Research

The report offers an overview of the risks posed by quantum computing to current cryptographic systems and the progress, challenges, and policy implications of transitioning to post-quantum cryptography.

The report argues that strengthening the will, skills, and means for lifelong learning across key life stages is essential for helping people adapt and thrive amid rapid technological and social change.

Eurofound’s 2025 paper shows online platform workers lack key rights and protections and calls for clearer, modernised regulation.

ENISA’s 2025 update introduces a unified, intelligence-driven method for analysing cyber threats across Europe, ensuring accurate and actionable insights.

The OECD’s 2025 report introduces a framework to measure AI progress against human abilities, guiding policies on skills, work, and ethical AI development.

The 2025 report finds Europe’s AI skills supply and demand mostly aligned but too focused on ICT, urging broader cross-sector training and attention to generative AI and ethics.

UNESCO’s 2025 report shows most countries recognise media literacy but few teach it effectively, urging stronger strategies to build critical thinking beyond digital skills.

The 2025 ECOS report ‘From Innovation to Overshoot: How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals’ explores the rapid growth of Europe’s digital economy, driven largely by the data centres that support cloud computing, AI, and essential network services. While this expansion signals major technological progress, it also brings significant environmental concerns.

This European Commission’s 2025 brief shows how generative AI is rapidly reshaping research through writing and data analysis but warns of rising integrity and trust risks, urging common EU guidelines for its responsible use.

This 2025 Eurofound–Cedefop report shows uneven SME digitalisation across Europe and calls for stronger skills investment and simpler, more coordinated support to boost competitiveness.