Go-myLife aims to improve the quality of life for older people through the use of online social networks combined with mobile technologies. In order to develop this innovative technology adapted...

Am 5. und 6.März fanden in Wien und Klosterneuburg zwei kritische SchülerInnen-Debatten zur spezifischen Anwendung von Nanotechnologien statt. Die Veranstaltungen wurden im Rahmen des Nanochannels ...

9. – 13. Juli 2012 Wien, Tagungszentrum Schönbrunn: http://www.schoenbrunn-tagungszentrum.at/ Die Summer School knüpft an die internationale Entwicklung und das enorm gestiegene Interesse am...

Anfang 2012 wurden Endberichte zur "Begleitenden Bewertung der Interventionen des Europäischen Sozialfonds Österreich 2007-2013" veröffentlicht: Evaluierung des ESF Schwerpunktes 5 Territoriale...

Country reports on innovation policy were published in March 2012 in the frame of the INNO-Policy TrendChart.  Country reports for each of the 48 countries monitored by the network of country correspondents...

The theme of this ERA-ARD II Transnational Call is: “Improving rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainable and climate-smart intensification of agricultural production”. The main objective...

Jetzt anmelden: Der neue SOQUA Lehrgang 2012-2014 – sozialwissenschaftliche Berufsqualifizierung www.soqua.net/lehrgang Ab Oktober 2012 startet der renommierte SOQUA Lehrgang 2012-2014...

On 1 February 2012, the European Commission FP7 funded project “Forward Visions on the European Research Area” (VERA) has officially started. The project has been launched with a kick-off meeting in Brussels...

The Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) is announcing the opening of a call for an expert in ICT policy in South East Europe (SEE). As partner in the FORSEE project that is running in the South East Europe...

As Southeast Asia is one of the most dynamic regions of the world, the European Union is aiming at facilitating close cooperation between Europe and the ASEAN countries in the field of Science, Technology...

The Swiss funded "Regional Research Promotion Programme" (http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net) aimes at fostering and promoting social science research in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

The Benchmarking Exercise of the European, Eastern European and Central Asian RTDI Institutions from the Field of Nano- Science/Nano-Technology has been officially launched by the IncoNet EECA on 16...

  Josef Hochgerner, wissenschaftlicher Leiter des ZSI Im nahen Umfeld wie auch grenzüberschreitend: Um gehört und sichtbar zu werden, bemühen sich WissenschafterInnen vermehrt um öffentliche...

ZSI, partner in the nanochannels project implemented interactive assessment methods to evaluate readers’ opinions. The ZSI team conducted a workshop with randomly selected Guardian readers from 18 to ...

The third edition of the e-newsletter of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (“CE-Ageing Platform”) has recently been published informing about an official opening event of...

This project is implemented by WUS Austria together with the ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation and the OeAD GmbH-Austrian Exchange Service and will last for a duration of 3 years until December 2014. ...

The FORSEE Call for Foresight and ICT Experts was closed last Friday, Feb. 10. The international selection committee has already begun evaluating the applications. Stay tuned for more on the subject...

On March 8 a regional workshop is dedicated to discuss the synergies between EUREKA, regional funding initiatives and networks such as SEE-ERA.NET (PLUS) / WBC-INCO.NET - two projects which are...

Based on the positive experience gained through the Pilot Joint Call, KORANET launched its second Joint Call in February 2012. This time, the KORANET Joint Call targets researchers from seven European...

At the closing meeting of the BILAT-UKR project beginning of February 2012 in Kiev, more than 100 eminent researchers from Ukraine and the EU discussed possibilities to enhance the cooperation in science...

Die Plattform für Innovationsmanagement (PFI) veranstaltet am 28. + 29. März 2012 zum 9. Mal das FORUM INNOVATION, die führende Fachveranstaltung für Innovationsmanagement, bei der Innovationsexperten...

Der erste FORSEE Newsletter (in Engl.) wurde veröffentlicht! Darin erfährt man mehr über den Nutzen des Projekts, weshalb ICT Foresight wichtig für die Region ist und welche Veranstaltungen für 2012 geplant...

On 23 and 24 of January the INCO-NET EECA project officially launched two S&T Policy Mix Peer Reviews to Kazakhstan and Moldova. Senior officals from policy-making and policy-delivery from Armenia...

Das im Jahr 2011 von Seiten des Zentrums für Soziale Innovation ZSI und der ÖAR Regionalberatung umgesetzte Projekt "SYN.AT" zielte auf die Identifikation von Synergienutzungspotenzialen zwischen den...

