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Horizon Europe project BrightSpace
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#HorizonEU project to design strategies for assessing & addressing challenges of EU #agriculture to navigate within a Safe and Just Operating Space

#EUagriSJOS

Horizon Europe Grant Agreement No. 101060075.
https://brightspace-project.eu/
New discussion paper: Steering #SmartFarming Technology toward a Safe & Just Operating Space 🌱🚜
It applies the SJOS framework to guide policy-driven adoption of smart farming tech.
Read it open access: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#AgTech #Sustainability
@robertfinger.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎥 How do we build a robust, stakeholder-informed baseline for EU agricultural policy modelling?
WP5 lead Peter Witzke breaks it down in our new BrightSpace interview.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/wpt1xGe7T_0
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New interview out! CITA’s George Philippidis explains how @brightspace-project.eu WP10 is designing future pathways for #EUagriSJOS — linking scenarios, modelling & stakeholder insights to shape the final roadmap and SJOS dashboard.

Watch 👉https://youtu.be/uux_jYqM1Fw

#EUAgri #HorizonEU
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On 17 Nov, we met online to discuss Task 10.3 to design an #InteractiveRoadmap turning scenario modelling into post-2027 CAP policy insights. This will be a key on-line vehicle for #BrightSpaceResults & fostering uptake & #exploitation.

🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/y28pbnz8
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 🆕New publication‼️👏
A MAGNET-model study shows how policy pathways can drive healthier, sustainable diets with better affordability & lower GHGs.
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/4y3fbmjp
#BrightSpaceEU #FoodSystems #Sustainability #ClimatePolicy #ForestNavigator
@wursocialeconomic.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
💡Did you know? On 30 Oct 2025, we marked 3 years of @BrightSpaceEU by submitting 6 deliverables to the EC & kicked off our 36-month technical reporting phase.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5n85wr3n

#EUagriSJOS #BrightSpaceEUresults #HorizonEurope #FoodSystems #Sustainability #OpenScience
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌾 How much can fertilizer & pesticide use be cut without hurting yields?
A recent #OpenAccess BrightSpace study shows #TechInnovation drives productivity. Up to 20% input reduction → only modest output loss. Evidence for sustainable & competitive EU farming.

🧐 👉 tinyurl.com/mrnnd7un/
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
👏 BrightSpace partners @nlenvironagency.bsky.social & @wursocialeconomic.bsky.social contributed to a @nature.com study. This work also links to @brightspace-project.eu WP6, enhancing the Toolbox to model the safe operating space for EU agriculture.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yubbfrdf
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
At the #FFA2025 Market Outlook Workshop, Tamás Krisztin @iiasa.ac.at presented baseline land-use & emissions trajectories and the #JointPerspectivePaper from 🇪🇺 projects LAMASUS , @brightspace-project.eu , & @act4cap27.eu - tools for future CAP policies.
🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/29wu56tj
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
BrightSpace x RATION x GeneBEcon 🤝 (03 Nov)
DETECTIVE_HE is to join collaboration!
✅ Project updates
✅ Joint ICABR 2026 session planned
✅ Joint paper nearly ready for publishing
📅 Next meeting: 12 Jan 2026
tinyurl.com/54t7zfp3
#HorizonEurope #AgriFood #Biotech
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌱🆕 Open Access! Our article “Towards a Safe & Just Operating Space for EU Agriculture” is published in Q Open. 30+ indicators across 12 themes, aligned with EU Green Deal & CAP, for a fair, resilient, & sustainable future. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/qope...
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🌱🆕 Open Access! Our article “Towards a Safe & Just Operating Space for EU Agriculture” is published in Q Open. 30+ indicators across 12 themes, aligned with EU Green Deal & CAP, for a fair, resilient, & sustainable future. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/qope...
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🎥 New #BrightSpaceEU interview!
Halfway update w/ project coordinator Marc Müller:
progress ✅ challenges ⚙️ outlook 🔭

Designing sustainable, evidence-based policy in a Safe & Just Operating Space for EU agriculture.

