On May 22-24, 2016, the 2nd Joint Science Conference of the Western Balkans Process (JSC-WBP) was successfully organised in Vienna. It was co-organised by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German...

On July 27, 2016, the NoGAP final conference titled "Bridging the gap between research and innovation in EU and Eastern Partnership countries (EaP)" took place in Cluj-Napoca/Romania. The NoGAP project...

SIC stands for ‘Social Innovation Community’ – a H2020 project which aims to create a network of networks in the field of Social Innovation. The focus of this year’s Summer School of the SIC project...

In this 2,5-days intense workshop, the main focus was on sharing experiences and best practices on the topic of “Scientific Diaspora” in the Eastern Partnership Countries. All in all, 15 participants ...

The 7th edition of the EU-India STI Cooperation Days will focus on Bioeconomy and take place on 21-22 September 2016 at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India. Organised by the Indigo...

The main focus of the summer school was on providing the participants with insights about H2020 funding opportunities, proposal writing and international project management. 24 participants, with academic...

The Triple-Helix Conference with the title Supporting the development of bio-based economy partnerships in the Danube Region through a triple-helix approach organised by the Danube-INCO.NET project took...

Trotz eines umfassenden Angebots an staatlichen Förderungen für Forschung und Entwicklung sei die Innovationsleistung der heimischen Privatwirtschaft "etwas enttäuschend", heißt es im aktuellen Länderbericht...

Am 23. Mai diskutierten Matthias Kaiserswerth, Direktor der Hasler-Stiftung, Thomas Henzinger, Präsident des Institut for Science and Technology Austria, Sabine Herlitschka, Vorstandsvorsitzende von Infineon...

On 30th of June ZSI presented the findings of the students mapping project (which happened on the “Day of Accessibility, June 2nd”) in Graz to a broad audience. In the beginning of the month around 25...

Key policy recommendations to help modernise the science and innovation sectors of the Republic of Moldova and a related review report were presented by the European Commission and the Panel of Experts...

Klaus Schuch, scientific director of ZSI, recently published under the MIRRIS project a policy brief on how COST can be approaced and employed by researchers from the so called Inclusiveness Target Countries...

The IncoNet EaP started in 2014 and 2015 preparations for a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) among the active research funding agencies and research commitees in the EaP countries. ZSI and the Moldavian...

In den vergangen zwei Jahren wurde am ZSI im Rahmen des Projekts „Guide+“ ein Weiterbildungscurriculum für Bildungs- und BerufsberaterInnen entwickelt, das auf der Arbeit mit Fallstudien, Peer-to-Peer...

Gender inequalities in research and innovation persist; attrition continues to exist at higher levels of a scientific career.. The latest “She Figures 2015” publication shows that gender inequalities...

SI-Drive has issued the tenth edition of the eNewsletter. You will find the eNewsletter here. SI-Drive is a large-scale research project funded in the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme. One ...

Danube-INCO.NET discussed on strategic networking in Central and Eastern Europe The EARMA conference takes place on 21-22. June 2016 in Lulea, Sweden. A remote place to discuss about strategic networking...

The SMART-map project aims at the facilitation of responsible research and innovation (RRI) in selected industries of societal and economic relevance to Europe, namely: precision medicine, 3D printing...

Ob Globalisierung, Flüchtlingskrise, ageing society oder Klimawandel; das 21. Jahrhundert stellt uns vor enorme Herausforderungen. Immer mehr Menschen wollen einen nachhaltigen Beitrag zur Lösung großer...

"EP-DEM LABS" steht für "Equity, Participation, Decision Making Labs". "Labs" sind Diskussionsforen, in denen benachteiligte Jugendliche gemeinsam mit politischen EntscheidungsträgerInnen und AnbieterInnen...

The Horizon 2020 Association Launching Workshop and Information Day devoted to Armenia's association to the European Union Framework Programme on Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020 was held on 2-3 June...

Brexit – the perils of a wrong debate I am an academic in innovation and innovation policy studies at the University of Manchester. But I am writing this little comment to the Brexit debate not in ...

The Vienna Principles - A Vision for Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century Currently, there is a strong push to address the apparent deficits of the scholarly communication system - not only ...

INCOBRA – Increasing Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) International Cooperation between Brazil (BR) and the European Union (EU) is a European Union Horizon 2020 project aiming to increase, enhance...

