Outside the box: Innovative ideas from CEPS Ideas Lab

Welcome to Outside the Box: Innovative Ideas from CEPS Ideas Lab , the podcast series that brings you the most forward-thinking ideas from CEPS' annual Ideas Lab event. Every year, CEPS’ Ideas Lab brings together a diverse group of policymakers, experts, and thought leaders to explore innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. From digital sovereignty and AI to climate change, energy transition, and sustainable trade, each episode dives into the ideas that are being debated, discussed, and developed at ideas Lab to address the complex issues facing our global society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Outside the box: Innovative ideas from CEPS Ideas Lab is a news podcast hosted by CEPS, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #13

  S2.13 An AI Liability Regulation would complete the EU’s AI strategy

  Mar 25, 20258 minS2

  <h1>An AI Liability Regulation would complete the EU’s AI strategy</h1><p><br></p><h4>By Kai Zenner</h4><p><br></p><p>In its 2025 work programme, the European Commission effectively scrapped the AI Liability Directive (AILD) – a move that threatens to unravel trust in the EU’s burgeoning AI policy landscape. This abrupt decision strips away potential critical protections for victims of AI-related harm and denies businesses the legal certainty they need to innovate.</p><br><p>While the Commission touts a ‘Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union’, abandoning the AILD risks undercutting Europe’s competitive edge and leaving a gaping hol...

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  Episode #12

  S2.12 To connect the dots, how about an EU Digital Clearinghouse to coordinate across EU digital law?

  Mar 25, 20257 minS2

  <h1>To connect the dots, how about an EU Digital Clearinghouse to coordinate across EU digital law?</h1><p><br></p><h4>By J. Scott Marcus</h4><p><br></p><p>The complexity of EU law dealing with digital services has exploded over the past five to 10 years, both in the sheer number of laws that have come into force, and in how complicated they are. Under these circumstances, the task of ensuring consistency across these laws – not only in the laws’ text but also how they’re enforced among Member States – has absolutely exploded. The Letta report, the Draghi report a...

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  Episode #11

  S2.11 To finally defeat neglected diseases, the EU needs to really lead in global health

  Mar 25, 20257 minS2

  <h1>To finally defeat neglected diseases, the EU needs to really lead in global health</h1><p><br></p><h4>By Lisa Goerlitz and Rosa Castro</h4><p><br></p><p>The EU’s ambitions must be supported by adequate resources. This is particularly true for global health, where uncertainty stemming from the new US administration and other geopolitical shifts highlight the urgent need for the EU to step into the leadership role it has long sought.</p><br><p>Neglected diseases (or ‘NDs’) present a strategic opportunity for the EU to make a smart investment that could have a real i...

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  Episode #10

  S2.10 Enough is enough – why the EU needs sufficiency to thrive

  Mar 25, 20258 minS2

  <h1>Enough is enough – why the EU needs sufficiency to thrive</h1><p><br></p><h4>By Patricia Urban and Luca Nipius</h4><p><br></p><p>We are depleting our planet’s finite resources at a dangerous pace, driven largely by overconsumption in the Global North. This fuels emissions, pollution and biodiversity loss, despite efficiency gains. And regardless of lower net emissions, EU consumption shifts environmental harm abroad, worsening global inequities.</p><br><p>Buildings and transport are central to this crisis. On the one hand, they’re crucial for people’s lives. On the other, the EU construction industry...

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  Episode #9

  S2.9 Why Europe needs a climate bad bank to avoid a ‘green swan’

  Mar 25, 20257 minS2

  <h1>Why Europe needs a climate bad bank to avoid a ‘green swan’</h1><p><br></p><p>By Nicole Reynolds</p><br><p>In the age of the poly-crisis, the world is constantly lurching from one disaster to another – from unprecedented flooding in Spain to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, from new bouts of political instability to ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Indeed, the poly-crisis has morphed into a ‘permacrisis’ and the impacts of climate change are a clear manifestation of this new reality. One must only witness the widespread destruction caused by the recent wildfires in California to understand the urgenc...

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