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All innovations are socially relevant

Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) implements research and application projects to meet global challenges.

About ZSI

Service is our attitude!

We work in a flexible, agile, customer-centred and results-oriented manner in compliance with ethical standards.

Strategic principles and ethical principles

Yes we can, and we do!

ZSI is Austria’s most successful social scientific institute from FP5 to HORIZON EUROPE.

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Latest news

09 July 2025

VOLABIOS Workshop Selected for Open Living Lab Days 2025
Co-creation
09 July 2025

Launch of the Social Innovation Mission Facility for EU Missions in Vienna
Social Innovation
Focus groups
01 July 2025

Invitation to the STECCI Exhibition and Performances: Split, Croatia, 10th of July – Join us!Pop-up Performance “Kameni Spavač I Stone Sleeper”
Citizen science
COST profeedback conference
30 June 2025

ZSI at the PROFEEDBACK COST Action CA20112 conference “Shaping the Future: Evaluating Programs and Policies in Public Education and Youth Policy”
Education
Quasi-experimental & experimental designs
27 June 2025

30 years in the EU – Significant boost for research and innovation
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Interviews
Elisabeth Unterfrauner and Klaus Schuch (ZSI)
26 June 2025

ZSI celebrates its anniversary with a change in leadership: Dr. Elisabeth Unterfrauner succeeds Dr. Klaus Schuch

Upcoming Event

25 – 27 September 2025

1st STECCI Conference: Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Climate Change
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Social innovation
Energy transition
Climate change mitigation & adaptation
Bioeconomy & biotech
Circular economy
Social inclusion (incl. migration)
Health and ageing
Education
Digitalisation
Science-, technology- and innovation policy
International R&I cooperation
Other

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Discover projects from ZSI

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R&I POLICY making, implementation ANd Support in the WEsteRn BalkanS

Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action supporting policy dialogue and implementation with a focus on the Western Balkans

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International Advocacy for the Strategic Alignment of MSCA Cooperation Mechanisms in Key Partner Countries and Regions

The project is supporting the EC in a more strategic orientation of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions focussing on 20 countries and 6 regions.

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Enhancing Competitiveness, Resilience & Sustainability of Remote Farming, Forestry and Rural Areas …

A new EU project to diminish urban-rural digital inequalities via XG, last-mile connectivity and edge computing solutions.

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