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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.
27 May 2026How a prolonged Middle East crisis would impact energy prices and the EU economy 3 min read
Reference data asset27 May 2026A time-series dataset of CPA–COICOP bridging matrices with household income quintile breakdowns for the EU27 (2010–2023)
Scientific paper27 May 2026PreDA: Prefix-Based Dream Reports Annotation with Generative Language Models
Scientific paper27 May 2026Home Safe Home: Safety Gains Through Telework During the Covid-19 Pandemic
26-29May2026Conferences and summitsMolten salt reactor technology (EUROMOST) The first European conference on Molten Salt Reactor technology (EUROMOST) will be hosted in Baden-Baden.
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.
02Jun2026Conferences and summitsTerritories in Action: a sneak peek into transformative innovationJoin us for an afternoon of discussion on how science and place-based transformation practices can boost innovation policies around Europe.
