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A. Emerging digital technology & digital transformation
1. Research conducted by individuals, companies, associations and universities
1.1. January
1.1.1. International

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & McKinsey & Company, Europe in the Intelligent Age: From Ideas to Action, January 2025, accessible here; 

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Unlocking the Social Economy: Towards Equity in the Green and Digital Transitions, January 2025, accessible here; 

1.2. February

1.2.1. International

• Stanford University, The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2025 - A Report on Ten Key Technologies and Their Policy Implications, February 2025, accessible here;

• Cigref, Geopolitics and Digital Strategy - Challenges and levers for action for digital departments, February 2025, accessible here;

1.2.2. Europe

1.2.2.1. European Union

• European University Institute (EUI), The impact of EU online platform regulation on EU productivity - A preliminary assessment, Robert Schuman Centre, February 2025, accessible here;

1.3. March

1.3.1. International

• Aanault Lee, Transformative Technologies to Navigate - A World of Black Swans, FutureMatters, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), March 2025, accessible here;

1.3.2. Europe
1.3.2.1. European Union

• Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) & PublicFirst, The Impact of Digital Advertising on Europe's Competitiveness: A Study on the Role of Digital Advertising in Europe, March 2025, accessible here; 

• European Crypto Initiative (EUCI), DORA Booklet, March 2025, accessible here;

1.4. May

1.4.1. International​

• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) & The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Nextgen technologies progressive food processing sector, May 2025, accessible here;

1.4.2. Europe

1.4.2.1. European Union

• Kai Zenner et al., The European Way - A Blueprint for Reclaiming our Digital Future, SSRN, May 2025, accessible here;

1.5. June
1.5.1. International

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & Capgemini, Technology Convergence Report, June 2025, accessible here;

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & Frontiers, Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, June 2025, accessible here;

• KPMG, 2025 Futures Report - Seizing opportunities in an era of disruption, June 2025, accessible here; 

• Ivan Mortimer-Schutts & Sophia Hasnain, Verified Machine Identity: Foundational Digital Infrastructure for Trusting Granular Green Data, FutureMatters, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), June 2025, accessible here;

1.6. September

1.6.1. International

• Southeast Asia Public Policy Institute & The App Association (ACT), Digital Platform Regulation in APEC Economies: Empowering Innovation and Inclusive Growth - A Policy White Paper, September 2025, accessible here;

1.6.2. Asia

1.6.2.1. United Arab Emirates

• World Economic Forum (WEF), Ministry Of Foreign Trade, & Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, Advancing Digital Trade: Insights from the UAE TradeTech Regulatory Sandbox, September 2025, accessible here; 

1.7. October
1.7.1. International

• ​International Turnkey Systems - ITS & IBS Intelligence, Next-Gen Islamic Core Banking: Built for Cloud, Ready for Compliance, October 2025, accessible here; 

• Limara Haque & Joyce O’Connor, Digital Literacy and the Essential Skills Shaping the Future, International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA), Knowledge BYTES by INATBA – Issue No. 2, December 2025, accessible here; 

• World Economic Forum (WEF), Jobs of Tomorrow Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces, October 2025, accessible here;

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & Frontiers, 10 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health, October 2025, accessible here;

1.8. November

1.8.1. International

• World Economic Forum (WEF), Shaping the Deep-Tech Revolution in Agriculture, November 2025, accessible here;

1.8.1.  Europe

1.8.1.1. European Union

• Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), CIPL’s Big Ideas for Simplification of Europe’s Digital Rulebook, November 2025, accessible here;

1.9. December

1.9.1. International

• World Economic Forum (WEF) & Oliver Wyman, Nature Positive: Role of the Technology Sector, December 2025, accessible here;

• World Economic Forum (WEF), Four Futures for the New Economy: Geoeconomics and Technology in 2030, Scenarios for the Global Economy Dialogue Series, December 2025, accessible here;

• ​Tech Vision Forum & Tengchong Scientists Forum, Tech Predictions and Future Visions 2049, December 2025, accessible here; 

2. Reports, guidelines, recommendations and other documents published by regulatory and supervisory authorities, international organizations, and other public institutions and agencies

2.1. January

2.1.1. Europe

2.1.1.1. European Union

• Marketa Pape, Improving the working conditions of platform workers, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), PE 698.923, January 2025, accessible here;

• Polona Car & Filippo Cassetti, Regulating dark patterns in the EU Towards digital fairness, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), PE 767.191, January 2025, accessible here;

• European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Towards Digital Clearinghouse 2.0, Concept Note, January 2025, accessible here;

• Jérôme Saulnier et al., Benefit of an EU strategic innovation agenda - Cost of non-Europe, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), PE 762.853, January 2025, accessible here;

2.1.2. North America

2.1.2.1. United States of America

• The White House, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, January 2025, accessible here;

