Competitive public research funding is an important policy instrument to foster scientific progress. The effective design of such funding schemes and whether they generate knowledge spillovers to industrial inventions, however, remains debated. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of...

Demographic ageing, a topic that is intensively addressed in the scientific literature, significantly influences the functioning of economic systems. Demographic ageing directly impacts the labour supply, productivity, savings, investments and the sustainability of public finances through...

Large language models (LLMs) can lower the cost of producing complex text, potentially reshaping competition for research and development (R&D) funding to private firms. We provide the first evidence on this issue using data covering the universe of firm applications to a major competitive R&D...

This paper develops a transparent, simplified version of Carnehl and Schneider (2025)'s model of knowledge creation. Our tractable framework, which yields closed-form solutions for key welfare trade-offs, preserves the essential economic mechanisms while eliminating mathematical complexity. We...

Bioenergy is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of the global transition to sustainable energy systems. Given the field's rapid expansion and interdisciplinary scope, this study conducts a meta-level bibliometric analysis of 14,859 review papers indexed in the Scopus database. Using...

Academic freedom has come under growing strain across the world. To study whether and how academics react to political pressure, we exploit a natural experiment: the U.S. government's ''blacklist'' of undesirable words released in early 2025. We find that the release of this list leads to a...

Im Rahmen der Verbändebeteiligung des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt am 15.1.2026 hat das IAB eine Stellungnahme zum Referentenentwurf eines Gesetzes zur verbesserten Nutzung von Daten für die Forschung (FDG) - Forschungsdatengesetz - abgegeben. Das IAB begrüßt...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for most Welsh creative industries (CIs), positioning them as the main contributors to the sector's development. Despite the documented progress of the industry, there continue to be barriers hampering the engagement of MSMEs in research,...

Relatively flat US productivity growth versus rising R&D expenditures is often interpreted as evidence that ideas are getting harder to find. We build a new 45-year panel tracking the universe of US firms' patenting to investigate the micro underpinnings of this conclusion, separately examining...

The purpose of this paper is to revive the historical research on the GDR's savings banks. It argues that socialist banks were interesting intermediary organizations which have so far been largely overlooked by financial, economic, and social historians. Hence, sources produced by the socialist...

Despite the potential significant benefits of AI in health and particular in healthcare, its uptake is slow. Main barriers include trust issues, understandability of outputs and patient safety concerns. While "trustworthy AI" has been embraced as a policy programme by various global regions,...

The report provides an assessment of relevant European Research and Innovation (R&I) projects on the decarbonisation of the waterborne sector in Europe, specifically focusing on the period from 2020 to 2024. The report analyses various projects and initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas...

The report provides an assessment of relevant European Research and Innovation (R&I) projects on the decarbonisation of the waterborne sector in Europe, specifically focusing on the period from 2020 to 2024. The report analyses various projects and initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the integration of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) into Sabadell's territorial policies, focusing on the development of an inclusive innovative ecosystem. Through various methodologies, the study seeks to enhance territorial specialization in design...

We investigate the phenomenon of home bias in scientific citations, where researchers disproportionately cite work from their own country. We develop a benchmark for expected citations based on the relative size of countries, defining home bias as deviations from this norm. Our findings reveal...

The paper evaluates the impact of the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) grants on profit‐oriented firms' post‐treatment performance. Using a quasi‐experimental design and a dataset covering applicants from 46 countries, we find that FP7 grants increase firms' sales...

The literature on the research-practice gap in agriculture has evolved significantly in recent decades. Although there is a well-established body of work on how farmers adopt agricultural research outcomes and the factors that influence their adoption, research on how researchers perceive the...

The increasing urgency of global sustainability challenges has elevated the role of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as benchmarks for both academic research and policy development. Within the European Union, measuring how national research systems contribute to...

Das Institut für Organisationsökonomik (IO) an der Universität Münster wurde am 1. Oktober 2010 gegründet und besteht damit seit fünfzehn Jahren. Dieser 15. Jahresbericht informiert über das fünfzehnte Jahr, d. h. über das Wintersemester 2024/25 und das Sommersemester 2025. Wie in den...

In accordance with Article 66 of Regulation 2019/1896, Frontex disseminates its research results to the European Parliament, the Member States and the Commission. The Agency also makes public information on its research projects, including demonstration projects, the cooperation partners...

In accordance with Article 66 of Regulation 2019/1896, Frontex disseminates its research results to the European Parliament, the Member States and the Commission. The Agency also makes public information on its research projects, including demonstration projects, the cooperation partners...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming the scientific process across all stages, from hypothesis generation and experimental design to data analysis, peer review and dissemination of results. In many research fields, such as the examined protein structure prediction,...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming the scientific process across all stages, from hypothesis generation and experimental design to data analysis, peer review and dissemination of results. In many research fields, such as the examined protein structure prediction,...

This report provides an assessment of relevant European Research and Innovation (R&I) projects in the smart mobility domain. It analyses 247 projects, primarily funded through Horizon 2020 (126 projects) and Horizon Europe (121 projects). The assessment follows the methodology developed by the...

This report provides an assessment of relevant European Research and Innovation (R&I) projects in the smart mobility domain. It analyses 247 projects, primarily funded through Horizon 2020 (126 projects) and Horizon Europe (121 projects). The assessment follows the methodology developed by the...

The Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) is a European Union fund that supports research and innovation in the coal and steel sectors. Within the coal sector, RFCS focuses on promoting a sustainable and environmentally friendly transition, supporting the development of new technologies and...

Western societies face unprecedented interconnected crises - climate change, democratic instability, rising inequality, and growing science scepticism - that demand fundamental socio-ecological transformation within a compressed timeframe. However, current university systems, shaped by...

The 2024 assessments of the RFCS Technical Groups (TGA1-TGA5) confirm the steel sector's critical role in achieving EU climate and industrial goals. Projects demonstrate strong alignment with the European Green Deal and Clean Steel Partnership, advancing decarbonisation, circularity, and...

For understandable reasons, hitherto most published research on entrepreneurship and well-being has prioritized interesting research questions and the development of theory aimed at understanding the unique well-being challenges in entrepreneurship. With this special issue and editorial, we seek...