Authors: Mattias Goldmann, Frank Yang, Jakob Lagercrantz Supported by Fores Year: 2018 China has the world’s largest emissions of greenhouse gases, the biggest market for passenger cars, the most rapid growth in bicycle-sharing and the toughest targets for electromobility. It combines a state-controlled system with market incentives, linking overarching long-term targets with continuous legislative updates and revisions of incentives. The purpose […]

Editors: Stefan Larsson, Jonas Andersson Schwarz Supported by Fores Year: 2018 What is a digital platform economy and what are its key policy implications? This report on Developing Platform Economies collects four chapters from researchers in the fields of economy, media and law to define, scrutinize and draw empirically based policy-recommendations for a European context, particularly in comparison to the US.

Editor: Mathias Fridahl Supported by Fores Year: 2018 The role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in climate governance is contested. On one hand, a growing climate modelling literature concludes that the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal is unlikely to be achieved without the deployment of BECCS; on the other hand, the feasibility of deploying BECCS at the scales suggested […]

Author: Gerrit Spriet Supported by Studiecentrum Albert Maertens Year: 2018 Though most of us are not aware of it, Europeans today possess not one, but two layers of citizenship. After all, since the 1992 Maastricht treaty, Europeans are citizens not only of a Member State but also of the European Union. But what does that mean? Is this European citizenship a […]

Authors: Łukasz Dąbroś, Matija Damjan, Valentina Franca, Janja Hojnik, Ana Jereb, Tomi Jurman, Jan Klesla, Primož Rojac, Mateusz Sabat, Nana Šumarada Slavnić, Katja Vizjak, Ana Vlahek, Petra Weingerl Editor: Janja Hojnik Supported by Zavod14 Year: 2018 Business models consistent with the sharing and collaborative economy concept are based on the philosophy of access-based consumption where, instead of buying and owning things, consumers want access to goods and prefer to pay […]

Editor: Hanna Stenegren Supported by Fores Year: 2018 Carbon pricing initiatives around the world have seen continued progress and 2018 is a critical year for implementing international carbon pricing mechanism. To date, 51 carbon pricing  initiatives, including 25 emissions trading systems, have been implemented or are scheduled for implementation. These cover about 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. When the […]

Author: Dr. Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl Supported by Neos Lab Year: 2018 This report discusses the platform economy and how platform workers should be insured to protect them against risks. According to the latest figures, 2.3% of Europe’s working-age population receive significant income from platform work while most of them have no social security protection such as maternity or unemployment benefits. This report follows […]

Authors: Laurens Bynens, Mark Feenstra, Ben Jones, Michael Kluth, András Radnóti, Eve Roehrig, Sebastian Vagt Supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation Year: 2018 In this publication, several authors assess the European defence market from different geographical and analytical angles. This volume is designed to provide liberal readers and security political professionals, interested or working in defence politics, with an analysis of recent trends […]

Author: Erik Liss Year: 2018 Income mobility is a cornerstone of liberalism and liberals have traditionally stood for the equality of opportunity. Erik Liss, ELF’s 2018 Research Coordinator, explores the income mobility trends in Scandinavia, Canada and Germany. He argues that if we have already picked all the low-hanging fruit in promoting income mobility – for instance, good public schools […]

Editors:  Zinaida Zlatanova, Teodora Mihaylova Supported by LIPA Year: 2018 This is a collection of speeches given during the Conference “Smart Solutions for a Digital Economy is South East Europe” in June 2018.More than one hundred participants discussed the societal and economic advantages and challenges of what is known as the next technological revolution. It is important to note that debates […]

Author: Johannes Lith Year: 2018 The assumption of a clash between realist and idealist worldviews is a classical building block of international relations and security studies. The greatest challenge is to find a balance between building strong trust and pursuing good relations, while at the same time avoiding idealism being overtaken by realists seizing the moment. This paper sets out […]

Annual Report 2017