Klaus Schuch, scientific director of ZSI, argues for more efforts in international science diplomacy and a more political stance of R&I policy makers responsible for international cooperation towards...

Under the title "Ukrainian neuroscientists tap Horizon 2020 in bid to boost excellence" the Science|Business Network reported about the ambitions of Ukrainian neurscientists and an interview with Oleg...

In preparation of the S4D4C Science Diplomacy networking event to prepare a European Science Diplomacy Roadmap, which takes place in Berlin on 10 October 2019, Elke Dall (ZSI), project coordinator, and...

In August one of ZSI's most recent projects officially started. Called NEUROTWIN - Pan-European twinning to re-establish world-level Neuroscience Centre in Kiev this project is a Horizon 2020-funded Twinning...

In the framework of the EULAC-Focus project – Giving focus to the cultural, scientific and social dimension of EU-(CE)LAC relations – ZSI was responsible for steering and coordinating the research on ...

Zielsetzung: Die Teilnehmer/innen lernen DOIT-Methoden und Maker-Werkzeuge kennen, um gemeinsam mit anderen Aktionen für und mit jungen sozialen Innovator/inn/en in Makerspaces zu organisieren, zu planen...

The First Social Innovation Assembly took place on June 28th, 2019 as a lightweight virtual format for exchange and communication among social innovation practitioners, facilitators and researchers hosted...

The EaP PLUS project to support the international science, technology and innovation networks of the Eastern Partnership countries is ending in August of this year. In July the project organises its...

Over the last decade, the topic “research infrastructure/s” (RI) gained importance in the Danube macro-region – at European level the increasing policy importance becomes evident through strategic actions...

Our former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow Amir Fazlagic received the title of professor during a ceremony with the Polish President of State on 27 June 2018. Amir was working at ZSI in the years 2002-2003...

Am 3. Juni 2019 veranstalteten arbeit plus und das ZSI das World Café  "#diginclusion: Digitale Transformation durch digitale Inklusion" im Rahmen des Projekts Social(i)Makers. Die Veranstaltung ...

The objective of the `Excellence-in-ReSTI´ project was to increase competences of managers of technological, social and research-based innovation projects. The pilot course of the ReSTI-Academy which ...

The ZSI is workpackage leader of the specific WP covering the analysis and benchmark the current social impact investment practice accross the Danube macro-region. As a support for the national and regional...

Unter dem Titel "Infrastruktur besser planen" berichtete die österreichische Tageszeitung DERSTANDARD kürzlich über das Interreg DTP Projekt ResInfra@DR Projekt und sein Abschlussevent im Juni in Wien...

In Georgien wird seit einer Woche protestiert - doch die Proteste richten sich gegen mehr als nur die Ansprache eines russischen Politikers im georgischen Parlament. Vielmehr geht es um die schleichende...

On Friday 28th of June, ZSI will present a DOIT roll out activity that has been created by the after-school childcare kids of the Volksschule Gröbming at the youth health conference in Schladming. ...

In order to take stock of the achievements of the Horizon 2020 funded EaP PLUS project (which ends in September 2019) and to give prospects about the EU-Eastern Partnership cooperation in research and...

We know digital technology is radically changing the way people work and many of tomorrow’s jobs can’t even be imagined today. But education systems are struggling to interpret what this imperative means...

Der Forschungs- und Technologiebericht 2019 umfasst eine Darstellung der jüngsten Globalschätzung über die Entwicklung der F&E-Ausgaben in Österreich, die Performance des österreichischen Innovationssystems...

ResInfra@DR project coordinator Martin Felix Gajdusek (ZSI) was invited to reflect on vision and expectations behind and achievements of the ResInfra@DR project. Read here a short version of the interview...

APA Science interviewed ResInfra@DR project coordinator Martin Felix Gajdusek (ZSI) featuring the problem background and achievments of the projects in supporting the dialogue of main research infrastructure...

The Made in Danube project was launched in 2017 with the aspiring aim of providing long-term support for knowledge, innovation and technology transfer in the Danube Region. It received funding from the...

Participants of the PSF mutual learning exercise on "National Strategies and Roadmaps for International Cooperation in R&I" agreed that embedding of international R&I strategies in national and...

Bratislava, Vienna – RESINFRA@DR Know-how exchange forum focused on Research Infrastructures (RI) mutual support activities in the Danube Macro-region hosted by RESINFRA@DR, took place on 22-23 May 2019...

