On June 6th the EULAC Focus project (H2020) invited to a panel discussion in Vienna on the SDGs and their relevance for the future of the relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean...

ZSI congratulates Katja Mayer on her recently awarded Elise Richter fellowship (Austrian Science Fund FWF). This programme is designed for highly qualified female scientists who strive for an university...

The Social Innovation Community project is excited to announce the programme of the 5th Summer School on Social Innovation Ecosystems in collaboration with ESSI (the European School of Social Innovation...

In cooperation with the Czech Centres, S4D4C project members at Charles University organised a panel discussion in the Prague Old Town. The focus of the discussion was on the topic of ‘Scientists and...

Open Science strives to improve accessibility to and reusability of research practices and outcomes, but currently, there is no common baseline for how to implement Open Science nationally. To address...

The members of the Expert Group to assess and document the impact of research at the Vienna University of Economics and Business are: Stefan Pichler (WU Wien) Stephanie Rammel (FFG) Thomas Dyllick...

In the framework of the INCOBRA project, which aims to enhance Research & Innovation (R&I) Cooperation Activities between Brazil (BR) and European Union (EU), ZSI has been actively involved in...

The European Commission's Policy Support Facility (PSF) has published a summary article (attached) with recommendations for an overhaul of Georgia's innovation system. The article is published on the ...

Competition was rather stiff with only 30 projects selected to enter the next phase of the competition out of 731 eligible entries from 39 countries.Next stop for the semi-finalists is the intensive three...

We recently launched the Careables platform to enable citizens to co-design and deliver people-centered health products through means of digital fabrication. Digital fabrication labs and ...

On 29 May Mr. Manavi, Technology Counsellor of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran visited the Centre for Social Innovation to learn about our projects and activities. Mr. Manavi had an exchange...

On June 6th the EULAC Focus project (H2020) invited to a panel discussion in Vienna on the SDGs and their relevance for the future of the relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean...

Between February and May 2018, the ResInfra@DR project organised three training events to build capacity for evaluation, planning, monitoring and management of research infrastructures (RIs). The trainings...

Im Rahmen der UNI:SUCCESS 2018 fand eine Podiumsdiskussion, moderiert von Karin Bauer (der Standard), über die Zukunft der Arbeit und über die zukünftigen Herausforderungen, die sich für junge Uni-AbsolventInnen...

Das Pilot Training des Projekts "Excellence-in-ReSTI" (Excellence in Research, Social and Technological Innovation Project Management, kurz: ReSTI) startet im Oktober 2018 und wird als Blended Learning...

The BMBWF-funded project WBC-RTI.info focused on the current process of designing smart specialisation strategies in Western Balkan countries.   Smart specialisation strategies (RIS 3 or S3...

The launch of the 2nd Call of the SEA-EU Joint Funding scheme has been scheduled for 18 June 2018. This call will focus on the thematic areas of Bioeconomy and Infectious Diseases. This follows on the...

uni:success, die interdisziplinäre Messe für Berufsinformation und Berufseinstieg bietet zum 12. Mal zahlreiche Vernetzungsangebote von Universität und Arbeitsmark. Am 5 . Juni diskutieren Dr.in Gertraud...

Projekttitel Growing a Transnational Smart Community of Social Innovators for the Inclusive Development of Central Europe Projekt Akronym ...

Jedes Jahr vergeben öffentliche Auftraggeber*innen in Europa Aufträge in Milliardenhöhe. Die EU-Vergaberichtlinie hat den Spielraum geschaffen, neben den Preis (Billigstbieter-System) auch gesellschaftspolitische...

The 2018 European Social Innovation Competition is titled RE:THINK LOCAL and seeks to find the most innovative projects, products, services, business models and collaborations that empower young people...

Anforderungen: Interesse am Thema Gender Equality Fähigkeit zum systematischen und strukturierten Arbeiten Bereitschaft projektübergreifend zu arbeiten sehr gute Englisch-Kenntnisse Angebot...

In the course of the training the participants will have the possibility of sharing the best practices and experiences related to this area to each other, participants are also welcome to bring and introduce...

The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue of SMEs. However, the region...

