One of our core tasks is responding to ad hoc requests from the European Commission by providing timely, high-quality expert guidance and advice.
These responses usually take the form of ad hoc reports, as well as other types of documents, such as factsheets and targeted inputs tailored to the Commission’s specific needs.
All ad hoc deliverables aim to provide a rapid focused scientific advice on a specific policy question.
Publications (89)
RSSThis report examines GenAI’s impact on student engagement, academic performance and learning outcomes, and academic integrity; examines the strengths and limitations of the current evidence base; and proposes directions for future policy and practice.
This report examines AI-mediated environments, while highlighting evidence specific to generative AI where available. Drawing on documented research from neuroscience, education, psychology and related fields, the report explores the implications of AI for children’s socio emotional competences.
The report explores under what conditions Large language models (LLMs) can support learning in secondary education, and under what conditions their use undermines it.
his report presents a literature review analysing the relationship between these terms and how they are defined and used across academic literature and key policy frameworks, with the aim of supporting terminological clarity and conceptual coherence in EU-level institutional communications.
The factsheets are intended as short, policy-oriented companion documents to the analytical report on Effective practices for literacy teaching.
This report identifies potential contributing factors, assesses the quality of the underlying evidence, and proposes directions for future policy and practice to address decline in basic skills among primary and secondary school students.
This ad hoc report examines effective measures to increase the participation of vulnerable children in ECEC and includes a specific focus on children under 3 years of age.
This ad hoc report explores the pathways of absenteeism and early leaving from education and training (ELET), identifying at-risk groups as well as the preventive measures and interventions adopted in the European context.
This ad hoc report explores which policies are focused on improving access, progression and completion for all learners, in order to enhance equity and inclusion in higher education.
This ad hoc report aims to investigate the underlying causes of university dropout across the European Union and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies designed to address this challenge.