In the course of February, the Global-excursion team is organizing two (2) live online sessions with scientists! 1) «Meet the scientist: Use of an electron microscope": The first session will take...

Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMWF)  führte das ZSI eine Analyse jener internationalen Kopublikationen durch, die von österreichischen WissenschafterInnen gemeinsam...

The aim of SozialMarie is to make innovative social ideas and their realisation known to a broad public. By means of annual awards and other activities, SozialMarie also encourages networking amongst...

Das ZSI schreibt im Rahmen des Projektes WBC-INCO.NET eine   Praktikumsstelle   ab Februar / März (so bald wie möglich) für 6 Monate aus.   Anforderungen: Interesse ...

Following the completion of the 8 national ICT Open Consulation events, the FORSEE project is now organising the Regional Open Consultation in Ljubljana on Jan. 21, 2013. Experts from all SEE partner...

This book, edited by Hans-Werner Franz, Josef Hochgerner and Jürgen Howaldt, is based on major contributions to the famous conference 'Challenge Social Innovation' of September 2011, which immediately...

Josef Hochgerner, Scientific Director of ZSI We appreciate increasing interest - internationally and in Austria - in the initiative to create a European School of Social Innovation, and concerning...

The European Commission FP7 funded project “Forward Visions on the European Research Area” (VERA) is tasked to provide relevant strategic intelligence for the future governance of the research, technological...

The eight edition of the eNewsletter of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (“CE-Ageing Platform”) has recently been published providing a compact overview about the outcomes...

The CENTRAL EUROPE Wall Calendar 2013 has been produced recently and distributed to high-level stakeholders on regional, national and European level. The calendar includes top 12 photos submitted...

Information on activities in research policy analysis for Southeast Asian countries, and on the cooperation between Europe and this region was recently published in the journal "ASEAS - Österreichische...

by Josef Hochgerner, scientific director of ZSI By the end of a year reviews are more than common, actually rather imperative. However, it should not be neglected that developments which became visible...

Der ESF-Innovationsaward zeichnete dieses Jahr innovative ESF-Projekte aus, die sich speziell an Frauen und Mädchen wenden. Eine Jury kürte die Top-5; wobei es sich bei dreien um Projekte handelt, ...

ROLE project has been well visible at the Cloud Education Environments Workshop in Guatemala that took place in November 2012. On November 15, Sylvana Kroop (Centre for Social Innovation, ZSI Vienna...

Watch out for the big Christmas opening of the ViSH - Virtual Science Hub! The big public opening day was on the 10th of December 2012. The ViSH, which is accessible via http://vishub.org/, is a place...

ZSI joined the ICT KOSEU project consortium as a project partner. The ICT KOSEU project is funded under the ICT Thematic Programme of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme and aims to support...

The report on "International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation: Strategies for a Changing World" of the Expert Group established to support the further development of an EU international...

These five projects focus on the key role of local authorities in meeting the European Union’s challenging energy and climate targets for 2020 through the delivery of effective local energy leadership...

The aim is to provide local governments with short and easy-to-understand training modules focusing on eight key issues relevant to local energy action planning. The Platform was developed by experts (...

  Josef Hochgerner, Scientific director of ZSI In the winter term of 2012 a  promising new academic course started in Vienna: The  Master programme 'Social Design_Arts as Urban Innovation...

Forum Alpbach organized a working group titled "The new World of Work" (original title in German: DNA – Das Neue Arbeiten). Global companies, often technology driven, invest in enhancing the productivity...

Citizen science has emerged recently as a new concept to involve the general public in scientific processes. One of the best ways to help people understand science is to involve  in scientific...

Das OECD Programm für Lokale Entwicklung und Beschäftigung (LEED) führt zur Zeit eine Reihe von Studien zum Thema 'Demographic Change and Local Development' durch. Die ersten Ergebnisse wurden unter...

On this year’s annual stakeholder conference of the Territorial Employment Pacts (TEP) the participants discussed “Solidarity between generations in work life: reality and chances”: Katrin Gasior...

Der gesellschaftliche Wandel und Technologieentwicklungen stellen gleichermaßen Herausforderungen und Chancen für den öffentlichen Bereich und Unternehmen in Europa dar. Das Projekt FORSEE hat das ...

After the first half of the year NanOpinion's huge consortium met for the second time. Partners presented from 4th to 7th of November 2012 their first results on their base line studies concluded which...

