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Context Non-compliance in paying taxes affects public revenues, trust in governments and perceived levels of fairness. A sizeable amount of unpaid taxes in all Member States is due...
A new knowledge management tool to better understand demographic change.
The FUTURINNOV project supports the European Innovation Council (EIC) in building strategic intelligence capacity through foresight and other anticipatory approaches. This is done through activities to identify...
The 2nd European Ecosystem Assessment aims to deliver a comprehensive evaluation of the state and trends in ecosystems and their services throughout Europe.
The European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) brings together EU institutions and bodies who are committed to thinking longer term about the challenges and opportunities...
Context The decline in the abundance and diversity of European wild insect pollinators constitutes a dramatic issue for both biodiversity protection and food security due to the crucial role of pollination...
Context Biodiversity loss is driven by human behaviour, with key factors including changes in land and sea use, exploitation of organisms, climate change, pollution, and invasive species...
Context Financial incentives and support for investments in energy-efficiency projects is provided to firms through different programs at the European and/or Member State levels. Even though these...
The project aims to support foresight capacity building in EU Member States and to integrate future-oriented thinking into decision-making
The health and well-being of society are deeply rooted in land use. Terrestrial ecosystems sustain us through biomass provision, contributing end-use goods of food, materials...
A software tool helping to implement the Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation methodological framework
In "Technology and Democracy: understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making" an international team of experts takes a behavioural science approach to investigate the impact of online platforms...
Context The new European Commission (2024-2029) prioritises the implementation of existing and upcoming EU policies across all sectors. The mission letter of the Commissioner for Implementation highlights the European...
A methodological framework designed by Decision Analysis Lab for comparing policy options in ex ante impact assessments
Foresight project increasing preparedness for unexpected developments and the risks they could create.
Advances in behavioral, decision and social sciences show that humans are not purely rational beings. As a result, this report brings new insights to political behaviour. It...
"The Dark Side of Digital" is an ambitious European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) research initiative. This project investigates how higher education students across...
The Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (CC-COIN) is collaborating with the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the European Commission (DG GROW) on the following work...
Context Immigration, with its benefits and challenges, has been an important and often controversial topic in European politics for decades. The outbreak of the war in Ukraine has brought the new...
The Centre for Research on Impact Evaluation (CRIE) is part of the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME). It provides scientific expertise and methodological support on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation...
Context “Without information, people can neither understand nor effectively respond to the events that shape their world.”( UNHCR report). Correct information is essential for resilience...
Context Getting citizens on board when it comes to preparedness for potential disasters is essential in building societal resilience. Improving preparedness and providing people with guidance on how...
Context The Living Lab for testing Digital Energy Solutions manages a charging site with nine electric vehicle charging points at the JRC site of Ispra in a two-year experimental...
Context When we go to work or school, especially if we live in an urban area, we can often choose between different modes of transport...
What do you want your future to look like? We would love to hear from you.
This research, launched in 2021, builds upon previous Enlightenment 2.0 work that examines the relationship between online technologies and political behaviour, as well as understanding values and identities.
The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of targeted strategies to fight COVID-19 misinformation.
The JRC has published a report that supports policymakers in understanding and interpreting value orientations and social identities that are relevant for policymaking.
The Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan has called for a new EU-Supported Cancer Screening Scheme to assure high performance of cancer screening programs across all the Member...
A series of short, virtual workshops about 'science for policy ecosystems' has been organised between September 2020 and September 2022. In 2023, the series turned into in-person...
The multi-annual research programme seeks to understand the different drivers that influence political decision-making in the 21st century During the 18th century age of Enlightenment, science became the standard...
Context In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become more widely used to aid human decision making in areas of great societal importance, such...
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) provides consistent and quality-controlled information related to global air pollution and health, solar energy, greenhouse gases and climate forcing...
Context An ECDC survey in 2021 found uneven spread of capacity for behavioural and social science research during the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU. The BI4EU project aims to identify...
Providing food information via QR codes is not an adequate substitute to printing them on labels
Context Worldwide, more than 60 million people are forced to stay abroad due to war or persecution in their home country. Many of them experience prejudice...
Context EU biodiversity policy aims to preserve, enhance, and restore biodiversity across various land types, including agricultural land, oceans, freshwater, cities, and wetlands...
