At Informatics Europe, we are celebrating 2 decades of joint achievements while continuing to shape the discipline's future.
With 200 member institutions in over 30 countries, Informatics Europe connects more than 50,000 researchers, promotes concerted positions, acts on shared priorities and supports policy-making in Informatics Education, Research and its Social Impact across Europe.
Visit the full list of member university departments, research labs and industrial members here.
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Our activities address strategic matters and emerging trends in informatics and related fields, fostering unity in the variety of our member institutions and promoting pan-European collaboration. As a non-profit membership association, our work is mainly performed by scientist volunteers who collaborate in working groups and ad-hoc task forces. Outcomes are endorsed by our community through its Board of Directors.
As a community of European leaders in Informatics Research, we empower each other to:
- Create opportunities for joint initiatives and knowledge exchange between academia & industry & society.
- Engage with society on the nature and impact of Informatics.
- Advocate for Informatics in European policy discussions.
- Promote quality standards and best practices in research, education, and knowledge transfer.
- Foster ethical and responsible Informatics teaching and research.
- Nurture talent and assure a pipeline of diverse leaders with a broad understanding of the discipline.
The potential of Informatics Europe can go as far as our collective ambitions take it!
You & your organization are key for IE
We have a common cause and a common interest. This is the reason for university departments, research labs and industrial organizations to join us, for their affiliated researchers to contribute our activities since 2005 and for National Informatics Associations (NIAs) to choose us for engaging in European discussions. This is a call to:
Current & Potential Members
Demonstrate your institute’s support by becoming a member and empower your researchers to engage in our activities for collaborative success in Informatics in Europe. As an Informatics Europe member, gain the opportunity to amplify your presence and influence decisions at the pan-European level, engage in learning and knowledge exchange with peer leaders, and enjoy exclusive IE members-only services. We welcome university departments, research labs and industrial organizations engaged in R&D activities leveraging advances in the field of Informatics.
The greatest membership benefits those who collaborate the most!
Students, PosDocs and recent graduates
Informatics Europe aims to nurture talent and assure a pipeline of diverse Informatics leaders with a broad understanding of the discipline.
Boost your career development with the Early Career Researchers WG and Academic Leadership Courses. Submit your nomination for the Best Dissertation Award. Increase your mobility opportunities with our Job Platform. Join a training school and bring your research to the next level.
More will follow soon!
Companies at large
Looking for a targeted and impactful approach to engage with the leaders in the European informatics research community other than the IE membership? Eager to recruit informatics talent across Europe? Explore our sponsoring opportunities.
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Discover the impact of our initiatives and services first-hand
While some are exclusive to Informatics Europe members, many are open for the benefit of the wider Informatics community. Explore them in a snapshot:
- Utilize our Department Evaluation and Academic Leadership services;
- Access our extensive array of Publications and Policy Recommendations;
- Nominate deserving individuals for Awards celebrating achievements in gender inclusion, informatics education, and ground-breaking research;
- Boost your international visibility by collaborating with us on EU projects, presenting your latest research results in an Informatics-Europe hosted webinar, updating your information in our Research & Education Directory or featuring relevant activities on the ECSS members spotlight section;
- Engage in strategic and trend-setting discussions during our European Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS).
- Take an active role in Working Group activities, including organizing related training schools and sessions during ECSS.
- Access the only in its kind Higher Education Data Portal, for pan-European benchmarking;
- Enhance your talent pool and career prospects through our Job Platform.
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Latest News
ECSS 2026: Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for ECSS 2026, a unique summit for Europe’s Informatics community to address timely strategic and policy issues in Informatics research and education.
The Second IE Perspectives: Introducing New Section & Co-Editor-in-Chief
Discover the latest IE Perspectives, featuring a new "Foundations" section dedicated to stories of European curiosity-driven Informatics research that has shaped disciplines, technologies and society.
Nominate Now: IE Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2026
The Minerva Informatics Equality Award (MIEA 2026) returns for its 11th year, recognising the inspiring work that pushes forward gender equality in Informatics research and education.
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The Board of Informatics Europe urges policymakers to focus on the sources of harm rather than the identity of online service users.
IE Perspectives
IE Perspectives is the flagship magazine of Informatics Europe and a platform where the community’s impact, visibility, and shared resources come together. Published twice a year, it brings together strategic reflections, forward-looking analyses, research insights, and leading practices. By stimulating informed debate and collective empowerment, IE Perspectives strengthens the discipline and its societal impact in Europe.
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Current IssueIssue 2, June 2026 This issue features the new "foundations" section and contributions from IE Software Research, Green ICT & Data Analysis and Reporting Working Groups, as well as colleagues from IE member institutions. See all featured articles and DOIs
All featured articles can be downloaded individually on our Zenodo Community. |
Previous Issue
Issue 1, January 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18376222
This inaugural issue features contributions from ECSS 2025 keynote speakers, 2025 IE Best Dissertation Award recipients, colleagues from EU-funded projects and IE member institutions.
See all featured articles and DOIs
- Quantum Software Ante Portas: How to Prepare for a New Computing Paradigm?
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18373507 - On Graph Deep Learning for Time Series Forecasting
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18373946 - ConvMut: An Italian Software Platform to Predict SARS-CoV-2 Evolution Through Convergent Mutations
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18311146 - Voices of Inclusion: Experiences and Initiatives
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18315511 - Inclusion4EU: Co-Design for Inclusion in Software Development Design
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18314062 - Open Science in Theory and Practice
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18314799 - Shaping Future Researchers: Lessons from My PhD Journey
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18315210
All featured articles can be downloaded individually on our Zenodo Community.
Call for contributions
Next submission deadline: 31 Oct 2026
IE Perspectives invites contributions from across the Informatics Europe community, including deans and department heads, researchers, educators, and in particular, members of IE Working Groups. We particularly invite articles that align with one of the magazine’s core sections:
- Foundations: stories of European foundational Informatics research whose long-term scientific impact has shaped disciplines, technologies, and society.
- Trends: forward-looking analyses of emerging research areas, educational developments, or structural changes affecting Informatics as a discipline.
- Research Advances: accessible presentations of significant research projects, illustrating scientific progress and collaborative potential across Europe.
- Leading Practices: descriptions of transferable experiences, proven practices, methodologies, tools, or project outcomes that can be adopted or adapted by the wider community and support departments and researchers in addressing common organisational and strategic challenges.
- Voices: policy positions, informed opinions or more personal or provocative contributions stimulating debate and reflection on Informatics in Europe.
Contributions should address topics of strategic relevance to the European Informatics research and education community.
Article submission guidelines
- Length: approximately 1000 words, excluding graphs, pictures, captions and references (max. 4 pages all included).
- File Format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).
- Language: UK English, written clearly for a broad informatics audience.
- References: may be included and should be clearly labelled or placed at the end of the document.
- Author(s) information: name and institutional affiliation should be provided.
- Summary: ideally 150–250 words, comparable to a journal abstract, which will be published on Zenodo.
- Keywords: 4–6 keywords describing the article to be included in the Zenodo record.
- Submit by email:
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Deadlines
- January issue: submissions due by the end of October
- June Issue: submissions due by the end of April
Subscription
IE Perspectives is distributed electronically via the IE mailing list. Subscribe free of charge to receive future issues.
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Publisher
Informatics Europe, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Editors-in-Chief:
- Prof. Jean-Marc Jézéquel, President of Informatics Europe | IRISA / University of Rennes (France)
- Prof. Simona Motogna, Board Director of Informatics Europe | Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania)
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