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Volume 2025 Number 27 - July 7, 2025
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Dear E-SWAN readers,
As we head into the summer season, this July issue brings a mix of important milestones and upcoming opportunities for the space weather and space climate community. With registration now open for ESWW 2025 in Umeå and several deadlines fast approaching—training applications, financial support, abstract submissions, and the annual medal nominations—we encourage you to get involved and share your contributions. We also highlight a timely new publication proposing a unified naming approach for major space weather events, reflecting our community’s growing attention to communication and public engagement.
We would like to inform you that there will be no Newsletter next month. The next issue will be published on September 7th.
As this will be the last newsletter before the summer break, we take this opportunity to thank all contributors and readers for their continued support. We wish you a restful and inspiring summer, and we look forward to reconnecting in September with new insights, initiatives, and momentum.
The E-SWAN Newsletter Editorial Board
The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief!
JSWSC seeks a new Editor-in-Chief (EiC) to join its leadership team and help shape the future of this #GoldOpenAccess journal published by EDP Sciences.
Key responsibilities:
• Develop the journal’s strategy and scientific profile
• Ensure the quality and integrity of peer review
• Represent JSWSC publicly and liaise with EDP Sciences and E-SWAN
• Oversee Topical Issues and manage the Editorial Board
• Solicit manuscript submissions from the space weather and space climate communities
Requirements:
• Residence or primary affiliation in Europe
• Prior experience as a journal editor (regular or guest)
• Strong scientific communication skills in English
- Term: 4 years (renewable)
- Volunteer position – no remuneration
- Applications review starts in August 2025
Find more information here.
Submit your application (CV + motivation letter) to:
Topical Issues open for submission
"Space Climate: Solar Extremes, Long-Term Variability, and Impacts on Earth’s System", deadline: 30 September 2025
Topical Editors-in-Chief (T-EiC):
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New article announcement: The Power of a Name: Toward a Unified Approach to Naming Space Weather Events
We are pleased to announce the publication of the article "The Power of a Name: Toward a Unified Approach to Naming Space Weather Events" in Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists.
This publication is the result of an initiative by the E-SWAN Executive Board and EOCOM to propose the adoption of a systematic naming convention for large space weather and space climate events, similar to the approach commonly used by meteorological agencies for extreme meteorological events such us tropical storms.
It results from a collaboration with social scientists, underlying the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for popularizing space weather in a new approach.
url: http://doi.org/10.1029/
European Space Weather Week 2025 in Umeå, Sweden – Registration Now Open + open calls
Dear space weather/climate enthusiasts,
We are happy to announce that the registrations for the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) 2025, taking place in Umeå, Sweden, from 27–31 October 2025 are now open.
Register here: https://esww.eu/programme/registration and secure your spot at ESWW 2025!
Early Bird Deadline: September 5, 2025
We also have several on-going calls. Whether you are a researcher, forecaster, end-user, student, work or a passionate about space weather/climate, there are numerous ways to get involved:
- ESWW 2025 Space Weather Training Course – Kiruna
Deepen your expertise by applying to our dedicated training course.
Application Deadline: July 7, 2025
- Financial Support Applications
Apply for financial assistance to attend ESWW 2025 (only for students)
Deadline: July 14, 2025
- Space Weather & Space Climate Medals
Nominate your colleague or friend who have made outstanding contributions to the field.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
- Science-Themed Song Parody Competition
Unleash your creativity and humor with a scientific twist! Will be presented at the music night!
Deadline: July 20, 2025
- Abstract Submissions (Posters)
Share your latest research with the space weather community.
Deadline: September 5, 2025
- Host ESWW 2028
Is your organization interested in hosting a future ESWW? Express your interest ASAP to be possibly still considered as the deadline for notification of interest has already passed!
Interested in Sponsoring ESWW2025 or participate to the fair (Wed 29)
Explore our sponsorship opportunity. Visit the sponsors page: https://esww.eu/sponsors
Showcase your organization, models, tutorial, anything related to space weather/climate at the ESWW 2025 Fair. Book your stand here: https://esww.eu/programme/fair
Booking Deadline: September 26, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit: https://esww.eu/
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.
The ESWW2025 Organizing committee is looking forward to welcoming you in Umeå!
Call for nominations:
International Space Weather and Space Climate Medals 2025
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce the 2025 contest for the three International Space Weather and Space Climate Medals. The medal recipients will be announced during the Medal Ceremony on 27th October 2025 at the European Space Weather Week in Umea (Sweden). Each winner will be invited to give a 20-minute lecture about his/her research in a dedicated session on the following day. Moreover, medalists are invited to serve on the Awards Committee in the following three years and they are offered free E-SWAN membership for those three years.
