October 16, 2026

Year: 2026

Organized within the framework of COST Action COS-MICs CA24160(WG2 «Science Fiction and Non-fiction narratives» & WG3 «Comics and Science in Social Contexts») Organizers:Genç Osman Ilhan (WG2: gosman@yildiz.edu.tr)Diana Castilleja (WG3: Diana.Castilleja@vub.be)Manana Ratiani (WG3: manana.ratiani@iliauni.edu.ge)Miguel Ángel…

The EuroVAlDiNet COST Action has opened a new call for oral or poster presentations at conferences (e.g., Baveno Conference – abstract results on February 15; EASL Congress – abstract results expected mid-March), focused on disseminating the Action’s activities and results. Researchers who plan to give a presentation at a high-level international conference between July 1,…

We are pleased to share that the presentations from The Paris PSVD Meeting, held on 4–5 December 2025, are now available online. This meeting brought together experts and researchers to discuss the latest advances, clinical insights, and ongoing challenges in the field of porto-sinusoidal vascular disease (PSVD). You can access all the presentations from the…

PermaCOST members are invited to apply for financial support to short-term scientific missions (STSM) fulfilling the PermaCOST mission and Working Groups objectives. A short-term scientific mission (STSM) is a visit to a host organization located in a different country by a researcher or innovator to conduct a specific piece of work for a determined period…

Between August 31st and September 7th, 19 PhD and MSc students, from 12 countries, participated to the first PermaCOST Training School in Trafoi (Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy). During seven intense days of field excursions, lectures and exercises, the participants learnt about the periglacial context of the area and were trained to apply various tools…

Working Group 2's one-day policy workshop, Great Power Politics and the Future of Alliances, took place at Bilkent University in Ankara on 13 September 2026. Scholars and policy practitioners spent the day examining how alliance politics is evolving under intensifying great power competition, and what that evolution means for European security. Accommodation in Ankara and…