empirica provides research and consultancy enabling our clients in the public and private sectors internationally to succeed in innovation with new information and communication technology.

Demographic change, chronic diseases and personalised care demand new approaches to health and social care delivery. The safety, sustainability, and cost-efficiency of our care systems need to be improved. The application of advanced ICT and medico-technical innovations can make a major contribution towards achieving these goals.

With people living longer than before, but also with changing behaviours and expectations, our society and the place and role of older people in it changes constantly. Care providers, employers and civil society have to keep abreast of those changes. Supporting them in addressing the challenges arising from this is one of our core competencies.

Fostering talent is key to competitiveness and to employment. We help exploit innovation in skills enhancement, design organisational innovations and help policy and private sector clients to match education and training with technological development and evolving requirements of learners and employers.

Inclusive Society

Building a society open for everyone requires a sensitivity for justice, a creative mind and strategic thinking. We help organisations and decision makers to address the challenges of inclusiveness and develop innovative ways and tools to make society more equal.

Research & Innovation

Governments, enterprises and research organisations need to define research and innovation concepts to find solutions for pressing economic and societal challenges. empirica supports R&I actors through collecting and analysing representative data, organising events and developing recommendations for strategic action.

empirica works with cities, utilities, researchers and service providers across Europe on innovative means to improve energy efficiency in public and private buildings. We coordinate large projects and offer evaluation, business analysis and solution consulting.

NEWS

Alternative employment models for persons with disabilities – towards a more inclusive labour market

Together with German NGO Sozialhelden, we conducted a study on behalf of the European Commission. It explores how alternative employment models, i.e., sheltered employment in jobs designated for persons with …

The Role of Women in Europe’s Energy Transition – Bridging the Gender Gap and Creating Chances

Together with our partners, we conducted a study for the European Commission to assess the gender balance in the energy sector and specifically the energy transition and identify strategies for …

Our contribution to Europe’s digital transformation: a new e-Health indicator

In 2022, the European Commission (EC) published the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 that established digital targets and objectives for all Member States to be reached by 2030 across four …

Research & Innovation

New series of case studies about entrepreneurial higher education institutions in Europe

We have completed several case studies about entrepreneurial higher education institutions (HEIs) in Europe. These case studies are part of the HEInnovate platform (https://www.heinnovate.eu/en), an initiative of the European Commission …

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure project releases Starter Kit to enable access across borders to genomic and phenotypic data

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project has released a ‘Starter Kit’ based on the rare disease and cancer proof-of-concepts from the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project. GDI is …

Energy, Research & Innovation

Study on Gender Balance in the R&I Field to Improve the Role of Women in the Energy Transition

The energy sector and its effort to shift to renewable sources of supply play a major role in the European Green Deal from an environmental and economic perspective. About 1.6 …