European Preference Criteria – so-called ‘Made in EU’ criteria – are a means to support EU industries, boost manufacturing and protect employment. This paper presents a structured seven-step framework...

In this Future-Fit Policy Watch blog, our in-house 'policy-watcher', Laura Rayner, gives her take on events in and around Brussels. This time she reflects on the EU leaders’ retreat and calls from the...

Lovely Leuven, outside Brussels, has everything you need for a festive city break: ancient architecture, cobbled streets, breweries … and there’s not a tourist in sight

Q4 2023 edition of Strutt & Parker’s English Estates & Farmland Market Review which shows that non-farmers bought more farms than farmers in 2023.

Achieving the 2030 Agenda and the EU’s policies on environmental and social sustainability requires a comprehensive measure of human progress […]

Our project paves the way for more widely accepted climate policies by listening to those who are often left out of the debate.

Recognizing that each indicator set, or index emerges from specific initiatives with distinct goals, actors, and contexts, this research sets out to examine the initiatives themselves to uncover the b...

Planning for the future: Lessons in sustainable policymaking from past and current economies

Large-scale western support for Ukraine contrasts with smaller efforts for poor countries that are in dire need

A new wellbeing dashboard giving government insights into areas such as community connection has now been released into the public service wilderness.

If focusing on net worth is such a good idea, why are governments not doing it already? Why do politicians cling to obviously flawed fiscal rules? My answer to a reasonable question from readers

A European Agenda to Navigate Uncertain Times

The Green Deal in times of polycrisis: Aligning short-term responses with long-term commitments