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Volume 2026 Number 39 - September 7, 2026
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New Funding for E-SWAN’s Future
Dear E-SWAN enthusiasts,
We are pleased to announce that E-SWAN has been awarded €225,000 through the International Coordination Action (ICA) programme of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). The project, "Advancing and Maturing the European Space Weather and Space Climate Association (E-SWAN)", will run from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2029.
As project coordinator, E-SWAN will use this funding to strengthen its organisational maturity, expand its coordination and networking activities across Europe, and continue to provide a framework for its cornerstone activities. The grant comes at a formative moment in our history and will act as a bridge towards the self-sustaining framework we are building for the future of our initiatives.
This support from FWO marks an important milestone for E-SWAN, and it reflects the growing recognition that understanding and mitigating space weather impacts requires coordinated European effort.
Let me also take this occasion to remind you that the call for the renewal of two positions on our Executive Board is still open, with a deadline of 15 October 2026.
With best wishes,
Luca Spogli
President of E-SWAN
A call is now open for the renewal of two positions in the Executive Board. Information and application instructions are available here.
The Operational Activities, Infrastructure, Data and Models (OAIDM) Working Group is conducting a short survey to better understand the community’s needs and current practices regarding infrastructure, data and modelling in Space Weather and Space Climate.
In particular, we would like to gather your views on the accessibility and use of existing resources, the challenges you encounter, and the potential value of a more centralised repository/catalogue bringing together datasets, models and infrastructures. A relevant discussion will follow in the context of a Topical Discussion Meeting in the European Space Weather Week in Florence, this year.
Your input will help us identify current gaps and priorities and guide future activities of the OAIDM Working Group.
We would greatly appreciate your participation and encourage you to share the questionnaire with colleagues who may be interested.
The full survey should take approximately 5–7 minutes to complete and can be found here: https://forms.gle/W2Q3pXH1RQk1Xo5W7
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E-SWAN Sustainability Workshop prior to ESWW2026 (1 Nov 2026, 14:00-18:30, Firenze, Italy)
The E-SWAN Sustainability Working Group is delighted to announce that it is organising a Sustainability Workshop on the Sunday afternoon before ESWW 2026 at the Galileo Galilei Institute. The workshop will focus on the impact of space activities on the environment, using a space or climate fresco to illustrate this. The fresco will be followed by an open discussion about moving between academia and industry, with a particular focus on how sustainability aspects are addressed in both communities. All ESWW 2026 participants are welcome to register for the workshop, but places are limited.
Information and application: https://events.spacepole.be/e/eswan_WGsust_workshop2026
Applications are now open until the maximum number of participants has been reached.
EOCom booklets now available in Romanian
The EOCOM team is happy to announce that two EOCom booklets are now available in Romanian on the E-SWAN website:
- Can I experience failure of my Navigation Due to the Space Weather ? which explores how solar activity can disrupt positioning, navigation, and timing systems
- Can I Experience a Blackout Due to Solar Storms? which explores how solar activity can disrupt power grids, using the 1989 Quebec blackout as a case study
The aim of the EOCOM booklet series is to explain space weather and its everyday impacts in a clear and accessible way and to create a coherent, accessible resource that brings space weather closer to everyday experience.
Each booklet answers common questions, using relatable examples and simple explanations to show how solar and geomagnetic activity can affect people, technology, and industries.
link:https://eswan.eu/index.php/what-is-swsc/e-swan-booklet-series
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PhD position — Sensing the Earth's plasma environment from the Moon
Politecnico di Torino & INGV, Italy — applications open 14 October
A fully funded three-year PhD scholarship is available at Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV, Rome), to study the coupled Earth ionosphere–plasmasphere system using GNSS signals received at lunar distance.
The project will exploit the dataset collected by LuGRE (Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment), hosted aboard the Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander. Research directions include:
- Refinement of global plasmaspheric density models
- Ionosphere–plasmasphere dynamics and geomagnetic storms
- Characterisation of ionospheric effects on signals for future lunar navigation
- Exploitation of GNSS observations acquired beyond Earth orbit
The work sits at the intersection of GNSS, remote sensing and upper-atmosphere physics, bringing together the expertise of Politecnico di Torino in GNSS and navigation with that of INGV in ionospheric and upper-atmosphere physics. The position is based in Turin and Rome and includes an international research period at partner institutions.
Applications open on 14 October via the Politecnico di Torino call for applications:
https://www.polito.it/en/
Contacts: Prof. Fabio Dovis, Dr. Claudio Cesaroni, Dr. Alex Minetto
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