GRID
The Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, Digital Economy (GRID) unit explores policy and regulatory challenges in the areas of better regulation, internal market, research and innovation policy, competition policy, industrial policy and competitiveness, global governance, sustainability, trade and the digital economy.
CEPS Staff involved
Next is the list of our inhouse experts working in this unit.
Andrea Renda is Director of Research at CEPS since 1 November 2023. He also leads…
Louise Bengtsson is an Associate Research Fellow in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital…
Artur Bogucki serves as an Associate Researcher in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, Digital Economy…
Marta Dell'Aquila is a Researcher in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy (GRID)…
Christopher Fischer is a Research Fellow in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy…
Paula Gürtler is Associate Researcher in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy (GRID)…
Raquel Jorge is an Associate Research Fellow in the GRID unit at CEPS. She is…
Andreas Kopp is a Senior Research Fellow at CEPS. He is also a permanent member…
Leonie Kunze is Project Officer of the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy (GRID)…
Nicoleta Kyosovska is a Research Assistant in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy…
Cosima Lenz is an Associate Researcher in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy…
J. Scott Marcus is an economist, engineer and public policy analyst. He is an Associate…
Karen Melchior is a Senior Advisor in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, and Digital Economy…
Berta Miszei is a Researcher in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, and Digital Economy (GRID)…
Rukudzo Irene Nyoka is an Associate Research Assistant in the GRID Unit.
Jacques Pelkmans is an Associate Senior Fellow at CEPS. Jacques studied economics at Tilburg University,…
Carolina Polito is an Associate Research Assistant at CEPS, in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation,…
Lorenzo Pupillo is an Associate Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Cybersecurity @CEPS Initiative.…
Stefano Quintarelli is Senior Advisor in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy (GRID)…
Nicole Reynolds is an Associate Research Fellow with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS),…
Andrea G. Rodríguez is an Associate Research Fellow in the GRID Unit at CEPS. She…
Dr. Malorie Schaus is a Research Fellow at the GRID Unit of CEPS. Her research…
Diana Senczyszyn is a Research Fellow in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy…
Katja Spanz is a transversal Project Officer working as part of the GRID Unit and…
Sue Anne Teo joined CEPS as an Associate Research Fellow in November 2024, working in…
Petra Varkonyi is a Research Assistant in the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, and Digital Economy…
Hien is an Associate Researcher at the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy Unit (GRID). She…
Timothy Yu-Cheong Yeung is a Research Fellow at CEPS. He is also an Associate Researcher…
Related Events
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Related Expert commentaries
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Europe is facing a defining moment in its approach to science, research and innovation. As geopolitical tensions mount and investment…
When the Council conclusions on the Global Health Strategy – and disclaimer, one of us helped draft those conclusions – were…
The EU’s sustainability reporting rules urgently need to be recalibrated. What began as a bold legislative push to steer markets…
On 5 June, the European Commission and the EEAS published a Joint Communication that officially launched the EU’s new International…
Suppose vast quantities of Europeans’ digital data were being sent every few days to a foreign power that has threatened…
Five years on, Covid-19 taught us the hard way, that health crises can turn our lives upside down overnight –…
Gender is largely absent from the EU’s antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policies and strategies. Yet AMR is a major global health…
In its 2025 work programme, the European Commission effectively scrapped the AI Liability Directive (AILD) – a move that threatens…
The complexity of EU law dealing with digital services has exploded over the past five to 10 years, both…
The EU’s ambitions must be supported by adequate resources. This is particularly true for global health, where uncertainty stemming…
In the age of the poly-crisis, the world is constantly lurching from one disaster to another – from unprecedented…
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was initially heralded as a ground-breaking legal framework for data privacy. However,…
Related Publications
Here are the latest publications related to this topic.
A new strategy to empower the single market
Will the EU finally prioritise, decide and act - or will its leaders again only express lofty aims?
Future challenges for infectious disease prevention and control
A strategic foresight approach to enhance European public health preparedness and resilience
Does EU R&I policy involve low- and middle-income countries?
