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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Meeting: International EISCAT Symposium 2024 Abstract Submission Open
2. Meeting: UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) II: Celebrating 10-years of 24/7 space-weather operational forecasting in the UK
3. Meeting: Heliophysics in Europe and 1st European Heliophysics Community meeting - 18-22 November 2024, ESTEC, Netherlands
4. Announcement: Selected Venues for European Space Weather Week 2025 and 2026
5. Special issue announcement: a new special issue on planetary space weather open in the Universe Journal
6. Job opening: Postdoctoral Position, Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Braunschweig, Germany
7. Job opening: PhD student in space physics for studies of space weather
8. Job opening: Open position at INAF/IAPS for SERENA-ELENA
9. Job opening: PhD in Space Plasma at LPC2E, Orléans, France: Analysing solar type III radio bursts with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe
10. Job opening: 3 year post-doctoral position at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK 
11. Job opening: Multiple PhD and post-doctoral positions at GFZ Potsdam, Germany
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1. Meeting: International EISCAT Symposium 2024 Abstract Submission Open<\p>
From: Devin Huyghebaert (devin.r.huyghebaert at uit.no)

The abstract submission for the 21st International EISCAT Symposium 2024 and the 48th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical
Methods is now open. Abstracts related to research, radars, and optical data regarding space and atmospheric phenomena are welcome. A list of the planned session topics are provided below.

The abstract submission page and more details on the conference can be found at: https://uit.no/tavla/artikkel/830164/eiscat_symposium_2024?p document_id=830164

Abstract Deadline: March 30, 2024

Venue: UiT The Arctic University of Norway campus, Tromsø, Norway Dates: July 29 - August 2, 2024

Accommodations: Due to the demand for hotels in Tromsø during the summer months, it is recommended to book your hotel/accommodations as soon as possible.

The registration fee is expected to be ~ 3500 nok and will include coffee breaks, lunches, a visit to the EISCAT 3D Skibotn site, conference style presentations, a poster 
session, and a banquet dinner. For any inquiries or requests for more information, please contact: EISCAT_Norway at uit.no

Science Organizing Committee:
Thomas Ulich (EISCAT)
Noora Partamies (UNIS - University Center in Svalbard)
Mykola Ivchenko (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Ingemar Häggström (EISCAT)
Anita Aikio (University of Oulu)
Hilde Nesse (University of Bergen)
Lisa Baddeley (UNIS - University Center in Svalbard)
Björn Gustavsson (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
 Local Organizing Committee at UiT:
Björn Gustavsson, Devin Huyghebaert, Inger Solheim, Ingrid Mann

2. Meeting: UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) II: Celebrating 10-years of 24/7 space-weather operational forecasting in the UK

From: Maria Bisi (mario.bisi at stfc.ac.uk)

The “UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) II: Celebrating 10-years of 24/7 space-weather operational forecasting in the UK” Meeting will be held during  09-12 September 2024, at Sandy Park, Exeter, UK.  This is the second of a series of UKSWSE Meetings and the focus of this meeting will be around the 10-year celebration of 24/7 space-weather forecasting in the UK with more details to follow in due course.  We apologise that this clashes with the European Solar Physics Meeting 17, but logistics around the timing and availability of suitable venues in the Exeter area provided extremely-limited options – hence also the delay in advertising the dates openly to the community.

Further information on the website, content of the meeting, and travel etc… is envisaged to be provided by early April 2024 at the latest.

UKSWSE II LOC:
Mario M. Bisi (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
Claire Garland (IOP)
Mark Gibbs (Met Office)
Vivien Thomas (IOP)
Simon Machin (Met Office)
Ian McCrea (UKRI STFC RAL Space)
Krista Hammond (Met Office)
Elise Allthorpe-Mullis (UKRI STFC RAL Space)

3. Meeting: Heliophysics in Europe and 1st European Heliophysics Community meeting - 18-22 November 2024, ESTEC, Netherlands

From: Matt Taylor (Matthew.Taylor at esa.int)

Save the date notice for ‘Heliophysics in Europe and 1st European Heliophysics Community meeting – 18-22 November 2024, ESTEC, Netherlands

Heliophysics is the science of understanding the Sun and its interaction with the Earth and the solar system. Here, we define Heliophysics to encompass space plasma physics throughout the solar system, from Sun to the solar wind, planets and small bodies. Heliophysics has a large and active international community, with significant expertise and heritage in the European Space Agency and Europe.

Following on from the 2023 Heliophysics in Europe meeting, and the resulting recommendations from that meeting, the ESA Heliophysics Working Group will host another ‘Heliophysics in Europe” including the 1st European Heliophysics Community meeting, both online and in person.

The meeting will look to build on the momentum from the first meeting, aiming at better connection of all parts of the Heliophysics community to itself and to all relevant parts of ESA and vice-versa.

