
Microeconomic policies
The rapid pace of digital and innovative change can provide us with new tools to address complex policy challenges
Technology adoption in the current crisis could play a major role in economic recovery. The right mix of industrial policies, single market policies and competition policy continues to be an important question. Issues such as global value chain disruptions caused by semiconductor shortages posed a challenge for the digital sector and for the economy at large.
Against this backdrop, our scholars have focused their research on multiple areas, including COVID-19’s impacts on digital technology adoption, the digital market act, the chips shortage crisis, data usage and international data transfers, and innovation in the health sector
Digital economy and innovation

Labour market outlook dashboard
This dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of key labour market outcomes across EU member states, from 2006 onwards

Satellites and space races: The evolving role of Europe in space exploration
Stakeholders, demands, and funding of Europe’s space sector

Diversity and inclusion aren’t just about equity, they’re about efficiency too
Adding more women to the workforce delivers a bigger GDP boost than simply employing more men

The EU vs. Big Tech: Regulating for innovation and sovereignty
How should the EU regulate Big Tech and Artificial Intelligence?

Using data as a production factor: policy ideas for a new EU data strategy
How should the EU go about designing a data-market regime that maximises the efficient use of data as an economic production factor?
Labour markets, skills and health

Long-term care policies in practice: a European perspective
A comprehensive study of the long-term care (LTC) systems in Germany, France, Slovenia, Italy and Denmark

It’s time for the European Union to rethink personal social networking
This Policy Brief explores the potential implementation of Article 7 interoperability for social networking core platform systems.

Obstacles to scale-up finance in the EU and how to address them
At this closed-door roundtable we will discuss scale-up financing in the EU

Catch-up with the US or prosper below the tech frontier? An EU artificial intelligence strategy
This Policy Brief explores why EU AI investment has fallen behind the US and the types of market failure that may have led to that situation

Europe‘s Digital Future. Lessons from the past
How can Europe learn from its past digital strategies to reduce dependence on the US and Asia and better position itself for the digital age?
Events

The future of electricity demand
How can Europe increase electricity demand to drive decarbonisation and economic growth?

Preserving and enhancing open financial markets: a conversation with Andrew Bailey
A fireside chat on fostering openness in financial markets and the role of central banks

Public support for climate action: can governments deliver on citizens’ expectations?
How can governments gain Europeans' trust in the green transition?
Podcasts

Do EU tech rules add up?
Mapping out the EU’s digital agenda

The complexities of AI regulation
How to balance legal certainty with evolving technology and international competition?

South Korea's semiconductor strategy and what it means for China
Economic ties are being reshaped by the semiconductor industry's evolution

Skills anticipation for the green transition
How do we build a workforce that has the skills needed for the future and how do we ensure the process works for everybody?