Jedes Jahr vergeben öffentliche Auftraggeber*innen in Europa Aufträge in Milliardenhöhe. Die EU-Vergaberichtlinie hat den Spielraum geschaffen, neben den Preis (Billigstbieter-System) auch gesellschaftspolitische...

The 2018 European Social Innovation Competition is titled RE:THINK LOCAL and seeks to find the most innovative projects, products, services, business models and collaborations that empower young people...

Anforderungen: Interesse am Thema Gender Equality Fähigkeit zum systematischen und strukturierten Arbeiten Bereitschaft projektübergreifend zu arbeiten sehr gute Englisch-Kenntnisse Angebot...

In the course of the training the participants will have the possibility of sharing the best practices and experiences related to this area to each other, participants are also welcome to bring and introduce...

The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue of SMEs. However, the region...

The inDemand project is looking for 12 regions interested to take up a co-creation model for the health sector. The deadline for applications is 31st August 2018 (see Application form, needs...

In the framework of the DOIT project, the ZSI and the Elternverein Gröbming organize from the 3rd to 6th of September maker days for kids aged 8 to 12 years in Gröbming, Styria. The students will identify...

ZSI welcomes potential applicants to the MSCA - Individual Fellowship call 2018 (European Fellowships) and launches a specific support initiative to match potential applicants with the priority fields...

On May 14-15 and 17-18 the first workshops creating Social labs within the NewHoRRIzon project took place. ZSI is lab manager of Research Infrastructures including e-infrastructures and Secure, Clean ...

ResInfra@DR works to  improve framework conditions for research infrastructure and innovation in the Danube region. Therefore, ResInfra@DR facilitates enhanced transnational cooperation and a macro...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) strive for inclusive and cohesive societies that live in prosperity while respecting planetary boundaries. In our discussion we want to explore pathways to ...

Articulated around the theme ‘New Life Sciences: towards Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs)’, the conference was the ninth event of this kind hosted by the Library of Alexandria. Numerous scientists...

Excellence in research, social and technological innovation project management (hereinafter: Excellence-in-ReSTI) is a cooperation project funded by the Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) with the aim...

The ResInfra@DR project is funded under INTERREG Danube Transnational Cooperation Programme, supported by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA), and co-funded by the project partners or from national public...

Our project mission is to improve framework conditions for research infrastructure in the Danube region. Therefore, ResInfra@DR facilitates enhanced transnational cooperation and a macro-regional scope...

The Made in Danube Consortium is inviting you to join its  Innovation Management Training on 30th May 2018 in Budapest, Hungary! After this training, participants will be able to overview and...

PLOTINA ist ein europäisches Projekt (2016-2020), das zu mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Forschungsbereich beitragen möchte. Das Projekt zielt insbesondere auf die wissenschaftliche Karriereentwicklung...

  For creating economic value and social prosperity, production research has to generate knowledge sensitive to society’s needs and transferable “just in time” to the economic environment by innovative...

Am 25. April 2018 fand am ZSI ein von viel-anthropie organisierter Round-Table über BürgerInnen-Stiftungen statt, um aus Erfahrungen von Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern zu lernen, wie diese...

As part of the EaP Plus initiative, two series of webinars regularly deliver new trainings. Each series has a different focus, the first one being articulated around the topic of Horizon 2020, and the...

The final report of this very exiting and prolific exercise builds on the exchange of experiences and mutual learning of 13 countries: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Latvia...

Die Ergebnisse einer von einem internationalen Konsortium unter der Leitung von Alexander Degelsegger-Marquéz (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation) und John Rigby (Universität Manchester) durchgeführten Analyse...

Excellence in ReSTI, a project funded by the Danube Transnational Programme will set up a pilot training programme, consisting of the following five modules: EU policies, project design, project management...

The Interreg Danube Transnational Project “Excellence in research, social and technological innovation” (Excellence-in-ReSTI) has entered into an intense and interesting period. The partners started to...

On 21 March 2018, an INCOBRA-ENRICH Horizon 2020 Info Day was held at the Porto Digital campus in Recife. The event was aimed at training researchers, managers of public and private companies and innovators...