2.2. February

2.2.1. International

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Technology Trends Future of Transportation, February 2025, accessible here;

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU) & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Digital Agriculture A Standards Snapshot - ITU/FAO Focus Group on AI and IoT for Digital Agriculture, February 2025, accessible here;

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), How Innovation Ecosystems Foster Citizen Participation Using Emerging Technologies in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, OECD Public Governance Reviews, European Union, February 2025, accessible here;

2.2.2. Europe

2.2.2.1. European Union

• European Commission, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Commission work programme 2025 - Moving forward together: A Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union & annexes, COM(2025) 45 final, February 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Towards a European Policy for Technology Infrastructures - Building Bridges to Competitiveness, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Directorate E - Prosperity, Unit E1 – Industrial Research, Innovation & Investment Agendas, Publications Office of the European Union, February 2025, accessible here;

• Olivier Eulaerts, Marcelina Grabowska, & Micahela Bergamini, Weak signals in Science and Technologies - 2024 - Technologies at an early stage of development that could impact our future, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Publications Office of the European Union, February 2025, accessible here;

2.3. March

2.3.1. International

• Julia Clark et al., G.A., Digital Public Infrastructure and Development: A World Bank Group Approach, Digital Transformation White Paper, Volume 1, World Bank Group, March 2025, accessible here;

2.3.2. Europe

2.3.2.1. European Union

• European Commission, Commission Implementing Decision of 28.03.2025 on the financing of the Digital Europe Programme and the adoption of the multiannual work programme for 2025–2027, C(2025) 1839 final, March 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Annex to the Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the Digital Europe Programme and the adoption of the multiannual work programme for 2025–2027, C(2025) 1839 final, March 2025, accessible here​;

• Agnė Paliokaitė, Study exploring the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL), VT-2022-035 - under the multiple framework contracts EMPL/2020/OP/0016, Final Report, March 2025, accessible here;

2.4. April

2.4.1. International

• United Nations, 2025Technology and Innovation Report - Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for Development, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, April 2025, accessible here;

• Marco Bianchini & Marta Lasheras Sancho, SME digitalisation for competitiveness - The 2025 OECD D4SME Survey, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Papers, D4SME, April 2025, accessible here;

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Science and Technology Trends 2025–2045, Volume 1, April 2025, accessible here;

• World Bank Group, Accelerating Growth through Entrepreneurship, Technology Adoption, and Innovation - Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Office of the Chief Economist, April 2025, accessible here;

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Tackling civic participation challenges with emerging technologies - Beyond the hype, OECD Public Governance Policy Papers No 72, April 2025, accessible here;

2.4.2. Europe

2.4.2.1. European Union

• European Court of Auditors, The EU’s strategy for microchips - Reasonable progress in its implementation but the Chips Act is very unlikely to be sufficient to reach the overly ambitious Digital Decade target, Special Report 12/2025, April 2025, accessible here;

• European Court of Auditors, Support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the digital transition in EU member states – A missed opportunity for strategic focus in addressing digital needs, Special report 13/2025, April 2025, accessible here;

• Call for evidence for an initiative (without an impact assessment) - European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures, RTD.A.4, RTD.E.1, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), Core Business Systems Cloud Strategy - A Hybrid Multi-Cloud Hosting Framework Public Edition, April 2025, accessible here; 

2.4.3. Asia

2.4.3.1. Qatar

• Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar Digital Government - Strategy, State of Qatar, April 2025, accessible here;

2.5. May
2.5.1. International

• World Health Organization (WHO), Health technology assessment of medical devices - Second edition: WHO medical devices technical series, May 2025, accessible here; 

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Issue brief on AI and digital transformation: capacity building in the public sector, G20 South Africa 2025, May 2025, accessible here; 

2.6.1. Europe

2.6.1.1. European Union

• Tarja Laaninen, Media literacy - Fostering a key civic skill in a digital information environment, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), PE 772.886, May 2025, accessible here;

• Council of the European Union, Council conclusions on the assessment of the legal framework for audiovisual media services and video-sharing platform services, ST/8873/2025/INIT, C/2025/2954, May 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Technology infrastructures - A strategic asset for European competitiveness: Conference Report, 6-7 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland, Research and Innovation, May 2025, accessible here;

2.6. June

2.6.1. International

• Omar Arias et al., Future Jobs Robots, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Platforms in East Asia and Pacific, World Bank Group, East Asia and Pacific development studies, June 2025, accessible here;

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU) & World Benchmarking Alliance, Greening Digital Companies 2025 - Monitoring emissions and climate commitments, June 2025, accessible here;

2.6.1. Europe
2.6.1.1. European Union

• European Commission, Call for evidence for an evaluation and impact assessment run in parallel - Digital Networks Act, Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (Unit B1 - Electronic Communications Policy, Implementationand Enforcement), June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, The EU sets out its International Digital Strategy, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, 2026 State of the Digital Decade package, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council - An International Digital Strategy for the European Union, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, JOIN(2025) 140 final, June 2025, accessible here; 

