NewHoRRIzon developed approaches to foster responsible research and innovation. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an approach which considers the social impacts of research and innovation...

Well, now you can find the answer in the new Revenue Model Catalogue from OPEN!NEXT; an easy-to-digest categorisation of the revenue streams of established Open Source Hardware businesses and the strategic...

This is an open format driven by participants’ contributions. It can be a platform for you to promote an ongoing project or research, tap into attendants’ collective intelligence for a specific question...

This impressive project was implemented by a group of international experts under a contract with the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission (under...

After a warm welcome, ZSI’s colleagues Wolfgang Haider and Dr. Stefanie Konzett-Smoliner gave an overview of the CERUSI project and policy implications of the Transnational Rural Social Innovation Strategy...

we are very happy to be part of the ECS - European Citizen Science - consortium, which is going to launch a new project, funded under Horizon Europe. ECS will widen and strengthen the European Citizen...

EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. They are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. With ambitious goals, they will...

ZSI is happy to announce its first successful project proposals in Horizon Europe: 1) NEVERMORE is invited to grant negotiations The project is a Research and Innovation Action in Cluster 5...

The aim of CERUSI (Central European Rural Social Innovation) is to strenghten social innovation and social entrepreneurship in rural areas throughout Central Europe.  CERUSI is organising its ...

As citizen participation and clear communication in science become more important, the Commission provides an overview on projects which are tackling this knowledge gap and striving to improve the way...

Since December 2021, Katharina Koller represents Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH in the Stakeholder Forum of the ROSiE project. ROSiE is a three-year H2020 project aiming to foster responsible ...

Der von Mariann Unterluggauer in der Sendereihe Dimensionen (Ö1) gestaltete Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Praxis von Evaluierung. Forschungsförderungsstellen, Wissenschaftsministerien, Universitäten...

Mitteilung 4: Anpassung der TAAFE-Piloten an den COVID-Kontext: IKT-Tools als Ressourcen und Grenzen Seit Ende 2020 und vor allem Anfang 2021 adaptieren die fünf Piloten des TAAFE-Projekts (Stadt Treviso...

Ab Jänner 2022 ist ein Gender Equality Plan ein verpflichtendes Zulassungskriterium für öffentliche Einrichtungen, Forschungsorganisationen und Hochschuleinrichtungen für Einreichungen zum Europäischen...

Running from mid-2018 to 12/2021 the project Finance4SocialChange has created valuable outcomes and accessible and most tangible results are listed in this news entry... A vast collection of important...

Crises like COVID-19 can be an opportunity to reframe conversations around politics, research funding and governance. Promoting robust and transparent scientific and transdisciplinary methods, supported...

The goal of the project “Ethics Governance System for RRI in Higher Education, Funding and Research Centres”, in short ETHNA System, is to implement and enforce an internal management and procedural system...

The Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (FTEval) celebrates soon its 25th anniversary. Klaus Schuch, scientific director of ZSI and managing director of the Platform FTEval...

Im Interview mit den beiden ZSI-Expertinnen Pamela Bartar und Barbara Kieslinger portraitiert Johannes Lau, Der Standard, ZSI-Projekte an der Schnittstelle zwischen Forschung, Kunst und Maker Spaces. "...

During the last three years, the EU-Citizen.Science project created a hub for Citizen Science in Europe. Watch how you can make use of it (in English with German subtitles):    &...

After the end of the S4D4C project, the CORDIS editorial team interviewed the project coordinator from ZSI, Elke Dall to highlight the key results of the project. Read the full article here in German...

Lesen Sie in dieser Ausgabe einen Rückblick auf das erste SEED-Hub Social Business Forum und erfahren Sie über weitere Möglichkeiten zur Teilnahme für Social Entrepreneurs und soziale Innovator*Innen: ...

The Action PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-making...

Interview am 7. November 2021 von Thomas Pressberger (Kurier) mit Dr.in Mag.a Irina Vana (ZSI)

In view of the soon end of the Finance4SocialChange the Austrian team consisting of ASHOKA and ZSI would like to debrief kindly about the achievements and challenges of the project in a dedicated meeting...

