This report analyses China's approach to attaining a dominant position in international markets through a combination of industrial, research & innovation (R&I), trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) policies. It also offers an assessment of China's current position compared to the EU and US...

With the announcement of the European Green Deal an intensified effort will be directed towards achieving a set of challenging targets to enable Europe to become the first climateneutral continent by 2050. Measures to facilitate this transition will need to be taken in many economic sectors,...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) invites you to discover how it places science at the heart of European policymaking. For about 60 years now, the JRC has been acting as a science provider and knowledge broker. It contributes to ensuring that policymakers have the best available evidence when...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) invites you to discover how it places science at the heart of European policymaking. For about 60 years now, the JRC has been acting as a science provider and knowledge broker. It contributes to ensuring that policymakers have the best available evidence when...

Report on the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out in 2017. An overview is given of the scientific achievements and activities as well as of corporate initiatives.

Report on the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out in 2017. An overview is given of the scientific achievements and activities as well as of corporate initiatives.

The renewed EU agenda for higher education (European Commission, 2017) has emphasized that higher education institutions are not contributing as much as they should to innovation in their regions and countries. The engagement of universities in S3 has shown to be particularly important in...

This report provides a framework to assess the impact of universities on their regional innovation ecosystem. The policy context for this work is provided by: a) the Renewed EU agenda for higher education which argued that universities do not attain their full potential; and b) the report by the...

This Policy Brief reports on the first phase of the project on Higher Education for Smart Specialisation (HESS), which is managed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in partnership with DG Education and Culture. The project was established in March 2016 as a result of work by the JRC's S3...