• Meenakshi Fernandes, Lenka Jančová & Maxim Baumgaertel, Scaling up European innovation - What is the potential European added value of a 28th regime?, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), European Added Value Unit, PE 765.802, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions, State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document - Digital Decade in 2025: progress and outlook - Accompanying the document - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions - State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, SWD(2025) 290 final, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document - Monitoring of horizontal recommendations 2024 - Accompanying the document - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions - State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, SWD(2025) 291 final, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document - Progress report on multi-country projects - Accompanying the document - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions - State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, SWD(2025) 292 final, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document - Monitoring of the European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles - Accompanying the document - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions - State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, SWD(2025) 293 final, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Digital Decade 2025: Country reports, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document - DESI 2025 methodological note - Accompanying the document - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committe and the Committe of the Regions - State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future, COM(2025) 290 final, SWD(2025) 295 final, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Special Eurobarometer 566, The Digital Decade 2025, Eurobarometer Report, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Digital Decade 2025 - Special Eurobarometer, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, EGovernment Benchmark 2025 - Building online, user-friendly, and interoperable services: insight report, Written by Capgemini, Sogeti, IDC and Politecnico di Milano for the European Commission Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, EGovernment Benchmark 2026 - Method paper, Written by Capgemini, Sogeti, IDC and Politecnico di Milano for the European Commission Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Broadband Coverage in Europe 2024 - Mapping progress towards the coverage objectives of the Digital Decade, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect), Omdia, Point Topic, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, 2025 Digital Decade E-Health Indicator Study, Final Report, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect), Capgemini, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Study to support the monitoring of the Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles - Final Report, Written by Capgemini Invent, Visionary Analytics, IDC, Ecorys and Prof. Dr. Eleni Kosta (Independent Expert), June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, 5G Observatory, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect), IDATE, Schuman Associates, June 2025, accessible here; 

• Juan Jodar Torrecillas & Daniel Nepelski, Update of Mapping of EU funds to Digital Decade targets 2021-2027, European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC), JRC141966, Publications Office of the European Union, June 2025, accessible here; 

• European Commission, Digital Decade 2025 - Digitalisation of Business in the EU Member States, June 2025, accessible here; 

• Viola Peter et al., Evolution and/or disruption? Designing the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA), PE 765.780, June 2025, accessible here;

• Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier, Marcelina Grabowska & Michela Bergamini, Innovation trends in industrial biotechnology a patent landscape analysis, European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC), JRC139154, Publications Office of the European Union, June 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, Unlocking the potential of dual-use research and innovation, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Directorate E — Prosperity, Unit E.1 — Industrial Research, Innovation and Investment Agendas, June 2025, accessible here;

• Sarah Knafo, Report on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure, European Parliament, A10-0107/2025, June 2025, accessible here;

• René Repasi, Draft report with recommendations to the Commission on the 28th Regime a new legal framework for innovative companies, European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, 2025/2079(INL), June 2025, accessible here;

2.6.1.2. Poland

• Council of the European Union, Outcomes of the discussions on simplification activities in the digital field - Balancing regulation and innovation in the technology-driven economy, TELECOM 165, 9383/25, June 2025, accessible here;

2.7. July

2.7.1. Europe

2.7.1.1. European Union

• European Commission, Call for evidence for an impact assessment - Digital Fairness Act, July 2025, accessible here;

• European Banking Authority (EBA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) & European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Oversight of critical third-party providers - Guide on oversight activities, July 2025, accessible here;

• European Commission, European Innovation Scoreboard, July 2025, accessible here;

• European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), Sovereign Cloud Technologies - Is the cloud really just somebody else's computer?, July 2025, accessible here; 

​2.8. August

2.8.1. International​

• J20 South Africa 2025, Justice in a time of a change: independence, innovation and co-operation, G20, UNESCO, Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd, August 2025, accessible here;

2.8.2. North America

2.8.2.1. United States of America

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Face Analysis Technology Evaluation (FATE) MORPH - Part 4B Considerations for Implementing Morph Detection in Operations, August 2025, accessible here;

2.9. September
2.9.1. International

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Global Innovation Index 2025 - Executive Version, September 2025, accessible here; ​

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Global Innovation Index 2025: Innovation at a Crossroads, September 2025, accessible here; 

• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Guía para el establecimiento de un marco de gobernanza de gobierno digital para países de América Latina y el Caribe, LC/PUB.2025/13-P, September 2025, accessible here; 

• International Working Group on Digital Education, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland & UNICEF, Data Governance for EdTech Policy Recommendations, September 2025, accessible here;

2.9.2. Europe​