The European Commission (Joint Research Centre and Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety) set up the European Consumer Food Waste Forum which brought together researchers and practitioners...
Anticipation and monitoring of emerging technologies and disruptive innovation (ANTICIPINNOV) project is a collaboration between the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) with the European Innovation Council (EIC)...
INNOVA Measure The 'INNOVA Measure' projects support the work of the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission by providing better evidence for policy-making. Its overarching...
Successfully managing the green and digital transitions is a crucial factor that could increase the resilience and strategic autonomy of the EU and shape its future. Yet digitalisation of agriculture and rural...
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provides tangible and authoritative information on past, present and future climate in Europe and the rest of the World. The C3S mission is to support climate...
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) provides data on land cover to a broad range of users in the field of environmental terrestrial applications. CLMS products include information...
The programme will build, strengthen and scale up the resilience and adaptive capacities of smallholder farmers and rural communities of seven least developed countries (LDCs) in this region. It will...
The JRC Biomass Mandate has been conducting a comprehensive analysis of biomass supply and usage for over a decade.
The Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training
Context EU waste policy aims to reduce waste and in particular packaging waste. By 2023, 70% of all packaging shall be recycled to support the EU’s transition...
Pioneering Policy Innovation through Speculative Design
About The “Gender Equality Strategy Monitoring Portal” project supports the work of the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers (JUST) of the European Commission by providing readily available data...
The African Union and the European Union alongside a number of implementing partners have launched the Consortium Europe-Africa on Research and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation. The project brings together...
The Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), led by FAO and IFAD, will direct $252 million in project financing and $2.2 billion in co-financing to 32 countries. The FSIP...
Radioligand therapy for advanced prostate cancer patients – We need to boost our health care systems
Radioligand therapy for advanced prostate cancer patients – We need to boost our health care systems In December 2022 the radiopharmaceutical 177Lu-PSMA-617, labelled with the beta-particle...
The Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) provides systematic and authoritative information on the state of the oceans on a global as well as regional level. Implemented by the Mercator Ocean International on behalf of the European...
‘Tracking EU Citizens’ Concerns using Google Search Data’ offers weekly updates on EU citizens’ interests on three main fields related to the pandemic crisis...
To advance our understanding of the impacts of climate change on migration and population distribution
Context Research labs consume 3 to 10 times more energy per sqm than office spaces. Although costly, it is crucial to ensure a high and stable energy...
Context Late payment of taxes is a serious issue for governments. Imposing penalties on late payers is one typical response – but the way in which public authorities draft...
In collaboration with 32 countries across Africa and the Bay of Bengal, the EAF-Nansen Programme is committed to improving fisheries management in line with the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), strengthening the capacities...
I-CAN is a multistakeholder, multisectoral global flagship initiative developed by Egypt as COP27 Presidency, in partnership with WHO, FAO, other UN agencies and partners such as GAIN, that will...
The futres4europe platform brings together futurists and foresight community members with EU policy-makers and citizens.
About CC-COIN is collaborating with the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) on the following work streams. Regional Competitiveness Index Since 2010, the EU Regional Competitiveness...
The Common African Agro-Parks Programme (CAAPs) is aimed at boosting regional trade for agricultural commodities by increasing locally processing of key agricultural products. The CAAPs will help...
The Pilot Project "REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps", supported by the European Parliament is developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in collaboration...
The EcoFoodSystems project aims to enhance the health and climate resilience of urban and peri-urban food systems by adopting a systems-based approach for agroecological transitions. The project’s specific objectives are...
Desarrollar, fortalecer e implementar un sistema de gestión integrado del conocimiento en el sector agrícola, que incluya aspectos innovadores y...
TRANSITIONS seeks to facilitate agroecological transitions that are informed by climate considerations among farmers in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). This will be achieved by creating comprehensive...
The Science and Technology for PollinatING Insects (STING) project is a collaboration of the Directorate-General for Environment and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), initiated in 2018 to address specific issues under priority...
Boost evidence-informed policymaking in European regions and cities through a variety of tools like innovation camps, training courses, and pairing schemes.
Launched by the G20 in the wake of the global response to the 2007–08 food price crisis, GAFSP works to build resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems in low-income countries, in times...
EFAS provides Europe-wide forecasting information on Floods. It includes DRM Knowledge Centre, which provides an Information Exchange form focusing on developing an harmonized approach...