A look at the evidence from Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe
Unpacking the fediverse
What it is, why it matters – and how it could cause a major headache for the DSA
Generative AI and foundation models in the EU
Uptake, opportunities, challenges, and a way forward
Towards an ambitious FP10
Shaping Europe's role in the world through research and innovation
Tackling the EU’s digital ambitions over the next five years
From the ‘Brussels effect’ to the further development of Digital Public Infrastructures
Turbocharging Europe’s innovative SMEs
Seven core principles for corporate governance and management
A critical first response to Mario Draghi’s competitiveness report
What it says, what it means - and is it feasible?
Towards a European large-scale initiative on Artificial Intelligence
What are the options?
Related Projects
Here are the latest projects by this unit.
Advanced digital skills are key to Europe's technological and economic future. These vital competencies - from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity…
Years 2023–2024 were marked by the arrival of AI regulation around the world, including the EU AI Act and the…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds tremendous potential to enhance human decisions and to avoid cognitive overload and bias in high-stakes scenarios.…
The three-year project is aimed at enhancing CEPS research activities in the fields of research and innovation (R&I) policy, women’s…
The media sector is exposed to and undergoing continuous innovations that occur at a pace never seen before and have…
NEUROCLIMA aims at establishing a mindset, articulated through processes, frameworks, services & interfaces for the support and establishment of systemic…
The TTD is an EU-funded project designed to support the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC), which serves as a forum for the European…
ORBIS addresses the disconnects between ambitious ideas and collective actions at a large socio-technical scale. It responds to the profound…
The European Union lacks a coordinated approach to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). This has led to a fragmented…
The Conference on the Future of Europe is a milestone in the history of the development of participatory democracy in…
CEPS is carrying out the study “Cancer: Repository of Regional Prevention and Detection Policies”, a specific contract implementing the framework…
Generative artificial intelligence is artificial intelligence that is capable of generating text, images, videos or other data using generative models.…
The emergence of powerful generative AI systems prompted a reconsideration of many previous findings and predictions. A recent study observed…
This project is focused on the production of a thematic report on FP10, the future EU framework programme for research…
Economy-wide assessments of regional trade agreements often fall short of capturing the complexity of agri-food trade policies especially in the…
This study will examine the medium-term time-horizon (3-8 years) of the emerging infectious diseases (EID) threat spectrum in a manner…
(1) CEPS will contribute Ethical, Legal, Socio-Economic (ELSE) research and guidelines for the FLEXIGROBOTS platform (WP2, lead for task 4…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been deep and wide. In spite of unprecedented efforts to understand the COVID-19…
The Hidden Treasures Program, a joint initiative by Donald Kalff and Andrea Renda launched in the fall of 2019, aims…
The purpose of VISTA is to promote and stimulate the academic interest in the EU Single Market. The ways to…
The Integrated Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan sets outs 10 priority actions to accelerate the transformation of the EU’s energy…
The ultimate objectives of TRIGGER are to provide EU institutions with knowledge and tools to enhance their actorness, effectiveness and…
The beginning of this decade is shaping up to be a pivotal point in the future of the digital agenda…
The study aims at assisting the Commission in drafting a possible policy intervention to address the current need for cybersecurity…
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is conducting the study “Big Data and B2B platforms: the next…
The project aims to (i) provide a consistent, comprehensive and transparent understanding of the global RE supply chain; (ii) identify…
Green Steel for Europe supports the EU towards achieving the 2030 climate and energy targets and the 2050 long-term strategy…
CEPS analysed the closed and open questions for two open public consultations related to two legislative initiatives as part of…
The proposed project will analyse the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis on various aspects…
Seismic changes in global geopolitics, the rapid rise of global production networks, increasing disputes surrounding trade integration initiatives and challenges…
The study’s aim is to assist the Commission in evaluating the existing legal and policy framework applicable to the security…
The Study to support an Impact Assessment of Regulatory Requirements for Artificial Intelligence in Europe consists of 3 parts: 1.)…
In the context of the EU’s forthcoming AI Strategy, CEPS is participating in a large-scale behavioural research study on civil…
The objective of the study was to assist the Commission’s Impact Assessment process in providing it with robust evidence as…
The potential gains from further removal of barriers in the EU Single Market to the free movement of services is…
The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) places an obligation on Member States to promote the availability to final customers of high-quality…
The Directorate general for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) has commissioned Centre for European Policy…
The study analyses the role of e-commerce in the Internal Market and provides a framework to answer the question of…
The primary objective of the project was to write a report, analysing the potential contribution of the Internet of Things…
This project has been commissioned by DG EMPL to map the opportunities and challenges for micro and small enterprises in…
The study provided an analysis of the EU’s instruments to tackle aggressive tax planning and harmful tax practices. The study…
i+ii.) Objectives and tasks: The study looked at the many ways in which digital solutions can be implemented on the…
