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Dear members and friends of EANSOur sustainability working group has updated the sustainability policy of EANS.It can be found in attachment.

🌍 Be part of the European Academy of Nursing Science Summer Conference 2026!We invite you to submit your oral or poster presentation for the EANS Summer Conference 2026:Place: OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandDate: 8–9 July 2026 Healthcare systems across Europe are facing unprecedented challenges, from workforce shortages and financial constraints t

SAVE THE DATEThe European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS)is proud to announce its first Biannual ConferenceCrossing Borders in Nursing Science14-16 April 2027in Maastricht, The Netherlands andin collaboration with Maastricht University After more than 15 years of EANS Summer Conferences, EANS now aims to step up to larger and biannual conferences for both members and non-members of the academy.

Dear Members of EANSElisabetta Mezzalira, Frank Spichiger and David Richards have produced a recorded webinar for students and faculty attending the St Gallen Summer Schoiol explaining how they can reduce their carbon footprint. We invite everybody to watch it and take action to reduce their carbon footprint when traveling for EANS and other events! The webinar can be viewed via https://www.eansnu

Dear colleagues,The European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) is pleased to announce the 2026 Call for Applications for the Fellowship of the European Academy of Nursing Science (FEANS).EANS Fellowship recognises outstanding contributions to nursing science and supports leadership in research, education, and the advancement of evidence-based nursing across Europe. We warmly invite eligible collea

Announcement: EANS Publishes 2025 Environmental Sustainability Survey ReportThe European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) is pleased to announce the publication of the Final Report of the 2025 Environmental Sustainability Survey. Conducted during the EANS Summer School in Mataró, Spain, the survey gathered insights from over 100 participants on their awareness, attitudes, and behaviours related t

We are happy to announce the next call for Summer School applications!The EANS Summer School 2026 will be held by OST- Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Science, in the Metropolitan City of St. Gallen, Switzerland, from June 29th, 2026, to July 10th, 2026.Each year, a maximum of 35 PhD students from various European universities are accepted for participation in EANS’ three-year summer sch

Dear members and students of EANSPlease find in attachment the invitation to participate in Global Nursing Education Survey on Climate and Planetary Health. The European Academy of nursing science is an active partner in this survey, with to members actively participating in organizing the survey. We therefore warmly invite you to complete the questionnaire. The Global Consortium on Climate and He

Dear membersWe are pleased to announce that Pat Camillo and Bastiaan Van Grootven have been selected as new members of the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) Membership Committee.Both bring valuable experience and a strong commitment to advancing nursing science in Europe. We warmly welcome them to the committee and look forward to their contributions in supporting the growth and excellenc

Dear EANS Full-MembersThe EANS 2025 EANS Board members election procedure is finished. Full Members were given the opportunity to send in their application for nominations for EANS Board members. This year there was a call for five vacant EANS Board members positions.  Eleven nominee - applications were received.  We would like to express appreciation to all nominees.In total, there were 55 EANS f

Dear members of EANSStarting from this week, we have new payment options for your membership. Untill now, it was only possible to manually renew your membership each year. However, we received several questions from members to have an automated system that renews your membership every year in an automated way (like it used to be with PayPal). We've organized the new membership plans in a way that

Call for abstracts for the 26th EANS Summer Conference, TecnoCampus University Pompeu Fabra in Mataró, Spain, 9-10th July 2025 Come and join us with an oral or poster presentation pertaining to the EANS Summer Conference 2025 theme "Mental Health and Well-being: The Role of Nursing in Addressing Global Challenges" This year’s conference highlights a critical area of focus for contemporary nursing

EANS Postdoctoral Program JULY 2025 – DECEMBER 2026 EANS is happy to announce the EANS Postdoctoral Program. Its purpose is to provide a mentoring and support program for postdoctoral EANS members aimed at developing leadership skills in nursing science through dialogue and active engagement within the EANS community.With a view to the postdoctoral period, EANS views this program as a unique oppor

The 25th International Nursing Ethics Conference:  "The Value of Nursing Ethics Research and Scholarship"University of Turku, Finland on 28th and 29th August 2025CALL FOR ABSTRACTSThe 2025 nursing ethics conference engages participants to reflect the value of nursing ethics research, scholarship and multidisciplinary collaborative research on ethically safe care, services and societies from an int

The EANS Best Paper Award 2024 procedure has been finalized, and Julian Hirt was confirmed as the award winner at the EANS Board meeting (November 12th, 2024).As usually, the Award winnar will have a short presentation at the upcoming Winter Summit held online.Sincere congratulations, Julian!

Dear EANS-memberThe EANS Board members election in 2024 procedure is finished. Full Members were given the opportunity to send in their application for nominations for EANS Board members. This year there was a call for two vacant EANS Board members positions.  Three applications were received and EANS full-members casted their votes. Each voting member could nominate two candidates. The final resu

Dear members of EANSIn the tradition of the EANS Summer School and Summer Conference, one of our students is awarded for the best research poster. This year, Lisa Geyskens (KU Leuven, Belgium) wins the best poster award. She was chosen by the EANS members during the conference. Congratulations Lisa!

Dear members of EANSAt the annual Gala Dinner, five members were awarded with a fellowship: - Veerle Duprez, Ghent, Belgium- Alvisa Palese, Udine, Italy- Azucena Pedraz, Madrid, Spain- Styliani Tziaferi, Peloponnese, Greece- Natalja Istomina, Vilnius, LithuaniaCongratulations to our new fellows!

Dear EANS membersWe would like to inform you that EANS 2024 Vice - President election procedure is finished. Full Members and Fellows were given the opportunity to send in their application for nominations for Vice-President of EANS. One application of the nomination for the role of EANS Vice-President was received – Anna Axelin.According to EANS By-Laws only full members were eligible to cast the

The 25th EANS Summer Conference will be hosted by the University of Torino on 3-4 July 2024. This will be the first Summer Conference to take place in Italy. To celebrate the silver wedding of EANS, come and join us to discuss the conference theme “Past, present, and future of nursing science in Europe”. What are the particular insights of the history of Nursing, and what is its significance today