Despite tremendous progress that our societies have made in recent decades, equally challenging tasks remain. These societal challenges directly concern the way we interact with each other and our environment...

by Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez A truly global community of science diplomacy scholars and practitioners met on the occasion of S4D4C’s 1st Global Meeting, which took place 12-14 December at the headquarters...

Ponto - Grassroots Think Tank Austria ist ein neuer und vielversprechender Akteur in der Analyse von und Debattenbildung zu Europa- und aussenpolitischen Themen mit Sitz in Wien. Ponto bringt Ideen, Analysen...

The project is supported by DG Regional and Urban Policy and coordinated by Intrasoft International SA and involves further 5 partner institutions, among them ZSI. The kick-off with DG Regio took place...

The video about the Austrian EU Council Presidency Conference on 'Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research', which was successfully...

Internationale Kooperation ist ein wesentlicher Aspekt gegenwärtiger wissenschaftlicher Wissensproduktion. Aus wissenschaftspolitischer Perspektive gibt es strategische Gründe, sowohl Kooperationsformen...

Maribor – the 2018 European Capital for Social Economy - was the perfect place for organising the last Social Innovation Traning by Made in danube and to contribute to create a common understanding on...

Representatives from social enterprises, intermediary and expert organisations participated in the 3rd stakeholder meeting. Katharina Handler and Irina Vana from ZSI gave an overview on the ongoing project...

Open Science is of increasing importance in both Horizon 2020 and the upcoming framework-programme Horizon Europe. However, many ambiguities about what Open Science means and how it affects applicants...

Die Ausschreibung richtet sich an Projektbetreiber/innen, die aktuelle soziale Probleme aufgreifen. Die Projekte müssen zum Einreichzeitpunkt bereits ausreichend umgesetzt, aber noch am Laufen sein. Einreichberechtigt...

On the 27th November the Multi-stakeholder group GEMSE, “Gemeinsam mehr Social Entrepreneurship” (Together more social enterprises”) presented their core positions to a wider audience. The informal network...

From December 5-6 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ukraine and the RI-LINKS2UA project (Horizon 2020, coordinator ZSI) organised a practical workshop about the Horizon 2020 SME ...

The final meeting of the project EULAC Focus - Giving focus to the cultural, scientific and social dimension of EU – CELAC relations took place in Santiago de Chile from 4.-6. December 2018. The meeting...

During the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council conference on 'Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda' held on 28-29 November 2018 in Vienna, the UK Economic and Social...

During four dialogue workshops with policymakers, managers and stakeholders involved in the planning and operation of Research Infrastructures (RI) from across the Danube macro region, the ResInfra@DR...

Press Release Budapest, Vienna – The ResInfra@DR WP3 Concluding Consultation Meeting took place on 27 and 28 November in Budapest, Hungary. ResInfra@DR coordinator of the international project Felix...

Among the innovators competing in the 'Best Early Stage innovation' category of the Innovation Radar Prize 2018, our EU-funded project eCraft2Learn ranked number 5 in a European wide competition. This...

In the framework of the DOIT project and in cooperation with SERA (Social Services of the region of Liezen, Austria) and the ku:L (Cultural Association in Öblarn), children were adapting the DOIT monster...

Two Social Innovation training workshops were delivered by ZSI last week, respectively in Serbia and Croatia. The events were organised within the "Made in Danube" initiative and were run by Ms. Desiree...

The call for STSM (Short Term Scientific Missions) within COST TN1302 BESTPRAC is now open with a closing date for applications of December 10,  2018. All details of the call are available...

„Die großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit können nicht allein durch Beiträge aus den Natur- und Technikwissenschaften gelöst werden. Auch Geistes-, Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften...

In the course of the "Danube Chance 2.0" project ZSI hosted its first Business Breakfast with the aim to discuss strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for the support of second-chance entrepreneurs ...

The first BLOOM newsletter is out, providing information on the H2020 project BLOOM; on its activities, results, elaborated materials and on activities within the growing European Bioeconomy Network. ...

The maker movement is gaining traction in recent years, and maker platforms like instructables.com are valuable repositories for maker education resources. However, in face of the vast amounts of non-...

eCraft2Learn invites you to follow up on a hands-on workshop for crafting and project based making, held as preconference activity. Workshop time and date: 09:30 – 17:30 on 22 Nov 2018 Workshop ...

This volume illustrates once again joint efforts to strengthen the framework conditions for Research Infrastructures in the Danube Region –  it provides you with news including a selection of publications...

With the help of an independent jury consisting of social innovation experts (among them Klaus Schuch, Scientific Director of ZSI), the Commission selected three projects as winners of the 2018 European...

In the framework of the MiniMaker Fair 2019 in Salzburg, ZSI and Salzburg Research cooperated in setting up a common stand for digital education and entrepreneurship. During 10th of November approx. 800...

Der Standard berichtete in der Ausgabe vom 7. November 2018 unter dem Titel "Über die Mission, die Welt zu ändern" über die Ausrichtung der österreichischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaftskonferenz "Impact of...

The Social Innovation Declaration (#SIDeclaration) has been signed by more than 500 people across Europe in a variety of sectors and countries. ‘Acknowledging the terrific work of the Social Innovation...

At a conference held by the International Institute for Peace in Vienna, ZSI researcher Dr. Maximilian Benner presented conceptual ideas on how to improve young reseachers' and entrepreneurs' economic...

Since beginning of 2017, the AMIF-funded project MEnt (Migrant Entrepreneurs team-up with mentors) aims at facilitating, fostering and strengthening migrant entrepreneurship in five EU countries (Austria...

Among 1000s of EU projects, ZSI has been selected among the top 10 institutes within the 'Best Early Stage innovation' category of the Innovation Radar Prize 2018 for its eCraft2Learn project funded under...

Die vom Regionalmanagement Obersteiermark West beauftragte Studie zu Betreuungsbedarf und -angebot für Kinder und im Bereich der Pflege in der Region Obersteiermark West, die vom ZSI durchgeführt wird...

Results of social innovation – new ideas that meet unmet needs – are all around us. Social Innovation has furthermore been increasingly perceived as answer to the rising number of societal challenges ...

The European Commission (EC) has published a report by its Policy Support Facility (PSF) on "Specific Support to Slovenia: Internationalisation of the science base and science-business cooperation". The...

Quote: "Funded within the H2020 programme, the project connects 13 educational institutions, fab labs, research centers and organizations  from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium...

Die Networking-Veranstaltung am 31. Oktober 2018 im Wiener Rathaus stellt einer interessierten Fachöffentlichkeit Danube Strategic Project Funds (DSPF) Projekte vor und bietet unterschiedlichen Interessensgruppen...

EU policymakers are negotiating Europe’s next long-term budget. To make #socinn a cross-cutting priority in all EU policies and programmes, we recommend "Creating a cross-service European Social Innovation...

Am vergangenen Samstag (20. Oktober) veröffentliche die KleineZeitung ein Porträt unseres ZSI-Mitarbeiters Philipp Brugner aus der Abteilung Forschungspolitik und Entwicklung. Mit einer persönlichen...

"Sharing the Legacy" - The fifth in the Valletta 2018 Foundation's series of annual conferences, this conference encourages broad reflection on the central issues that define urban life by channelling...

Excellence in research, social and technological innovation project management (hereinafter: Excellence-in-ReSTI; in short: ReSTI) is a cooperation project funded by the Danube Transnational Programme...

A working paper by ZSI researcher Maximilian Benner addresses this question. The paper includes empirical case studies on Lower Austria, South Tyrol, Slovenia and Croatia and looks at these regions' or...

ZSI has been selected as one of 50 finalists for the European Commission‘s “Innovation Radar Prize 2018”. This prestigious prize scheme puts a spotlight on high quality innovative excellence emerging ...

While industries like pharmaceuticals and automotive are good at getting decision-makers’ attention, the social innovation community - a broad movement of people and organisations innovating for public...

In diesem Die Presse-Artikel, der einen Ausschnitt der Donauraumkompetenz des ZSI darstellt, werden unter anderem die Projekte ResInfra@DR und ReSTI in Excellence hervorgehoben. Felix Gajdusek erläutert...

Forschungsprojekte zu organisieren und zu verwalten ist eine Wissenschaft für sich, aber erlernbar. Das Know-how dafür will ein neuer internationaler Lehrgang unter der Leitung des Zentrums für Soziale...

At the recent "SMARTER" conference hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and the Regional Studies Association in Seville, ZSI's Dr. Maximilian Benner presented findings on the role...

In a nutshell, Open Science is transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and developed through collaborative networks (Vicente-Sáez & Martínez-Fuentes 2018). The idea captures a systemic...

One of the main territorial challenges concerns the low competitiveness of SMEs - often caused by the lack of innovation capacities of involved actors. The DTP funded "Made in Danube" project responds...