CEPS, in cooperation with COWI, prepared a large study on the competitiveness of the renewable energy sector for DG ENER…
CEPS carried out this study for the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption of the European Economic and…
This Report, a joint effort between Donald Kalff and a group of CEPS researchers led by Andrea Renda, aims at…
In compliance with Article 13 of Decision (EU) 2015/2240 establishing the ISA2 programme, the interim evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness,…
This Study presents an evaluation of the implementation of the innovation principle, limited to two of its three components, i.e.…
Over the past few decades, new digital platforms such as China’s Alibaba, Japan’s Rakuten and the U.S.’s eBay have grown…
The H2020 MAKERS project aimed at bringing together leaders from business, academia and policy to study issues related to the…
Germany’s Network Enforcement Act, or NetzDG law represents a key test for combatting hate speech on the internet. Under the…
In September 2019 Europe’s financial markets will undergo a revolution. From that date, the Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will require…
The Study starts from the 2015 ESPAS Global Trends Report, which identified five global economic and social trends to 2030,…
Based on primary data collected from 189 plants over a 10-year period (2008-2017) via an email survey and follow-up interviews,…
This Study serves as the Final Report for the DG TAXUD Project “Study contributing to an Impact Assessment on Council…
More than 3.5 billion people use the Internet today, up from a mere 738 million in 2000, according to a…
This Study contributes to filling the knowledge gap on tech transfer in Europe by providing more information on licencing practices…
This document contains a proposal by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) for preparing an impact assessment of possible…
Drafting of a Policy brief for the European Parliament, INCOM Committee, on fake news. Fake news is certainly not a…
European air travel has witnessed a tremendous evolution since the late 1990s following the liberalisation process, with many new entrants…
The conference explored ways in which digital technologies can contribute to the resilience of EU society, with specific emphasis on…
CEPS was commissioned to perform the study-project “Online talent platforms, labour market intermediaries and the changing world of work”, which…
This report presents the assessment of the impacts of a potential EU measure on cash payment restrictions (either a prohibition…
The purpose of this Study was to contribute to the Impact Assessment of a possible revision of Council Directive 1992/83/EEC…
The study analyses the experience of China and the EU in bridging the digital divide. It is based on desk…
In compliance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 establishing the Hercule III Programme, the Evaluation Roadmap prepared by…
The Study consists of two components. The first one concerns an assessment of the status of implementation, covering both the…
This study was conducted for the European Parliament IMCO Committee. After setting out the background of recent EU initiatives in…
Digitalisation is transforming business landscapes and the world of work, and redefining the boundaries of production, consumption and distribution. This…
A Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) aims to identify, assess and, where possible, quantify the cumulative cost generated by selected areas…
This report, commissioned by RegWatchEurope, looks at the feasibility of a Commission’s initiative aimed at adopting reduction targets for regulatory…
The study arose from a need to revise the application of the Mutual Recognition principle and the implementation of the…
The project aimed to deepen the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership and bilateral relations between the parties, by supporting the development of…
As technology and new business models evolve at a breath-taking pace in various sectors of the economy, governments are becoming…
A key platform for the EU’s economy over the coming decades will be the consolidation of an online eCommerce market…
This report analyses the proposed reform of the e-communications regulatory framework presented by the European Commission in September 2016. While…
The study provides a stocktaking exercise of the state of play in the Digital Single Market and offers a critical…
This report considers potential policy options to promote ‘systemic innovation’ that foster decarbonisation, with a specific focus on the EU.…
The European Commission has invited the Technopolis Group, the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the Centre for European Policy Studies…
The study consists of a Fitness Check on the Construction Sector in the policy areas of Internal Market and Energy…
The purpose of this project was to assess, in an empirical and factual manner, the recent functioning of ASEM ever…
The general objective of this study is to complement and support the Commission roadmap following the Green Paper for the…
This study examines energy prices for a selection of five energy-intensive sectors of EU industry: i) steel; ii) aluminium (primary…
Regulation has for a long time been considered mainly as an obstacle to innovation, especially with respect to rules that…
The ancient Silk Road consisted of a network of paths, mountain passes and ‘branches’ used by daring traders to connect…
CEPS worked with the Thai National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to develop a strategy for its future Internet Policy. The…
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an effort by the United States and the European Union to reposition…
This study provides an ex-post evaluation of the EU copyright framework as provided by EU Directive 29/2001 on Copyright in…
This study explores the existing policy problems and the possible options for reforming the EU copyright framework as provided by…
The ambitious reform of the Single Market for services triggered by the adoption of the Services Directive is far from…
The general objectives of the study was the assessment of the state of the art of “Converting Sunlight to solar…
Starting in May 2021, CEPS launched a new edition of its “Young Thinkers Initiative”. CEPS selected 30 brilliant young minds…
Related Task Forces
Here are the latest task forces organised by this unit.
