The 2-day scientific workshop is supported by Geo.X – the research network for Earth and Planetary Sciences in Berlin and Potsdam. It will bring together 160 researchers and students from the GeoX partner institutes and from other institutes across Europe working on volcanoes. The program will include talks from early career scientists, short presentations and poster presentations to discuss the current state of the art.
“We want to strengthen the visibility of and networking amongst researchers and students working on volcanoes, within and outside the Geo.X network”, says Eva Eibl, professor for general geophysics, who organizes the workshop at the Institute of Geosciences in Golm together with her team. “Therefore, we will have hosted discussion rounds with the aim to develop joint publications and proposals”, she adds. Amongst others, the workshop addresses the following topics: forecasting and monitoring of eruptions, unrest on the Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland, imaging magma reservoirs, as well as modelling the geohazard.
Together with her working group, Eva Eibl analyzes earthquake swarms in the volcanically active region Vogtland and volcanic eruption data from Mt. Etna (Italy), the island La Reunion (France), and various places in Iceland using seismometers, rotational sensors and video cameras. Within the framework of the DFG-funded projects TREMORLOC and SUBMERGE, two postdocs will start studying the Strokkur geyser and the Holuhraun 2014/15 eruption in Iceland in 2026. The eruptions in the Holuhraun lava field in Iceland lasted from August 2014 to February 2015 and represent the largest volcanic eruption in Europe since 1784.
Image 1: Lava flow field during the Meradalir eruption in 2022. The photo was taken within 24 h of the eruption onset and the elongated fissure that effuses lava is still visible. Photo: Eva Eibl.
Image 2: Close-up view of a lava flow near Langihryggur mountain during the Geldingadalir eruption 2021. Photo: Eva Eibl.
Date: 18–20 February 2026
Place: University of Potsdam, Campus Golm, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Building 27
More Information:
PoV Workshop https://www.volcano.yourweb.de/
Geo.X Network https://www.geo-x.net/
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Eva Eibl, Institute of Geosciences
Tel.: +49 331/977-203102
E-Mail: eva.eibluuni-potsdampde