This school is primarily intended for early- and mid-career researchers, though it is open to all interested affiliated with institutions in COST Action countries.
Programme
We have the following information regarding program for the two days:
6th October: EUROBIG Leadership and Career Developement Forum
| Time | Activity |
| 09:30–09:40 | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 09:40–10:00 | Sierd Cloetingh (Utrecht University, Utrecht)— Scientific leadership in international geoscience |
| 10:00–10:20 | Taras Gerya (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich) — Building impactful research programs |
| 10:20–10:40 | Bilal Haq (Sorbonne University, Paris) — Long-term scientific vision |
| 10:40–11:00 | Steve Mojzsis (Bayerisches GeoInstitut, Bayreuth) — Publishing transformative science |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–11:50 | Hans Thybo (Zhejiang Deep-time Digital Earth International Research Center, Hangzhou, China) – Continental plateaux uplift by eclogitization, underplating and crustal melting |
| 11:50–12:10 | Kristóf Porkoláb (HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Sopron) — Early-career perspective |
| 12:10–12:30 | Márta Berkesi (HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Sopron) — Mid-career perspective and building scientific independence |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–15:30 | Round-table discussion |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break and discussions |
7th October: EUROBIG Modelling Workshop on Geodynamics and Geochemical Modelling
| Time | Activity |
| 09:00–09:15 | Opening remarks |
| 09:15–10:15 | Taras Gerya (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich) — Introduction to geodynamic modeling |
| 10:15–10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30–12:30 | Taras Gerya (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich) — Excercises |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30–14:30 | Zoltán Taracsák (Cambridge University, Cambridge) — Introduction to thermodynamic models for high temperature processes |
| 14:30–15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00–17:00 | Zoltán Taracsák (Cambridge University, Cambridge) — Excercises |
| 17:00–18:00 | General discussion and networking |
Registration
Applications closed for the Training School on September 7, 2026. For further information, please contact the organizers directly.
Twelve participants will be selected based on the information provided in the registration form. In accordance with the COST rules (Link COST), eligible participants will be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses and a daily allowance covering accommodation and meals.
Venue
Information about accommodation and transport.
Contacts
- Szilvia Kover – kover.szilvia@epss.hun-ren.hu, HUN-REN, Sopron, Hungary
- Jan Vozar – jan.vozar@savba.sk – Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia