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 WS 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
IE Expanded Higher-Education Data Portal strengthens evidence-based decision-making in Informatics
IE announces the latest update of its Informatics Higher Education Data Portal, now including data from the 2023/24 academic year and extending coverage to Iceland, in collaboration with colleagues at Reykjavik University.
IE Recommendations to EC's call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus Package
The European Commission is shaping its simplification agenda through the Digital Omnibus Package, with targeted measures on data legislation, cybersecurity incident reporting, and the targeted adjustments of the AI Act.
Introducing IE Perspectives: Our New Flagship Magazine
We are pleased to launch the inaugural issue of IE Perspectives, our new flagship magazine shaped by, and for, the European Informatics community.
Nominate Now: IE Best Dissertation Award 2026
Informatics Europe invites nominations for the 4th edition Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award, recognising outstanding PhD dissertations in Informatics and highlighting emerging research excellence across Europe.
Articles
The article published in the "Communication of the ACM" journal presents the Informatics Europe Higher Education Data Portal and offers - by way of case-study research - a data-driven perspective over how Informatics education can be studied and improved in a data driven-fashion.
The article published in "ACM Inroads" provides background and an overview of the Informatics Reference Framework for School, released by the "Informatics for All" coalition in February 2022.
The article, published in the International Journal of Ethics Education as part of the Ethics4EU project explores the increasing emphasis on computer ethics within Informatics education. Drawing on a survey of 61 universities across 23 European countries, it examines whether computer ethics is taught, why or why not, who teaches it, and how it’s integrated into the curriculum. The findings highlight the growing recognition of ethical issues such as privacy, AI, surveillance, and the need to better prepare students to navigate these challenges.
This paper is mainly based on discussions in working groups and the material collected for and during a series of talks on the topic held by the first author and by feedback received by the community. This paper provides the academic community, policymakers, industry and other stakeholders with numerous examples of best practices, as well as studies and recommendations on how to address key challenges about attracting, retaining, encouraging, and inspiring women to pursue a career in Computer Science. The paper was presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing (SYNASC) and has been partially supported by the COST Action CA19122 – European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN).
The article published in the "Communication of the ACM" journal describes the current state of the Informatics education at the European scene, outlines main statements, actions and outcomes of the Informatics for All Initiative and explains main challenges related to the realization of the Informatics for All Strategy across Europe.
The editorial published in the ‘Communications of the ACM’ journal summarises the main points of the Informatics Europe and ACM Europe joint report “When Computers Decide”. Authors: James Larus and Chris Hankin.
The paper presented in the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE-2018) introduces the 2017 CECE report "Informatics Education in Europe: Are We All in the Same Boat?". It offers a comparative overview of Informatics and Digital Literacy education across 55 European regions, highlighting challenges such as terminology differences, teacher shortages, and curriculum implementation, and introduces an interactive webmap (cece-map.informatics-europe.org) for exploring the data.
This paper is based on the contributions to the Workshop on the Role and Relevance of Experimentation in Informatics, organised in conjunction with the 8th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2012) in Barcelona.
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