Joint Research Centre (JRC) - Newsletter

The Annual Research Conference, now in its 19th year, is themed "How to turn green in the European way? Keeping the cutting edge while remaining fair and social". It brings together leading economic scholars and policy practitioners to discuss cutting-edge research addressing Europe’s economic policy challenges. Register here.

The World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) is the world’s biggest platform for PV research and development, offering a unique possibility of international exchange by combining the three largest and most prominent international PV conferences: the European PV Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC), the Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE PVSC) and the International PV Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC).

This annual event brings together experts, users and policy makers to celebrate together the 10 years of service, showcasing CEMS contribution to improve emergency response and disaster risk management in this first decade. Take part in live virtual plenary session and participate in a discussion about the future of our service and user community. Register by 2 October.

The workshop aims at presenting, discussing, and sharing experiences regarding advanced features and expert use of Dynare. It welcomes and stimulates exchanges and contributions with/from the audience. It is addressed to advanced Dynare users with backgrounds ranging from academia to policy institutions. The course will be open to a maximum of 20 qualified and selected participants. Applications should be submitted no later than 31 July 2022. Successful applicants will be notified by 16 September 2022 the latest.

The New Frontiers in Banking and Capital Markets conference aims at providing a high-level conference setting where academics, practitioners, and regulators will present and discuss new ideas and exchange views on emerging research topics as well as perspectives on current challenges for banks and capital markets. Sustainability and ESG are therefore important topics. The conference includes traditional top-level research paper presentations and discussion sessions based on a competitive open call for papers and invited research papers as well as policy round tables with high-level representatives from regulatory authorities and industry. Submission will be closed mid-August 2022 and authors will be notified by October 2022.

One of the main objectives of the European Commission is to accomplish the targets of the European Green Deal: climate-neutrality, a zero-pollution target for industry, sustainable food systems and a circular economy.
The Annual Research Conference 2022 (ARC22), organised by the Joint Research Centre of the EU Commission and the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs will focus on these issues and, in particular, progress in state-of-the-art economic research, with a specific focus on EU policymaking.
The European Commission would like to invite professional researchers to pitch their work during a dedicated session at the event. Participation in the Call for Pitches is available on the Conference webpage.
To apply, please send to ecfin-jrc-arc@ec.europa.eu by 01 August 2022 a 50- to 100-word summary of your research clearly identifying the topic from the above list with which it matches, including the motivation, question, hypothesis, and findings of your research, along with your contact details and the link to your academic profile.
You will be notified about the acceptance of your pitch by 20 August 2022.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and more in general to the public and private sector.

Calls are open for the use of 5 nuclear laboratories:

On 14 July, the Commission launched the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions, a new prize that recognises academic and research organisations that have achieved outstanding results in the implementation of gender equality measures. This new Prize scheme intends to advance inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new European Research Area (ERA).
It will complement and boost the requirement to have Gender Equality Plans (GEP) as an eligibility criterion for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe, the EU’s programme for research and innovation.
The application process to this first edition of the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions is now open. Deadline for applications is 13 October 2022 at 17.00
More information here.