Biodiversity We enhance the knowledge base, facilitate its sharing and foster cross-sectorial policy dialogue for EU policy making in biodiversity and related fields.
Cancer We foster scientific and technical coordination of EU activities on cancer, while expanding the EU’s capacities and systems for prevention, early detection, treatment and care.
Composite Indicators Our expertise on statistical methodologies and in developing sound composite indicators provides policy-makers with the ‘big picture’ for informed policy decisions and progress monitoring.
Disaster risk management We provide a networked approach to the science-policy interface in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), across the EU Commission, Member States and the DRM community worldwide.
Earth Observation We enable the uptake of state-of-the-art knowledge from Earth Observation for EU policies and better regulation.
ELINDER Training Programme The European Learning Initiatives for Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation (ELINDER) is a training programme in nuclear decommissioning.
Evidence-Informed Policy Making Helping researchers and policymakers better connect scientific knowledge and policymaking in the EU and worldwide.
FAIRMODE FAIRMODE brings together air quality modelers and users to promote and support the harmonized use of models by EU Member States to support the European Air Quality Directives.
Food Fraud and Quality The Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality (KC-FFQ) produces and makes sense of scientific information to protect the authenticity and quality of food in the EU
Foresight We foster a strategic, future-oriented and anticipatory culture in the EU policymaking process.
Global Food and Nutrition Security We support the EU global commitment to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition through a dedicated, reinforced science-policy interface and a fostered inter-policy dialogue.
Health Promotion Knowledge Gateway A reference point for public health policy makers with reliable, independent and up-to date information on topics related to promotion of health and well-being.
Life Cycle Assessment The EPLCA is the EU’s knowledge base that responds to business and policy needs towards sustainable production and consumption. It supports the methodological development of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the analysis of supply chains and end-of-life waste management.
Microeconomic Evaluation We advise and support EU policy making through ex-post causal evaluation and data-driven microeconomic analysis.
Migration and Demography Deepening our understanding of opportunities and challenges related to demographic change and migration.
Modelling We promote a responsible, coherent and transparent use of modelling to support the evidence base for EU policies.
Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management Programme of the Joint Research Centre was launched in 1999 to address the safe dismantling of obsolete nuclear installations and the management of associated radioactive waste across JRC sites in Ispra (Italy), Karlsruhe (Germany), Geel (Belgium), and Petten (Netherlands).
Nuclear Decommissioning Knowledge Management The Knowledge Centre for Nuclear Decommissioning initiative is a strategic effort to capture, consolidate, and disseminate knowledge from the Nuclear Decommissioning Assistance Programme (NDAP) beneficiaries.
Participatory Democracy We provide services, guidance and tools to support the development of socially robust policy through citizen engagement practices.
SMCE A methodological framework designed by Decision Analysis Lab for comparing policy options in ex ante impact assessments
Soil Observatory The principal provider of reference data and knowledge at EU-level for all matters relating to soil.
Technology Transfer The CC TT provides technology transfer policy related expertise and services to the European Commission and other institutions of the Union and operational support services to a broader range of stakeholders.
Territorial (ARCHIVED) Until this Knowledge Service was archived in July 2024, it supported EU policymaking through better knowledge management on territorial (urban and regional) related issues.
Text Mining We use text mining and analysis tools to extract information from online data, including traditional or social media, or from large public or proprietary document sets.