October 14, 2026

GSS News

Date and venue: 13th – 15th of July 2026, Bled, Slovenia Organisers: Aleksandra Puchalska (University of Ljubljana & IMFM & University of Warsaw), member of WG3 Marjeta Kramar Fijavˇz (University of Ljubljana & IMFM), vice-leader of WG1 Participants: Brian Fath (IIASA & Towson University), member of WG1&3Dominika Machowska (University of Warsaw), member of WG3Piotr Wojtala…

The first policy-focused workshop of the COST Action European Network in Chemical Ecology (E-NICHE) was held on 21–22 April 2026 in Izmir, Türkiye, hosted by Dokuz Eylül University, bringing together researchers from twelve countries in a hybrid format. Organised within Working Group 4 (Communication and Dissemination), the workshop titled “Communicating Science to Policy Makers: Strategies…

An inspiring 5-day Training School on Metabolomics and Multi-Omics in Chemical Ecology was held from 25–29 May 2026 at the premises of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples, Italy. The event was organized within the framework of WG3 – “Building a toolbox of shared resources” The course combined lectures and hands-on sessions, providing participants…

An inspiring 2-day Hackathon in Chemical Ecology took place in Athens, Greece, on May 11–12, 2026, organized within the framework of the E-NICHE COST Action CA22102. The event brought together early-career innovators, researchers, and mentors to develop innovative ideas, methodologies, and prototypes addressing current challenges in chemical ecology. The Hackathon combined innovation training, design thinking…

This five-day international workshop provided a highly collaborative forum for discussing recentadvancements and emerging trajectories in the analysis and spectral theory of Dirac-type operators.The primary goal was to foster an exchange of ideas and current challenges among global expertsand early-career researchers sharing common interests in mathematical physics.The scientific scope of the conference aligned with the…

The third History of Knowledge Conference will be organized in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027. The conference follows the first international History of Knowledge Conference in Porto in 2023, and the second edition, hosted by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge in 2025. Both have been great successes. Utrecht University is home of…

By Mykhailo Tupytsia On the 18–20 June 2026, the 18th annual USTC Conference took place. This year it was dedicated to the theme “Print and Education”. This conference has been held annually since 2011 at the University of St Andrews. The Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC), developed at and hosted by the University of St…

An inspiring 3-day training course in Insect Chemical Ecology, held on the premises of the Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI) from May 13–15, Kifissia, Greece, organized within the framework of WG2 “Applying insights from chemical ecology to promote ecosystem management and preservation”. The course combined theoretical knowledge with hands-on laboratory training, focusing on the role of…