🌍 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.

🌍 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

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

📊 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

🌍 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

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

🌱📊 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

📊 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

🌿 Summer check-in for @brightspace-project.eu WP11 ✅ Progress continues: 📌 Sept retreat prep 📌 AGMEMOD training ✔️ 📌 @act4cap27.eu - @brightspace-project.eu - LAMASUS perspective paper ✔️ 📌 5⃣th newsletter ✔️ Next WP11: 24 Nov #HorizonEU #AgPolicy #Science4Policy 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/4hp54f5y

🌱 🆕paper by @act4cap27.eu , @brightspace-project.eu & #LAMASUS @iiasa.ac.at shows why a sustainable agri sector is 🔑to EU prosperity & security. 💡 5 Priority Action Areas: resilience, nutrients, trade, bioeconomy, digitalisation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrrhye2p #HorizonEU #VisionForAgriculture #EUGreenDeal

🤔 🫧 ❓Haven't you read our 5th @brightspace-project.eu newsletter? 🗞 Below is a quick preview. 👀 Also featuring latest news about our fellow projects: LAMASUS, @act4cap27.eu, Tools4CAP, GeneBEcon, Ration. For all the details go to ➡ tinyurl.com/5h52ymca

🌄 A new policy brief, produced as part of the LAMASUS project, highlights that strategic agricultural de-intensification in the EU could help reduce agricultural carbon emissions by nearly a third and considerably improve biodiversity recovery. Learn more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jul-202...

🎥 BrightSpace x LAMASUS: Explore how Horizon Europe projects collaborate on agri-food policy modelling! From farm typologies to policy baselines: 🧐watch short interviews with our researchers sharing insights. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3tuv3vua #EUAgri #HorizonEurope #Food

Recap of the #AGMEMOD Model & Scenario-Building Workshop 4 days of hands-on training in EU #AgPolicy modelling, backed by #HorizonEU @act4cap27.eu , @brightspace-project.eu & TOOLS4CAP by colleagues from @wursocialeconomic.bsky.social & @thuenen.de 👉https://tinyurl.com/5d8dcmev #EUAgri #CAP

📢 New peer-reviewed #OpenData dataset in @springernature.com Scientific Data! GRAPE: a global record of public agri‑R&D investment & personnel from 1960–2022. This vital resource feeds into CAPRI, GLOBIOM & MAGNET models in @brightspace-project.eu WP7. 📊📈 👉https://rdcu.be/eu71T

🔍 How can micro-level evidence strengthen macro-level models? @brightspace-project.eu partners held a workshop to align WP3 empirical studies with CAPRI, GLOBIOM & MAGNET modelling – ensuring real-world insights feed into future EU agri-food scenarios. 👉https://tinyurl.com/58ecpr7u

The LAMASUS HE project & @brightspace-project.eu Summer School (2–6 June 2025, @IIASAVienna) trained early-career researchers in cutting-edge agri-food policy modelling - from CAP & GLOBIOM to biodiversity & biophysical models. A full week of tools, teamwork & theory! 👉 tinyurl.com/yb3d7yjs

🔍 Have you explored GRAPE yet? 🆕dataset: consistent, global data on public agricultural R&D across 190 countries (1960–2022). An asset for research & policy, supported by #brightspace-project.eu & captured in a recent preprint. 👉https://tinyurl.com/4tnkuzdu #AgriRD #CAPRI #DataForPolicy

Read the latest newsletter of our fellow project @act4cap27.eu afresh!

🚨 #BrightSpaceEU Mid-Year Newsletter Coming Soon! Catch up on our latest work, expert insights, joint publications, & collaborations with #LAMASUS, @act4cap27.eu , #GeneBEcon , #RATION & more.. 📬 Subscribe now: 👉 brightspace-project.eu/newsletters/ #AgriPolicy #EUAgriSJOS #ScienceToPolicy

🔍 Why is costing crucial in agri-food policy modelling? Dr. Felicity Addo from IIASA shares insights from the LAMASUS project in this quick interview at the 2024 BrightSpace - LAMASUS joint session in Seville. 📽️ Watch now: youtu.be/DUJnG2Tt4TQ #AgriFood #Modelling

