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...

Anläßlich der 25-Jahr-Feier des Zentrums für Soziale Innovation am 18. November 2015 im Wiener Rathaus wurde das Josef-Hochgerner Stipendium, benannt nach dem Gründer und langjährigen wissenschaftlichen...

On April 4-5 the H2020 project EULAC Focus celebrated its kick-off event at the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) in Madrid. EULAC Focus is a research project which stands for giving focus to...

ZSI is a partner of the EU funded project INCOBRA and recently participated in a kick-off meeting in Oporto, Portugal. The overall objective of INCOBRA is to focus on, increase, and enhance Research...

SI-Drive has issued the ninth 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 ...

The project in.education assumes that there is a mix of different strategies needed to open up education opportunities for educationally disadvantaged people. In our first strategy we trained people from...

Zwei Herausforderungen machten den syrischen Bäuerinnen und Bauern vor dem Krieg zu schaffen: die Trockenheit und die Versalzung, durch die in den letzten Jahrzehnten rund ein Drittel des Bodens als Anbaufläche...

On March 3, 2016, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) hosted international workshop “The Future of Agriculture: Global Challenges and Technological Change”. The workshop was...

Indo-European Science and Technology Joint Call for proposals on Biobased energy Within the framework of the INDIGO Partnership Programme an EU-India S&T joint call for proposals on « Biobased...

The WBC-RTI.info information platform (http://wbc-rti.info/), acting as a source of high quality targeted information on research, technology and innovation in/with/for the Western Balkan countries (WBCs...

Energy Efficiency. International Project Management - from Theory to Practice From the generation of the first project ideas to the successful implementation of projects in intercultural and multidisciplinary...

Unter dem Titel "Empowering the EU-CELAC Common Research Area" fand am 14. März das jährliche Treffen von Wissenschaftsdelegierten aller Länder der EU und der Gemeinschaft der lateinamerikanischen Staaten...

Die Implementierung von Gender Equality Plans ist das Ziel des Projekts „PLOTINA: Promoting Gender Balance and Inclusion in Research, Innovation and Training“ das soeben gestartet hat. Das Zentrum für...

Registration is open for the ASEAN-EU STI Days 2016 from May 10-12 in Hanoi, Vietnam! The ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days are a forum style event, initiated by the European Commission...

A new release of the journal "Science and Innovation" (http://scinn.org.ua/en/archive/12(1) ) and the English version (http://scinn-eng.org.ua/archive/11(6)) has been published. The journal also welcomes...

Im Rahmen des „Science in Asylum“ Projektes des ZSI wurde einem Großteil der TeilnehmerInnen ermöglicht, sich einen Nachmittag lang mit Vertretern der MFPL im Vienna Biocenter auszutauschen, darunter ...

The kick-off meeting of the ESASTAP 2020 project took place on the 25th and 26th of February 2016, at Cape Town in South Africa. The meeting effectively launched the activities of the latest incarnation...

Citizen Science ist Wissenschaft mit Beteiligung der Bürger_innen. Open Science bedeutet, dass die verschiedenen Daten und Ergebnisse allen offen und frei zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Doch was passiert...

Evaluations are considered as most essential tools for evidence-based decision making and especially true for regions characterized by an adoption and adaptation of new R&I policies, programs and (...