The overall mission of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the Europen Union conference on ‘Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda - Valuation of SSH research in...

HERAS - Higher Education, Research and Applied Science in Kosovo is a project funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) with funds from the Austrian Development Cooperation and a co-financing by...

The objective of the conference is to bring valuation (i.e. the provision of added value through SSH and arts-based research) and impact contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research ...

In einer bewegenden Feier, bei der auch zwei Ehrendoktorate an Wissenschafter vergeben wurden, die als Kinder vor der nationalsozialistischen Politik aus Wien flüchten mussten, wurde Alexander Degelsegger...

Research and Innovation (R&I) policy is more than ever charged with demonstrating societal impact. If the new impact agenda of R&I policy is taken seriously, than this has several implications...

Das ZSI allgemein und insbesondere auch als Mitglied der Österreichischen Plattform für Forschungs- und Technologiepolitikevaluierung  trauert um den ehemaligen Leiter der fteval, der die Plattform...

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...

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 Graphene EU Flagship project has organised on 1 March 2018 a workshop on impact measurement at Chalmers Technical University in Göteborg. The workshop brought together the largest EU scientific projects...

Am Donnerstag und Freitag vergangener Woche, 22. und 23. Februar 2018, fand am ZSI die erste Schulungseinheit des zweiten Zyklus der Gründungsunterstützung für migrantische UnternehmerInnen des Projektes...

Das 62. Netzwerktreffen, zu Gast an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Wien, widmete sich dem Thema „Neue Entwicklungen in der österreichischen Wissenschaftsvermittlung". Pamela Bartar, ZSI, präsentierte im...

This report reviews Latvia’s existing funding allocation systems and processes and proposes improvements based on best practice, including an overall institutional/organisational structure for managing...

Conference Date and Location END 2018 will be held in Budapest, Hungary (hotel Novotel Budapest Centrum) and will occur from 23 to 25 of June, 2018. Important Dates (Last Call for Abstracts) - Abstract...

Excellence-in-ReSTI project aims to improve knowledge and skills in managing social and technological innovation projects. Its mission is to increase employability and the quality of R&D&I projects...

ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation (Vienna) in cooperation with the Union of Slovak Clusters (UKS) organised the event to bring together representatives of higher education institutions, clusters, SMEs...

In response to the current open calls in the field of transport and aviation in Horizon 2020, the RI-LINKS2UA project organised a targeted info day at the National Aviation University (NAU) of Ukraine...

Five experts acting as trainers and 31 participants started the first ResInfra@DR training in Sofia which is hosted by project partner ARC Fund. Participants come from 11 countries including Bulgaria, ...

Im Dezember 2017 wurde das dreijährige Projekt BLOOM begonnen. Martin Tauss verfasste Ende Jänner 2018 einen Schwerpunkt zu Bioökonomie. Auch das Projekt BLOOM wird dabei vorgestellt. Der Artikel gibt...

Brussels, 16 April 2018 - Committee of the Regions, rue Belliard 99-101, B-1000 Brussels (room JDE52) Registration now open!    Cities and regions are among the most fertile contexts for...

Between January and March 2018, Social Innovation Community is running a public consultation to identify the key policy challenges that are preventing Europe’s diverse social innovation community from...

Read in our third newsletter about the four practices that have been selected under the EP-DeM Award: EP-DeM Newsletter 3. With this award, we aimed at recognising and supporting the efforts of those ...

Join us this March in Zagreb for our second Social Learning Relay, designed to strengthen your social impact initiatives! The SIC - Social Innovation Community project is happy to invite you to an ...

Science diplomacy can be described, in its broadest sense, as all those activities that span the spheres of science, on the one hand, and diplomacy, on the other. Science advice to multilateral climate...

The Made in Danube Project held its first best practice workshop dedicated to the capacities and opportunities related to the social-, service-, and eco-innovations in the Bio-economy sector. The objective...

The Interreg Danube Transnational Project “Excellence in research, social and technological innovation” (Excellence-in-ReSTI) has wrapped up its first-year activities and turns into the new year with ...