🚜 #brightspace-project.eu & @act4cap27.eu joined the #EUVisionConference (8 May, Brussels) to showcase how advanced modelling supports a resilient agri-food future & the #CAPBeyond2027. 🤝 Stakeholder engagement is key to evidence-based policy! 🔗 tinyurl.com/2n6bcv6m #ScienceToPolicy

🔍 How can a shared farm typology improve EU agri-food policy #modelling? Hugo Scherer (WSER) explains the benefits of harmonised typologies across #BrightSpaceEU & LAMASUS at the 2024 annual meeting in Seville. 📽️ Watch 👉 youtu.be/i5U3FuEqpvs #EUAgri #WeCollaborate

🔍 How do we model a Safe & Just Operating Space for EU agriculture? At the 2nd #BrightSpaceEU Modelling Workshop, teams aligned indicators, filled modelling gaps & launched an action plan to deliver evidence for future policy. tinyurl.com/yybtpuxk 📊 #HorizonEU #CAPBeyond2027

🤝 @brightspace-project.eu, GeneBEcon & Ration projects #WeCollaborate On 12 May, we met online to advance collaboration on food system sustainability, new genomic techniques & policy modelling. Plans include a joint workshop at #EAAE2025! 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/4c97yy2n

🎥 Why use multiple models in research projects? Dr. Willem-Jan van Zeist explains ex-ante modelling with MAGNET in #BrightSpaceEU & #LAMASUS during their joint session in Seville. 📺 Watch the clip: youtu.be/sxo5NIB3OZY #WeCollaborate #HorizonEurope #EUagriSJOS

🚨 🆕 @brightspace-project.eu #OpenAccess Article! 🚨 Impact of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Policies on the Transition Towards a Safe and Just Operating Space for EU Agri-Food Systems published in Q Open! 🌱 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3hyxxa99 #BrightSpaceEUresults #EUagriSJOS #AgriFoodSystems

👏Many thanks to participants for their expert insights on #AnimalWelfare in a Safe & Just Operating Space! On April 3, @brightspace-project.eu hosted a consultation to identify welfare indicators across species & production stages.🐄🐖🐓 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/mr39snv2 @w-u-r.bsky.social @thuenen.de

📌#BrightSpaceEU 4th #SPAB Meeting (17/3/2025) highlights: ✔ Progress on #EUagriSJOS Thresholds ✔ Expert consultation: animal welfare indicators (3/4/2025) ✔ Preparing for #EUAgriVision Conference (8/5/2025) 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/3cj4e3ew

📢 BrightSpace Expert Consultation: 🔍 Focus: "Animal Welfare in a Safe & Just Operating Space for European Agriculture"🐄🐖🐓 🗓 3 April 2025 | Online 📌 Agenda Highlights: 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/39cjukrx

🚀 CAPRI Course 2025 – Now Open for Registration! 📊 Learn #CAPRI, a key model for #agri-food policy analysis! 📅 April 17 – July 17, 2025 | 🕛 Thursdays 12:00–16:00 CET 📍 Hybrid | Humboldt University, Berlin 📌 GAMS modelling | 📌 CAPRI structure | 📌 Hands-on exercises 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3c4jyt

Meet @brightspaceeu.bsky.social #AMYRN Fellow:Hugo Scherer! 🌱 Hugo is assessing drought impacts on EU farm income using #IFM-CAP & #FarmDyn in order to refine policy simulations to support resilient farming strategies! 🧐➡️ tinyurl.com/mny3xbze #DroughtResilience #AgriculturalModelling

Meet @brightspaceeu.bsky.social #AMYRN Fellow: Damilola Aladesuru! 📊 She is using econometrics & machine learning to explore how precision farming affects field structure, biodiversity & farm income. 🧐➡️ tinyurl.com/mny3xbze #AgriculturalModelling #PrecisionFarming #ClimateResilience

Meet @brightspaceeu.bsky.social #AMYRN Fellow: Yan Jin!📊 Yan is strengthening economic modelling capacity by integrating GTAP & MAGNET models into BrightSpace research. Her work advances stochastic modelling & improves #AgriculturalPolicyAnalysis! 🧐➡️ tinyurl.com/mny3xbze #AgriculturalModelling