All three prizes are prestigious recognitions of the recipients’ major contributions in the field of Space Weather and Space Climate. Medal recipients’ achievements must have been documented via publications in peer-reviewed journals or book chapters, or must be technological contributions that have led to a fully implemented and documented new Space Weather or Space Climate capability. Medal recipients’ work must be internationally recognized in the field of Space Weather and/or Space Climate.
In addition to the above common criteria, there are the following specific requirements for each of the three medals:
The Kristian Birkeland Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The Kristian Birkeland Medal is awarded for outstanding achievements in combining basic and applied research, and in developing essential Space Weather and/or Space Climate products used across scientific disciplines and/or even outside the research community. The work must have led to a better physical comprehension of the solar-terrestrial phenomena, to a crucial improvement of Space Weather and/or Space Climate modelling, or to a new generation of observational techniques or instruments.
The Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal is awarded for outstanding achievements in educating and serving the Space Weather and Space Climate community, for binding it together in a spirit of peace and friendship, fostering collaboration and cooperation, and/or for going even beyond the Space Weather and Space Climate research community by engaging larger audiences.
The Alexander Chizhevsky Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate:
The Alexander Chizhevsky Medal is awarded to an early career scientist in recognition of outstanding achievements in Space Weather and Space Climate with an innovative approach. The nominee must be an early career scientist within eight (8) years of receiving his/her first PhD or an equivalent degree at the time of nomination. This period may be increased for confirmed career breaks (such as periods of sickness, military service, parental leave, and other care duties which took them away from their scientific work).
How to nominate?
In order to nominate a person for one of the International Space Weather and Space Climate Medals, please send one single pdf document which includes:
- Your full name and professional address.
- The full name and professional address of the person that you nominate (the nominee).
- Which of the three medals the nominee is nominated for (only one medal type is allowed for each nominee).
- Reasons for the nomination (two pages maximum). Please make sure that these reasons should relate to Space Weather and/or Space Climate and fulfill the criteria listed above.
- A full CV of the nominee (three pages maximum).
- Letters of support from two colleagues, preferably outside your own or the candidate's institution. You may also include those two colleagues as co-signatories on the nomination proposal.
- Up to five references (journal articles, prizes, patents, etc.) of the nominee's work.
Self-nominations are not allowed. Any individual can only nominate one person for a medal. Note that the medal committee members cannot nominate or be nominated.
Send the documents by email to:
The deadline for the nominations: 15th July 2025.
Composition of the Awards Committee in 2025:
Previous winners:
Richard Horne (2020 Birkeland)
Madhulika Guhathakurta (2020 Nicolet)
Mateja Dumbovic (2020 Chizhevsky)
Maria Kusnetsova (2021 Nicolet)
Martin A. Reiss (2021 Chizhevsky)
Charles N. Arge (2023 Birkeland)
Claudio Cesaroni (2023 Chizhevsky)
Yoshizumi Miyoshi (2024 Birkeland)
Theodosios Chatzistergos (2024 Chizhevsky)
Ex-officio members:
Ronald van der Linden: Representative of the E-SWAN Executive Board.
Piers Jiggens: Representative of the ESWW Programme Committee.
Ilya Usoskin: Representative of the E-SWAN Publication Committee.
The Awards Committee is chaired by Andrea Opitz.
Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 (10 - 14 November 2025, Rome, Italy)
We are pleased to announce that the Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 will take place in Rome, Italy, from November 10 to November 14, 2025. This symposium, organized by the Beacon Satellite Group of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission G, will bring together leading researchers and experts in ionospheric science from around the world.
The periodic symposia organized by the Beacon Satellite Group provide an exceptional platform for ionospheric scientists to meet, collaborate, and advance their understanding of ionospheric physics and effects on radio propagation. These symposia play a key role in our mission, fostering discussions among experts across various scientific disciplines, research fields, technological applications, and engineering.
Further details about the symposium will be made available on our official website, which is available at https://bss2025.ingv.it/ .
Updates will be published regularly as more information becomes available.
We look forward to welcoming you to Rome for what promises to be a valuable and engaging symposium.
UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) III (8-11 September 2025, Sheffield, UK)
Please save the date for the “UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) III” Meeting, taking place 08-11 September 2025 at Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, UK.
This is the third in the series of UKSWSE Meetings with planning around this years’ focus/theme currently underway.
All updates will be made on the website when ready: https://iop.eventsair.com/ukswse2025 - so please watch this space in the next days.
Many thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you in Sheffield in September 2025 for another energetic and exciting UKSWSE Meeting.
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