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...

Running from mid-2018 to 12/2021 the project Finance4SocialChange has created valuable outcomes and accessible and most tangible results are listed in this news entry... A vast collection of important...

Crises like COVID-19 can be an opportunity to reframe conversations around politics, research funding and governance. Promoting robust and transparent scientific and transdisciplinary methods, supported...

The goal of the project “Ethics Governance System for RRI in Higher Education, Funding and Research Centres”, in short ETHNA System, is to implement and enforce an internal management and procedural system...

The Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (FTEval) celebrates soon its 25th anniversary. Klaus Schuch, scientific director of ZSI and managing director of the Platform FTEval...

Im Interview mit den beiden ZSI-Expertinnen Pamela Bartar und Barbara Kieslinger portraitiert Johannes Lau, Der Standard, ZSI-Projekte an der Schnittstelle zwischen Forschung, Kunst und Maker Spaces. "...

During the last three years, the EU-Citizen.Science project created a hub for Citizen Science in Europe. Watch how you can make use of it (in English with German subtitles):    &...

After the end of the S4D4C project, the CORDIS editorial team interviewed the project coordinator from ZSI, Elke Dall to highlight the key results of the project. Read the full article here in German...

Lesen Sie in dieser Ausgabe einen Rückblick auf das erste SEED-Hub Social Business Forum und erfahren Sie über weitere Möglichkeiten zur Teilnahme für Social Entrepreneurs und soziale Innovator*Innen: ...

The Action PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-making...

Interview am 7. November 2021 von Thomas Pressberger (Kurier) mit Dr.in Mag.a Irina Vana (ZSI)

In view of the soon end of the Finance4SocialChange the Austrian team consisting of ASHOKA and ZSI would like to debrief kindly about the achievements and challenges of the project in a dedicated meeting...

  Finance4SocialCahnge has contributed in teh last 3 years to social impact investment through strategy support and practical offers to the community of finacing actors accross the entire region...

Dieser und anderen Fragen ging das FFG Webinar nach. Das ZSI wurde eingeladen, im Webinar der FFG zur Einbindung geistes-, sozial- und kulturwissenschaftliche Expertise in Horizon Europe  als Testimonial...

On October 28, the Commission celebrated the contract awards of the 73 projects selected for funding under the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call worth €1 billion. This last call under Horizon 2020...

  Transition2BIO H2020 project is inviting you to participate to the Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) Workshop ‘Toward the green transition...

In October, the Step Change project launched its first newsletter with insights into the stakeholder engagement processes, how to ensure inclusivity and diversity in citizen science initiatives and an...

On October 19, already for the third time ZSI experts delivered a dedicated research and innovation management training for the innovation management unit of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics...

Presently, SMEs and maker communities across Europe are coming together to fundamentally change the way we create, produce, and distribute products. We’re establishing new collaborations between companies...

The project Finance4SocialChange ends with December 2021. In view of the achievements and its prolongation to run 40 months that enabled a more sustained and durable approach of the partnership, also ...

In its efforts of reaching out to rural change-makers in Central Europe the CERUSI Partnership set up a series of three webinars (online courses) dedicated to the topic of the “Borders of Rural Social...

Das DIRECT HUB Impact Café fand am 20. September 2021 im Wiener Impact Hub statt, viele Kreislaufwirtschaftsexpert*Innen und Praktiker*innen folgten der Einladung des Projektkoordinators alchemia-novas...