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E-governance: Russia closer to the user than Switzerland
The project aimed at systematically evaluating and comparing Russian and Swiss e-Governance on a National level. In order to do so, this research has for the first time in history applied entirely new scientific computer-based multilingual content measurement systems combined with a systematic comparison of semantic search data in both countries.
Fusion von offline und online Marktforschung
Das für Internet-Wirkungsmessungen und Online-Marktanalysen bekannte Institut für angewandte Argumentenforschung, IFAA in Bern erhält prominenten Zuwachs im Verwaltungsrat. Hans-Ruedi Hertig, ehemaliger Geschäftsführer von Konso AG und bis 2001 Leiter der GfK-Umfrageforschung, wurde per 1. Januar 2011 in der Verwaltungsrat des IFAA gewählt. Damit spannen künftig zwei bekannte Exponenten aus der Schweizer Marktforschung zusammen: Hans-Ruedi-Hertig, ein Markenzeichen in der Umfrageforschung und Christoph Glauser, weltweit tätiger Experte für Online-Marktforschung und Suchmaschinenmarketing.
The IFAAR receives international research assignment
The IFAAR research proposal submitted last year to the State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) within the scope of the Scientific & Technological Cooperation Programme Switzerland – Russia has recently been approved of. Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and in cooperation with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), the IFAAR has been assigned to realize the research project “Comparative eGovernance between Russia and Switzerland - A systematic bilateral evaluation of eGovernment on national and regional level”. Goal of this research cooperation is, to conduct comparative analysis of eGovernment content on national and regional level in Switzerland and Russia and to see what both countries can learn from each others in terms of eGovernance, available online services and public issues, as well as transformation of public services based on electronic communication tools. This innovative approach is a unique, ground-breaking eGovernment-Benchmarking project.
Internships
The Institute for Applied Argumentation Research (IFAAR) offers research internships in the fields of political science, media research, market research, content analysis, recipient analysis, argumentation research, semantic web and social sciences. The IFAAR has been educating more than 50 students coming from various institutions. All Universities, technical colleges and other schools so far have fully accepted IFAAR trainings as research internships.
The traineeships are limited to a certain number each year, please contact us early enough. The IFAAR is looking forward to your complete application documents in electronic form exclusively.