Agenda

The 2nd International Summer School on Advanced Soil Physics: Soil-Plant-Water Flow will be held at UCLouvain, Belgium, from 8 to 12 September 2025. This intensive one-week program aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of water flow in the soil-rhizosphere-plant system, influenced by plant physiology and rhizosphere hydraulics.

What if citizens could give your research a boost?Did you know that lichens can reveal air quality? In the LichenGo project, citizens and researchers collaborate to observe these organisms and map pollution across Europe - a great example of participatory science!Other examples?

On June 18, the Earth and Life Institute is delighted to welcome Doctor Marijn Van der Velde for an ELI Sustainability Talk entitled "Integrating and spatializing EU-wide data streams to monitor agricultural sustainability".Marijn Van der Velde is the leader of the AgriEnvClim group at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).His research focuses on the management and interactions of

Professor Eric Lambin will talk about his experience as Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, providing scientific advice on topics including the energy transition, sustainable food consumption, crisis management, and geoengineering.

On Thursday 19 June, all members of the Institute are invited to the ELI Enlarged Council, where issues relating to the running of the institute will be discussed. We hope that as many members of the Institute as possible will attend this important meeting.A drink will be served afterwards.