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.
Share our flyer with your colleagues to join forces and amplify our impact together as Informatics Europe!
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
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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
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Informatics Europe Expertise Network
Connecting initiatives with expertise on challenges shared across the Informatics community in Europe.
Informatics Europe brings together pan-European expertise on cross-cutting issues that affect the Informatics discipline, its institutions and its community across Europe.
Through our Working Groups and wider network, we connect this expertise with conferences, training, policy discussions and other initiatives.
We help share knowledge and good practices in areas such as education research, research evaluation and development, institutional strategy, ethics, diversity and inclusion, sustainability, open science, (cross-cutting) data and next-generation support — all timely and shared challenges for our community.
Looking for an expert?
Need expertise on a cross-cutting Informatics area for a conference, workshop, training session, panel, consultation or other initiative? Our Working Groups can help identify experts from the IE community to contribute as speakers, trainers, advisors, reviewers or discussion partners.
Contact the Chair of the relevant IE Working Group directly to discuss your needs and identify suitable expertise. Chairs' personal webpages are available on each WG webpage.
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Want to share your expertise?
IE Working Groups connect academics and researchers interested in advancing issues that matter across the Informatics community.
When opportunities arise to contribute to external events, consultations and initiatives, active Working Group members are our first point of reference. Getting involved gives you the opportunity to expand your network, share your expertise with a wider audience and increase the visibility and impact of your work.
Where IE expertise makes a difference
Our network is already putting IE expertise into action where it can make a difference. IE experts contribute to conferences, advisory and expert groups, policy discussions and other external initiatives, bringing the perspectives of our community to a wider audience. Recent examples include:
Diversity, Inclusion & Ethics
Initiative Chair • SEMANTiCS 2026: “Women in AI” • Simona Motogna
Speaker • “History, Impact, and Future of the Digital Humanism Movement”, 2026 webinar • Enrico Nardelli
Panellist • EC and the WIDCON International Women's Day Event 2026 • Ernestina Menasalvas
IE Representative • EU Women in Digital Summit 2025 • Simona Motogna
Panellist • ICODSIP 2024: “Female Talent in IT” • Covadonga Rodrigo
Project Chair • EUGAIN COST Action Chair resp. Vice-Chair (2020-2024) • Letizia Jaccheri resp. Barbora Buhnova†
Education & Skills
Panellist • ICODSIP 2025: “The Missing Talent: Aligning Digital Skills with Industry Needs” • Ana-Belén Gil-González
Panellist • ICODSIP 2025: “New AI Profiles and the Impact of AI in the Profession” • Ernestina Menasalvas
Expert Group • EC Guidelines on High-Quality Informatics (2024-2025) • Enrico Nardelli
Advisor • ITiCSE Steering Committee (2024- ) • Violetta Lonati
Expert Group • EC Expert Group on AI and Data in Education and Training (2021-2022) • Viola Schiaffonati
Advisor • ITiCSE Steering Committee (2018-2024) • Michael E. Caspersen
We are grateful to everyone who shares their expertise and helps strengthen the IE community. Discover more contributions from our community on our acknowledgements page.
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