Watch 👇
youtu.be/toRMPq7COg0

#HorizonEurope #EUagriSJOS
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🌾 Flashback to summer 2025 — when everyone went on holiday, we dropped a policy brief instead 😎📄
👉 Read it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
our joint perspective paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#BrightSpaceProject #EUagriculture #Sustainability #CAP
@wursocialeconomic.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at
October 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🔙 Flashback to the 2nd #BrightSpaceEU Stakeholder Retreat in Leuven 🇧🇪 (23–24 Sept)!
Lively debate & foresight:
🌱 Reviewing BAU & Challenging baselines
🌍 Exploring 4 future scenarios for EU agriculture
🤝 Stakeholder insights feeding into modelling
🙏 Thanks to all participants!
tinyurl.com/2e6hpcfr
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌟 BrightSpace WP leaders met to:
🔹 Reflect on Stakeholder Retreat & EC REA Cluster
🔹 Review M36 deliverables & Periodic Report 2
🔹 Kick off planning for March 2026 Annual Meeting w/ AMYRN 🚀
tinyurl.com/4unhmhdf
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🌱 #BrightSpaceEU showcased #EUAgriSJOS at the EC REA Cluster Meeting on #AgPolicy modelling (25 Sept, Brussels)
🔹 Engaged with policymakers on future #CAP post-2027
🤝 @act4cap27.eu, LAMASUS, TOOLS4CAP, AgenresEU

tinyurl.com/3vrwkkey

@wursocialeconomic.bsky.social, @iiasa.ac.at
October 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🌍 Session 4 of the #BrightSpaceEU Stakeholder Retreat in Leuven featured an interactive consultation: stakeholders mapped policy futures for 4 transition narratives—Go Global, Fortress EU, Food Sovereignty & Sustainable Competitiveness—feeding directly into scenario modelling.
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🌍 Day 2 Session 3 at the #BrightSpaceEU Retreat in Leuven:

George Philippidis (CITAAragon) presented 4 exploratory scenarios for EU agri futures in the Safe & Just Operating Space (SJOS):

🌐 Go Global
🛡️ Fortress EU
🌱 Food Sovereignty
⚖️ Sustainable Competitiveness
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Day1 Session 2 – BrightSpace Retreat:
Stefan Frank & team unveiled the Challenging Baseline 🚜
🌐 Trade barriers
💡 Energy price hikes
🌾 Fertilizer costs
☀️ Climate shocks

👉 Slower agri growth, higher prices, EU gains in coarse grains.
🔥 Intense debate followed!
tinyurl.com/bdfju9dw
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📊 Session 1 – 2nd @BrightSpaceEU Retreat: Revisiting the 1st retreat & BAU baseline for EU agriculture. SJOS framework explained by Viktoriya Sturm; Peter Witzke shared 2050 projections & modelling tools (e.g. IMAGE, MAGNET, GLOBIOM) to explore risks & future scenarios.
@thuenen.de
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌍 The 2nd @BrightSpaceEU Stakeholder Retreat has started in Leuven! Welcome to stakeholders from DE, BE, NL, LV, CZ & special guests from DG Agri & DG ENV , EU CAP Network & Dutch Agri Ministry joining us to shape resilient, sustainable & inclusive EU farming systems.
🧐https://tinyurl.com/bde5f2ur
September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How can EU farming secure food, climate & biodiversity while staying competitive? 🌍
At #ÖGA2025, Petr Havlik presented today our joint perspective paper with @act4cap27.eu & LAMASUS
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#HorizonEU #Sustainability #Agriculture
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🌱📊 Want your voice heard in shaping EU agri-food futures?
Join us in Leuven, 23–24 Sept, for the BrightSpace Stakeholder Retreat.
👉Apply here by 10 Sept: tinyurl.com/mr2shrak
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📊 From simulations to sustainability strategies — the 2025 CAPRI training strengthened capacity for future EU agri-food policy
🌍 Supported by @act4cap27.eu + @brightspace-project.eu
👉🔗 tinyurl.com/2sprvzhz

@thuenen.de
Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policy: CAPRI Training Session 2025 Recap - BrightSpace
From 17 April to 17 July 2025, the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute of Farm Economics hosted its annual CAPRI training session in a hybrid format at Humboldt University of Berlin. The course broug...
tinyurl.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM