About ASF hub

We live in times of multiple crises: economic crisis, ecological crisis, biodiversity crisis and crisis of distribution. To address these crises, innovative and creative ideas are needed. The Ludwig Boltzmann Society and the University of Applied Arts Vienna have therefore established the "Action for Sustainable Future (ASF) hub".

What does the ASF hub do?

In a two-stage selection process, a transdisciplinary committee selected 6 key projects, which are located at the interface between society, science and art and will focus, from a variety of perspectives, on sustainability in the sense of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The ASF hub will support and accompany these key projects financially and in terms of content until the end of 2023. Project proposals could be submitted until 30^th of September, 2021. The complete call for proposals can be found here.

All projects work participatory and involve different population groups, affected groups and stakeholders. New ways of involvement are also pursued: The implementation projects were initiated by social actors and are provided with artistic or scientific expertise as needed to ensure the quality of their research-led practice. In this way, committed citizens involve researchers and/or artists in the implementation of their ideas. More information on the projects can be found here.