October 2026
Once viewed only as a matter of innovation policy, biotechnology is now a strategic asset for economic growth, public health sovereignty, international trade and national security. Yet, despite its strengths,…
Publications
October 2026
The Lisbon Council releases The Battle for Data: An Economic Analysis of Law Across Different Regulatory Approaches to Text and Data Mining for AI Training, a new policy brief by…
October 2026
Once deemed almost impossible, quantum technologies are now set to generate significant economic value across crucial sectors. With its established scientific excellence, Europe can lead this by turning its research…
June 2026
The Lisbon Council launched Power to the People: Scaling Energy Communities by Removing Friction, a new policy brief that challenges the idea that energy communities can scale through enthusiasm and…
April 2026
The policy brief by the Lisbon Council, From Care to Action: Redesigning the Conditions for Europe’s Urban Transition, provides a framework for aligning citizens, capital and institutions to turn climate…
March 2026
The Lisbon Council launched Making European Science Flourish in the AI Age, a new policy brief that makes the case for Europe as a leader in AI-driven scientific discovery. Far…
February 2026
The Lisbon Council launched More Environmental Protection, Less Reporting Burden: How a Scale-Up Regtech Initiative Can Lower Compliance Costs for Companies and Increase the Effectiveness of Regulations, a new policy…
June 2025
The Lisbon Council launched Copyright, the AI Act and Extraterritoriality, a timely new policy brief authored by João Pedro Quintais, associate professor, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam. As…
April 2025
At the Scaling Europe Summit 2025, Lisbon Council Research launched When Europe Scales: How Startups and Scale-ups Can Drive European Competitiveness and Why Good Regulation Is More Important than Ever,…
February 2025
The Lisbon Council launched Achieving the Digital Double Dividend: How Building a Single Govtech Market Can Deliver Excellent Public Services and Grow the European Startup Ecosystem, a new policy brief…
April 2024
Can we balance scientific progress and the green transition? Lisbon Council Research launched Sustainable Computing for a Sustainable Planet: How Technological Innovation and Good Governance Can Help Unleash the Benefits…
November 2023
Who’s up? Who’s down? And how are European SMEs faring on the all-important “twin transition?” Lisbon Council Research takes an in-depth look with The 2023 Green Digital and Competitive Index:…