Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights

The Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), has set up a multi-disciplinary forum to address consumer food waste. Researchers and practitioners...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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...

The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of targeted strategies to fight COVID-19 misinformation.

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...

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...