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Meet Daniel Pohoryles, who works on testing the seismic performance of Europe’s buildings to help ensure new ones are safely built.
Use our labs for your research! Calls are open for 4 JRC labs - addressed to universities, research bodies and SMEs.
Join the NEB Festival 2026, taking place from 9 to 13 June in Brussels. It's about life, spaces and buildings. Free and open to all.
Scientific activities by areaFrom AI to quantum; from climate to competitiveness, we work on all areas of EU policy.
24 April 2026Food crises: no respite as 1.4 m people suffer the most severe level of food insecurity in 20257 min read
Scientific paper23 May 2026Global patterns of gully occurrence and their sensitivity to environmental changes
Scientific paper21 May 2026How nature nurtures: prenatal exposure to green space buffers the effects of maternal stress on neonatal BDNF methylation
26-29May2026Conferences and summitsMolten salt reactor technology (EUROMOST) The first European Conference on Molten Salt Reactor Technology (EUROMOST) will be hosted in the elegant and historic city of Baden-Baden, organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
28-29May2026Training and workshopsAdvances in spatial and network modelling for policymaking - 2nd editionJoin us on May 2026 in Sevilla for the second edition of this workshop, hosted by the JRC.
08-12Jun2026Expert meetingsInternational Spectroradiometer Intercomparison (ISRC) 2026The International Spectroradiometer Intercomparison (ISRC) is a week-long measurement campaign that allows participants to check and compare the performance of their equipment against that of reference instruments.
