Research Department Lead
SYNYO GmbH
Vienna, Austria
Researcher | Project Coordinator | Independent EC Expert | +12 years of experience (FP7/H2020/HE/ISF/CERV/EDF) | Focus on Security/Safety/Innovation Procurement
Bernhard Jäger is Department Lead at SYNYO GmbH with a focus on security research. He holds a master degree in sociology, a bachelor of arts in communication studies and technical college diploma on informatics. As project researcher and coordinator, he has approved long term experience in successfully concepting and managing social and ICT based research projects. Before he started to work for SYNYO he was a project researcher at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Vienna where he gathered extensive knowledge on criminal behaviour, policing, crowd control, criminal justice and crime prevention. Besides his expertise on qualitative and quantitative research methods he also gained experience in usability, accessibility, user experience methods, user interface prototyping and design. At SYNYO Bernhard was concepting and managing a multitude of projects in different funding programmes in the security domain such as FP7, Horizon 2020, HORIZON EUROPE, ISF and EDF in which he extended his knowledge on topics such as cyber security, organized crime and terrorist networks, radicalization prevention and disaster resilience. Since 2018 Bernhard is strongly involved in Innovation Procurement projects and coordinated the iProcureSecurity CSA project. Currently he is coordinating the follow-up project iProcureSecurity PCP with a focus on innovating triage management across Europe including 9 procurers from 5 different countries. Since 2023 he works also as an independent expert for the European Research Executive Agency (REA) on evaluation of applications and project reviews.
My organisation
SYNYO is a research, innovation and technology enterprise located in Vienna, Austria. SYNYO explores, develops and implements novel methods, approaches, technologies and solutions in various domains tackling societal, political, ecological and economical challenges. Analysing the impact of emerging technologies from an interdisciplinary perspective, SYNYO has a multi-angled view on diverse topics. The team at SYNYO consists of highly skilled employees specialized in various scientific and technical fields like Social Sciences, ICT & Technology, Safety & Security, Energy & Sustainability, Urban Future, Smart Health Digital Systems and Smart Technologies. Up to now we have been involved in over 60 research projects and have created strong management capabilities as coordinator of 17 European (FP7, H2020, HORIZON EUROPE, EDF, ISFP, CERV) projects. Within all projects the interdisciplinary team of SYNYO has taken a role in the whole project lifecycle including basic investigations, requirements analyses, concept designs, technical implementations, programming, validations as well as research dissemination, communication and exploitation tasks. SYNYO is well connected within the scientific community and cooperates with several practitioner networks and LEAs. SYNYO is an experienced dissemination, exploitation and communication partner, where the primary goal is to deliver strong value and support to projects at national and European level. Through connected stakeholder networks and expert groups for a wide number of sectors, SYNYO is able to reach organisations throughout Europe and beyond, ensuring a targeted dissemination of projects outcomes and maximising their impact. Following the DEC guidelines provided by the EC, our creatives provide recognisable project identities, leaflets and individual print materials, as well as project websites and digital designs. The established content creation workflow ensures the continuous creation of news and articles distributed via relevant communication channels and social media sites. SYNYO is able to implement a variety of web-based solutions like online awareness hubs, interactive platforms, smart marketplaces, or community-driven networks. Depending on the scale and scope of a project it is also possible to integrate selective modules in already existing digital ecosystems like providing an individual product catalogue for a specific field on an existing meta innovation marketplace. Besides that, data analytics, information visualisation, interface design, or application implementation are among the diverse technical service portfolio of SYNYO.
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Expertise
SYNYO is an experienced partner with a strong track record of managing dissemination and communication activities in R&I&D projects.
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Exploitation & Innovation Management
SYNYO can take over the implementation of exploitation and innovation strategies in your project.
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The interdisciplinary research team of SYNYO combines expertise from sociology, communication science, political science and anthropology.
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Management & Coordination Admin
SYNYO offers support to the Project Coordinator and leads the communications with the EC and the appointed Project Officer.
Expertise
SYNYO has significant experience in the implementation of public pre-commercial procurement (PCP) projects.
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Solutions: Marketplaces & Advisors
SYNYO builds Marketplaces that are designed to provide structured information on suppliers, products, brochures and other related content.
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Solutions: Platforms & Networks
SYNYO has conceptualized and developed several digital platforms for different target groups.