  Startups können auf höchste politisches Interesse bauen: Bundeskanzler Christian Kern folgte nämlich der Einladung zum Pioneers Festival in der Hofburg, einer Zukunftskonferenz für innovative...

Under the chairmanship of Hans Chang, former Director General of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, a selected group of experts from the field of science, research, and innovation policy...

The worrying sustainability trends of European lifestyles call for long-term measures and moreover, for strong stakeholder engagement and endorsement of policy measures. In order to address needs that...

Am 20. und 21. September 2016 veranstaltet die Sozialforschungsstelle der TU Dortmund in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse den Kongress „Innovationen für die ...

Open Digital Science (ODS) and Open Science describe new and open practices in science, research and innovation that make extensive use of digital technologies. The use of digital technologies facilitates...

RI-LINKS2UA is a three year long project, which is funded by HORIZON 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The project includes a total of twelve different project partners, coming...

The Black Sea Horizon project, coordinated by Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) has developed a grant scheme to financially support the participation of local researchers from Black Sea countries in ...

ZSI is organising a BESTPRAC Training School on "Administration of research funding: dealing with several funding sources (for non-university research organisations in inclusiveness targeted countries...

Österreich leidet unter den Nachwirkungen der 2008 ausgebrochenen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise. So viel ist den meisten Menschen bewusst. Die Zahl der Arbeitslosigkeit wächst schließlich seit Jahren, ...

Just in time for Europe's biggest Citizen Science Conference ECSA 2016 the project website for CAPTOR was launched. In CAPTOR citizens and scientists collaborate closely to monitor and address ozone...

Am:     Montag, 23. Mai 2016 Um:      18.00 Uhr Im:        Reitersaal der OeKB, Strauchgasse 3, 1010 Wien   ...

Wir freuen uns den bevorstehenden Launch-Event des H2020 Projektes Social  Innovation Community (SIC), ein "Netzwerk von Netzwerken im Bereich von Sozialen Innovationen " bekannt zu geben. SIC...

Apart from individually organised STSMs, there is a specific 'Group STSM' which has been generously arranged and coordinated by three universities in Flanders: VUB (Free University Brussels); Ghent University...

Maria Schwarz-Woelzl wurde für die Tiroler Tageszeitung interviewt, wo Vor- und Nachteile beruflicher Mobilität von Älteren angeschnitten wurden. Erkenntnisse gewonnen aus dem Projekt CaMEO - Career Mobility...

On 3-4 May 2016, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, together with ZSI and SPI organised a workshop on the measurement of innovation and on how policy can learn from it. The workshop...

You are invited to join the following Danube-INCO.NET events for the development of bio-based economy in the Danube Region: A. The Conference “Supporting the development of bio-based economy partnerships...

You would like to have more information about the Indo-European S&T Joint Call for proposals on Biobased energy and Innovation Call on Bioeconomy launched by INNO INDIGO? To clarify some doubts? To...

Innovation Call on Bioeconomy Deadline to submit your proposal : 31 August 2016 What can be funded under the Innovation Call? Indo-European projects designed to lead to innovative products, services...

Among the tasks of WP3 within Black Sea Horizon project that fosters increased collaboration of research communities within the Black Sea region and with researchers in all the other EU/MS/AC, the Task...

The most recent study of the SEA-EU-NET analysis team, which is led by ZSI, focuses on the relationships between economic integration and innovation. The authors compare Southeast Asian and European innovation...

As of 2 May 2016, Helmut Gassler, expert in RTI policy analysis and business incubation joins the Department of Research Policy and Development at ZSI. Helmut has demonstrable reference projects in...

This training addresses the needs of professionals who are interested in leading their organisations into RRI practice, and will be particularly useful to those working in science communication/education...

The "Science for Smart Specialisation (S3) workshop: Combining old and new approaches for monitoring and evaluating innovation policies"session will include cases of how public and private agents are ...

Im aktuellen VCÖ Magazin (Ausgabe 2016/1) mit dem Thema 'Schritt für Schritt zur Mobilitätswende' befindet sich neben anderen ExpertInnen auch ein Statement von ZSI Mitarbeiterin Susanne Dobner. Sie betont...

The FP7-funded RRI Tools project (2014-2016) is implemented with the objective to deliver a participatory set of digital resources - ‘the RRI Toolkit’ - to advocate, train, disseminate and implement RRI...