In 2017 the first step of the acceleration programme of SENSES was taken. Screening the social entrepreneurial landscape in the Danube region, good and transferable policy making practices, their...

On 19th June the eCraft2Learn project organizes a STEAM Learning in Formal & Informal Settings via Craft and Maker Projects Workshop during the 17th Interaction Design and Children Conference...

The PLOTINA Project has been designed to encourage, support and develop progress towards gender equality in the academic community. It aims to develop, implement and assess self-tailored Gender Equality...

The Made in Danube project tries to improve framework conditions for the cooperation between University, Industry, Public Authorities and civil society by developing innovation tools which will match ...

Event Background and Objective The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue...

The aim of this study by the European Parliamentary Research Service, is to explore, identify and shed light on the reasons for the low participation and success rate of the EU-13 countries, in order ...

The overall mission of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the Europen Union conference on ‘Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda - Valuation of SSH research in...

HERAS - Higher Education, Research and Applied Science in Kosovo is a project funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) with funds from the Austrian Development Cooperation and a co-financing by...

The objective of the conference is to bring valuation (i.e. the provision of added value through SSH and arts-based research) and impact contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research ...

In einer bewegenden Feier, bei der auch zwei Ehrendoktorate an Wissenschafter vergeben wurden, die als Kinder vor der nationalsozialistischen Politik aus Wien flüchten mussten, wurde Alexander Degelsegger...

Research and Innovation (R&I) policy is more than ever charged with demonstrating societal impact. If the new impact agenda of R&I policy is taken seriously, than this has several implications...

Das ZSI allgemein und insbesondere auch als Mitglied der Österreichischen Plattform für Forschungs- und Technologiepolitikevaluierung  trauert um den ehemaligen Leiter der fteval, der die Plattform...

Event Background and Objective The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue...

Event Background and Objective The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue...

The Graphene EU Flagship project has organised on 1 March 2018 a workshop on impact measurement at Chalmers Technical University in Göteborg. The workshop brought together the largest EU scientific projects...

Am Donnerstag und Freitag vergangener Woche, 22. und 23. Februar 2018, fand am ZSI die erste Schulungseinheit des zweiten Zyklus der Gründungsunterstützung für migrantische UnternehmerInnen des Projektes...

Das 62. Netzwerktreffen, zu Gast an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Wien, widmete sich dem Thema „Neue Entwicklungen in der österreichischen Wissenschaftsvermittlung". Pamela Bartar, ZSI, präsentierte im...

This report reviews Latvia’s existing funding allocation systems and processes and proposes improvements based on best practice, including an overall institutional/organisational structure for managing...

Conference Date and Location END 2018 will be held in Budapest, Hungary (hotel Novotel Budapest Centrum) and will occur from 23 to 25 of June, 2018. Important Dates (Last Call for Abstracts) - Abstract...

Excellence-in-ReSTI project aims to improve knowledge and skills in managing social and technological innovation projects. Its mission is to increase employability and the quality of R&D&I projects...

ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation (Vienna) in cooperation with the Union of Slovak Clusters (UKS) organised the event to bring together representatives of higher education institutions, clusters, SMEs...

In response to the current open calls in the field of transport and aviation in Horizon 2020, the RI-LINKS2UA project organised a targeted info day at the National Aviation University (NAU) of Ukraine...

Five experts acting as trainers and 31 participants started the first ResInfra@DR training in Sofia which is hosted by project partner ARC Fund. Participants come from 11 countries including Bulgaria, ...

Im Dezember 2017 wurde das dreijährige Projekt BLOOM begonnen. Martin Tauss verfasste Ende Jänner 2018 einen Schwerpunkt zu Bioökonomie. Auch das Projekt BLOOM wird dabei vorgestellt. Der Artikel gibt...

Brussels, 16 April 2018 - Committee of the Regions, rue Belliard 99-101, B-1000 Brussels (room JDE52) Registration now open!    Cities and regions are among the most fertile contexts for...