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Research report
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Impact of change caused by the twin transition at sector level

Expected publication: December 2025

The twin transitions - green and digital - are reshaping key sectors in the EU, and impacting on employment, skills, working conditions and employment relations. This series of reports explores these changes in three crucial sectors: automotive, construction and tourism.

Together, these reports provide a comprehensive analysis of how the twin transitions are reshaping the landscape of these critical sectors in the EU.

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Research report
Forthcoming

December 2025

Building on growth potential: Preparing the construction sector for the challenges of the green and digital transitions
Tina Weber
This report assesses the impact of the green and digital transitions on the European Union’s construction sector in relation to employment, skills, work organisation and working conditions. It assesses the contribution of social dialogue to addressing these challenges.
Research report
Forthcoming

December 2025

Crisis in the EU automotive industry: Can the sector remain competitive in the context of the twin transitions?
Tina Weber
This report assesses the impact of the green and digital transitions on the European Union’s automotive sector in relation to employment, skills, work organisation and working conditions. It assesses the contribution of social dialogue to addressing these challenges. The report finds that, while employment in the automotive industry (manufacturing, sales and the aftermarket) increased by 12 % between 2011 and 2023, this disguised job losses of over 7 % in the manufacturing and supplier sector between 2019 and 2023.
Research report
Forthcoming

December 2025

Sustainable tourism in a digital age: Implications of the twin transitions for employment, working conditions and industrial relations
Tina Weber
This report assesses the impact of the green and digital transitions on the European Union’s tourism sector in relation to employment, skills, work organisation and working conditions. It assesses the contribution of social dialogue to addressing these challenges. The sector is both directly and indirectly affected by climate change.

Policy brief
Forthcoming

The hybrid workplace: Ensuring benefits for workers and organisations

November 2025

This policy brief examines how organisations are adapting their work organisation and practices to hybrid work. Based on case studies and on data from the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) 2024, it examines how hybrid work is being managed in organisations and profiles important consequences for workers who have a hybrid working arrangement.
Research report
Forthcoming

Representativeness study: Ports

November 2025

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the ports sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to participate, be consulted and have the potential to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations.

Research report
Forthcoming

Representativeness study: Footwear

November 2025

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the footwear sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to participate, be consulted and have the potential to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound’s studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations.

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