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XXXVI International Meeting of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC)

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200

Facultad de Psicología (C/ Camilo José Cela, s/n, 41018, Sevilla, España)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 25th MAY!

It is with great pleasure to welcome you to the Annual Congress of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC) in the city of Seville.

The XXXVI International Conference of the SEPC continues its tradition as a premier European forum for professionals engaged in cutting-edge research on human and animal cognition. This event serves as a platform to present, discuss, and explore the latest international advances, utilizing innovative techniques in fields such as classical and instrumental conditioning, memory, attention, motivation, spatial learning, and the underlying neuroscience of these processes. Beyond promoting the exchange of ideas, the meeting facilitates the development and strengthening of collaborative research initiatives at both national and international levels.

This year’s meeting aims to provide a rigorous environment for the discussion of behavioral processes, cognition, and evolutionary psychology across species. As we gather to share our latest experimental findings and theoretical developments, we hope to foster an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity and international cooperation. We invite you to contribute to the advancement of our field while enjoying the historical and cultural richness that Seville has to offer.

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Causality and Causal Inference in Medicine (CauseMed)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200

Facultad de Filosofía, C. Camilo José Cela, S/N, 41018 Sevilla, España

This conference aims to bring together current research dealing with causality and inferential practices in the health sciences, broadly construed, welcoming philosophical, methodological, and scientific contributions, among others.

XIII Jornadas de I+D+i, X Jornadas del Programa de Doctorado en ISI & 5th International Workshop on STEM

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Escuela Politécnica Superior, Calle Virgen de África, Sevilla, España

Description

Plenary Session (2025/26 Edittion)

The Higher Technical School of Engineering (Escuela Politécnica Superior) at the University of Seville, pleased to host, as in previous years, the 13^th Research, Development and Innovation Conference (I+D+i), the 5th International Workshop on STEM, and the 10^th Conference of the Doctoral Programme in Industrial Facilities and Systems (Academic Year 2026/27). The aim of these events is to showcase the research carried out at the School and to foster collaboration and synergies among researchers.

The conference will take place from 20^th to 23^th October. The full programme of activities is available through the corresponding conference website.

Although participation is open to all researchers, the event is primarily oriented towards the research areas of the Doctoral Programme “Instalaciones y Sistemas para la Industria” at the University of Seville. This doctoral programme aims to provide applied research training closely aligned with the needs of the industrial sector through three main objectives:

To educate highly qualified doctoral researchers capable of joining research teams in the field of Industrial Engineering.
To prepare doctoral graduates for careers in technologically advanced industrial companies, where they can lead research, development and innovation (R&D&i) projects.
To promote entrepreneurship by encouraging the creation of innovative technology-based companies.

Parallel Session (2025/26)

Conference Topics

Although submissions are not restricted to these areas, the conference is primarily organised around the four research lines of the Doctoral Programme “Instalaciones y Sistemas para la Industria”:

L1. Materials Science and Engineering
L2. Innovation in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry
L3. Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems
L4. Computerised, Robotic and Neuromorphic Industrial Systems
L5. Design and Engineering of Industrial Products and Facilities

How to Participate?

Demo Session (2025/26 Ed.)

During the conference, several activities will be held, including keynote lectures delivered by distinguished invited speakers. Registered participants may attend these sessions either in person or online.

In addition, participants may contribute to one or more of the following categories, in accordance with the submission guidelines*:

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations consist of 10-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of discussion. They will be delivered in person in the conference rooms assigned in the final programme.

Posters

Posters will primarily be published online and made available through the conference website. A Best Poster Competition will also be organised, in which an expert committee will select the most outstanding contributions.

Demonstrations

Dedicated exhibition areas will be available throughout the conference for researchers and companies wishing to showcase technologies relevant to the conference themes

Scientific Photography

A Scientific Photography Competition will also be held during the conference. Registered participants will be invited to vote for their favourite entries, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.

* Note: each presenter may submit only one contribution per category.

Review Process

All submitted contributions will undergo peer review:

Abstracts will be reviewed by an external scientific committee, different than the organization comitee.
Book chapters submitted after acceptance of the corresponding abstracts will undergo a peer-review process.

Publication Opportunities

Participants may choose to publish their work in the Book of Extended Abstracts. Following a successful peer-review process, selected contributions may be published with an ISBN by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, in accordance with the publisher's formatting requirements and quality standards (see the specific participation requirements here).

Parallel Events

The following event will also take place alongside the conference:

1st EPS Conference on Educational Innovation

Please note that these parallel events may require separate registration. Further information is available on their respective websites.