Description: This EU-funded programme - 23.2 M EUR, including EUR 18.2 million from the EU and EUR 5.0 million from Belgium - has the objective to enable...
BiodiverCities aimed to enhance civil society participation in local and urban decision-making, leading to buiding a joint vision of the green city of tomorrow shared among citizens, scientists...
The COVID-19 pandemic encourages us to rethink thoroughly the relationship between mental health, well-being and the ecosystems that constitute our living environment. HELIOS explores, in an interdisciplinary way...
The JRC Makerspace is designed to promote active participation, knowledge sharing, and scientific research through open-ended exploration and experimentation.
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme, looking at our planet and its environment to benefit all European citizens. It offers information services that draw...
Context Citizens consider disinformation a threat to European democracies, and the majority of European citizens believe that they have come across disinformation online, with 63% of younger Europeans...
The Copernicus Security Service supports EU policy by providing information in response to Europe's security challenges. It improves crisis prevention, preparedness and response in three key...
The CoCO2 project, building a prototype system for a Copernicus CO2 emission monitoring service, contributes to the development of the European CO2MVS capacity.
Context Gender disparities in the workplace remain a persistent issue, with women underrepresented in top leadership positions and systematically applying for lower-paying jobs than men. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Context The Erasmus Plus programme is crucial in advancing the European Union's objectives in youth and education. By facilitating study and work opportunities abroad for students and staff, the programme encourages...
Context The European Commission is committed to achieving corporate climate neutrality by 2030 and reducing its environmental impact in the context of the European Green Deal and UN Sustainable Development...
Context The EU has established a regulatory framework to guarantee the safety and quality of blood and blood products, which involves research and international collaboration. Nevertheless, the legislation has...
Context Vaccination is one of the most powerful and cost-effective public health measures in the modern world and remains the main tool for primary prevention of communicable diseases. Yet, despite...
The program: The FOLUR program - $345 million initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank – aims to play a significant role...
The partnership gathers 19 participating states countries for a common research and innovation strategy to address the challenges in climate change, population growth and food security, water scarcity...
Check your own competences The new self-reflection tool to explore your own competences as a researchers in the science for policy field or as a policymaker aspiring to make innovative policy...
The overall aim of the project is to better understand trends and drivers impacting the EU Customs ecosystem and possible paths for how this system could develop by 2040. The project will...
This project contributes to the foresight and anticipation capacity of the European Commission in the policy areas of migration, asylum and integration.
The foresight study explores the future of the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy towards 2040. It focused on the analysis of European existing strengths, areas for improvement and it identified...
This foresight study aims to leap forward, envisioning plausible medium- and long-term futures for the European labour markets. It aims to shed light on how jobs will...
The foresight study on the future of EU rural areas 2040 developed a set of four scenarios describing possible alternative futures for rural areas in the EU. The exercise contributed...
This Initiative aims to use an end-to-end approach to increase fruit and vegetable intake and in turn improve diet quality, nutrition and health outcomes while also improving livelihoods...
Working across South Asia, this Initiative aims to deliver a coordinated program of research and engagement across the food production–to–consumption continuum to support equitable access to sustainable healthy...
As one of CGIAR’s new Research Initiatives, Sustainable Healthy Diets aims to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all by stimulating the demand for sustainable healthy diets and the supply...
The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology is a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach aimed at enhancing food system resilience, equity, and sustainability.
Launched by the G20 in the wake of the global response to the 2007–08 food price crisis, GAFSP works to build resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems in low-income countries, in times...
The Global Framework for Action to Cope with Water Scarcity in Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change (in short, the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, WASAG), a partnership hosted...
Non-ferrous Metals Manufacturing: Vision for 2050 and Actions Needed Textiles and Clothing Manufacturing: Vision for 2025 and Actions Needed
The objective of thr JRC knowSDGs platform is to provide interactive and easy-to-use data visualization of Sustainable Development Goal indicators.
ASTA is a global program led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It assists countries with accelerating...
As a global climate change programme, ASAP+ is expected to be the largest fund dedicated to channelling climate finance to small-scale producers. It focuses on addressing the climate change...
The main objective of this project, financed by the European Union, was to identify drivers and barriers for the uptake of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) by farmers. It also allowed collecting...
Co-creation process to develop an evaluation framework to assess the capacity for science for policy in the EU Member States between Dec 2021 and April 2023.