SENSES Pitching in Austria On March 1st 2019 the pitching event took place in the frame of the SENSES knowledge transfer and networking event. Eight Austrian social entrepreneurs took the opportunity...

PhD students are cordially invivted to the PhD Workshop taking place one day before the ESSI 2019 conference. The PhD Workshop is designed to give PhD students the opportunity to: Receive feedback...

The European Commission's progress report on Kosovo* 2019 mentions as a positive not, the improvement of the NCP system for H2020 which is directly linked with the HERAS project, supported by the...

Project Leader Partner Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), on behalf of the whole project consortium, is pleased to invite you to the Excellence-in-ReSTI final event and award ceremony held at the Charles...

The Synergy Meeting "Perspectives for Research Infrastructures in the Danube Macro-region" hosted by ResInfra@DR project will take place from 12-13 June in Vienna, Austria. The deadline for registration...

Einladung zur Veranstaltung Soziale Innovation in der Regionalentwicklung – Akteure, Chancen und Herausforderungen Wie wichtig sind sozial innovative Projekte, soziale Ziele und neue Formen der ...

The first Virtual Event focusing on "How is the EU-SPI constructed? What is the methodology behind it?" is going to take place on the 4th of June 2019. In the frame of the EU SPI Pilot project, the...

The EU-funded project EU-Citizen.Science has launched its website: http://eu-citizen.science/ In the future this will be the place for sharing, initating and learning Citizen Science in Europe...

The All-Ukrainian Festival of Innovation took place on May 16 at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce. It was opened by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Groysman, who emphasised the "existing...

Gemeinsam mit arbeit plus möchten wir vom Zentrum für Soziale Innovation - ZSI euch herzlich zur halbtägigen Veranstaltung "Digitale Transformation durch digitale Inklusion" einladen! Digitalisierung...

we will be preseting careables during the upcoming Communities and Technologies 2019 Conference, which is taking place in Vienna, 3.-7. June 2019.  The event aims to stimulate scholarly debate...

A short video informs about the development of STI cooperation between Eastern Partnership Countries and the EU. You can watch it here!

On the 9th of May 2019 ZSI organised the 4th Austrian SENSES Stakeholder Meeting. It gave social entrepreneurs and representatives of traditional enterprises, CSR and supporting organisations the possibility...

SSH-Guidelines for mission-oriented research & SSHintegration now available as old-fashioned print version If you want copies (it's a really nice folder), you can download them here.

Seit zehn Jahren gibt es die "Östliche Partnerschaft" der Europäischen Union, die zu einer vertieften Kooperation mit den Ländern in ihrer östlichen Nachbarschaft führen soll. Am 14. Mai lädt EU-Kommissionspräsident...

From 24 to 26 April, 350 delegates from 40 countries presented 245 papers on the campus of the University of Vienna. Many had made their way from outside of Europe, from Argentina, Chile, Canada, the ...

Auf Einladung der Museums-Kurator*innen (Georg Spitaler) der neuen Ausstellung im Wien Museum "Das Rote Wien.1919-1934" diskutierten die Stadtgeographin Yvonne Franz, der Aktivist und Experte für Wohnpolitik...

Science-business links (SBL) are an important element of research and innovation (R&I) policies in many countries and are high on the policy agenda of those trying to catch up with the EU’s innovation...

ResInfra@DR project’s mission is to improve framework conditions for research infrastructures (RIs) and innovation in the Danube macro-region. One key objective of the project is to contribute to the ...

Policy makers, representatives of managing authorities, support service organisations, agencies, applied research associations, NGOs, and others who are actively engaged in tackling social progress issues...

https://science.apa.at/dossier/Veraendert_das_Maker_Movement_die_Welt/SCI_20190425_SCI83035587447997174

On behalf of the Excellence-in-ReSTI project consortium, we are pleased to inform you that the Strategy and Roadmap document has been finalized. The document provides a summary of current challenges...

A new publication discusses published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) discusses the question of why we should agree internationally what we consider...

On 24 April 2019, the project HERAS  organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Educations, Science and Technology a workshop in Prishtina to promote the recently developed regulation on innovation...

Last week, on the 16th of April ZSI hosted a Train the Trainer workshop on good practices in the area of second-chance entrepreneurship policies and programmes. A day later the same event was held in ...

Wer Karriere in der Wissenschaft machen will, ist auf Publikationen in renommierten Fachzeitschriften angewiesen. Ein Milliardengeschäft für Elsevier, die Nummer 1 unter den Wissensverlagen. Die Papers...