The General Assembly 2027 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) held in Vienna, Austria and online, from 4 April – 9 April 2027, is now accepting abstracts. This event includes several exciting, mountain-related sessions, including those convened by representatives of the MRI. The deadline for abstract submissions is Tuesday, 12 January 2027, at 13:00 CET. The support applications deadline is 1 December 2026.
The EGU General Assembly 2027 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. Find out more on the EGU website.
The MRI is excited to announce our own endorsed sessions and we encourage the mountain research community to consider submitting an abstract!
MRI-Endorsed Sessions
Session ITS4/NH12 | Towards 2050: Understanding Change and Exploring Mountain Futures
Conveners: Margreth Keiler, Carolina Adler, Sven Fuchs, and Glenn Hunt
Mountain regions are undergoing rapid transformations driven by climate warming, cryosphere loss, hydrological and ecosystem change, and socio-economic developments. Looking towards 2050 provides an opportunity to explore how mountain social-ecological systems may evolve, the risks and opportunities that may emerge, and how research can inform decisions today.
This interdisciplinary session invites contributions exploring current trajectories and possible futures for mountain regions, including interactions between environmental and socio-economic change. Topics may span climate, cryosphere, water resources, ecosystems, natural hazards, land use, livelihoods, governance, and mountain–lowland linkages.
We particularly welcome research connecting long-term observations with future scenarios, examining interactions between biophysical and human systems, and co-producing knowledge with communities, practitioners, and decision-makers. Contributions that advance integrated approaches to monitoring, adaptation, resilience, and sustainable mountain development are especially encouraged.
This session is endorsed and supported by the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
Session AS1.12 | Mountain Weather and Climate: Theory, Observations, and Modeling
Conveners: Manuela Lehner, Nikolina Ban, Giorgio Doglioni, Olivia Ferguglia, and Sven Kotlarski
Mountain regions play a critical role in shaping weather and climate processes across spatial and temporal scales. Understanding these processes, and how they are changing, is essential for improving climate projections and assessing the impacts of global environmental change in mountain environments.
This session welcomes theoretical, observational, and modelling contributions addressing mountain weather and climate, including terrain-induced flows, orographic precipitation, land–atmosphere interactions, forecasting and predictability, and interactions with the terrestrial cryosphere.
Particular emphasis is placed on climate processes and climate change in mountain regions, including advances in high-resolution climate modelling, observational approaches, and the evaluation of models over complex terrain.
Contributions addressing the interdisciplinary objectives of MRI’s Elevation-Dependent Climate Change (EDCC) Working Group are especially encouraged, alongside research connected to the TEAMx research programme.
Other Mountain Sessions of Interest
In addition to the MRI-endorsed sessions, EGU27 features a wide range of sessions relevant to mountain research. The following small selection of the numerous mountain-related sessions include:
GS8.4 – Cryosphere policy, science and society: experiences, lessons and gaps from working across boundaries
HS2.1.6 – Mountain hydrology under global change: observations, modelling and adaptation
GM9.3 – Mountain Glaciations in a Changing World: From Deep-Time Reconstructions to Future Perspectives
GM7.2 – Past and present environmental evolution in African mountains
HS10.20 – Vegetation as Active Agents in Mountain Water Partitioning: Snow, Water and Ecosystem Interactions Across Elevation Gradients
GM9.4 – Cold Regions Geomorphology: Open discussions on glaciers and rock glaciers
HS6.15 – The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes
CR4.2 – Mountain permafrost in a warming climate: advances in methods, process understanding and hazard implications
GM5.1 – Erosion, Weathering and Sediment Transport in Mountain Landscapes
Submit Your Abstract
MRI encourages researchers across the mountain research community, including early career researchers, to contribute to these sessions and participate in EGU27.
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 12 January 2027, 13:00 CET.
Abstracts can be submitted through the official EGU27 submission platform. Please consult the EGU website for submission guidelines, registration information, and applicable fees.
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