Research Reports

Research Report 25

EU Raw Material Partnerships: Mutual Benefits or Green Extractivism?

A critical analysis of the EU’s Strategic Partnerships on Raw Materials, with a focus on Kazakhstan, Chile, and Rwanda

Karin Küblböck / Simela Papatheophilou / Bernhard Tröster / Leonhard Ulrici

Wien, September 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr25

As part of its efforts to secure access to critical raw materials (CRMs), the EU has conclud ...

Research Report 24

Ending Child Labour – Implementation of SDG 8.7

Simela Papatheophilou / Bernhard Tröster

Wien, September 2025 | https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr24

Despite SDG target 8.7 aiming to eliminate child labour by 2025, 137.6 million children rema ...

Research Report 23

Assess_EU-Mercosur 2.0: Assessing the final agreement text of the Association Agreement between the EU and Mercosur

Simela Papatheophilou / Bernhard Tröster / Werner Raza / Laura Coral

Wien, June 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr23

After some 20 years, the negotiations on the EU Mercosur Association Agreement (EUMAA) were ...

Research Report 22

Net Zero Export Finance: Lessons for Austria from International Best Practice

Lukas Schlögl / David Pfaffenbichler / Werner Raza

Wien, February 2025 | https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr22

This study investigates the intersection of export finance and climate policy with a focus o ...

Research Report 21

Towards a progressive industrial policy for the Twin Transformation in the European Union

Werner Raza

Wien, February 2025 | https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr21

After decades of marginalization, industrial policy (IP) is back on the political agenda. Wh ...

Research Report 20

Umsetzung der EU-Konfliktmineraleverordnung in Österreich III

Standortbestimmung nach dem dritten Jahr in voller Geltung

Karin Küblböck

Wien, January 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-rr20

Unternehmen, die Tantal, Wolfram, Zinn und Gold in die Europäische Union (EU) importieren un ...

Research Report 19

AQUAHUB Impact Evaluation

Final Assignment Report

Arnold Groh / Margarita Langthaler / Werner Siebel / Stefan Wolf

Wien, June 2024

ÖFSE was commissioned by the BOKU to undertake an impact assessment of the “Education and Re ...

Research Report 18

In search of critical raw materials: What will the EU Critical Raw Materials Act achieve?

An analysis of legal and factual implications of the CRMA

Bernhard Tröster / Simela Papatheophilou / Karin Küblböck

Wien, May 2024 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2024-rr18

The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is a key EU legislation aimed at securing critical raw ...

Research Report 17

Umsetzung der EU-Konfliktminerale-verordnung in Österreich II

Standortbestimmung nach dem zweiten Jahr in voller Geltung

Karin Küblböck

Wien, December 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2023-rr17

Seit 2021 müssen Unternehmen, die Tantal, Wolfram, Zinn und Gold in die Europäische Union (E ...

Research Report 16

Potentials for Improving the Socioeconomic Situation of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers: The Role of Sustainability Initiatives

Hannes Grohs / Jan Grumiller / Andreas Peham

Wien, March 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2023-rr16

Based on a longstanding colonial history of unequal exchange between the Global North and So ...

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