Innovation
South East Europe: investments in innovation are not enough
Thursday 14 July 2022 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
Within the EU, the Balkan countries are among those that invest less in research and innovation. European funds make a positive contribution, but the gap with the rest of Europe still tends to widen. The reasons are manifold.
Robots will never completely replace people
Wednesday 04 December 2019 |
Barbara Erling Katarzyna Korzeniowska
| BiQdata
By 2030, as many as 20 million manufacturing jobs will be lost to robots, according to a report published by Oxford Economics, a global forecasting company. Some people have already started to fight back – in the footsteps of the 19th-century Luddites – deliberately sabotaging the robots they work with on a daily basis. They are afraid that these robots will take over their jobs.
Is your region a brain gainer or drainer?
Thursday 20 June 2019 |
Newsworthy The battle for talent within the European Union is a story about both brain drain and gain. We have analyzed the migration patterns across the continent to create hundreds of reports going down to the regional level, paying special attention to highly skilled workers.
EU falling short of reaching its research & development target
Monday 11 March 2019 |
Kashyap Raibagi | Voxeurop
The European Union spent 2.04 percent of its GDP on Research and Development (R&D) in the year 2016, 0.96 percentage points short of its Europe 2020 target.
Cultural and creative cities (European Commission)
Sunday 10 December 2017 |
OBC Transeuropa The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor presents a range of measures about the cultural life, openness and dynamism of 168 European cities
R&D: Europe’s knowledge economy in trouble
Saturday 25 May 2019 |
Marc Chevallier | Alternatives Economiques
In March 2000, at a summit meeting in Lisbon, European Union countries agreed on an ambitious objective: to make the EU, by 2010, “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”.
Patent applications (EPO)
Monday 09 April 2018 |
Alternatives Economiques Each year, the European Patent Office publishes a series of indicators on patent filings.
Central and Eastern European countries increase applications for patents
Tuesday 15 May 2018 |
Carmen Aguilar | Voxeurop
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe have made more requests for European patents in the last seven years, just as traditional innovating countries have made less.
Registry of Research Data Repositories
Friday 23 February 2018 |
OBC Transeuropa A large number of data repositories created by scholars worldwide, covering many different topics
Innovation and R&D (European Commission)
Sunday 14 January 2018 |
Alternatives Economiques The European innovation scorecard, published annually by the European Commission, provides data on innovation, investments in R&D and patent applications.
