ALERT Geomaterials Website Banner Contest

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Posted on June 24, 2026 by Clément Rey

You can access the contest here : https://pollunit.com/en/polls/g9talil-vcqo26evrnismw

This photo contest aims to select the new banner for the ALERT Geomaterials website!

The winning photos will be announced during the next ALERT Geomaterials annual meeting.

The submission period is open until Sunday, September 6th at 12:00PM CEST.

The voting period will be open from then until Sunday, September 27th at 12:00PM CEST.

Submissions must be in JPG format and follow a banner aspect ratio of 1000 × 300 pixels Similar ratios are accepted, but images deviating significantly from this format won’t be considered. Each contestant may submit up to three pictures.

Submitting photos to the contest and voting require the use of an institutional email address. Each voter may vote only once per picture and assign up to three stars.

Registration for the ALERT Geomaterials Annual Meeting is now OPEN!

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Posted on June 15, 2026 by Ioannis Stefanou

Dear ALERT Community,

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the ALERT Geomaterials Workshop and Doctoral School annual meeting: Click here to register!

The registration deadline is 12 September. Please note that no further extension will be granted.

Several new features have been implemented this year!

The registration form has been updated to better meet current needs; payment of registration fees by card is now possible; invoices and payment receipts are sent automatically to participants; and the back-office system has been completely renewed.
Although we have taken great care with the implementation, testing, and debugging, some issues may still occur. Should this be the case, we kindly ask for your patience and encourage you to contact us.
Another important change concerns remote participation, which will no longer be possible due to the very low level of participation in previous editions.

In line with last year’s edition, the following participants are eligible for one free night of accommodation:

PhD students from ALERT member institutions attending the Doctoral School
Retired researchers from ALERT member institutions attending the Workshop

Please note that accommodation at the CNRS Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois will be allocated in order of registration. As the number of rooms is limited, we encourage you to register early.

For travel details, please refer to the instructions on how to get to Aussois here.

The tentative program is here.

Please read the instructions in the registration form carefully, as the modification and cancellation policy and other details are provided there. After completing the form and clicking the submit button, you will receive a confirmation email with your registration details, as well as the corresponding invoice or payment receipt in pdf.

We look forward to welcoming you to Aussois!

OASIS 2026 – 1st International Seminar on Offshore Anchorage Systems

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Clément Rey

Registration is now open for OASIS 2026 – 1st International Seminar on Offshore Anchorage Systems, which will take place in Paris, France, on the 24th of September 2026.

⏳ Early Bird deadline: 15th of July 2026

OASIS 2026 will bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, contractors, consultants, and technology providers to discuss the latest advances in anchoring systems for offshore wind turbines.

The symposium will focus on four key themes:
– Site investigation and characterisation
– Mooring lines and loading
– Innovative anchor developments
– Shared anchors

The programme will include keynote lectures from leading international experts, technical presentations, and long panel discussions to discuss emerging technologies, as well as networking opportunities with colleagues from academia and industry.

🌐 More information:
https://cg.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/translate-to-english-oasis-2026

✅ Registration:
https://www.ecolloque.com/oasis/fr/new/

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

TC 105: Round Robins DEM+Imaging

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Clément Rey

Imaging Round Robin

TC 105 is pleased to announce an imaging round robin, championed by Ryan Hurley – rhurley6@jh.edu.

Details: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7E8oY86T9KVGiRkS6JddD6BUOVpLTVhTRE1URjdHSEJOTlhKMk84RkZQUS4u&route=shorturl

TC105 is also running a second DEM round robin. This is led by the Secretary of JGS TC105 committee , Shuji Moriguchi shuji.moriguchi.d6@tohoku.ac.jp.

