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...

The OECD Programme for Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) is currently undertaking a study series on 'Demographic Change and Local Development'. The first results were already published...

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...

Find out about the latest development and what a renowned European foresight expert has to say in an interview! The project lets its audience know about the current development and upcoming events...

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...