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…
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On June 01-04, 2026, a PermaCOST workshop on ‘Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Surveying on Permafrost’ was conducted at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The workshop brought together 22 people from academia, national authorities and private companies from 10 countries (CH, CZ, DE, DK, FR, IT, NO, PT, RO, UK), together with a few local students.…
On January 20 and 21, 2026, PermaCOST held its first General Meeting in Potsdam, Germany. In total, 35 people participated on site, and 12 people attended online. Over two full days of plenary and group sessions, we had intense discussions on permafrost monitoring in Europe and beyond, contributing to shape the upcoming activities of the…
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…
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,…
![[Online Infoday] Training School “Comics-based practice and research: methodologies” – 9 JUNE 2026 (5 – 6:30 PM CET)](https://gss.cost-action.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/favicon_150x150.png)
Link to register: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4c20c2e2-84ff-4a8d-9446-1e18a478f0fc@5a16bd04-b475-49ff-b11a-c6c8359db1b1
![[CFP] International Conference – Global Perspectives on Migration in a Changing World in Graphic Narratives from 2010 (3-4 September 2026)](https://gss.cost-action.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/favicon_150x150-1.png)
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…
![[CFP] International One-day Conference “Narrative Journalism, Crises and Comics” (Clermont-Ferrand, FR, 12 November 2026)](https://gss.cost-action.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/favicon_150x150-2.png)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 12 November 2026Maison des Sciences Humaines – Clermont-Ferrand (France)Organisation: Ailton Sobrinho (CELIS/UCA) & Virginie Giuliana (CELIS/UCA) Crises—whether climatic, geopolitical (armed conflicts), economic, health-related or social—constitute a central focus of journalistic coverage….
![[CALL FOR PAPERS] III International Conference “Teaching with Comics”(WG5)](https://gss.cost-action.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/favicon_150x150-4.png)
The Instituto Franklin-UAH, the Sociedad Académica de Estudios de Cómic, and the European project COST Action CA24160 COS-MICs are organising the 2nd International Conference of the SAEC in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference…
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…
