SYNYO GmbH

Small or Medium Enterprise (SME)

www.synyo.com/Vienna, Austria

About

SYNYO GmbH is a highly dynamic enterprise focusing on research, innovation, and technology, located in Vienna, Austria. SYNYO explores and develops novel methods, technologies, and solutions in the areas of circular economy, climate resilience, biodiversity and ecosystem services, nature-based solutions, inclusive governance, and digital solutions while tackling societal, political, ecological, and economic challenges.

SYNYO analyses the impact of emerging new knowledge and technologies from different angles and from an interdisciplinary perspective. The team at SYNYO consists of highly skilled employees specialized in various scientific and technical fields like Social Sciences, ICT & Technology, Safety & Security, Energy & Sustainability, Urban Future, Smart Health Digital Systems and Smart Technologies.

Up to now, we have been involved in over 70 research projects and have created strong management capabilities as coordinators of 17 European (FP7, H2020, AAL, Urban Europe) projects. Within all projects, the interdisciplinary team of SYNYO has taken a role in the whole project lifecycle including research, requirements analysis, concept designs, technical implementations, programming, validations as well as research dissemination, communication, and exploitation tasks.

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

1 Additional activities for the European Biodiversity Partnership: Biodiversa+2 Strengthening the capacity of citizen science in biodiversity observation8 Strengthening pathways to alternative socioeconomic models for continuous improvement of biodiversity

Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

1 Novel circular business models to enable the just transition to a sustainable and circular economy6 Indicators for the transition to sustainable and circular economy7 Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)

Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities

2 Exploring and improving access to housing in rural areas and developing the houses and villages of the future4 Creating urban co-creation spaces for driving sustainable food system transformation

Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal

4 Operationalisation of bioeconomy sustainability principles6 Strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks8 Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance

Land, ocean and water for climate action

5 Additional activities for the European Partnership Water Security for the Planet (Water4All)

Representatives

Olivia Kafka

Research Analyst and Project Communication

SYNYO GmbH