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REGROUP will deliver six types of publications throughout the project: research papers, policy papers, foresight papers, focus papers, mini-public papers, and external papers. Explore all our publications below, or filter them by type. Follow us on TwitterLinkedIn, and Mastodon to stay up to date for new publications. 

Research papers are scholarly studies presenting research conducted in the diagnostic and evaluative work packages.

Policy papers present actionable policy advice building on the analyses and evidence contained in the research papers.

Foresight papers provide EU policy-makers with agenda-setting overviews of the areas covered by the three prescriptive work packages.

Focus papers present in-depth advice on specific topics within the REGROUP prescriptive work packages.

This section contains the methodology brief and mini-public reports produced as part of work package 4.

External publications include outside publications based on REGROUP research.

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This article examines the European Union (EU)’s financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, it traces the role of the European Council in the policymaking process for the establishment of two innovative financial instruments – the Recovery and Resilience Facility…
Focus papers
The European Union’s (EU’s) ability to respond effectively to crises has been a subject of debate in recent years. Its crisis governance has been particularly discussed, with a renewed debate centring around the accountability of executive institutions during times of crisis….
Focus papers
This paper delves into the EU’s approach to interconnected environmental risks, set against the backdrop of evolving geoeconomic and political dynamics. It first addresses the European Green Deal initiated in 2019, and its subsequent strengthening through initiatives…
Policy papers
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted European political landscapes, not by creating entirely new cleavages but by activating, intensifying, and reconfiguring existing political divisions. This policy paper…
Focus papers
Disinformation has become an increasing concern for European policymakers and the broader public, raising pressing questions about safeguarding political discourse and institutional…
Focus papers
As Europe grapples with geopolitical tensions, economic instability, demographic change and rising populism, the role of Social Europe has never been more critical. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant vulnerabilities in social…
Focus papers
Emboldened by the Western-dominated, unilateral moment after the end of the Cold War, inspired by intellectuals who valued civil society at the expense of realpolitik, the EU aspired to construct a foreign policy based on values and to influence world affairs according to its…
Policy papers
Building on previous tasks, this paper takes stock of the state of Europe’s multi-level democracy and legitimacy in crisis times and makes recommendations on how to safeguard both principles. We recommend a system of…
Focus papers
This paper develops principles for a democratically legitimate form of digitalisation. It goes further than a need for an ethics of digitalisation. Ethics is a relationship between all persons. Democratic legitimacy is a relationship between citizens who share a democracy and, therefore..