Mag. Christine Pirhofer

Assistant & Project Manager +43 512 2070 - 1821 christine.pirhofer@mci.edu

Berufliche Erfahrung

10/2006 - heute
Assistant & Project Manager | R&D Department - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Project management; organization; national and international research funding programs; contact person for scientific staff on R&D topics; information on calls for proposals focusing on research and innovation, etc.
01/2006 - 10/2006
Research Assistant - University Clinic Innsbruck
Participation in the research project “Geriatric Oncology” and responsible for organizational and administrative tasks within the project
04/2005 - 11/2005
Education Consultant on behalf of the Chamber of Labor Tyrol in the districts of Landeck, Imst, Schwaz, and Kufstein - Chamber of Labor Tyrol (AK Arbeiterkammer Tirol), Education Department
Advising Chamber of Labor Tyrol members on issues relating to training and further education, subsidies, second-chance education, and re-training
09/2004 - 02/2005
Education Consultant in the EQUAL project “tu-was.com” - Chamber of Labor Tyrol (AK Arbeiterkammer Tirol), Education Department
Educational counseling on questions of education and training, subsidies, and re-training; training of participants in the educational and career counseling course, and introduction to practical counseling activities as a mentor
12/2003 - 11/2004
Education Consultant - Chamber of Labor Tyrol (AK Arbeiterkammer Tirol), Education Department
Advice for Chamber of Labor Tyrol members on the topics of training and further education, subsidies, second-chance education, recognition of professional and educational qualifications within the European Union; adviser on questions of subsidies, and scholarships; research and creation of an information brochure on the topic of “Employees in the EU labor market - questions of recognition of professional and educational qualifications”
05/2003 - 11/2003
Employee of "AK-Zukunftsaktie" - Chamber of Labor Tyrol (AK Arbeiterkammer Tirol), Education Department
Advice and information for Chamber of Labor Tyrol members on courses, costs, dates, and the application process; administrative activities

Ausbildung

01/2008 - 12/2009
Certified Project Manager (pma Projekt Management Austria) - MCI Management Center Innsbruck / Akademie für Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft - Wien
Projekt Management
01/1994 - 12/2002
Mag. phil. - Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Studium der Politikwissenschaft und der Geschichte; Studienschwerpunkt: Europäische Integration

Praxisrelevantes Forschungsprojekt

01/2021 - 12/2023
09/2018 - 08/2021
10/2016 - 09/2018
07/2012 - 06/2015
01/2010 - 04/2012
WP3 Leader (together with V. Antonovic) - MCI
EuKTS - European Knowledge Transfer Society. The EuKTS project is funded under the FP7 RTD OMC-NET (support to the coherent development of research policies) and is a follow-up project of the CERT-TTT-M project . The EuKTS project seeks to provide the necessary framework and infrastructure to support the development of the Knowledge Transfer profession by accreditation of course providers, certification of professionals and availability of comprehensive data on Knwoledge Transfer activity. The EuKTS Consortium (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, UK) includes existing Knowledge Transfer associations (ProTon, IKT, and LES), policy bodies, and course providers with experience in certification, accrediation and delivery of courses for Knowledge Transfer professionals. Website: www.eukts.eu
09/2007 - 04/2009
WP2 Member (together with V. Antonovic) - MCI
IPRAM - Intellectual Property Rights and Assets Management Course. The IPRAM project was a project within the FP6 Framework Programme of the EU. The main ambitions of the project were to raise awareness among life scientists of the commercial potential of their research, to stimulate technology transfer from academia to industry and to encourage bio-entrepreneurship in the academic community.
02/2007 - 12/2009
WP3 Member (together with V. Antonovic): Analysis of existing TechTransfer training across the EU - MCI
CERT-TTT-M CERT-TTT-M means Certified Transnational Technology Transfer Manager and was a project within the FP6 Framework Programme of the EU and aimed at building up a framework to qualify TT-Managers on a transnational level with mutual recognition in Europe. The CERT-TTT-M project has been recognised as a best practice by the European Commission in their communication on "Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe" (2007). Website: www.ttt-manager.eu

Veröffentlichungen in Fachzeitschriften (peer reviewed)

Zehrer, A., Glowka, G., Wieser, D., Pirhofer, C. (2025). Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity and risk – a crucial future competence in entrepreneurship education. International Marketing Journal of Culture and Tourism, 6, 48-54. https://doi.org/10.33001/18355/IMJCT0817