"Nothing about us without us!" (AGE Platform Europe) The TAAFE project (funded under Interreg Alpine Space) celebrated its final results in June 2022 in Treviso and Feldbach. The TAAFE model - a...

On 5th July the MICS, CoAct and ACTION projects are co-hosting a forum on impact assessment in citizen science. This will be an opportunity to explore current frameworks, methods and tools...

Am 21. Juni kam der Prager Stadtrat, Herr Vít Šimral mit Vertreterinnen der Stadtregierung, zu Besuch ans ZSI. Vít Šimral ist u.a. für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Innovation verantwortlich. Gegenstand des...

An exhaustive exercise of mapping good practices, interviews, descriptions of opportunities, initiatives and possibilities for cooperation on Responsible Research and Innovation in and beyond the region...

In June 2022, the newsletter was issued, co-edited by Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen, with interviews of Tim Flink, scientific advisor to the Committee of Education, Research and Technology Assessment...

Today, Minister Polaschek, talked at the conference  “Recharging Austro-American Relations” organised by the Diplomatische Akademie Wien and BIAAS. During his speech he also presented findings from...

Am 29. Juni 2022 lädt die TU Berlin für das EU Horizon 2020 Projekt OPEN_NEXT Entwickler, Unternehmen, Forscher und alle ein, die sich für die Zukunft von Open-Source-Hardware interessieren. 18 Europäische...

The Virtual Expert Café series is an open format driven by participants’ contributions. During our informal online gatherings, experts, researchers and stakeholders from the fields of digitalisation, ...

Die im Auftrag des BMBWF entstandene Studie "Bestandsaufnahme der Kooperation und Vernetzung österreichischer und nordamerikanischer Forschender, FTI-Stakeholder und -Institutionen" ist im Repositorium...

SozialMarie ist ein Preis für soziale Innovation, der jedes Jahr an 15 – im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes – ausgezeichnete Projekte vergeben wird. Mit der ersten Ausschreibung im Jahr 2004 und der Verleihung...

Driving the theoretical and empirical discussion on social innovation (SI) forward is one of the key interests of ZSI. Based on the manifold project portfolio that ZSI is involved in, social innovation...

In the frame of the H2020 funded project RIPEET ‘Responsible research and Innovation Policy Experimentations in Energy Transition’, we are building a community of passionate #regional representatives (...

Die Veranstaltung mit optional anschließendem Besuch eines erfolgreichen Beispiels in der Region und der Möglichkeit viele Partnerorganisationen persönlich zu treffen ist ein weiterer Höhepunkt im Rahmen...

Our colleague Carmen Siller, Project Manager at ZSI, was interviewed for the Step Change project to talk about the experience in developing training formats in the context of citizen science projects. ...

Between 2019-2022, the OPEN!NEXT project will set out to challenge and fundamentally change the future of product creation by making open source hardware (OSH) development more accessible to a larger ...

In the framework of the Transition2Bio project, we provide for interested teachers inspirations and practical tips & tricks for implementing bioeconomy activities for kids. Watch our training recordings...

The “Transnational Rural Social Innovation Development Strategy” created by ZSI reflects on the experiences of the Interreg Central Europe project CERUSI, connects them to theoretical and conceptual underpinnings...

On March 21st and 22nd 2022, the TRESCA and RETHINK joint final conference was hosted online and in Brussels. The conference was entitled ‘Connections, Conversations and Science Communication: The future...

Starting on March 21 2022, you can sign up for the course titled “Communicating trustworthy information in the digital world” on Coursera via the course’s home page. The course is available free of charge...

Hier können Sie das kurze Interview mit Dr. Johannes Suitner von der TU-Wien zum SIAMESE-Projekt, das gemeinsam mit dem ZSI durchgeführt wird, nachhören. SIAMESE wird vom Austrian Climate Research Programme...

In the Climatubers project (Erasmus+), a ZSI team is implementing a series of workshops on participatory video making with young adults who are not in education or employment and have special educational...

Seit 2009 nimmt der FWF mit PEEK international eine Vorreiterrolle bei der Förderung von künstlerisch-wissenschaftlicher Forschung ein. Hierbei geht es um die Förderung von arts-based Research von hoher...

The newly-launched European project, called POLICY ANSWERS, will deploy a vast array of tools – from high-level meetings to information services, from launching pilot activities to policy recommendations...

