October 14, 2026

COST Action News

Following the workshop “My First Time in India: Places, Peoples, Impressions and Stereotypes at the First Encounter,” held in Palermo on 6–7 February 2026, we are pleased to invite contributions to the resulting publication project First Encounters with India. The workshop, organised within the framework of WG2 – Encounters between Europeans and Indians, Past and…

The LIAISE COST Action was strongly represented at the 7th Symposium on Circular Economy and Sustainability, held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 24 to 26 June 2026. LIAISE was presented during the first plenary session of the symposium, offering participants an overview of the Action’s objectives, activities and contribution to advancing research and cooperation in…

by Dr. Tarlan Ahmadov – Society for Inclusive and Collaborative Entrepreneurship (S4ICE), Stuttgart, Germany I was looking for patterns in how researchers have thought about technology and rural development over the past fifty years. I expected to find growth — more papers, more journals, more buzzwords. What I didn’t expect was to find a field…

I just got back from five intense, productive days in Durrës, where I carried out a Short-Term Scientific Mission at Aleksandër Moisiu University under COST Action CA22165 DepolarisingEU. My host was Professor Roland Lami. Together, we wanted to figure out how digital media can bring publics together instead of tearing them apart during civic crises.…

Following the summer holidays, a new and exciting FutureMed initiative has got underway, our webinar series. A series of online webinars has been organised to disseminate scientific knowledge on different aspects relating to the risks facing the Mediterranean basin and the impact that climate change is having on them. Expert researchers will address various aspects…