tomkovych
E-Mail: ethik@fh-campuswien.ac.at
+43 1 606 68 77-1532