The White Paper “Simplifying European AI Regulation” offers an evidence-based contribution to the ongoing debate on how the European Union can make its AI governance framework more coherent and practical without weakening the...

Europe’s car industry faces a perfect storm. Chinese car exports are surging, European producers are being squeezed out of global markets, US tariffs are rising, and domestic demand remains 20 per cent below pre-pandemic levels....

This policy brief published together with the think tank Interface analyses the feasibility of the AI Gigafactories (AIGF) initiative in achieving its goal to train and deploy frontier AI models. With the official call for AIGF...

How do people in Germany use and evaluate online services for health-related topics? This question was the focus of our representative nationwide online survey, which was conducted by the research institute forsa Gesellschaft für...

The Commission’s drive to simplify EU rules has yet to deliver on its promise of rapid and effective relief. Parts of the Omnibus agenda weaken standards and thereby miss the very purpose of simplification: reducing costs while...

Was zeichnet aus der Sicht von Kindern gute Lernprozesse in ganztägigen Grundschulen aus? Was erleben Kinder als förderlich – was also motiviert, stärkt, interessiert sie, was erzeugt Resonanz? Was stört, entmutigt, langweilt sie...

Foundation models are the backbone of generative AI and thus central to applications such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. However, their use comes with risks: from randomly compiled training data and opaque processes to...

The Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index (GEOII) measures for the first time, on the basis of 43 indicators grouped into the sub-indices trade, finance and policy, how closely the EU is interconnected with its neighbourhoods. It...

An analysis of short political videos on TikTok and Instagram during the 2025 German federal election campaign

Recent supply-chain disruptions and rising geoeconomic tensions have highlighted the importance of understanding critical supply-chain risks anddependencies. This priority is reflected in both the EU’s Economic Security Strategy...