National research cooperation partners
FORBA regularly cooperates with other Austrian research institutes and universities and participates in national research programmes and networks. Cooperation partners in Austria include:
- Department of Industrial Sociology/Institut für Wirtschaftssoziologie, University of Vienna
- Department of Sociology and Social Research/Institut für Allgemeine Soziologie und Empirische Sozialforschung, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
- Department of Communications Engineering/Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Johannes-Kepler University, Linz
- Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft GmbH
- L&R Social Research/L&R Sozialforschung
- Austrian Network Against Poverty and Social Exclusion/Österreichisches Netzwerk gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung
- SoL Austria, Society for Organizational Learning Austria
- Solution, Sozialforschung Entwicklung, Salzburg
- SORA Institute for Social Research and Analysis, Vienna
- Centre for Social Innovation – Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Vienna
International cooperation partners
FORBA cooperates with a great number of institutes and research organisations in Europe and worldwide. Collaboration usually takes the form of joint projects as well as continuing information exchange. Cooperation partners, include, amongst others:
- Higher Institute of Labour Studies, Katholische Universität Leuven, Belgium
- Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK
- Institute for Social Research/Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Munich
- Institute for Work, Skills and Training/Institut für Arbeit und Qualifikation, Duisburg-Essen University
- Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf
- nstitute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, , Sofia
- Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest
- Institute of Sociology, Warsaw University, Poland
- Groupe de Recherche sur l'Education et l'Emploi, Université Nancy 2, France
- Istituto di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Rome, Italy
Current participation in research networks at EU level
Since 1995, FORBA researchers (Ingrid Mairhuber, Ulrike Papouschek) have been Austrian representatives to the European Commission's Expert Group on Gender, Social Inclusion and Employment (EGGSIE) and its follow-up networks.
FORBA also reports on Austria for the European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
FORBA also is a member of the European Employee Support Network (EESUN). EESUN consists of:
- ARETE - Paris
- ATK - Arbetstagarkonsult. AB, Stockholm
- BIT - Berufsforschungs- und Beratungsinstitut für interdisziplinäre Technikgestaltung, Bochum
- CASA - Centre for Alternative Social Analysis, Kopenhagen
- FORBA - Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt, Wien
- HIVA - Higher Institute for Labour Studies, Leuven
- Kayttotieto - Kayttotieto Oy Helsinki
- SINTEF/IFIM - Institute for Social Research in Industry, Trondheim
- STZ - Research Institute for Technology and Democracy, Amsterdam
FORBA has been a member of Interessengemeinschaft der Informationstechnologieberatungsinstitute (IGIT) since 1991.