Details: https://ds.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~geotech/tc105_2RRA/

Autumn school in soil modelling

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Clément Rey

NTNU’s Geotechnical Group together with Dr. Medicus from University of Innsbruck offers a “Autumn School” in Soil Modelling from October 12th to 16th, 2026. This school provides a background for development and application of the soil models used in continuum-based computer codes for geotechnical applications. The school focuses on soil behaviour, elastoplastic theory, hypo- and hyperplasticity, selected material models and their parameters. It also provides some insight into numerical implementation of soil models. The school aims at providing a general theoretical framework for interpretation of the mechanical behaviour of soils.

https://www.ntnu.no/nettbutikk/billett/arrangement/autumn-school-in-soil-modelling/

Tenure-track position likely to be available in the CNRS 2026CPJ DYNO SOP: Water dynamics in porous media

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Clément Rey

A tenure-track position is expected to be available through a CNRS 2026 CPJ program on water dynamics in porous media, and candidates are invited to apply at IC2MP in Poitiers, France.

The junior professorship CNRS (CPJ) is a new recruitment channel that can provide access to a permanent position in the category of senior CNRS research directors, equivalent to Full professors in France.

The applicant’s project should aim to deepen the understanding of water/solutes structure and dynamics in porous media at different temporal and spatial scales in order to determine/predict the macroscopic properties of materials (hydration, mechanical, chemical, transport…) where water is present. To reach this objective, approaches consisting of coupling results obtained by experimental techniques (laboratory, field) to multi-scale theoretical developments is expected.

For further information, see the attached pdf.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

ERC-Funded Postdoctoral Positions in Natural Hazards at Uppsala University (2 positions)

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Clément Rey

We are seeking two highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to join the ERC Consolidator Grant project FORECAST, which aims to develop a new scientific framework for understanding, diagnosing, and forecasting catastrophic failure in geophysical systems.

The two positions will focus on:
🔹 Glacier instabilities
🔹 Volcanic eruptions

The projects will combine theoretical modelling, statistical physics, numerical simulations, and monitoring data to investigate the mechanisms governing failure precursors, instability evolution, and predictability in geophysical systems.

The successful candidates will join a dynamic international research team and collaborate with leading researchers and international partners working on geohazard forecasting and risk mitigation.

Application deadline: 14 August 2026
For details and application: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=943556

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Position re-opened for GENIUS Doctoral Network Doctoral Candidate

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Clément Rey

We are currently recruiting for the following GENIUS Doctoral Network Doctoral Candidate position hosted at the University of Perugia:

DC 13: Innovative Applications of EGs in Densely Urbanized Areas: study of their potentiality in Mitigating Subsurface Urban Heat Islands.

Deadline: 26th June 2026
Selection: 1st July 2026

Important: If you have already applied for DC13 during the previous recruitment round, please do not submit a new application. Existing applications remain on record and will continue to be considered.

For more information about this position, please see here:
https://genius-dn.eu/projects/

ERC-funded PhD students in Geomechanics and Geohazards (2 positions)

Posted on June 9, 2026 by Clément Rey

We are seeking two highly motivated PhD students to join the ERC Consolidator Grant project FORECAST, which aims to develop a new scientific framework for understanding, diagnosing, and forecasting catastrophic failure in geophysical systems.

The two positions will focus on:
🔹 Landslides
🔹 Rockbursts

The successful candidates will join a dynamic international research team and work closely with leading researchers and international partners working on geohazard forecasting and risk mitigation.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

PhD Position in Interpretable AI for Coupled Multiphysics of Geomaterials

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Clément Rey

The Data-Driven Mechanics Laboratory at EPFL at invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at the intersection of computational mechanics, multiphysics of geomaterials, and interpretable machine learning. The project focuses on the discovery of governing equations and constitutive relations for key multiphysics phenomena on the basis of rich micromechanical and experimental data. The successful candidate will contribute to a next-generation data-driven framework for scientific discovery in geomaterials.

This research will be supervised by Prof. Kostantinos Karapiperis (EPFL) and will involve several international collaborations. For more information on the project and details on how to apply, please see the attached PDF.

Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis until July 15th 2026.

For further information, see the attached [PDF].