🚀 WP11 Meeting: 24 March 2025 – Key Updates & Events 📢 🔹 #AnimalWelfare Webinar – April 3, 2025 🔹 Capacity Building – CAPRI training, Summer School, & AGMEMOD session in June 🔹 New #SJOS Platform 🔹 2nd Stakeholder Retreat planned for autumn 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/yj4vpwf9

Meet @brightspaceeu.bsky.social #AMYRN Fellow: Ninke Feenstra! Ninke is linking the MAGNET model to microsimulation to assess EU agricultural policy changes. Her work enhances our understanding of income, food, & employment impacts! tinyurl.com/mny3xbze #AgriculturalModelling

🔎 What is #AMYRN? The Agricultural Model Young Researcher Network in @brightspaceeu.bsky.social supports through research exchange PhDs & postdocs to gain hands-on experience in applying modelling approaches to inform agricultural policy. tinyurl.com/mny3xbze #AgriculturalModelling

Colleagues from @brightspaceeu.bsky.social advance capacity building at #CAPRIAgEcon model developer seminar now ongoing in Berlin, Germany! 🧐👉 tinyurl.com/mtvub2s8 #EUagriSJOS, #BrightSpaceResults #AgEcon #PolicyModelling #Sustainability

On March 3, #brightspaceeu.bsky.social, Ration & GeneBEcon projects held their bi-monthly meeting to align research & foster synergies in sustainable ag, biodiversity & novel tech regulation. 🌱🔬 🧐➡️Key updates and highlights tinyurl.com/mr3vk88k #WeCollaborate #EUagriSJOS

📢 BrightSpace Executive Board Meeting: 28 Febr 2025 – Key Takeaways! 🔹 Expert consultation on animal welfare (April) & Stakeholder Retreat (May) 🔹 Modelling workshop in April to align frameworks 🔹 Insights from ICABR-DETECTIVE Webinar on NGTs 🔹 Reinforcing EU funding acknowledgment & OA mandates

🚨 Applications are now open! 🚨 Join the LAMASUS / @brightspaceeu.bsky.social Summer School 2025 (June 2-6, @iiasa.ac.at Laxenburg, Austria) & gain hands-on experience in #LandUse & #PolicyModelling 🌍📊 📅 Apply by Feb 28, 2025! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4dw2esdk

🚀 The @brightspaceeu.bsky.social WP12 meeting on Jan 31 reviewed 2025 deliverables & milestones, stakeholder engagement (Task Force on JOS), communication, & WP updates. Progress continues toward impactful #EUAgriSJOS agri-sustainability policy solutions! 🌱✨ #BrightSpaceEU #EUAgri #Sustainability

Capacity building: 🚜🌍 The #CAPRI Developer Seminar 2025 is coming to Berlin on March 11-12! Join experts in #AgEcon #PolicyModelling, #Sustainability, & climate impact assessments. Open to students & researchers! 🧐👉 tinyurl.com/mtvub2s8 #EUagriSJOS, #BrightSpaceResults

💡 Here are the latest updates from WP11: ✅ CAPRI Developer Seminar (04/2025, Berlin) ✅ New Master's module in AgEcon Modelling ✅ Expert webinar on JOS in April ✅ Baseline panel at EAAE Congress 2025 🧐👉https://tinyurl.com/4thttbvc

#WeCollaborate: LAMASUS, @act4cap27.bsky.social, @brightspaceeu.bsky.social projects are driving #EUAgPolicy forward! At a retreat in Laxenburg, (22-23 Jan 2025), teams aligned efforts to boost #competitiveness & #sustainability in a joint paper. Thanks @iiasa.ac.at for organizing!

📢Visit the #BrightSpaceEU Zenodo Community page - which is also part of the EU Open Research Repository - for reading and downloading our latest #OpenAccess outputs: 🔹deliverables 🔹journal articles 🔹project newsletters 🔹other publications 🧐👉https://zenodo.org/communities/brightspace-eu-project

🌟 #BrightSpaceEU is now on #BlueskySocial! 🌟 🚀 Stay updated on the latest in agricultural sustainability, policy insights, and policy modelling research - now on Bluesky! 🌱 Follow us for project updates, events, and key discussions shaping the future of European agriculture.