Events

Upcoming Events

06^th January 2026: The International Biogeography Society (TIBS)
One day of workshops at TIBS’ meeting in Aarhus, 06–10 January 2026. The workshops are the first two in a series “Successful Biogeography Publishing as Authors, Reviewers, and Editors” we envision on career-wide #BetterPublishing. The first, in the morning, Part I: Navigating publishing as a new(ish) author, is targeted toward authors publishing their first or another early paper (i.e. mostly current graduate students, though others welcome too). The second, in the afternoon, Part II: Effective reviewing and editing, is targeted mostly toward postdocs and recent graduates with several papers who are interested in getting more involved with additional aspects of publishing (though, again, others welcome to attend).

Past Events

31^st July 2025: 67th IAVS Annual Symposium:
The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) will host a symposium “Why should we publish in society-owned scientific journals?” An initiative growing from a 2023 editorial in Applied Vegetation Science.

20^th June 2025: Evolution 2025, Athens, Georgia, USA. In-person workshop on “Navigating Scientific Publishing” for early career researchers.

28^th May 2025: Evolution 2025 online, Athens, Georgia, USA. Online workshop on “Navigating Scientific Publishing” for global researchers.

20^th Feb. 2025: University of Zürich: Event 1. Lunch & Learn (online). Event 2. panel discussion 17:00-18:30 “Do we need researcher-driven publishing as the key for better publishing?”

13^th Feb. 2025: University of Bern “Open Access Day” full program and registration is here: http://bib.unibe.ch/oaGeo

12^th Feb. 2025: University of Basel: Roundtable discussion “Strategies for a Fairer Publishing Ecosystem”

11^th Feb. 2025: University of Lausanne: Event 1. Workshop/roundtable for early career researchers about how to balance a more fair and sustainable publishing environment with needs for careers. Event 2. for senior professors, on the role of societies in changing publishing, and how we can move ahead without compromising the sustainability of societies and their journals.

PEEER @ the 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology link

For more information on these events, including videos so symposium talks see: https://peeer.net/peeer-the-3rd-joint-congress-on-evolutionary-biology-montreal-canada/

26 June 2024: NAVIGATING SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING (GLOBAL EDITION)
A Workshop for Global Researchers
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/workshops-and-special-events.html

26 July 2024: NAVIGATING SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING (EARLY CAREER FOCUS)
A Workshop for Early Researchers. For more information, see:
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/workshops-and-special-events.html

30 July 2024: EVOLVING THE PUBLISHING ECOSYSTEM
A symposium including authors, editors, librarians, and publishers presenting summaries of issues affecting scientific publishing and how to effect positive
change. https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/symposia.html

31 July 2024: EVOLVING THE PUBLISHING ECOSYSTEM (Working Group)
Representatives of journals, publishers, researchers, and societies convened to discuss ways to support #BetterPublishing in biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary sciences.

Funded by NSF Division of Environmental Biology Award # DEB-2427212