Many families will colour eggs this Easter but in the Kindergarten Gröbming (AT), the Transition2Bio project team of ZSI showed children on the 10th of April 2022 how to do it in an environmental friendly...

Wußten Sie, dass einer der ersten Verkaufsautomaten von Heron von Alexandria Weihwasser nach Münzeinwurf ausgab? Oder dass der geplante Start vom James Webb Teleskop tatsächlich länger verschoben werden...

Das Projekt “Lost Millennials – Transnational research network for the evaluation of initiatives targeting 25+NEETs” hat im Novemebr 2021 begonnen und wird durch den zweiten Call des Fund for Youth Employment...

In the context of the preparations for an Austrian national ERA Action Plan, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research commissioned a study on the current situation in Austria (...

As we observe that science and facts are being called into question, what can be done? The TRESCA project is developing a massive open online course (MOOC) to explore this question directly and to improve...

Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd March 2022 | Online Register now – participation is free of charge. TRESCA project partner ZSI will host panel 4 on "The future of public trust: what role for policy...

Arbeitsminister Martin Kocher plant eine umfassende Arbeitsmarktreform. Irina Vana sprach für das MoMagazin mit Markus Koza, Sozialsprecher der Grünen im Parlament, und Rolf Gleißner, Abteilungsleiter...

ZSI has many professional contacts in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and has been able to make good friends here and there. We are all the more shocked by the ongoing violent events in the region...

We are pleased to announce that the Horizon Europe project "ReConnect China: Generating independent knowledge for a resilient future with China for Europe and its citizens" with involvement of ZSI successfully...

With this press release the European Science Foundations as coordinator and jointly with its partners inform about the "Launch of ACCTING - AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an Inclusive Green deal...

ZSI is coordinating the mAkE project - African European Maker Innovation Ecosystems.  In 3 years, starting from February 2022, the project aims to facilitate the collaboration between...

Die dritte Ausgabe berichtet über die kommende SEED-Hub Veranstaltungsserie, organisiert vom SEED-Hub Projektpartner Fachhochschule Burgenland (FHB): Soziale Unternehmer*innen schaffen den Spagat zwischen...

NewHoRRIzon developed approaches to foster responsible research and innovation. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an approach which considers the social impacts of research and innovation...

Well, now you can find the answer in the new Revenue Model Catalogue from OPEN!NEXT; an easy-to-digest categorisation of the revenue streams of established Open Source Hardware businesses and the strategic...

This is an open format driven by participants’ contributions. It can be a platform for you to promote an ongoing project or research, tap into attendants’ collective intelligence for a specific question...

This impressive project was implemented by a group of international experts under a contract with the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission (under...

After a warm welcome, ZSI’s colleagues Wolfgang Haider and Dr. Stefanie Konzett-Smoliner gave an overview of the CERUSI project and policy implications of the Transnational Rural Social Innovation Strategy...

we are very happy to be part of the ECS - European Citizen Science - consortium, which is going to launch a new project, funded under Horizon Europe. ECS will widen and strengthen the European Citizen...

EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. They are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. With ambitious goals, they will...

ZSI is happy to announce its first successful project proposals in Horizon Europe: 1) NEVERMORE is invited to grant negotiations The project is a Research and Innovation Action in Cluster 5...

The aim of CERUSI (Central European Rural Social Innovation) is to strenghten social innovation and social entrepreneurship in rural areas throughout Central Europe.  CERUSI is organising its ...

As citizen participation and clear communication in science become more important, the Commission provides an overview on projects which are tackling this knowledge gap and striving to improve the way...

Since December 2021, Katharina Koller represents Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH in the Stakeholder Forum of the ROSiE project. ROSiE is a three-year H2020 project aiming to foster responsible ...

Der von Mariann Unterluggauer in der Sendereihe Dimensionen (Ö1) gestaltete Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Praxis von Evaluierung. Forschungsförderungsstellen, Wissenschaftsministerien, Universitäten...

Mitteilung 4: Anpassung der TAAFE-Piloten an den COVID-Kontext: IKT-Tools als Ressourcen und Grenzen Seit Ende 2020 und vor allem Anfang 2021 adaptieren die fünf Piloten des TAAFE-Projekts (Stadt Treviso...

Ab Jänner 2022 ist ein Gender Equality Plan ein verpflichtendes Zulassungskriterium für öffentliche Einrichtungen, Forschungsorganisationen und Hochschuleinrichtungen für Einreichungen zum Europäischen...