On 7 June 2024, the United Nations announced that 2025 would be recognised as the International Year of Quantum Science…
Besides opening up significant opportunities, the future use of AI is also going to cause harm. While the EU has…
Europe used to be a significant force in the club of global space powers but has seen its influence wane…
China is without a doubt a key trading partner for the EU – 9 % of its goods exports and…
Almost three years ago, the European Commission launched a comprehensive and aspirational New Industrial Strategy for Europe that highlighted its…
Advances in quantum technologies may drastically change the world as we know it. They are expected to positively impact many…
On 10 March 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic was really starting to hit Europe, the European Commission launched…
Following an evaluation of the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive), the European Commission adopted a…
Faced with the prospect of a long-lasting and traumatic Covid-19 pandemic, we at CEPS decided to step up our efforts…
Download the final report here. Artificial Intelligence is showing enormous promise for improving our daily life. Countless applications in many…
In 2016, the European Commission published an ambitious communication aimed at spurring the development of Europe’s Collaborative Economy. Ride-sharing, homesharing…
This Task Force tries to bring back the AI debate to a more concrete discussion of outstanding ethical, governance and…
Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) have become extremely popular, and are being tested by governments, academics and industry in view of…
The security of cyber space has gradually become a key priority both for the protection of critical infrastructure and for…
Formed in autumn 2017, the CEPS Task Force on Software Vulnerability Disclosure in Europe has worked on defining guidelines to…
The Better Regulation Agenda has made considerable inroads into the EU policy process since 2002, especially in the European Commission.…
Innovation and entrepreneurship are key pillars of economic growth and well-being. They may also serve as a crucial driver of…
Data Protection policies have made a very interesting trajectory in the last years, from being a niche regulatory subject to…
The purpose of the CEPS’s Task Force on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is to develop a dialogue among…
As technology progresses and consumer demand evolves, the communications sector poses new challenges and hard questions to sectoral regulators and…
Over the past few years, the attention of policymakers and industry players towards the protection of critical infrastructure has grown…
While globalisation has increased the prospects for many European businesses, open markets have also brought challenges as competition has increased. …
The application of Article 82 of the EU Treaty to exclusionary abuses is currently subject to an in-depth review following…
Changes in consumer attitudes in the EU and other developed countries are having a major impact on the organization of…
CEPS Task Force Report: Achieving the Internal Market for e-communications Author: Andrea Renda, CEPS Senior Fellow Over the past two…
CEPS Task Force Report: The EU Budget: The UK Rebate and the CAP – Phasing them both out? Author: Jorge…
CEPS Task Force Report: Integrating Europe’s Transport System: Practical Proposals for the Mid-Term Review of the Transport White Paper Author:…
CEPS Task Force Report: Last call for Lisbon? Suggestions for the Future Regulation of E-Communications in Europe Author: Andrea Renda…
CEPS Task Force Report: The Future of Insurance Regulation and Supervision in the EU: New Developments, New Challenges Authors: Rym…
CEPS Task Force Report: Towards a Sustainable European Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century Author: Johan Swinnen The debate on…
CEPS Task Force Report: Business and Sustainability in the European Union Authors: Richard Almgren & Wolfgang Hager Sustainability requires radical…