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     Basic Studies: 

• University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna, Austria (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien): MA in Economics

     Studies abroad:

• University of Surrey, Guildford, Great Britain,
• Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain
• Colegio de Espana, Salaman­ca, Spain

     Post graduate diploma:

• Institute for Higher Studies, Vienna, Austria: Post-graduate studies of Sociology

     Further Training

• Österreichischer Arbeitskreis für Gruppentherapie und Gruppendynamik, Vienna, Austria  -Education in Integrative Therapy
• Austrian Association for Group Dynamics and Organizational Consulting, Vienna, Austria (Österreichi­sche Gesellschaft für Gruppendynamik und Organisationsberatung) - Education in group dynamics and organisational consulting

• Associate Professor: Department of Sociology, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

• Head of the Institute for Interdisciplinary NPO-research, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

• Organizational Consultant and Leadership-Trainer

• My goal is to give inspiration for healthy and integrated change and development.
• More than 15 years of consulting and training provide me with enough experience to give process-oriented and practical support to a broad range of organizations.
• It is important for me to focus on organizations as well as on teams and individual persons in a balanced way.

other projects (German working-language)

Baxter Bioscience R&D

• Evaluation from within - Evaluation und Organisational Development (2008) 

     Institut for Interdisciplinary Nonprofit-Research·      

• Social Managers in Need of Training? Workshop with Managers from Serbia and Romania

     WAVE Solutions Informations Technology

• Employee Event. International Conferences in Vienna - Budapest – London (2007)

     Raiffeisen International, Corporate Center

• Development of the leadership-team (2004)  

     BIT - Office for International Research- and transfer of technology

• Train the trainer – trainings in CEE-Context 

for full publications list please read the German version

• Simsa, R.: Fighting Heroes, Repair-workers or Collaborators?: Functions and Forms of NPO-Influence. in: Financial Accountability and Management Vol. 19 no.3/2003, p. 225-243
• Simsa, R.:  Foundations in Austria. in: Anheier, H K & Daly, S., eds., Foundations in Europe: Perspectives from Europe and Beyond. London: Routledge 2005
• Eckardstein, D.v./Simsa, R.: Strategic management: a stakeholder based approach. In: Zimmer, Annette/Priller, Eckhard (Eds.) (2004): Future of Civil Society. Making Central European Nonprofit-Organizations Work. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
• Simsa, R.: Conflict Management. In: Zimmer, Annette/Priller, Eckhard (Eds.) (2004): Future of Civil Society. Making Central European Nonprofit-Organizations Work. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
• Eckardstein, D.v./Simsa, R.: Management of NPOs. In: Zimmer, Annette/Priller, Eckhard (Eds.) (2004): Future of Civil Society. Making Central European Nonprofit-Organizations Work. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
• Heitzmann, K./Simsa, R.: The Nonprofit Sector in Austria. In: Zimmer, Annette/Priller, Eckhard (Eds.) (2004): Future of Civil Society. Making Central European Nonprofit-Organizations Work. Opladen: Leske + Budrich
• Flecker, J./Simsa, R.: Transnational Coordination and Control in Business and in Nonprofit-Organizations. In: Pries, Ludger (ed.): New Transnational Social Spaces. International Migration and Transnational Companies. London: Routledge 2001

• Necessary Sisyphus Work: Work-satisfaction, Work-Load and Motivation of Employees in Social Service Organisations. ISTR Sixth International Conference Contesting Citizenship and Civil Society in a Divided World, Juli 2004, Toronto
• Nonprofit Organizations and the Public Sector in Austria-When Long-Term Liaisons are Changing...gemeinsam mit Karin Heitzmann; Arnova-Conference, November 2002, Montreal
• Strategy-Management. Tagung: Future of Civil Society. Mai 2002 Prag
• The Nonprofit-Sector in Austria. Conference: Future of Civil Society. Mai 2002 Prag
• Citizenship, Civil Society and Governance – Social Enterprise: A Comparative Perspective. International Conference. December 2001, Trento
• Strategies of NPOs and their Consequences. Conference Challenges of Managing the Third Sector. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Mai 2001, Bruessel
• Fighting Heroes, Repair-workers or Collaborators?: Function and Forms of NPO-Influence. International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Fourth International Conference: The Third Sector: For What and For Whom? Trinity College, Dublin Juli 2000
• Measuring and controlling the performance of NPOs: Arguments against common prejudices - An integrated model of stakeholder-oriented strategy development. ISTR Fourth International Conference: The Third Sector: For What and For Whom? Trinity College, Dublin Juli 2000; gemeinsam mit o.Univ.Prof.Dr.Dudo v. Eckardstein
•  Think Globally – Act Organizationally: Challenges for the Management of Transnational Nonprofit-Organizations. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) – 28th Annual Conference. Washington D.C. 1999
• Transnational Control and Coordination in Business and  Nonprofit-Organizations. Internationales Symposium: The Emergence of Transnational Social Spaces. International Migration and Globally Operating Companies. Universität Göttingen 1999; gemeinsam mit Dr. Jörg Flecker