A chance for a fair, resilient and green industrial transition.
MOSAIC explores how Europe’s regions and industries can adapt to economic and environmental change. The project brings together different perspectives and forms of evidence to better understand industrial transitions and support a fairer, more resilient and green industrial future.
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AI imageMapping and Shaping Europe’s Green Industrial Transition
MOSAIC examines how industries and regions can navigate the challenges and opportunities of the green transition. The project investigates industrial decline and renewal, maps the changing geography of green industries and labour, explores the policies and governance that enable regional transformation, and develops simulation and foresight tools to identify future pathways towards a fair, resilient and sustainable Europe.
Our Objectives
MOSAIC aims to build a better understanding of how industrial transitions develop and how regions can respond effectively. Its objectives are to:
Understand Industrial Change
Explore how environmental pressures, economic shocks, institutions and firm strategies shape industrial decline, adaptation and renewal.
Map Europe’s Green Economy
Map green and greening firms across Europe to identify regional patterns, supply chains and emerging specialisms.
Understand Work & Skills
Examine how workers move between declining and growing activities, which skills can transfer, and where inequalities create barriers.
Explore Policy & Governance
Identify effective policy mixes, governance models and actor collaborations that can drive regional green transformation.
Test Transition Pathways
Model how households, workers and firms may respond to different policies, economic shocks and changing social norms.
Explore Future Scenarios
Develop credible scenarios and practical, inclusive strategies to guide regional and industrial transitions.
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MOSAIC’s findings will provide evidence, insights and practical tools to support policymakers and regional stakeholders in shaping fair and effective green industrial transitions. By identifying successful approaches to industrial renewal, innovation, skills and regional adaptation, the project will help inform policies that strengthen Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and social inclusion.
By highlighting effective approaches to industrial renewal, innovation, skills development and regional adaptation, MOSAIC will help shape policies that deliver a more competitive, inclusive and sustainable future for Europe.
From Research to Policy Action
MOSAIC will turn research into practical evidence, tools and insights to help Europe navigate the green industrial transition in a fair and effective way.
Industries
Clearer insights into emerging green opportunities and transition risks.
Policymakers
Evidence on effective policy approaches to support better-informed decisions.
Workers
A better understanding of skills and labour needs in the transition.
Citizens and regions
Shared foresight to shape credible pathways towards competitive, inclusive and resilient green economies.
Progressing towards our goals
Each project Work Package lays the foundation for the next, framing green industrial transitions in both a historical and contemporary context, leading to comprehensive recommendations for Europe’s green and sustainable industrial future.
Learn from the Past
Examine previous episodes of industrial decline, restructuring and renewal to understand how regions and industries respond to economic, environmental and technological change.
Understand the Present
Build an evidence base on today’s green industries, regions, firms and labour markets to identify patterns of transformation, emerging opportunities and transition challenges.
Identify the Drivers of Change
Explore how policies, institutions, innovation and collaboration can shape regional development and help overcome barriers to green industrial transformation.
Explore Possible Transitions
Use modelling to examine how firms, workers, households and regions may respond to different policies, economic shocks and changing conditions.
Shape Future Pathways
Develop scenarios and engage stakeholders in exploring credible, inclusive pathways towards more resilient, competitive and sustainable regional economies.
MOSAIC in Numbers
MOSAIC, over the next 4 years and with over €3 million budget, brings together 9 research partners from across Europe to investigate industrial transitions from historical, economic, social and policy perspectives.