  Finance4SocialCahnge has contributed in teh last 3 years to social impact investment through strategy support and practical offers to the community of finacing actors accross the entire region...

Dieser und anderen Fragen ging das FFG Webinar nach. Das ZSI wurde eingeladen, im Webinar der FFG zur Einbindung geistes-, sozial- und kulturwissenschaftliche Expertise in Horizon Europe  als Testimonial...

On October 28, the Commission celebrated the contract awards of the 73 projects selected for funding under the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call worth €1 billion. This last call under Horizon 2020...

  Transition2BIO H2020 project is inviting you to participate to the Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) Workshop ‘Toward the green transition...

In October, the Step Change project launched its first newsletter with insights into the stakeholder engagement processes, how to ensure inclusivity and diversity in citizen science initiatives and an...

On October 19, already for the third time ZSI experts delivered a dedicated research and innovation management training for the innovation management unit of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics...

Presently, SMEs and maker communities across Europe are coming together to fundamentally change the way we create, produce, and distribute products. We’re establishing new collaborations between companies...

The project Finance4SocialChange ends with December 2021. In view of the achievements and its prolongation to run 40 months that enabled a more sustained and durable approach of the partnership, also ...

In its efforts of reaching out to rural change-makers in Central Europe the CERUSI Partnership set up a series of three webinars (online courses) dedicated to the topic of the “Borders of Rural Social...

Das DIRECT HUB Impact Café fand am 20. September 2021 im Wiener Impact Hub statt, viele Kreislaufwirtschaftsexpert*Innen und Praktiker*innen folgten der Einladung des Projektkoordinators alchemia-novas...

VHS Urania Impulsvortrag und Podiumsdiskussion Welche Chancen und Herausforderungen bringt die aktive Einbindung von Bürger*innen und Patient*innen in Forschung? Welche Möglichkeiten der Mitgestaltung...

The main purpose of the workshop is to present the results of the mentoring program, to identify and discuss best practices in supporting entrepreneurs in challenging times and exchange experiences with...

The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. At this year’s edition, held mostly online, ZSI will co-organise a workshop...

Die österreichische Bundesregierung setzte im Rahmen ihres Arbeitsprogramms, der FTI-Strategie 2030 sowie des FTI-Pakts 2021-2023 politische Signale für eine verstärkte Missionsorientierung in der österreichischen...

F4SC organises a Local Policy Focus Group Workshop (LPFG) that will provide a short overview on the status quo of the project and will introduce to a recent OECD project. ASHOKA participates as a partner...

With the aim of refining and finetuning the first version of the ETHNA System concept, the ETHNA partnership conducted a series of semi-structured interviews and organized interactive and participatory...

Bewerben Sie sich jetzt! Ziel des Trainings ist es, Social Entrepreneurs fit für aktuelle Herausforderungen und für neue länderübergreifende Kooperationen zu machen! Der SEED-Hub Training (SK/AT) Einladungsflyer...

The StepChange project brings together 10 partners implementing 5 citizen science initiatives in the areas of health, energy and environment, supported with mutual learning, training and participative...

The Southeast Asia-Europe Joint Funding Scheme (SEA-EU JFS) started its activities in 2017. It is part of the International Service Facility of the European Commission and manages the administration, ...

Newsletter 3: Lokale Umsetzung des TAAFE-Projekts im COVID-Kontext Seit Ende 2020 und vor allem Anfang 2021 adaptieren die fünf Piloten des TAAFE-Projekts (Stadt Treviso, IT, Stadt Feldbach, AU, Stadt...

We have just launched the EC2 website https://ec2project.eu We’re a Horizon2020 project investigating the role of engaged energy citizens in the transition to a low-carbon society. Over the next three...

Learn more about the Social Impact Investment Strategy for the Danube region! This workshop targets political actors, investors, organizations, and (social) enterprises that are interested in the development...

ZSI supports the urgent appeal to European Governments and EU Institutions: Take Action for Afghanistan’s scholars, researchers, and civil society actors which was published by the network “Scholars...

The convergence of Cloud, Big Data and AI has already resulted in major transformation across Government services, yet the process of policy making itself is often left behind. Join the projects Policy...