Offer description They are looking for highly motivated and professional candidates with quantitative research and data analysis or data science expertise to join Cedefop’s Department for VET and Skills Making use of mostly quantitative data analysis approaches and techniques, the expert in quantitative research and data analysis will contribute to the department’s collaborative research on […]
Four-day working week: What does the science say?
What the latest research says about a four-day working week or a three-day weekend. More and more countries are trialling 4-day workweeks. If the United Kingdom’s 4-day workweek pilot, one of the largest in the world, is any indication, more businesses will be embracing the long weekend. Published in February 2023, the report shows that […]
European Commission launches European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency
The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) will be officially inaugurated by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Seville, Spain. The event brings together representatives from EU institutions, academia, civil society and industry to discuss the main challenges and the importance at a societal level of having oversight of how algorithmic systems are used. Following a video message […]
EU wins WTO case on India’s tariffs on ICT-related products
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled in favour of the EU in a landmark case challenging India’s tariffs on key information and communications technology (ICT) products. In a panel decision, the WTO upheld all of the EU’s claims against India and found that India’s tariffs of up to 20 percent on certain ICT products, such […]
16 Spanish projects will benefit from the prestigious Advanced Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award, within the Horizon Europe program, of 218 advanced grants to outstanding research projects; 16 of these have been allocated to leading projects being developed in Spanish centers. Spain is the fifth country in terms of the number of researcher projects awarded grants, behind Germany, the United […]
EU-funded project could incorporate touch sense into virtual reality
New technologies can bring the sense of touch to virtual reality and create a more immersive experience. Although virtual reality (VR) is often associated with gaming and the metaverse, it can have a huge impact on a variety of industries. For example, surgeons can use it to perform complex surgical techniques and even perform operations […]
The European Commission announces more than 116M € of investment in strategic projects under the new LIFE Program
The Commission announced an investment of over €116 million for the new LIFE Programme‘s Strategic Projects. The funding will help eight major projects in Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Finland reach their climate and environmental targets. The projects are expected to mobilise significant additional funds from other EU funding sources, including agricultural, structural, regional and research funds, in addition to national funds […]
Research position in migration and mobility studies in Germany
Offer Description The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is one of the leading centres for research in social anthropology. Common to all research projects at the institute is the comparative analysis of social change; it is primarily in this domain that its researchers contribute to anthropological theory, though many programmes also have applied significance […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Accelerating climate-neutral hydrogen-powered/electrified aviation
Project results should focus on transformative technologies that address existing technology gaps for an aircraft hydrogen and electrified powertrain of a megawatt class. Project results are expected to contribute to one of the following expected outcomes: Deliver transformative aircraft energy storage, conversion and distribution technologies for hydrogen and electrified propulsion that exceed the state-of-the-art. Deliver […]