Management Team
Dr. Georg Lankmayr
Managing Partner
Head of INSET Advisory Services
Georg Lankmayr is founder and managing partner of INSET Research and Advisory. He is responsible for the strategic development of the company and is the head of the service focus “Advisory”. Thereby, he is mainly in charge of project steering for international clients in the branches of telecommunications, energy industries, public administration and industry. Georg authored different publications on ICT topics in German speaking specialized media.
Georg studied industrial economics and completed his PhD degree at the Technical University of Vienna with honors. In his PhD-thesis, he dealt with organizational and societal effects of mobile and convergent technologies.
Contact: georg.lankmayr@inset-advisory.com
Dr. Verena Grubmüller
Research Manager
Project Director “Unite Europe”
As Research Manager at INSET Research & Advisory, Verena Grubmüller leads the EU-FP7 project “UniteEurope” and is involved in other national and international research projects in the area of “ICT and Society”. Her research focus lies, amongst others, on social media, eGovernance, Ambient Assisted Living and Gender.
Verena studied Sociology and Social Economics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) of Linz and the Universities of Helsinki and Copenhagen and graduated with distinction. She obtained her PhD-degree at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the JKU with a dissertation on European immigration policies. At the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science in Munich, she could gain professional experience in international project management. Further professional stations were the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva and the Linz’ Institute for qualitative analyses (LIQUA).
Contact: verena.grubmueller@inset-advisory.com
Dr. Karin Rainer
Research Manager
Karin coordinates national and international initiatives at the intersection of security research, ICT and society. Her research approach combines an interdisciplinary blend of Social Sciences with communication management and an implementation/usability focus. Core themes of her work are (crisis) communication and social media, disaster management, eHealth and Assisted Ambient Living, training and education issues, emergency (medical) services, human factors and civil protection.
Karin graduated with distinction at the philosophic faculty of the University of Vienna, is studying Psychology and Gender Studies and participated in trainings on social sciences, project management, adult education and emergency medical services. At the Research Institute of the Red Cross in Vienna, she could gain professional experience in leading and contributing to national and international projects focusing on security research, ICT & ageing and eHealth. In her position as PR-consultant for NGOs and business clients she gathered experience regarding social media, communication issues and intervention design.
Contact: karin.rainer@inset-advisory.com