by Klaus Schuch Biosecurity issues such as pandemic virus outbreaks have been clearly underestimated in the past in comparison to other security issues. The crisis has shown that the interplay between...

Philipp Brugner aus der Abteilung Forschungspolitik und Entwicklung kommentiert in der WIENER ZEITUNG das Krisenmanagement der Europäischen Union im Kampf gegen das neuartige Corona-Virus und argumentiert...

by Klaus Schuch The Covid-19-quarantine forces (almost) everyone who works in the office area, or - as we do - in the knowledge-generating and knowledge-processing industries, to work from home and...

by Klaus Schuch The Covid-19 crisis remarkably demonstrates that social action and cooperation counts to mitigate the risk of the virus. Worldwide, we are managing the containment of the virus by comprehensive...

In her publication, ilse Marschalek investigated the roles that 'Public Participation Practitioners' play in the attempt to transform the relationship between science and society though the adoption of...

Update: We are very sorry to inform you that we have to postpone the upcoming conference "MAKING SOCIAL INNOVATORS" in Salzburg, Austria. Please subscribe to our newsletter, follow us on...

Die Arbeitsgruppe Open Science Strategie des Open Science Network Austria (OANA) hat Empfehlungen für eine nationale Open Science Strategie in Österreich erarbeitet und lädt ein, das Dokument bis zum...

In order to be able to support the development of digital humanities in Austria in the best possible way, it is important to describe the situation from the perspective of everyday research. For a study...

On February 20th and 21st ZSI organised a Kick-Off Meeting for the Interreg CE Project CERUSI. Nine project partners from various Central European countries (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, ...

Das Ö1 Wirtschaftsmagazin Saldo beleuchtet Widersprüche rund um soziale Unternehmen. Barbara Glinsner vom ZSI spricht u.a. zum Verhältnis zwischen sozialen Unternehmen und Sozialstaat. Hier gibt es...

On the 21th of January municipality members, researchers, NGO-activists and older citizens from Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany and Slovenia met for the first international policy meeting...

Folgende Handlungsempfehlungen hat Daniel Spichtinger in seinem Policy Brief für die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik distilliert: Möchte die EU mit der Entwicklung in anderen Weltregionen...

After three and a half years of intense work, the EULAC-Focus project finally came to an end last week in Brussels, as representatives of the project met with the project officer as well as external evaluators...

On January 20th and 21st ZSI organised PRO-Ethics´  kick-off meeting. Eight innovation funding organisations as well as seven expert organisations and the Project Officer came together to plan and...

On the 16th and 17th of January 2020, the CHERRIES project (Constructing Healthcare Environments through Responsible Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategies),  funded by the EU Horizon...

unsere careables Partner aus Berlin haben im Rahmen des Bildungsprogramms HACKademy die Entwicklung personalisierter Hilfsmittel unterstützt. "Bessere Ideen von Hobbyentwicklern, als das was man ...

The project CoAct's focus is on developing a theoretical and methodological framework of Citizen Social Science. The Horizon 2020 project CoAct is concerned with developing the theoretical and methodological...

The last Interreg Central Europe call was experimental. It aimed to take forward already existing project results in transnational partnerships that go beyond the Interreg community. In pre-defined subject...

Ab Februar 2020 bietet das EU-geförderte Projekt „YMCB – Young migrants capacity building“ ein kostenloses sechsmonatiges Schulungs- und Mentoringprogramm für junge UnternehmerInnen mit Migrationshintergrund...

Impact is a word which you hear everywhere. Impact, however, is not a buzzword, it is not a voguish bubble; it is a real concern. We're talking about the negative impact of climate change and the positive...

The Horizon 2020 funded NEUROTWIN project ("Supporting the re-establishment of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology (BIPH) as an international centre for excellence in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience...

In the framework of the Turkey in H2020 project, ZSI hosted an International Study visits of Turkish researchers. The aim of this visit was to help Turkish organisations network with representatives of...

The international Conference “ReGendering Science. For an inclusive research environment” will be hosted by the University of Bologna on the 27th and 28th of January 2020. You can submit your paper...

The “Atlas of Social Innovation” series offers a comprehensive overview of the world of Social Innovation in a lucid way. It is featuring the perspectives of leading experts from research and practice...

Am 30. November 2019 erschien ein Artikel in der österreichischen Presse zum Thema Wissenschaftsdiplomatie: Das ZSI-koordinierte Projekt S4D4C (www.s4d4c.eu) und das Institut IIASA waren im Fokus des ...

Das Land Steiermark, Referat für Europa und Außenbeziehungen, veranstaltet ein Café Europa anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums der Östlichen Partnerschaft der EU. Unter der Moderation von Günter Encic...

Sie sind zwischen 18 und etwa 35 Jahre alt, stammen aus einem Drittland und möchten in Österreich ein Unternehmen gründen? Sie haben Kontakt mit jungen MigrantInnen, die Zugang zum Arbeitsmarkt in...

Wissenschaft und Diplomatie sind zwei getrennte Welten. Wie sie einander bei Epidemien positiv beeinflussen und zu mehr Vertrauen in Fakten beitragen können, untersucht das im Rahmen von Horizon 2020 ...

On 15th of November 2019, the HERAS project, funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation, organised a Roundtable & Workshop with the topic “Status quo of Research and Innovation development in ...

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...