Studies (free of charge)

The study “The Role of Indian Data for European AI” investigates the potential benefits of a closer data exchange collaboration between India and Europe. It explores the Indian AI landscape, Germany’s need for access to larger data pools, and requirements to make a...

While US citizens are electing their next president, the world is watching them with suspense. Will they re-elect President Trump who will keep continuing to disrupt politics as we know it? Or will they choose former Vice-President Biden who is presenting himself as the...

Over 100 use cases of automated decision-making systems in 16 European countries have been compiled by a research network for the 2020 edition of the Automating Society report by Bertelsmann Stiftung and AlgorithmWatch. The report shows: Even though algorithmic systems are...

The Black Sea and Caspian region is a part of the EU neighborhood that is increasingly becoming a conflict zone. Having flouted international law by annexing Crimea, the Russian Federation is taking further steps to strengthen its military, political and economic dominance...

The EU should seize the day: It should issue parts of the Recovery Instrument debt as green bonds and thereby boost that burgeoning market. But it is important to manage expectations: Issuing green bonds alone will not ‚green‘ recovery spending. This will depend on the...

The funds of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility should be spent on two objectives – kickstart the European economy and make it more resilient to future crises. However, there can be a trade-off between rapid recovery from the current crisis and long-term, sustainable...

How widespread is populism one year before the 2021 federal elections? And how has the corona crisis shaped public opinion? Our analysis shows that populist attitudes have become much less pronounced and widespread, above all in the political center. At the same time,...

A new study assesses which areas of the EU’s economic engagement with China are safe from being drawn into discussions about sensitive sectors, critical infrastructure or national security.

The megatrend report “The coronavirus transformation” examines central changes to the megatrends of  globalization and digitalization as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. It also illuminates interactions between these megatrends that are particularly affected by the...

Every two years, the Globalization Report examines how well individual countries have benefited from the progressing globalization since 1990. The influence of changes of the respective degree of globalization on the real gross domestic product per capita of the country is...