In the scope of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) the H2020 project PHOTORAMA is hosting 2 events. Participation in both events is free of charge.   1) the PHOTORAMA Energy Day "...

In the last cross-learning workshop, PRO-Ethics research funding partners (RFOs) were invited to discuss the outcomes, impacts, and learnings of their pilots. They jointly reflected on the experience ...

The ZSI is partner in ACCTING (AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclusive Green deal) produces knowledge and innovations to advance behavioural change for an inclusive and equal European Green ...

ZSI's current work programme 2023 provides information at a glance about our main research areas, our applied projects and our current publications. You can download the report here. 

The event "Engaging Science with and for Youth," brought together partners of the WBC-RRI.NET project (ZSI is partner and work package leader in the project). The aim was to foster mutual learning, open...

    Embedding RRI in Western Balkan Countries: Enhancement of Self-Sustaining R&I Ecosystems WBC-RRI.NET is a project funded by the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme...

Members of the ETHNA System consortium have published an Open Access book titled “Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice” based on their practical experience with the RRI governance...

As part of the TWINNIBS project, Gorazd Weiss and Philipp Brugner led a Horizon Europe Proposal writing workshop for prospective Principal Investigators (PIs) from the National Institute for Medical Research...

The Brussels-based news platform ScienceIBusiness writes about the EU's efforts to support pan-European research on China. The article discusses the background of the European Commission's efforts to ...

Cornelia Grobner berichtet in der Presse vom 5.5.2023 über das EU-Projekt EC2. Der vollständige Artikel ist hier nachzulesen.

INGO – die Plattform für Führungskräfte im österreichischen Gesundheitswesen, betrieben von der Vinzenz Gruppe – interviewte Stefan Philipp zum Thema Innovation im Gesundheitswesen. Stefan Philipp ...

Das Projekt FOODITY hat zum Hauptziel, ein europäisches Ökosystems digitaler Lösungen zu schaffen, das unter der Wahrung der Rechte der Bürger:innen auf die Souveränität persönlicher Daten zu einer nachhaltigeren...

As part of this, we carried out a series of interactive workshops, starting out with a synthesis workshop on pilot experiences aimed at discussing the findings and results of our participatory pilots. ...

In January and March 2023, PRO-Ethics brought together research ethics and integrity experts and research and innovation organisations respectively to gather insights that could help to better shape our...

Funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe, the VERITY project, in which ZSI seeks to increase trust in science and innovation by developing a set of guidelines to increase trust in science...

  Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass Wissenschaft nie alleine steht, sondern sich immer in der Gesellschaft spiegelt und daher auch in deren Dienst und mit ihr gemeinsam entstehen soll. ...

By promoting the improvement of ecological status, biodiversity, and ecosystem connectivity through the development and implementation of innovative Win-Win Nature Based Solutions, DANUBE4all aims to ...

Scientists are not only interested in theoretical questions, they also want to find solutions to society’s problems. This is shown by a study on the effects of SNSF-funded research. Distributing refugees...

What is energy citizenship and how does it change the way we think about energy? How can we mainstream energy communities to speed up energy transition? Join the Community Energy Academy launching in ...

mAkE is a European Horizon 2020 project focusing on hardware-focused Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs), including makerspaces, as key drivers for local digital innovation in Africa and Europe.  ...

The ZSI will host the next Open Studio event in Vienna organized within the ACCTING project. ACCTING´s main aim as a Horizon2020 project is to explore conditions and relate in eight research lines to ...

In a consortium with European partners and supported by the EU, Silicon Vilstal is now launching the largest Europe-wide program for socialtech startups with €1.4 million equity-free financial support...

On February 27, the two Horizon Europe projects dealing with China, ReConnect China and DWARC, met in Brussels for the 1st China cluster meeting. This format, which brings together Europe's leading research...

The HERAS+ project, funded by the Austrian Development Agency, supported the official ceremony of launching the newly established Organization of Kosovan-Austrian Alumni (OKAA). We are happy...

Die Presse am Samstag, 25. Februar 2023: Mariele Schulze Berndt berichtet über die Beteiligung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern in Forschungsprojekten. Das Ausmaß bürgerlichen Forschungsengagements unterscheidet...

ZSI’s Katharina Koller presented a poster covering insights from the Climatubers project at the 12th annual Sustainability Psychology Preconference, which took place online. This year’s theme was “Diversifying...

Join the first webinar of the WeLaR project, which seeks to understand the impact of digitalisation, globalisation, climate change and demographic shifts on labour markets and welfare states...

