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Join the 1st Citizen Science Helix event on Feb 8th, 2022 and hear about citizens’ roles in EU missions implementation
EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. They are a new way to bring concrete soluti
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Participatory approaches in Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI) policy and their potential impact
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1. Apr. 2021
The article reviews various concepts of participatory science and research and discusses their potential to exhibit impact on the relationship between science and society. Starting with an overview of rationales, concepts and challenges, different fo

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The funding scheme “Impact Innovation” – The idea behind and the results of an assessment
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2. Feb. 2022
In February 2017 the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) started with a first call of the funding scheme “Impact Innovation”. In contrast to traditional R&D-funding instruments an in-depth problem analysis, the ideation process and the idea

Making research and innovation more inclusive, transparent and aligned with social needs is difficult in practice. NewHoRRIzon developed approaches to foster responsible research and innovation.
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an appr
ZSI chaired Panel 4: The future of public trust: what role for policy? On March 21st and 22nd 2022, the TRESCA and RETHINK joint final conference was hosted online and in Brussels. The conference was entitled ‘Connections, Conversations and Science C
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Online SciCom course: Communicating trustworthy information in the digital world
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20. Mar. 2022
The MOOC is part of the European TRESCA project: ZSI provides insights in Module 4 "The Policy Maker".
As we observe that science and facts are being called into question, what can be done? The TRESCA project is developing a massive open online cou

New paper co-authored by ZSI researchers published Driving the theoretical and empirical discussion on social innovation (SI) forward is one of the key interests of ZSI. Based on the manifold project portfolio that ZSI is involved in, social innovati
ECSA has evolved from an informal network of citizen science practitioners to an influential association that supports and advocates for public participation in science. ECSA's vision is that all citizens in Europe are valued and empowered as actors
This policy report is a supplement to the CoAct Policy Brief (CoAct deliverable 2.5) and provides policymakers, civil society organisations and research performing institutions with more details on the recommendations on how to use Citizen Social Sci
MUL guarantees high quality of teaching and scientific research in the medical and health sciences. The scope of the Medical University of Lodz (MUL) is based on over 70 year-long history. MUL was in the first 20 beneficiaries of “Excellence Initiat
Liberec Regional Hospital provides specialized care offering acardio center, neuro center, oncocenter and traumatology and orthopedic center. The regional hospital Liberec is a healthcare provider for outpatient, acute, and long-term hospital care.
The EU needs an own feed of information and research-based policy advice on China The Brussels-based news platform ScienceIBusiness writes about the EU's efforts to support pan-European research on China. The article discusses the background of the E
A unique mutual learning experience in the STEP Change consortium On the occasion of the recent Steering Committee Meeting of the STEP Change project, organised by partner WECF in Munich on June 5 and 6, ZSI prepared a mutual learning excercise in pr
A paper co-written by Katharina Koller and Martina Lindorfer (ZSI) and Climatubers project partner Endurae was accepted and just presented at the 8th conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development. Drawing from the overall
The final conference of the ZSI coordinated PRO-Ethics project is taking place in Paris 19-21 October 2023.
The organising team invites all community stakeholders to become part of the Connect. Collaborate. Create. conference on October 19-21, 20
"Remonstrating", or the Art of Forging Relations between Europe and China. The first podcast produced by the Horizon Europe-funded ReConnect China project deals with "Remonstrating", or the Art of Forging Relations between the Europe and China. Base
Evaluation and STI cooperation among the topics discussed On September 21, Prof. Xiaoxuan Li and Prof. Fang Xu from the Evaluation Research Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASERC) visited ZSI to present about the institution’s specific rol
ZSI hosts an online workshop on Gender Equality Plans as part of the WBC-RRI.NET project. The workshop’s focus was on how to put the Gender Equality Plans into practice and the lessons learned from colleagues who worked on their implementation. Andje
Providing innovative solutions to the industry CARTIF is a horizontal, private and non-profit Research Institution, whose main mission is providing innovative solutions to the industry to enhance their processes, systems and products, improving their
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Kick-off of the new INHERIT project, new technologies to boost cultural heritage
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7. Nov. 2023
Social Innovation and multi-stakeholder approaches respecting the value and particularities of CH by ZSI The new INHERIT project (Horizon Europe) was launched on 2-3 November 2023 in Athens, aimed at promoting energy and resource efficiency, sustain
