Citizen Science evolved from a long tradition in fields, such as biodiversity and meteorology, into almost all scientific fields. Simultaneously, regional and global communities became well organised and interconnected, and we arrived at a situation in which Citizen Science is not only prominent...
Facing today’s climate and environmental emergency, the Commission has committed in its Green Deal for the European Union to take action and to reach zero net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050, while maintaining its economy competitive, thus making the EU “carbon neutral”. The transition to ...
We explain how the external counterpart of the euro area M3 can be analysed by using the euro area balance of payments (b.o.p.). This is possible because the net external assets of the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) are present in two statistical frameworks that follow similar convention...
This document summarises outcomes from the EC individual expert reports delivered through its ‘Valorisation of NBS Projects’ initiative. EU research and innovation projects were scanned for results pertaining to key areas such as biodiversity, climate change mitigation and adaptation (including ...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) entail the substantial reallocation of economic activities. When they involve distant acquiring and target companies, they transfer control and diffuse knowledge across locations, which in turn facilitates the process of the integration of business systems. This st...
Special feature: Data protection: new technologies to protect privacy. Innovative technologies and solutions to protect data privacy, a new COVID-19 breakthrough and SME-friendly robotics. Welcome to this month’s Research*eu magazine....
This paper has been prepared on the request of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) Unit for Finance, Innovation and Growth (B7). It constitutes a contribution to a long-running debate on the ownership criterion in the 2003 European Commission SME definition as applied to ventur...
As in many occasions in marine sciences, it is impossible to know the true value of the primary production rates (PPR) in EU waters. There exist different approaches based on diverse methodologies (water incubation, remote sensing and numerical models) all with flaws and strength. As evaluating ...
With thousands of old European steel and composite bridges, there is a need of rational methods to strengthen existing bridges to compensate not only for their age, but also for higher and more frequent loads. This report is based on three distinctive ideas which each has the potential to reduce...
