Projects & Studies

Projects & Studies

eSkills Policies

The study launched by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry in late 2006 has identified multi-stakeholder partnerships for e-skills development and related policies using a network of National Correspondents …

AVROSS

The European Commission, like the National Science Foundation in the US and other organisations at national level, has funded the development of e-Infrastructures. Some communities in the sciences such as …

RESCAR

The issues of funding, mobility and employment of young researchers are important policy priorities for the European Research Area (ERA). This contribution by empirica, FHNW (CH) and University Wolverhampton (UK), …

semanticHEALTH

The semantic aspects of interoperability have only recently been recognised as the major enabling factor for the safe and sensible communication of patient data. Health language is very large and …

NewGlobal

NewGlobal explores the drivers, success factors and impacts of ICT rich collaborative working environments that stretch across the borders of countries. Impact categories analysed include employee self-organisation, nurturing of human …

eHealth for Safety

ICT can make a vital contribution to improving the safety of European patients by helping to reduce medical errors and other negative incidents, thereby saving lives, and enhancing efficiency, in …

MeAc

eAccessbility is commonly understood as a means to ensure that Information and Communication Technology products and services meet the requirements of people with disabilities. Accessible ICTs will improve the quality …

Share

The recent emergence of Grid technology opens new perspectives to enable interdisciplinary research and technology development at the cross roads of medical informatics, bioinformatics and system biology impacting healthcare. The …

ConsTrust

This study, carried out by empirica together with DIW (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), will contribute to proper understanding of the concepts of trust and confidence, the role consumer trust and …

Good eHealth

Despite the relatively slow implementation of eHealth in Europe, many eHealth developments have nevertheless been successfully implemented. These implementations constitute a source of valuable experience and of examples of good …

eSkillsPolicy

TRANSFORM

TRANSFORM erforscht territoriale “Innovations-Kulturen” und ihren Einfluss auf den Erfolg von Regionen in der Wissensgesellschaft. Hierbei geht es insbesondere um die Fragestellung, welche Faktoren einige Regionen in die Lage versetzen, …