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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 independent Member States. RAND frequently conducts research for EU institutions and agencies and has also explored such topics as the EU's role in nation building and the implications of EU expansion on the global security environment.

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How the EU Can Overcome Barriers to Using AI in Border Security and Beyond

May 17, 2021

Artificial intelligence is increasingly a crucial tool for improvement and innovation in public policy and services. While there are opportunities to harness AI as a tool for improving the effectiveness of border-security functions, there are also barriers to its adoption.
Commentary

Equal Pay for Equal Work: How Binding Pay Transparency Measures May Help

May 12, 2020

More than 60 years ago, the EU introduced the principle of equal pay for equal work for men and women. But a gender pay gap persists in most countries. In 2014, a European Commission Recommendation encouraged measures to aid pay transparency, but implementation has been limited.

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Commentary

Disrespecting Europe Could Cost Russia

Western unity is critical to addressing authoritarian challenges. Brexit, immigration, leadership transition in Germany, and COVID-19 provide grist for Russian propaganda claims of European weakness. But unified EU action on Ukraine, Navalny, and Belarus shows that Europe is a force with which to be reckoned.

Jul 26, 2021
Project

RAND Europe Improves Policy and Decision Making in Europe and Around the World

RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute dedicated to helping improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. With offices in the UK and Belgium, its research portfolio complements RAND's and also includes choice modeling, evaluation, workplace wellbeing, and much more.

Jul 22, 2021
Journal Article

Improving Working Conditions Using Artificial Intelligence

This analysis discusses evidence on the expected impact of AI on jobs, the potential for AI to create decent jobs, and the extent to which AI offers opportunities and poses risks to working conditions.

Jun 8, 2021
Journal Article

Artificial Intelligence-based Capabilities for the European Border and Coast Guard: Final Report

This study explores the ways the European Border and Coast Guard can maximise the opportunity provided by AI to support the management of the EU's external borders.

Mar 30, 2021
Journal Article

Artificial Intelligence-based Capabilities for the European Border and Coast Guard: Executive Summary

This document provides a summary of RAND Europe's study on AI-based capabilities for the European Border and Coast Guard.

Mar 30, 2021
Commentary

Domestic Violence Support Staff Need More Help

During the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, European Union states had a 60 percent increase in emergency calls about intimate-partner violence. Amid a protracted second wave that has led to further lockdowns, it may not be too late to provide the funding and legislative changes necessary to ensure domestic violence service providers can offer crucial support.

Mar 15, 2021
Journal Article

The Childcare Gap in EU Member States

This policy memo focuses on the childcare gap as a concept, as well as on how the concept has been operationalised in existing literature.

Mar 9, 2021
Journal Article

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the EU

This study offers a preliminary overview of the measures undertaken across the EU to support victims of violence during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Mar 9, 2021
Journal Article

Study on Child Participation in EU Political and Democratic Life: Final Report

RAND Europe and Eurochild were contracted by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers to support this study. This Final Report summarises the findings from all research methodologies applied in this study.

Feb 23, 2021
Journal Article

Sexuality Education Across the European Union: An Overview

This policy memo examines how sexuality education is delivered by schools across the EU Member States. Drawing on existing data sources, the memo highlights trends and differences and considers the need for further data mapping.

Feb 23, 2021
Journal Article

Future Threats and Some Considerations for the Next U.S. National Defense Strategy

In this article, the authors offer a U.S. perspective on the evolution of threats from the recent past, and posit several considerations for the next National Defense Strategy.

Jan 26, 2021
Commentary

Helping Mothers Return to Work Is a Gender Equality Issue

Employers and policymakers play a crucial role in ensuring that women are not unnecessarily disadvantaged when they have children. Policies such as access to family leave, job protection, and childcare options can play a large role.

Jan 21, 2021
Commentary

What the EU LGBTIQ Strategy Means for Rainbow Families with Children

Rainbow families can face challenges because of ongoing discrimination against LGBTIQ people. The first EU strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, intersex, and queer equality sets out actions and initiatives to ensure the safety and equal rights of LGBTIQ people in the EU.

Dec 21, 2020
Journal Article

After Parental Leave: Incentives for Parents with Young Children to Return to the Labour Market

This study examines the employment situation of parents with young children in the EU and specifically, the factors that affect parents' return to the labour market.

Nov 25, 2020
Commentary

Giving Children a Voice Can Lead to Better Outcomes for All: Developing the New European Strategy on the Rights of the Child

Children have a right to participate in decisionmaking that affects them. It will be important to ensure that there are mechanisms in place to support that process, and that they are resilient, even in times of crisis.

Nov 3, 2020
Commentary

Democracy Depends on Hearing All Voters' Voices

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the confinement measures imposed in response, holding safe, effective, and timely democratic elections has become increasingly challenging. The risk of disenfranchising large parts of the electorate is real and should be prevented. In these difficult circumstances, governments need to increase their efforts to guarantee that every voter can exercise their right to vote.

Oct 30, 2020
Commentary

A Free Trade Agreement Still Comes with Costs

Major issues must be resolved before any UK-EU agreement on post-Brexit trade and economic relations is completed. There will be substantial costs associated with even a zero-tariff trade deal.

Oct 23, 2020
Multimedia

Using Binding Pay Transparency Measures to Encourage Equal Pay for Equal Work

RAND Europe experts Joanna Hofman and Michaela Bruckmayer discuss their study on binding pay transparency measures as a tool for encouraging equal pay for equal work. They consider key concepts in the debate and potential challenges in implementing the measures across the EU.

Aug 14, 2020
Report

Provision of an indicative, non-exhaustive list of conflict-affected and high-risk areas under Regulation 2017/821: Task A – Methodology development

This report presents the methodology proposed by RAND Europe to produce an indicative, non-exhaustive, regularly updated list of CAHRAs under Regulation 2017/821.

Jul 30, 2020

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