The EU GCCA+ initiative contributes towards achieving the overall target of at least 20 % of the EU budget spent on climate action by 2020, as much as EUR 180...
The overall objective of the project is to support sustainable economic development in Uganda by promoting and improving the Robusta coffee agroforestry farming system.
The overall objective is to contribute to the transformation of the agriculture sector in Angola through research and innovation activities. RE-FARM aims to develop applied research and innovation on agroecological practices to address...
Based on the principles of agroecology, the project aims to contribute to sustainable rural development through innovations in the rice value chain and the farmer – agro-pastoralist nexus. It moreover...
The general objective is to help reduce poverty, as well as food and nutritional insecurity in rural communities in the central highlands of Madagascar. The specific objective is to help reduce the vulnerability of Family-operated...
Strengthen agriculture, forestry, among other land uses, (AFOLU) and artisanal fishing sectors within agroecological systems and bioeconomies (AEBE) to increase their competitiveness, productivity...
Project financed by the EU to develop the tilapia farming value chain in Ivory Coast.
C4N supports capacity development to improve the quality and analysis of nutrition related data and strengthen evidence-based nutrition policies and programmes, by developing capacity assessments, tools and support...
Scope and objectives Niger has faced a deteriorating security situation in recent years, which has resulted in situations of forced displacement both internally and across borders...
The World Economic Forum and partners have initiated Food Innovation Hubs across the globe. Food Innovation Hubs are a multistakeholder, pre-competitive and market-based partnership platform...
This project enhances prevention, protection and solutions for communities facing disaster and climate-related displacement in settlements in the northeast Cayo District of Western Belize. It intends to: Increased...
FAO’s Global Action OCOP aims at promoting inclusive, profitable, and environmentally sustainable food via the promotion of Special Agricultural Product’s (SAPs) production systems that minimize losses...
The EU-funded programme focuses on three value chains of cocoa, vanilla and fisheries (aquaculture, riverine and in shore/reef) and aims to achieve an overall objective "To increase sustainable and inclusive...
Funded by the European Union, FAO through Strengthening Food Security Information and Early Warning Systems Project has launched an initiative to establish an Early Warning System...
The project aims to improve children’s diets, through the adoption of nutrition guidelines and standards within national school food programmes and policies, and through the promotion of effective food...
The aspirational goal of FAST is to implement concrete actions that would result in improving the quantity and quality of climate finance contributions to transform agriculture and food systems by 2030, to support...
FAO and the government of Quebec have joined forces with the Governments of Senegal and Haiti to support the implementation of the adaptation component of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the integration of agriculture...
In West Africa, many organisations had interventions on sustainable agriculture, but each one was working in isolation. In 2015, the JAFOWA program was born, whereby several...
The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces global spatial information about the human presence on the planet over time. This in the form of built-up maps, population...
Key objective: The Guidance in the form of a Decision Tree addresses common knowledge and awareness gaps among practitioners in some European Research and Knowledge Dissemination organisations (RDOs...
Lake Apanás, Nicaragua’s third-largest lake is an artificial water reservoir built in 1964 to generate electricity. Around 3,500 coffee farmers cultivate in the Lake Apanás basin...
Poverty in Southwest Bangladesh is higher than in the rest of the country. At the onset of the project, 26.7% of people in the Barisal division were considered extremely poor and 14.7% of the population was undernourished...
The Conference on the Future of Europe is a bottom-up participatory process, where citizens from all parts of the EU can contribute in the 24 official EU languages to the shaping of ideas on Europe’s...
E-shape is the flagship European project bringing together key European actors to ensure the optimal implementation of EuroGEO and, eventually, the delivery of EO-based benefits to a wide range...
The why, what, where, and how questions of this project
The FOSC consortium consists out of 28 partners from Europe, Africa and Latin America. FOSC pulls together resources for a joint research programme and is supported by the European Commission...
A forward looking sociotechnical exploration of existing, emerging and potential applications based on blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) for industrial/non-financial sectors.
The foresight study 'Delivering on EU food safety and nutrition in 2050 - future challenges and policy preparedness' aims to aid policy makers in their assessment of the resilience...
The project identifies possible future professional roles of farmers in 2040 and to explores resulting potential implications for EU policies.
A project to stimulate research and experimentation in the development and use of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) for social and public good.
