December 2025 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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EPS Central Distinctions & Awards
The calls are still open to nominate EPS members including chairs of divisions or groups, representatives of member societies, and EPS individual members for the following distinctions and awards: EPS Early Career Award, EPS Gero Thomas Medal, EPS Fellows, EPS Honorary Members and EPS Emmy Noether Distinction.
The deadline to nominate is 31st January 2026.
Energy: A Foundation for Prosperity and Stability
Read this position paper released by the EPS Energy Group.
From Publications to Policy
The impact of research towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
A publication from Springer Nature in partnership with Overton.
Prepare the International Day of Light 2026
The International Day of Light 2026 (IDL 2026) team issued the November issue of their newsletter. You will find an update on the plans for next year's day of light.
Ten years of Wendelstein 7-X
The nuclear fusion facility at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald celebrates its ten years of operation.
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics is an EPS Associate Member.
ISE and EPSO: Shared Vision, unified Voice
Universities and research institutes in Europe propose joint Framework Programme 10 (FP10) amendments.
The EPS is a partner to the ISE.
CERN at the Avignon Festival
"Collision(s)", a play based on a meeting between a playwright and a CERN particle physicist, was performed at the “Avignon Off” Festival. It will be played at the CERN Science Gateway on 5th March 2026.
CERN is an EPS Associate Member.
Making Conference Practices more sustainable
Researchers’ expectations and their variations according to personal characteristics and conference formats.
Ariane Wenger studied conference practices and delivers her conclusions in this paper published on Oxford Academic.
The EPS helped the author in this study by disseminating an online inquiry.
Events and Dates
Nanometa 2026
The conference will take place from 6th-9th January 2026 in Seefeld, Austria.
2nd ESPD Summer School
The summer school organised by the European Solar Physics Division will be held from 27th April - 1st May 2026 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
NMHT
The conference will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 20th-24th
EPS Activities in 2025
Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.
