Public expenditure on research, development and demonstration projects in the energy sector amounted to 333.8 million euros in 2025 – a decrease of 16.8 per cent compared with 2024, which recorded the highest figure ever. The highest levels of expenditure were recorded in the ‘Final energy consumption’ category, followed by ‘Renewable energy’. Schriftenreihe 50/2026
A. Indinger, F. Bettin, M. Rollings
Herausgeber: BMIMI
Englisch, 95 Seiten

The number of Austrian towns and cities participating in the Climate-Neutral City initiative continued to grow last year: with a total of 47 pioneering towns and cities, Austria has established Europe’s largest network of future-proof towns and cities.
Herausgeber: Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)
Englisch, 28 Seiten

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• Annual Report 2024 of the ‘Climate-neutral city’ mission (pdf, 3.05 MB)

Pioneering towns and cities leading the way. energy innovation austria 1/2026

Herausgeber: BMIMI in cooperation with the Climate and Energy Fund
Englisch, 12 Seiten

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• energy innovation austria Issue 1/2026 (pdf, 2.32 MB)

Austria’s cities as innovative leaders in climate action and sustainable development.
Herausgeber: BMIMI in cooperation with the Climate and Energy Fund
Englisch, 12 Seiten

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• energy innovation austria Issue 4/2025 (pdf, 2.24 MB)

Innovative developments in Austria energy innovation austria 3/2025

Herausgeber: BMIMI in cooperation with the Climate and Energy Fund
Englisch, 12 Seiten

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• energy innovation austria Issue 3/2025 (pdf, 1.79 MB)

One of the most significant accelerators of gender equality in the workplace is already demonstrating its potential. Digital fluency, the extent to which people embrace and use digital technologies to become more knowledgeable, connected and effective, is helping to close the gender gap and level the playing field for women at work.
Herausgeber: Accenture GmbH
Englisch

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• Getting to Equal: How Digital is Helping Close the Gender Gap at Work (pdf, 2.62 MB)
• Study summary (German) (pdf, 1.09 MB)

The study focuses on a key segment of the European economy: the 600 largest European-listed companies, which together comprise the STOXX Europe 600 Index. This elite group of large European corporations includes many of our continent’s most recognisable business names. These are the enterprises that should be leading the way in the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Herausgeber: European Women on Boards (EWoB) in Zusammenarbeit mit ISS
Englisch

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• Gender Diversity on European Boards: Realizing Europe’s Potential: Progress and Challenges (pdf, 584.21 kB)
• Study summary (German) (pdf, 337.50 kB)

A Comparison of Silicon Valley Public Companies and Large Public Companies Bell, David A.; White, Shulamite S.
Herausgeber: Fenwick & West LLP
Englisch

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• Gender Diversity in Silicon Valley (pdf, 3.07 MB)
• Study summary (pdf, 249.60 kB)

This report on “Gender Equality Policies in Public  Research” is based on a survey among the members of the Helsinki Group, the Commission’s advisory group on gender, research and innovation. It gives a detailed analysis of the current state-of-play of EU Member States’ and associated countries’ initiatives for promoting gender equality in research and innovation.
Herausgeber: European Commission
Englisch

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• Study summary (German) (pdf, 130.19 kB)

Report of the Expert Group “Innovation through Gender”. Three Case Studies
Herausgeber: European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Englisch

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• Study summary (German) (pdf, 83.46 kB)

Despite decades of progress towards workplace equality, women remain woefully under­represented in the UK’s technology workforce. The figures speak for themselves: according to the Women’s Engineering Society (WES)1, just 15% of the people working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) roles across the UK are female – and only 5% of leadership positions in the technology industry are held by women. Andrews Jon; Hinton Laura; Ash Sheridan
Herausgeber: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK
Englisch

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• Women in Tech Time to close the gender gap (pdf, 6.19 MB)
• Study summary (German) (pdf, 54.74 kB)

She Figures 2015 investigates the level of progress made towards gender equality in research & innovation (R&I) in Europe. It is the main source of pan‑European, comparable statistics on the representation of women and men amongst PhD graduates, researchers and academic decision‑makers.
Herausgeber: European Comission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (Unit B.7 Science with and for Society)
Englisch

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• She Figures 2015 (pdf, 3.75 MB)
• Study summary (pdf, 111.83 kB)

The world's most comprehensive research on women in the workplace
Herausgeber: Mercer
Englisch

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• When Women thrive, businesses thrive (pdf, 3.20 MB)
• Studienzusammenfassung (pdf, 253.17 kB)

Analysis of a global survey of 21,980 firms from 91 countries suggests that the presence of women in corporate leadership positions may improve firm performance. This correlation could reflect either the payoff to nondiscrimination or the fact that women increase a firm’s skill diversity. Marcus Noland, Tyler Moran, Barbara Kotschwar
Herausgeber: PIIE - Peterson Institute for International Economics
Englisch

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• Working Paper: Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey (pdf, 2.19 MB)
• Study summary (pdf, 1.24 MB)

Increasing the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) university graduates is considered a key element for long-term productivity and competitiveness in the global economy. Still, little is known about what actually drives and shapes students' choices. This paper focusses on secondary school students at the very top of the ability distribution and explores the effect of more exposure to science on enrolment and persistence in STEM degrees at the university and on the quality of the university attended. De Philippis, Marta
Herausgeber: London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance
Englisch

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• STEM Graduates and Secondary School Curriculum: Does Early Exposure to Science Matter? (pdf, 484.22 kB)
• Study summary (pdf, 100.27 kB)

Women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is a prominent concern in our society and many others. Closer inspection of this phenomenon reveals a more nuanced picture, however, with women achieving parity with men at the Ph.D. level in certain STEM fields, while also being underrepresented in some non-STEM fields. It is important to consider and provide an account of this field-by-field variability. Leslie, Sarah-Jane; Cimpian, Andrei; Meyer, Meredith
Herausgeber: Frontiers in Psychology
Englisch

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• Womenare underrepresented in f ields where success is believed to require brilliance (pdf, 780.96 kB)
• Study summary (German) (pdf, 1.36 MB)

The existence of gender-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) stereotypes has been repeatedly documented. This article examines physics teachers’ gender bias in grading and the influence of teaching experience in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. Sarah Hofer
Herausgeber: ETH Zürich, Schweiz
Englisch

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• Studying Gender Bias in Physics Grading: The role of teaching experience and country (pdf, 304.70 kB)
• Study summary (pdf, 115.35 kB)

Gender equality from a corporate perspective encompasses issues of workforce diversity as well as equal pay and career opportunities. Analysis of a unique gender based dataset collected by RobecoSAM and based on criteria identified in collaboration with the EDGE Certified Foundation confirms that there is inequality across all industries in terms of gender representation, pay and promotion. Our work is consistent with the growing body of academic research that finds that gender diversity and equality contribute to better corporate performance and investment returns. Rachel Whittaker
Herausgeber: Robeco SAM AG, Switzerland
Englisch

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• Does corporate gender equality lead to outperformance? (pdf, 612.49 kB)
• Study summary (pdf, 1.25 MB)

This report examines whether the four distinct patterns of gender bias that have been documented in experimental social psychologists’ labs reflect what is actually occurring at work for women in the STEM fields, and particularly for women of color. Joan C. Williams, Katherine W. Phillips, Erika V. Hall
Herausgeber: UC Hastings College of the Law
Englisch

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• Double Jeopardy Report (pdf, 8.03 MB)
• Study summary (pdf, 934.35 kB)

Public expenditure on energy research amounted to 401 million euros in 2024, an increase of 90 million euros compared with the previous year. New FTI initiatives, IPCEI, research infrastructure and a good mix of open-topic and thematic formats contributed to this rise. The key topics were hydrogen and energy efficiency in industry. Schriftenreihe 25/2025
Andreas Indinger, Felix Bettin, Marion Rollings
Herausgeber: BMIMI
Deutsch, 154 Seiten

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• Energieforschungserhebung 2024 – Ausgaben der öffentlichen Hand in Österreich (in German only) (pdf, 1.50 MB)
• Presentation Slides (English) (pdf, 459.61 kB)