Visionary Analytics

🔬𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲

Europe’s ability to compete globally in research and innovation depends on one critical factor: people.

Visionary Analytics is proud to lead two new projects for DG RTD focused on research careers in Europe:

- The first project, "Strengthening Research Talent Retention in Europe", looks at how to make research careers more attractive and stable today, together with Technopolis Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and ARCTIK - Communication for Sustainability.

- The second, "The Futures of Researchers’ Careers: What Challenges for EU Policy?", is a foresight study exploring how research careers can become more future-ready, together with FFRC, Prospectiva, Technopolis Group, IDEA and ARCTIK - Communication for Sustainability.

📊Why this matters: As highlighted in the Draghi report (2024), Europe faces structural barriers that limit innovation and competitiveness. At the same time, many researchers still encounter precarious employment, limited career stability and barriers to mobility, making talent retention a growing challenge.

🔍Our work will focus on:

- improving employment conditions and career pathways for researchers

- identifying best practices to retain talent and support transitions

- exploring future career models and skills needs

- identifying long term trends and disruptions affecting researchers’ careers in Europe

- analysing how innovation ecosystems shape demand for talent

- assessing new funding and employment approaches

Through this work, we aim to support policies that strengthen research careers and help Europe remain an attractive destination for global talent.

Read more in our spotlight: https://www.visionary.lt/spotlight/the-future-of-research-careers-in-europe/

📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗘𝗨 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 – 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱

Young people are key to Europe’s future, yet many still face challenges related to participation, education, employment and inclusion. A new study for the European Parliament reviews how the EU Youth Strategy (EUYS) 2019–2027 is being implemented and explores how it could evolve beyond 2027.

The study has two parts:
• Part I, prepared by European Parliamentary Research Service, provides a policy overview based on Commission evaluations, Eurobarometer surveys, Youth Policy Dialogues and Parliament resolutions.
• Part II, prepared by our research team, evaluates the strategy’s implementation at the EU level and in six Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Lithuania and Portugal.

Our research focused on four areas:
▪️ the European Youth Goals
▪️ youth mainstreaming across policies
▪️ youth participation and inclusion
▪️ access to quality education and training

Key findings show uneven implementation across Member States, progress in youth mainstreaming since the European Year of Youth 2022, expanded participation opportunities through initiatives such as EU Youth Dialogue, Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, and persistent structural barriers affecting access to opportunities.

📍 The study findings were presented on 24 February during the European Parliament’s CULT Committee meeting.

👉 Read more about the study and its findings here: https://www.visionary.lt/?post_type=spotlight&p=2722&preview=true