The BSH project created the "€Black Sea Cooperation Programme"€ (BSCP)€ which was presented and discussed in a dedicated Conference in Athens, in May 2017. Building on the momentum created with the...

Der anonymisierte Datensatz des FIMAS-Projekts, Integrationsmaßnahmen und Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Flüchtlingen und subsidiär Schutzberechtigten in Österreich, kann von Forscherinnen und Forschern für eigene...

In 2015 South Africa and Austria signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in science and research. The 7th national "Beyond Europe Roundtable" focused on how to strenghten cooperation between...

Der Atlas of Social Innovation versammelt Beiträge führender ExpertInnen und neue Einsichten in die Vielfalt sozialer Innovationen und präsentiert Ergebnisse des internationalen Forschungsprojekts SI-...

The Atlas of Social Innovation gathers leading experts to deliver new intelligence on the diversity of Social Innovation and complements this insight with the results of the international research project...

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Heuer wird die SozialMarie bereits zum 14. Mal ausgeschrieben: Die Unruhe Privatstiftung sucht auszeichnungswürdige Projekte, die sozial innovative Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen entwerfen...

Welche Rolle Innovationsprozesse für eine erfolgreiche Internationalisierung spielen und ob Österreichs Unternehmen einen Innovationstypwechsel brauchen, diskutieren Michael Friedmann vom Fuerwehrtechnik...

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

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

SENSES has issued the second edition of the newsletter. You will find the Newsletter here. SENSES is a project funded by the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme. In our second newsletter we present...

SI-Drive has issued the sixteenth edition of the eNewsletter. You will find the eNewsletter here. SI-Drive is a large-scale research project funded in the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme. ...

Watch out the video documentary on the Labs experiences in Bologna, Cagliari, Dublin and London. From their direct voices, what Labs suggested, what were the reflections, and the ways forward. Enjoy!

Wir freuen uns den zweiten MEnt "Call for Business Ideas" in Österreich bekannt zu geben. Die Ausschreibung ist bis 15. Jänner 2018 geöffnet. Sie richtet sich an gründungsinteressierte Personen ...

Wie kann man marginalisierte Kinder und Jugendliche für die Wissenschaft begeistern und welchen Beitrag kann Citizen Science dazu leisten? Dieser Frage ging eine jüngst veröffentliche Studie des Rats...

European and South African partners of the ESASTAP 2020 project met in Pretoria from 4-8 December for a series of workshops and info days, which coincided with the Science Forum South Africa 2017. The...

Erwerbsarbeit ist einer der wichtigsten Faktoren sozialer Partizipation und Integration. In der FIMAS-Studie, deren Endbericht nunmehr vorliegt, wurden die Erwerbsverläufe Geflüchteter in Österreich untersucht...

The overall objective of PLOTINA is to enable the development, implementation and assessment of self-tailored #Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) with innovative and sustainable strategies for the Research ...

Wir wollen unser Profil im Bereich "Forschungspolitik und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung" durch einen Experten / eine Expertin verstärken, die im hohen Ausmaß Interesse an der europäischen F&I-Politik...

The Pilot activities in ResInfra@DR consist of dedicated learning actions for experts and the hosts of planned and existing Reseach Infrastructures in the Danube Region. At the meeting in Prague the challenges...

Eine Studie, die das ZSI im Auftrag des Rats für Forschung und Entwicklung durchgeführt hat, belegt wieder einmal, dass Kinder und Jugendliche aufgrund ihrer sozialen und kulturellen Herkunft bereits ...

Bei der Tagung „Opening up to an Era of Social Innovation“ zwischen 27. und 28. November 2017 in Lissabon ergab sich für VertreterInnen der SI-DRIVE-Projektkoordination die Möglichkeit, mit dem portugiesischen...

The meeting in the end of November 2017 aimed to progress on region specific Ex-ante guidelines, monitoring guidelines and the socio-economic impact assessment of research infrastructures in the Danube...

Representatives from social enterprises, intermediary and expert organisations participated in the 2nd stakeholder meeting. Katharina Handler and Irina Vana from ZSI gave an overview of the ongoing project...