The inDemand project is looking for 12 regions interested to take up a co-creation model for the health sector. The deadline for applications is 31st August 2018 (see Application form, needs...

In the framework of the DOIT project, the ZSI and the Elternverein Gröbming organize from the 3rd to 6th of September maker days for kids aged 8 to 12 years in Gröbming, Styria. The students will identify...

ZSI welcomes potential applicants to the MSCA - Individual Fellowship call 2018 (European Fellowships) and launches a specific support initiative to match potential applicants with the priority fields...

On May 14-15 and 17-18 the first workshops creating Social labs within the NewHoRRIzon project took place. ZSI is lab manager of Research Infrastructures including e-infrastructures and Secure, Clean ...

ResInfra@DR works to  improve framework conditions for research infrastructure and innovation in the Danube region. Therefore, ResInfra@DR facilitates enhanced transnational cooperation and a macro...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) strive for inclusive and cohesive societies that live in prosperity while respecting planetary boundaries. In our discussion we want to explore pathways to ...

Articulated around the theme ‘New Life Sciences: towards Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs)’, the conference was the ninth event of this kind hosted by the Library of Alexandria. Numerous scientists...

Excellence in research, social and technological innovation project management (hereinafter: Excellence-in-ReSTI) is a cooperation project funded by the Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) with the aim...

The ResInfra@DR project is funded under INTERREG Danube Transnational Cooperation Programme, supported by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA), and co-funded by the project partners or from national public...

Our project mission is to improve framework conditions for research infrastructure in the Danube region. Therefore, ResInfra@DR facilitates enhanced transnational cooperation and a macro-regional scope...

The Made in Danube Consortium is inviting you to join its  Innovation Management Training on 30th May 2018 in Budapest, Hungary! After this training, participants will be able to overview and...

PLOTINA ist ein europäisches Projekt (2016-2020), das zu mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Forschungsbereich beitragen möchte. Das Projekt zielt insbesondere auf die wissenschaftliche Karriereentwicklung...

  For creating economic value and social prosperity, production research has to generate knowledge sensitive to society’s needs and transferable “just in time” to the economic environment by innovative...

Am 25. April 2018 fand am ZSI ein von viel-anthropie organisierter Round-Table über BürgerInnen-Stiftungen statt, um aus Erfahrungen von Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern zu lernen, wie diese...

As part of the EaP Plus initiative, two series of webinars regularly deliver new trainings. Each series has a different focus, the first one being articulated around the topic of Horizon 2020, and the...

The final report of this very exiting and prolific exercise builds on the exchange of experiences and mutual learning of 13 countries: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Latvia...

Die Ergebnisse einer von einem internationalen Konsortium unter der Leitung von Alexander Degelsegger-Marquéz (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation) und John Rigby (Universität Manchester) durchgeführten Analyse...

Excellence in ReSTI, a project funded by the Danube Transnational Programme will set up a pilot training programme, consisting of the following five modules: EU policies, project design, project management...

The Interreg Danube Transnational Project “Excellence in research, social and technological innovation” (Excellence-in-ReSTI) has entered into an intense and interesting period. The partners started to...

On 21 March 2018, an INCOBRA-ENRICH Horizon 2020 Info Day was held at the Porto Digital campus in Recife. The event was aimed at training researchers, managers of public and private companies and innovators...

In 2017 the first step of the acceleration programme of SENSES was taken. Screening the social entrepreneurial landscape in the Danube region, good and transferable policy making practices, their...

On 19th June the eCraft2Learn project organizes a STEAM Learning in Formal & Informal Settings via Craft and Maker Projects Workshop during the 17th Interaction Design and Children Conference...

The PLOTINA Project has been designed to encourage, support and develop progress towards gender equality in the academic community. It aims to develop, implement and assess self-tailored Gender Equality...

The Made in Danube project tries to improve framework conditions for the cooperation between University, Industry, Public Authorities and civil society by developing innovation tools which will match ...

Event Background and Objective The Danube macro-region provides ideal framework conditions for bio-economy due to high-quality natural resources, well-known universities and a strong industrial tissue...

The aim of this study by the European Parliamentary Research Service, is to explore, identify and shed light on the reasons for the low participation and success rate of the EU-13 countries, in order ...