The in-person component of the meeting will be held at ESA’s ESTEC location. If you are interested in being part of the organization of the meeting, please contact Matt Taylor atMatthew.Taylor at esa.int

www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esa-heliophysics/heliophysics-in-europe-2024

4. Announcement: Selected Venues for European Space Weather Week 2025 and 2026

From: Piers Jiggens (Piers.Jiggens at esa.int)

The European Space Weather Week (ESWW) Programme Committee (PC) is pleased to announce the selected host cities for ESWW in the years 2025 and 2026. The 2025 edition will take place in Umeå, Sweden. The 2026 edition will take place in Firenze (Florence), Italy. These will be the first occasions when these two countries with prominent space weather communities host the event and each will add their own unique flavour to the conference. The ESWW PC is hoping to make an announcement for the host city for 2027 soon.

ESWW 2024 will take place in Coimbra, Portugal from 4th – 8th November 2024. The community is encouraged to routinely check the website for updates:
esww2024.org

5. Special issue announcement: a new special issue on planetary space weather open in the Universe Journal

From: Anna Milillo (anna.milillo at inaf.it)

A Special issue on Planetary space weather is open in the Universe on-line open-access Journal (guest editors: Milillo, Aizawa, Hadid) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe/special_issues/1TQ2SUQ27Y)
Planetary space weather refers to the study of the variability of planetary (or satellite) environments determined by the variability of the solar activity and/or the interplanetary space dynamics (and/or the dynamics of the magnetosphere in which the Solar System body may be embedded) (Plainaki et al., 2016).It involves the monitoring and analysis of solar activity, solar wind, interplanetary, and magnetospheric phenomena and their short-term effects on ionospheres, exospheres, atmospheres, and planet surfaces, but also on human-made devices in space like satellites and instrumentations.This Special Issue is devoted to recent progress in space weather research, including results from space missions and ground-based observations. The focus will be on magnetized bodies as well as unmagnetized ones and bodies with or without an atmosphere. The considered environments could be the interplanetary medium as well as the magnetospheric environment of the parent planet (in the case of the moons of the giant planets). Studies of the exoplanet interactions with their parent star are also included in this Special Issue. Studies of radiation effects on technological devices are also welcome. 
We invite researchers and scientists with expertise in planetary space weather to submit their original research articles and review papers to this Special Issue.
If you have the intention to participate to the special issue , please, send a message to anna.milillo at inaf.it; lina.hadid at lpp.polytechnique.fr; sae.aizawa@lpp.polytechnique.fr within 29 February

The first deadline for manuscript submission is 31 May 2024


6. Postdoctoral Position, Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Braunschweig, Germany

From: Yasuhito Narita (y.narita at tu-braunschweig.de)

The Institute of Theoretical Physics of the TU Braunschweig is looking for a postdoc with strong expertise in MHD and kinetic treatments of solar-heliospheric plasmas. The postdoc is expected to study the magnetic helicity transport from the Sun to the heliosphere. Different approaches such as the observational methods, theoretical studies, and numerical simulations are highly welcome. The position is for two years with the possibility of one-year extension, depending on the research performance and funding availability. The application deadline is on March 15, 2024. For more information, please visit the institute homepage: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/theophys/numerical-plasma-simulation/open-positions

7. Job opening: PhD student in space physics for studies of space weather

From: Annelie Klint Nilsson (annelie at irf.se)

The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) is looking for a PhD student to join the Uppsala team to work on a space-weather research project investigating geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in the Swedish power grid. The project is part of an ongoing collaboration between IRF, the Swedish Research Defence Agency, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, and Svenska Kraftnät to improve awareness and resilience to space weather effects in Sweden.

GICs are unwanted currents that flow in ground-based infrastructure caused by varying conditions in space, often due to plasma eruptions from the Sun. They can cause physical damage and lead to disruptions such as power outages, and thus, it is of high societal importance to mitigate this hazard. One of the outstanding questions is identifying the transmission lines at risk to GICs in Sweden.

The PhD project will focus on evaluating and understanding the causes of GICs in Sweden using state-of-the-art ground- and space-based experimental data, advanced plasma simulations, as well as 3D ground conductivity modelling.

More information: https://www.irf.se/en/news/2024/02/07/phd-student-in-space-physics-for-studies-of-space-weather-dnr-2-2-1-49-24/
Contact persons: Dr. Andrew P. Dimmock, andrew.dimmock at irfu.se and Prof. Yuri Khotyaintsev, yuri at irfu.se

The closing date for applications is 1 March 2024.

