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...

Klaus Schuch, scientific director of ZSI, argues for more efforts in international science diplomacy and a more political stance of R&I policy makers responsible for international cooperation towards...

Under the title "Ukrainian neuroscientists tap Horizon 2020 in bid to boost excellence" the Science|Business Network reported about the ambitions of Ukrainian neurscientists and an interview with Oleg...

In preparation of the S4D4C Science Diplomacy networking event to prepare a European Science Diplomacy Roadmap, which takes place in Berlin on 10 October 2019, Elke Dall (ZSI), project coordinator, and...

In August one of ZSI's most recent projects officially started. Called NEUROTWIN - Pan-European twinning to re-establish world-level Neuroscience Centre in Kiev this project is a Horizon 2020-funded Twinning...

In the framework of the EULAC-Focus project – Giving focus to the cultural, scientific and social dimension of EU-(CE)LAC relations – ZSI was responsible for steering and coordinating the research on ...

Zielsetzung: Die Teilnehmer/innen lernen DOIT-Methoden und Maker-Werkzeuge kennen, um gemeinsam mit anderen Aktionen für und mit jungen sozialen Innovator/inn/en in Makerspaces zu organisieren, zu planen...

The First Social Innovation Assembly took place on June 28th, 2019 as a lightweight virtual format for exchange and communication among social innovation practitioners, facilitators and researchers hosted...

The EaP PLUS project to support the international science, technology and innovation networks of the Eastern Partnership countries is ending in August of this year. In July the project organises its...