With more than 200 attendees from research and practice, many interesting discussions and promising new contacts, our 5th Global Research Conference on Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation...

In meiner Eigenschaft als wissenschaftlicher Leiter des ZSI unterstütze ich die Protestnote des Verbands der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften Österreichs gegen die Einschränkung, dass aus Mitteln des...

Im Rahmen des Interreg Central Europe-Projekts Social(i)makers, lud das Zentrum für Soziale Innovation - ZSI am 17. Oktober 2019, gemeinsam mit arbeit plus und SDG Watch Austria zum Social(i)makers SDG...

On 24 October 2019, the European Commission announced the winners of the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition. Under this year's theme, “Challenging Plastic Waste”, three private sector projects...

Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe der VHS Linz WELTWIRTSCHAFTSKRISEN IN GESCHICHTE UND GEGENWART reflektiert Irina Vana, Mitarbeiterin des ZSI, über die Bedeutung der Weltwirtschaftskrise für unser heutiges...

The main objective of the BLOOM project is to establish open and informed dialogues, co-created by European citizens, civil society, bioeconomy innovation networks, local research centres, business and...

Transformative change in European societies often linked to urban centres and their pioneering functions in terms of new technologies and innovations. However, taking a holistic approach that is necessary...

After S4D4C's first Networking Meeting in Madrid in December 2018, the second edition took place recently in Berlin. Titled “Towards a European Science Diplomacy Roadmap”, the event, which was organised...

China betreibt seine Außenpolitik nicht nur über klassische diplomatische Kanäle, sondern nutzt auch ein ausgeklügeltes Kreditvergabesystem, um sich auf der ganzen Welt Einfluss zu verschaffen. Über staatseigene...

From September 25-27 the Bio Investment Asia 2019 conference took place in Bangkok. The event's aim was to promote advanced technologies related to biotechnology and life sciences in Asia, to stimulate...

On 19th and 20th September 2019, ZSI’s Ursula Holtgrewe taught a workshop on social innovation, partnership, co-creation and stakeholder engagement for the participants of the Horizon 2020 European Training...

In the second episode of the BLOOM bioeconomy podcast, we spoke with Kazimierz Murzyn, managing director of the LifeSciences Cluster Krakow. His main working expertise lies in the field of innovation, ...

In this episode of our BLOOM bioeconomy podcast we spoke with Dr. Hannu Koponen, development manager at Regional Council of Central Finland. Hannu Koponen is working in the field of bioeconomy for decades...

At the recent R&I Days’ in Brussels, the panel “Communicating Europe through Science Diplomacy”, a fully packed room was welcomed by Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation (...

Recently the DOIT project has published it's collection of ideas and methods to facilitate making for children from 6 to 14 years old. The toolbox holds many different ideas and tools that fosters creativity...

As part of the BLOOM project's documentary series on bioeconmy, we visited Lenzing AG in Austria to learn more about the production process – from the tree to the shirt.      ...

As planned by the project Finance4SocialChange the social impact investment community council was established as part of the project activities. Six stakeholders from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Serbia...

Read the latest policy brief nr.2  on 'Lacking Integration of Societal Needs and Ethical concerns into European Research and Innovation Policy severely limits the ability to tackle 'Grand Challenges...

Based on the findings of the evaluation of the Austrian Science and Technology Offices (OSTA) in Beijing and Washington conducted by ZSI in cooperation with Joanneum Research and coordinated by Dorothea...

The Impact Prize recognises the project that has achieved the most significant social impact over the past 12 months. This extra prize is designed to ensure that the projects supported under the European...