The digitalisation of our economies has transformed and disrupted labour markets and business sectors across the European Union (EU), changing the nature, organisation and conditions of work. One of the central and most visible players in this transformation are the digital labour platforms that...
This study was carried out against the background of an EU policy shift towards more environmentally sustainable practices, with several policy initiatives driving efforts in the circular economy (CE) arena. These initiatives, and indeed the CE as a whole, are widely considered to be critical an...
This is the fourth collection of reports of EFSA’s EU-FORA Fellowship Programme. EU-FORA started in 2016 as part of EFSA’s efforts to support the development of next generations of Europe’s food risk assessors. Five years later, it continues to empower food safety professionals, ensuring an inte...
EPRS invites leading experts and commentators to share their thinking and insights on important topics of relevance to debate in the European institutions. In this paper, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the German Marshall Fund of th...
Digital technologies play an important role in our everyday lives, as well as in our workplaces. The intro-duction of new systems and technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or advanced robotics, hold the potential to change a number of aspects related to the way human labour is desig...
The European Green Deal sets out an ambitious agenda 'to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases'. Sewage treatment is an essential service that can deliver clean water, nutrients ...
This study, written by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, examines the situation of Democracy, ...