Romania’s Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Silvia-Adriana Ţicău who chairs the ‘MEP Danube Forum’ in the European Parliament, a platform for stakeholders aiming at improving cohesion in the...

Der vierte FORSEE Newsletter ist da! Das Projekt informiert über aktuelle Entwicklungen und anstehende Veranstaltungen. Diese vierte Ausgabe präsentiert ein Interview mit dem angesehenen Foresight-Experten...

During the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, to Austria, the S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Report to Kazakhstan, which was carried out by an international ...

In order to promote, develop, and strengthen mutual relationship between ZSI and NATD in the areas of exchange in STI evaluation expertise and in the field of RTDI policy development, the EU 7th Framework...

The seventh edition of the e-newsletter of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (“CE-Ageing Platform”) has recently been published on the project website and provides detailed...

The EU Representation of the European Parliament (EP) and of the European Commission (EC) in Austria hosted an event on "Social Innovation - Prospects in Europe" (Oct. 15, 2012), including the public ...

Study Visit for Local Development Practitioners: Demographic change and the resulting ageing of our societies continue to increasingly endanger regional growth and development perspectives. In addition...

Enhancing Social Scientific Research in Kosovo and its integration into the European Research Area (ESSIe) is a European Union funded project managed by European Union Office in Kosovo and implemented...

The third edition of  EU‐India Science Technology and Innovation Cooperation Days with thematic focus on water will be organised in Hyderabad, India from 8 to 9 November 2012, in order to showcase...

The OPEN DAYS 2012 from 8 to 11 October 2012 were entitled “Europe's regions and cities: Making a difference”  and took place during a period of debate in the European Parliament, the Council, the...

Die TEP-Innovations-Drehscheiben sind ein Veranstaltungskonzept, das vom BMASK und der Koordinationsstelle der Territorialen Beschäftigungspakte (TEPs) ins Leben gerufen wurde, um Raum für Austausch...

The project -- ZSI is one of the partners --  will start with a kick-off meeting in Moscow in November 2012.  The overall strategy of the project puts the three main issues of the Capacities...

Was soziale Innovation insbesondere mit Blick auf die alternde Gesellschaft bewirken kann und welche Perspektiven sich daraus für die Europäische Union ergeben, diskutieren Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Baumgartner...

Das Projekt PEER-Dare to be wise! will Lernen unter Älteren mit maßgeschneiderten Web2.0 Tools fördern. Drei wichtige Bericht sind erschienen und unter www.peer-learning-50plus.eu/ zugänglich: Motivationsfaktoren...

"Water Related Challenges" sind das Thema der diesjährigen "EU-India Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Days", welche in Hyderabad, Indien, vom 8. bis 9. November 2012 stattfinden. Mehr als...

The currently open call "Research to Innovation (R2I)" offers researchers and innovators from all scientific fields related to one of the challenges: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food...

Krems (kpr). Mit dem „Master of Arts in Social Innovation“, der im Wintersemester 2012/13 startet, bietet die Donau-Universität Krems einen weltweit einzigartigen Lehrgang an. Das neue Weiterbildungsangebot...

Das ZSI arbeitet in Projekten verschiedener Art  - Forschung, Bildung, Beratung, Koordination von Netzwerken - in den thematischen Bereichen Arbeit und Chancengleichheit, Forschungspolitik und...

  Call for proposals for projects in Research Cooperation and Networking between Austria, Kosovo and the Western Balkan Region (In the framework of the project "Higher KOS – Promoting...

Centre for Social Innovation organised the Kick-off Meeting of the BILAT UKR*AINA project in Vienna on September 10-11, 2012 with attendence of all project partners and members of the advisory board...

Eine Serie von Projektveranstaltungen steht diesen Herbst ins Haus --  Die Vorbereitungen dafür sind in vollem Gange: Eine Bewertung der Themengebiete wurde durch rund 120 ExpertInnen via Online...

Der neue analytische ERAWATCH Country Report über das österreichische Forschungssystem im Jahr 2011, der von Klaus Schuch, ZSI, erstellt wurde, wurde seitens der Europäischen Kommission und des JRC publiziert...

In cooperation with the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna, the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana announced in 2010 its seventh call for proposals for projects in research ...

Ein besonderer Fokus auf die FORSEE Projektpartner erwartet die Leserschaft im 3. FORSEE Newsletter. Diesmal wird die Universität Patras und das Zentrum für Soziale Innovation vorgestellt. Mehr herausfinden...