Important Dates

5 October: Abstract submission deadline (see the submission guidelines).
16 October: Notification of abstract acceptance.
16 Octubre: Opening of the submission platform for posters and scientific photographs (see the submission guidelines).
20 October (12:00 noon, Spanish time): Deadline for poster submission for publication on the conference website (instruccions).
20 October (12:00 noon, Spanish time): Deadline for submission to the Scientific Photography Competition (see the submission guidelines).
7 December: Deadline for submission of book chapters (see the publication guidelines).

Previous Editions

Young Astronomers on Active Galactic Nuclei (YAGN)

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100

CITIUS, Avenida Reina Mercedes, s/n, Sevilla, España

Young Astronomers on Galactic Nuclei (YAGN) is an annual series of informal meetings of Ph.D. students and postdocs working on supermassive black holes and active galactic nuclei in general, with the aim of promoting exchanges of ideas and new collaborations amongst young scientists.

YAGN15 was held at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca on October 29-30, 2015.
YAGN16 was held at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris on November 17-18, 2016.
YAGN17 was held at the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón on October 23-25, 2017.
YAGN18 was held at the Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem on October 29-31, 2018.
YAGN19 was held at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on September 23-25, 2019.
YAGN20 was held ~~at the Niels Bohr Institutet on June 8-10, 2020~~ on Zoom on October 28-30, 2020.
YAGN21 was held at the Niels Bohr Institutet and on Zoom on September 1-3, 2021.
YAGN22 was held at the Donostia International Physics Center on October 17-19, 2022.
YAGN23 was held at the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica on October 18-20, 2023.
YAGN24 was held at the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria-Como on September 2-4, 2024.
YAGN25 was held at the University of Southampton on September 1-3, 2025.

The 12th event, YAGN26, will be held in presence at the Universidad de Sevilla on October 26-28, 2026.

If you are interested in giving a talk, please fill this form by May 31, 2026. The speakers will be selected in June 2026. For any inquiries, please send an e-mail to yagn2026@gmail.com.

SOC: Matteo Bonetti (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca), Pedro R. Capelo (Universität Zürich), Alessandra De Rosa (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica/Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali), Mar Mezcua (Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), Andrea Negri (Universidad de Sevilla) and Jose Oñorbe (Universidad de Sevilla).

Obscura. International Conference on Horror and Contemporary Media Culture

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100

Facultad de Comunicación . Universidad de Sevilla (FCom-US), Calle Américo Vespucio, Sevilla, España

Horror has established itself as one of the defining modes of contemporary storytelling, extending its influence across a wide range of media, including film, television, and video games. Its enduring relevance has fostered growing academic interest, revealing the genre’s rich cultural significance and the multiple interpretative possibilities its narratives offer from social, political, and ideological perspectives. While horror is often defined primarily by the emotional effects it elicits in audiences (Carroll, 1990; Losilla, 1993; Roma, 2009), its narratives also function as distorted mirrors through which cultural meanings surrounding identity, gender, social conflict, and other pressing concerns are reflected, contested, and reconstructed.

Although cinema has been closely associated with horror since its inception, the genre has long occupied a marginal position within academic and critical discourse—aside from canonical exceptions such as Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960), The Exorcist (Friedkin, 1973), and The Shining (Kubrick, 1980). In recent years, however, horror has undergone a substantial reassessment, assuming a central place in contemporary cultural and scholarly debates. This renewed recognition has been driven by increasing appreciation of the genre’s artistic potential, political and social dimensions, and formal sophistication, particularly in relation to the phenomenon commonly referred to as elevated horror. The work of filmmakers such as Robert Eggers, Ari Aster, Jordan Peele, and Jennifer Kent exemplifies this development. At the same time, horror has expanded well beyond cinema, as demonstrated by the success of television series such as The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix, 2018) and From (MGM+, 2022–), as well as video game franchises including Resident Evil (Capcom, 1998–) and Silent Hill (Konami, 1999–), which have become enduring landmarks within contemporary popular culture while exploring innovative narrative, aesthetic, and immersive possibilities.

Against this backdrop, Obscura. International Conference on Horror and Contemporary Media Culture seeks to establish itself as an international forum for the interdisciplinary study of these cultural manifestations, bringing together theoretical reflection, critical analysis, and professional practice. The conference responds both to the need for a systematic examination of cultural phenomena with significant social and commercial impact and to the relative lack of dedicated scholarly spaces devoted to horror studies, particularly within the Spanish academic context.

From an international perspective, the conference aims to foster dialogue between academia and industry while encouraging the development of collaborative networks and future research initiatives. To this end, the programme will combine traditional academic activities—including keynote lectures, paper sessions, and roundtable discussions—with practical and public-facing events. These activities will provide opportunities for collective reflection on significant contemporary audiovisual works, promoting dialogue between researchers and practitioners and encouraging critical engagement across theoretical analysis, cultural reception, and audiovisual production processes.

