This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of digital technologies on work and occupations in Europe, critically reassessing dominant narratives of mass unemployment and job polarisation. The report synthesises work done by the JRC Employment team over the last years. Drawing on...
This paper investigates the economic impact of technological innovation, focusing on generative AI (GenAI) following ChatGPT’s release in November 2022. We propose a novel framework leveraging large language models to analyze earnings call transcripts. Our method quantifies firms’ GenAI exposure...
This report provides an in-depth analysis of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in the context of education, with a focus on promoting human oversight, ethical governance, and shared responsibility. It is the outcome of the European Digital Education Hub’s squad (online working group) on ...
On 10–11 April 2025, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) hosted the workshop "Harnessing AI for Organisational Transformation in Science–Policy Interfaces" in Brussels. Gathering 35–40 participants from the Joint Research Centre, other Directorates of the European Commission, and seven external orga...
The release of DeepSeek’s R1 model demonstrates China’s ability to innovate and compete in artificial intelligence (AI) despite US semiconductor export controls. It challenges US dominance in the global tech race, raising questions about both the country’s innovation edge and Big Tech business a...
Digitalisation, while offering new opportunities for connectivity, also introduces new challenges and unintended consequences for social relationships. My thesis broadly investigates the following question: How does the digitalisation of social relations affect social cohesion? I draw on Durkhei...
Health, inherently rich in multi-modal data, could profit significantly from artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, adoption of AI in health remains challenging due to three key issues: (1) The “trust barrier”: while a plethora of documents based on AI (ethical) principles are available, there remai...
This paper investigates how firms navigate the dual challenges of digitalisation and climate change. Our comprehensive approach considers climate change strategies, distinguishing adaptation-only, mitigation-only and ‘dual’ adaptation and mitigation strategies. Drawing on theoretical insights fr...
This is the main body of the Work Programme. It describes what the agency aims to deliver through its operational and corporate activities during the year 2025 towards achieving its strategy and expected results. A total of eight operational activities and three corporate activities have been id...
This paper provides an overview of the policies and tools employed by EU Member States to ensure the comparability and recognition of VET qualifications. It explores the role of existing EU transparency tools, the methods used by national authorities and stakeholders to compare and recognise VET...