Contemporary society is rapidly changing. Social and technological changes are deeply affecting European citizens and re-shaping their interactions with businesses and governments, and with one another.
Resilience Building through Agroecological Intensification in Zimbabwe The overall objective is to develop and implement in Zimbabwe scientifically tested agroecological approaches to enhance agricultural production and resilience to climate...
Farmers Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems Resilient, productive and sustainable agroecological agri-food systems secured through farmer-led innovation...
Smart Agro-ecological Transformation of Farming Systems towards Resilience and Sustainability in Middle and Coastal Zones of the Viet Nam Mekong Delta The objective of the project is to facilitate smart agro-ecological...
A foresight project to explore current developments, future potential and possible challenges for the EU created by the so called 'sharing' or 'collaborative' economy.
Context The EU gender pay gap (GPG) in 2020 was still 13%, with substantial heterogeneity between EU countries, with the GPG ranging from 0.7% in Luxembourg to 22.3%...
This Initiative aims to improve the genetic, economic, social and environmental performance of breeding programs across the CGIAR-NARES breeding network.
DestinE initiative's goal is to develop a very high precision digital model of the Earth to monitor and simulate natural and human activity.
National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt...
The project will add to the knowledge on barriers concerning migrants’ immunizations and develop educational material for both health professionals and migrants, as well as propose recommendations for policy-makers. It...
Africa is probably the most vulnerable continent to climate change and climate variability and shows diverse range of agro-ecological and geographical features. Thus the impacts of climate change can...
This research project seeks to develop a radical geographical critique of contemporary humanitarian emergencies within the context of contemporary globalisation. It seeks to do so via an explicitly theoretical...
‘Consistency’ is regularly cited as a desirable attribute of border control, but it has received little critical social scientific attention. This inter-disciplinary project, at the inter-face between critical...
This research project in Human Geography aims at understanding the spatial and social dynamics of the Syrian conflict (from 2011 onwards). It focuses particularly on the local dimension of both...
This project will generate the first ever theoretically and empirically-grounded comparative and comprehensive picture of the status and legal experiences of asylum-seekers across Europe claiming international protection on the basis...
This research project will examine the recent phenomenon of secondary movements from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom among a differentiated group of Somali refugees and (rejected) asylum seekers. Researching...
This project examines the evolution of the European Union (EU) asylum and migration policy. It aims to elucidate an important apparent contradiction at the heart of this policy: the simultaneous co-existence of two...
"The FIDUCIA project will shed light on a number of distinctively ""new European” criminal acts that have emerged in the last decade as a consequence of technological developments and the increased...
The project will provide a comprehensive comparison of rules regulating the acquisition and loss of nationality in the EU Member States. This will be achieved by collecting information about current...
Project ROMI aims answer three questions in demography: What is the formal relationship between of mortality improvement, below replacement fertility and population and population growth? Are...
The project is about subjective well-being (SWB) and demographic behaviour, with a particular focus on fertility in advanced societies, across time and space. The project is motivated by the fact that European and other...
The objective of NEUJOBS is to imagine future, or rather various possible futures, under the conditions of the socioecological transition (and incorporating other key influences), map the implications for employment...
The EU has to face many challenges in achieving a more balanced regional development and sustainable economic recovery. Many of those challenges have to do with the ageing population...
IFAMID presents a new framework for the analysis of family demography. Drawing on recent theoretical developments, and exploiting cognitive and methodological insights from a wide range of disciplines, most importantly...
The main objective of the REPRO project is to upgrade the existing knowledge and to generate new scientific and policy-oriented knowledge on the factors that drive changes in the birth rates and influence the reproductive decision-making...
According to UN assessments, there are 214 million international migrants worldwide and another 740 million internal migrants . The OECD highlights that there seems...
Following the ceasefire signed in Sri Lanka in 2002 return of international migrants, refugees and Internally Displaced Persons became more of a possibility. The readmission agreement signed between...
EU Border Care is a comparative study of the politics of maternity care among undocumented migrants on the EU’s peripheries. Empirical analysis of personal and institutional relations of care and control...
The extents to which different groups of young adult migrants are socially included or excluded, and the factors that facilitate inclusion or help cause exclusion is a vital issue for young...
African migration has become a major concern for European policy makers. New policy measures are under development, but they rely on a poor understanding of the underlying...