Key topics (included but not limited to):

Ethics, politics, and social discourse in audiovisual horror
Aesthetics and poetics of contemporary horror
Narratives of violence in film, television, and digital platforms
Elevated horror, authorship, and cultural legitimisation
Horror, identity, and gender
Horror and historical memory
Audience reception of horror and audiovisual violence
Representations of trauma, fear, and psychological violence
Monsters, bodies, and otherness
Explicit violence, suggestion, and the limits of representation
Horror and mental health
Video games, immersive experiences, and interactive horror
Emerging trends in audiovisual horror
Professional practices in horror screenwriting, directing, and production
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation in horror media

The conference is organised within a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) framework, and a range of measures will be implemented to ensure a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment for all participants. We particularly encourage submissions from scholars belonging to historically marginalised or underrepresented groups who continue to face systemic barriers within academia, including racialised communities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community (with particular attention to trans, non-binary, and intersex identities), people with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions, individuals with caring responsibilities (a dedicated quiet room will be available), and researchers and practitioners from developing countries or precarious economic backgrounds, among others. Recognising that these realities frequently intersect, the conference offers partial fee waivers for participants from these groups, as well as for students and independent researchers.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions may consist of either individual papers or panel proposals comprising no more than five participants or co-authors. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary contributions are particularly welcome, and submissions from early-career researchers are strongly encouraged. We also welcome video essays as a format of participation. A video essay is a short audiovisual work that develops a theoretical argument or presents an empirical analysis through the expressive resources of audiovisual language, including editing, voice-over, music, and the use of images and audiovisual excerpts from films, television series, animation, and related media. Video essays should be between 4 and 10 minutes in length and must include English subtitles when the audio is in Spanish, and vice versa.

The individual proposal should include the following information:

Title of the proposal
Abstract (200–250 words)
Keywords (3–5 keywords)
Full name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and a brief biographical note of approximately 100 words for each author

The panel proposal should include the following information:

Panel abstract (250–300 words)
A maximum of five presentations, each including:
Paper title
Abstract (100–150 words)
Keywords (3–5 keywords)
Full name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and a brief biographical note of approximately 100 words for each author

Note: All participants must register individually once the panel is accepted.

Abstracts should clearly outline the research topic, its relevance to the conference theme, the main objectives and research questions and/or hypotheses, the methodology employed, and the expected findings or contributions. Proposals may be submitted in either English or Spanish.

The organising committee is currently in discussion with academic journals and publishers regarding potential publication opportunities arising from the conference. Further information will be made available on the conference website in due course.

A language selector can be found in the upper-right corner of the conference website. In the “Proposal Submission” section, you will be able to complete the submission form and upload your abstract. To access the form, you must either log in through your university credentials or create an account as an external user.

For further information, please contact us via the “Contact” section of the website or by email at obscura@us.es.

Submission and Registration Deadlines

Early Submission Deadline: 10 July (inclusive)

Notification of acceptance: by 31 July

Extended Submission Deadline: 10 September (inclusive)

Notification of acceptance: by 25 September

Please note: Abstracts will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received, with every effort made to provide decisions as quickly as possible.

For information regarding registration fees and deadlines for both reduced-rate and standard registration, please consult the “Registration” section of the conference website.

Organisers

The conference is organised by the LIGAINCOM Research Group (SEJ694) and supported by the Universidad de Sevilla (Seville, Spain).

III Seville Forum on Machinery for Decarbonization

Tue, 19 Jan 2027 08:30:00 +0100

Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, C. Pirotecnia, s/n, 41013 Sevilla, España

Decarbonizing the energy industry is critical to meet global climate change emissions reduction goals. This will require a significant investment in updating existing and developing new energy production, transport, distribution infrastructure and associated supply chains. The turbomachinery industry has supported and contributed to the development of critical energy technologies in the past and continues to do so. As we convene for this III edition, it is recognized that turbomachinery technology remains the cornerstone of today’s infrastructures across all sectors: agriculture/food, manufacturing, energy supply, telecommunications, mobility and transportation, and residential. Today, the turbomachinery industry is ready and willing to lead the energy transition, playing an instrumental role to reach carbon neutrality.

The Seville Forum on Machinery for Decarbonization (SFMD) is a joint industry-government-academia forum with the primary goal to advance efficient, carbon-neutral and cost-effective technologies for the production and storage of electric power and thermal energy. It provides an open information and networking opportunity with international researchers, industry partners, and end-users meeting to discuss state-of-the-art technology and application requirements, identify technology gaps and research needs, and develop guidance to coordinate and direct future pre-competitive R&D activities and demonstrators related to low-carbon technologies for the energy and industry markets. Alongside technical presentations and a tecnical tour, this edition features two optional courses on cutting-edge topics led by industry experts. This 2.5-day event is organized by the University of Seville with support by members from industry, academia and government.