Wolfgang Haider hat Internationale Entwicklung und Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Wien studiert und ist seit 2015 am ZSI tätig. Aktuell arbeitet er in mehreren Projekten, unter anderem zu den ...

When? Tuesday 31 January 2023, 11-13 (CET). The aim of the third event is to focus on the challenges of school-to-work transition, initially in a holistic perspective, and then specifically, in...

Nach zwei aktiven Jahren präsentiert das im Rahmen der Energy Transition 2050 geförderte Projekt seine Ergebnisse: DIRECT HUBS arbeitete an der Entwicklung eines Konzepts für lokale Innovations- und Transformationszentren...

We invite you to take part in the PRO-Ethics online consultation. The research project PRO-Ethics is developing an ethics framework to guide research funding organizations in organizing and implementing...

Die Jacobs Foundation lädt zu Nominierungen für den Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize 2023 ein. Der Preis zeichnet herausragende wissenschaftliche Beiträge von Einzelpersonen aus allen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen...

Im Format eines Sammelbands werden aktuelle Perspektiven auf soziale Innovationen aus dem Blickwinkel von Wissenschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft erörtert. Ihre Bedeutung für die transformativen...

Sind Kinder mit Migrationsgeschichte an Österreichs Schulen wirklich so schlecht integriert? Und wenn ja, woran liegt es?  Wie kann Integration an Schulen besser gelingen? Das internationale...

On 1 February 2023, UNTANGLED researchers from Politecnico di Milano will organise a workshop devoted to old and new forms of inequalities. The event will feature a keynote from Professor George ...

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, das ZSI ist seit vielen Jahren an der Schnittstelle Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft tätig und international ein anerkannter Partner in der Wissenschafts- und Demokratievermittlung...

Ende Juni 2022 traf sich die deutschsprachige Citizen Science-Community wieder bei der Österreichischen Citizen Science Konferenz. Unter dem Motto "Citizen Science - Warum (eigentlich) ...

In dem Gastbeitrag in Die Zeit vom 5.1.2023 schreibt der Autor Walter Osztovics über soziale Innovationen in Krisenzeiten: "So düster wird’s nicht. Die Zukunft sah schon mal besser aus. Doch die Krisen...

In his review of the Book "Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen Innovationen" (edited by Jürgen Howaldt, Miriam Kreibich, Jürgen Streicher and Carolin Thiem), Herbert Schubert (Professor of Organisational Sociology...

In the context of the Lost Millennials Project, ZSI's Katharina Koller, Stella Wolter, and Juliet Tschank have analysed the situation of young adults aged 25 years and over, who are not in employment, ...

Der aktuelle Wiener Gleichstellungsmonitor 2021 geht der Frage nach, wie sich die Lebenssituationen von Frauen und Männern in Wien mit der Zeit verändert haben. Die dafür konzipierten 12 Themen und 160...

Citizen Social Science: a promising approach for more participation in knowledge production and decision making Deliverable #2.5 of the Project CoAct Experiences from three years of Co-designing...

Im Ansatz der "Citizen Social Science" werden Laien in wissenschaftliche Prozesse integriert um die eigene Lebenswelt zu verbessern. Zugleich wird dadurch die Wissenschaftsskepsis in der Gesellschaft ...

The objective of ENRICH GLOBAL is to contribute to the development of European scientific, technological and innovation excellence, reinforce innovation competitiveness and internationalisation and take...

We would like to draw your attention to the new newsletter of the Climatubers project (Erasmus+). It includes the newest project videos, which are the result of a training on participatory video making...

Klaus Uckel, Jörn Sonnenburg, Andre Schlochtermeier, Angela Schinder-Daniels und Franz Bauer vom DLR Projektträger waren zu Besuch in Wien. Der Austausch der langjährigen Kooperationspartner am ZSI bot...

ReConnect China is funded under Horizon Europe and coordinated by Ghent University in Belgium. It aims to answer the question in which domains collaboration of the EU with China is desirable, possible...

A research team from ZSI advanced the methodology of co-evaluation in the context of a Citizen Social Science project and publised a Whitepaper on 6 core principles of co-evaluation. In short...

Am 27.11.2022 bereichtete Die Presse über Ergebnisse aus einem Forschungsprojekt zu transformativen Klimaexperimenten mit dem Namen Siamese (Social Innovation for Adaptation and Mitigation. Experimentation...

Durch den Abriss eines desolaten, alten Holzhauses und der Neubegrünung und Bepflanzung des Grundstücks direkt neben dem Kindergarten und der Volksschule Pruggern wurde eine zusätzliche Versickerungsfläche...