8. Job opening: Open position at INAF/IAPS for SERENA-ELENA

From: Anna Milillo (anna.milillo at inaf.it)

A new selection procedure for the assignment of one research grant of the duration of one year renewable based on projects “BepiColombo/ SERENA” entitled: “Experimental activity on space instrumentation for the study of Mercury's planetary environment: SERENA-ELENA (Emitted Low-Energy Neutral Atoms) in flight on the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo space mission” is open at INAF/IAPS
www.iaps.inaf.it/en/lavora-con-noi/bandi-di-concorso/assegno-di-ricerca/bando-2023-48-ar
or
www.inaf.it/it/lavora-con-noi/assegni-di-ricerca/assegno-di-ricerca-dal-titolo-201cattivita-sperimentale-su-strumentazione-spaziale-per-lo-studio-dell2019ambiente-planetario-di-mercurio-serena-elena-emitted-low-energy-neutral-atoms-in-volo-sulla-missione-spaziale-esa-jaxa-bepicolombo201d
 Deadline for application is 29 Feb 2024
 Research will be carried at INAF-IAPS, Rome. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with staff of the projects “BepiColombo/ SERENA”. 
Description of the research activity to be carried out: 
• support for the experimental laboratory activity for the ELENA experiment with particle beams. 
• support for the control and command activity of ELENA, both for the laboratory instrument and the one aboard the BepiColombo mission. 
• support for the analysis of tests conducted on ELENA, both on the instrument in flight and in the laboratory. 
 Requirements: Master degree (or 2nd level Laurea degree) in Physics, or Astrophysics, or Astronomy, or Engineering, or equivalent degree issued according to the previous or actual Italian University regulations.
The annual gross salary of the grant is 26.000,00 Euros.
 Reference persons: Elisabetta De Angelis (elisabetta.deangelis at inaf.it) or Roberto Sordini (roberto.sordini at inaf.it)

9. Job opening: PhD in Space Plasma at LPC2E, Orléans, France: Analysing solar type III radio bursts with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe

From: Matthieu Kretzschmar (matthieu.kretzschmar at cnrs-orleans.fr)

The Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace (LPC2E) is hiring a PhD student to work in collaboration with the LESIA laboratory from Paris Observatory on the analysis of solar radio bursts observed by the Solar Orbiter (ESA) and Parker Solar Probe (NASA) space missions. 

Solar type III radio burst are the signature of complex and energetic phenomena: sporadically, the Sun produces beams of energetic electrons that interact with the much slower ambient plasma of the solar wind. This interaction results in the production of Langmuir waves that will eventually produce radio emission at the local plasma frequency, or twice its value (harmonic emission). As the electron beam propagates, it interacts with less dense plasma and consequently the frequency of the emitted radio waves decreases with time, which allows to track the propagation of the energetic electrons. Eventually, the electron beam reaches the spacecrafts where its consequences can be observed locally. 

The processes involved in the production of type III radio burst are complex and still poorly explained, despite being a very active field of research. The PhD project aims at putting strong observational constraints on the generation mechanisms of type III radio burst. The main parameters to be studied and that are measured by the two space missions are the properties of the electron beams, the level of the density fluctuations, the power and polarization of the Langmuir or z-mode wave, and the properties of the radio emission.

The hired student will benefit from the strong involvement of the LPC2E and LESIA teams in the the two space missions and their relevant instrumentations.  
Good skills in plasma physics and data analysis are required for the position.

For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Matthieu Kretzschmar (matthieu.kretzschmar at cnrs-orleans.fr) and Dr. Milan Maksimovic (milan.maksimovic at obspm.fr)
Applications should be submitted online as soon as possible and no later than 14 March 2024 on the CNES PhD program website: 
recrutement.cnes.fr/en/annonce/2701659-24-283-type-iii-radio-bursts-analysis-with-solar-orbiter-and-parker-solar-probe-45100-orleans


10. Job opening: 3 year post-doctoral position at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK 

From: Jonathan Rae (jonathan.rae at northumbria.ac.uk.)

Deadline: 9th March 2024
We are excited to advertise a 3-year opportunity to join a large and vibrant research environment as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in magnetospheric physics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. We have wide-ranging interests in data science and machine learning, and in modelling, theory and observations of key magnetospheric phenomena to make breakthroughs in our understanding of the near-Earth environment. Scientific topics include, but are not limited to:
•         the energisation and decay of the Van Allen radiation belts, 
•         large-scale electromagnetic waves, 
•         sources, physics and consequences of wave-particle interactions, and 
•         how magnetospheric substorms provide energy input into the near-Earth space.
For more information please see:
work4.northumbria.ac.uk
If you have any questions, and/or if you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact jonathan.rae at northumbria.ac.uk.

11. Job opening: Multiple PhD and post-doctoral positions at GFZ Potsdam, Germany

From: Dedong Wang (dedong at gfz-potsdam.de)

There will be several open PhD and postdoc positions at the Space Physics and Space Weather Section at GFZ Potsdam, Germany. These positions cover satellite observations, numerical simulations, and plasma theory in areas of magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, fundamental plasma processes, and space weather. These positions will be covered by ERC-funded project titled "WIRE - Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere and their Effects on Radiation Belt Electrons” and Helmholtz internal funds. For enquiries about the positions, please contact Dedong Wang (dedong at gfz-potsdam.de) and Yuri Shprits (yshprits at gfz-potsdam.de). For further information about our section, please visit the website https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/section/space-physics-and-space-weather/overview. 

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Editors Yuri Shprits, Dedong Wang, Alexander Jordan and Jasmin Meiske