Die Arbeitsweise des ZSI ist sportlich anspruchsvoll wie der Nachtslalom in Schladming: Auch in sprichwörtlich dunkler Nacht wird Leistung gebracht, Haarnadeln und Kurven werden mit Routine, Einsatz...

The Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) is announcing the opening of a call for Foresight and ICT experts. As partner in the FORSEE project that is running in the South East Europe programme and co-...

Re-Turn ist ein europäisches Forschungsprojekt, implementiert im Rahmen des Central Europe Programms und ko-finanziert durch den ERDF (European Regional Development Fund). In diesem Projekt werden ...

The Project Steering Committee meeting together with the Financial Audit Group and Age Steering Group meeting of the project “Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society” (“CE-Ageing ...

Mehr als 150 Wissenschaftler, policy-makers und Vertreter von KMU aus Indien und Europa diskutierten Kooperation im Bereich Wissenschaft und Innovation auf den EU-India S&T Cooperation Days in ...

SOQUA plus - Schlüsselkompetenzen In Markt-, Politik- und Sozialforschung Seminartitel: Besser ankommen – Forschung erfolgreich kommunizieren und präsentieren...

The Centre for Social Innovation is happy to announce a new publication issued at the beginning of January 2012: the Partnership Learning Manual, which was prepared under the Community of Practice ...

The INCO-NET EECA project launched a call for Scientific Evaluators from the field of nano-technologies and/or nano-sciences with profound research management and research strategy analysis capabilities...

The "European Young Innovators Forum" published the following Call for Applications: "Europe trails the United States in innovation and is steadily losing its lead over the emerging economies of China...

On 6 and 7 February 2012 a Partnering Event will be organised in Seoul/South Korea to launch the KORANET Joint Call on Green Technologies. The three main sub-topics of the KORANET Joint Call will...

  von Josef Hochgerner Ein Jahr nach dem Sparbudget von 2010 mit drastischen Einschnitten zu Lasten der außeruniversitären Forschung ist nicht nur die Entwicklung dieses Sektors, sondern auch...

The INCO-NET-EECA project is supporting a S&T Policy Mix Peer Review to Kazakhstan. The international peers are experts from the S&T governance sector of different EU and Eastern European countries...

The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan countries was held on 1st December  2011 in Sarajevo, BiH, co-chaired by the Polish Council Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ...

Recently ZSI organised a participatory workshop, where five teachers from across Europe met a group of scientists who want to open their labs for schools and offer students new and exciting ways to experience...

The second edition of the e-newsletter of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (“CE-Ageing Platform”) has recently been published informing about current results and project...

The ESF Learning Network “Community of Practice (COP) on Partnership in the ESF” (set up under the ESF 2007-2013) held its 10th Closing and Reflection Meeting on December 6, 2011 in Vienna, Austria...

Das FP7 finanzierte Projekt Nanochannels versteht sich als öffentliches Experiment um einen demokratischen Dialog rund um das Thema Nanotechnologien und deren Anwendungen und gesellschaftliche Relevanz...

Bundesminister Rudolf Hundstorfer übernahm die ehrenvolle Aufgabe erstmals den ESF-Innovationsaward  an innovative ESF-Projekte zu vergeben, die sich mit ihren Angeboten an Jugendliche und junge...

The INCO-NET-EECA project is supporting a S&T Policy Mix Peer Review to Kazakhstan. The international peers are experts from the S&T governance sector of different EU and Eastern European countries...

Every 6 months, high level political dialogue meetings are organised linking the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the Western Balkan countries. The meetings are co-chaired by the European...

Am 10. November 2011 fand in London ein Symposium mit der für Forschung und Innovation zuständigen Kommissarin Máire Geoghegan-Quinn statt. Veranstalter waren die British Academy und die ALLEA (Association...

Vienna Declaration: The most relevant topics in social innovation research “For most of human history, reality was nature…Then reality became technics, tools, and things made be men… Now reality...

The International Partnership Conference “Partnerships: Opportunities and Challenges” was successfully held on 11-12 October 2011 in Vienna, Austria at the Schönbrunn Palace Conference Centre (Tagungszentrum...

Das Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumenteschutz lädt herzlich zum OECD-Review ein: “Arbeitsmarktintegration von MigrantInnen und deren Kindern” Präsentation des Länderberichts...

Over the last 1,5 years, the SEA-EU-NET project (www.sea-eu.net) has implemented a foresight exercise, led by ZSI, on the 2020 future of S&T cooperation between Southeast Asia and Europe. The results...

The new isues of the scientific journal "Foresight, Vo. 5, No 3 (2011)" contains - among other articles - a paper on 'S&T Cooperation between the EU and Ukraine: Benefits and Barriers', authored...