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The Centre for Social Innovation works with more than 500 organisations from all over the world, and with researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds. ZSI projects often tackle multi-layered issues – for example questions on social innovation – which require trans-disciplinary approaches and balanced processes with intercultural knowledge and empathy. |
Our staff has manifold intercultural experiences and cooperates with policy makers, researchers, civil society organisations, schools, and different target groups from several geographical regions, such as South East Europe, Russia, Eastern Partnership countries, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Southeast Asia and India as well as Canada.
International team
The 50+ experts working at ZSI are from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Italy, Kenya, Serbia, Slovenia, and Slovakia. They are researchers of different disciplinary backgrounds, working mainly in inter- and trans-disciplinary research fields. Their academic education includes sociology, economy, political sciences, development studies, psychology, humanities, geography, physics, engineering studies, etc.
Ethics
ZSI is contact node of the Social Innovation Europe Network established by the Young Foundation. ZSI applies the Code of Ethics of the International Sociological Association (ISA), and the RESPECT Code of Practice for Socio-Economic Research and is firmly involved in responsible research and innovation projects.
If you are interested in our intercultural and trans-disciplinary competences, please feel free to get in touch with us.
Ansprechperson: Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch
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Projekte
- Codesigning Citizen Social Science for Collective Action
- National Strategies and roadmaps for international cooperation in Research & Innovation
- Service Facility in Support of the Strategic Development of International Cooperation in Research and Innovation
- Migrant entrepreneurship supported by mentors
- Giving focus to the cultural, scientific and social dimension of EU-CELAC relations
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Publikationen
- From silence to whispers: Rapido presentation at EuroPCom 2015 by ZSI expert Pamela Bartar
- Facilitating EU-Russian Scientific and Societal Engagement: Joint Efforts to Tackle Grand Challenges
- Über den Tellerrand blicken: Wissenschafts-PR für Citizen Science
- Changing Identities in South Eastern Europe
- weReurope handbook
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Veranstaltungen
- Social(i)Makers SDG Impact Camp
- Fundamentals of U.S. Sponsored Project Administration
- 3. Österreichische Citizen Science Konferenz 2017
- The way forward in aligning transnational R&I funding and activities in the Danube Region
- Wissen für alle: ZSI-Vorträge zu "Soziale Innovation" im Programm der Wiener Volkshochschulen
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News
- Atlas of Social Innovation - the story goes on
- Evaluation: Austrian Offices for Science and Technology - article in "Standard"
- Preparing for Science Diplomacy - leaving the comfort zone
- International cooperation for tackling global biosphere and social challenges
- Slow progress in Kosovo, but progress
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