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Providing food information via QR codes is not an adequate substitute to printing them on labels

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 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...

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...

The Amsterdam Treaty introduced a new Community policy on immigration and asylum. Its objectives were defined in Tampere by the European Council which stressed the need for more efficient...

Early 2020 Key objective: To strengthen the translational (proof of concept) capacities of research organisations and SMEs in the Western Balkans. Project summary: The JRC will be providing...

01/2017-12/2019 Key objective: To assist in unlocking the economic benefits of research conducted in universities and research centres in the Western Balkans by transforming research output into actual services and...

Context For governments, collecting taxes is essential for financing publicly provided goods and services. Despite this, some people tend to dodge taxes. Citizens who do...

Context For governments, collecting tax is essential for financing publicly provided goods and services. Despite this, some people tend to evade taxes. Therefore, people's tax...

Context Consumers' reluctance to consider switching providers is a problem in certain markets for financial products. For example, once people have signed a mortgage, they rarely re-check...