Hi!
Just a reminder that the deadline for posters and presentations is tomorrow (October 27) and for other registrations November 1st. Spread the word to your colleges!
Systematikdagarna deadlines coming up!
Svara
Kallelse till årsmöte med Svenska systematikföreningen/Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Swedish Systematics Association
Tidpunkt och plats
Måndag 24 november 2025 klockan 16:00, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Frescativägen 40, Stockholm. Årsmötet hålls i samband med Systematikdagarna 2025.
Dagordning
- Mötet öppnas
- Val av mötesordförande, mötessekreterare och två justeringspersoner
- Fråga om mötet blivit i behörig ordning utlyst
- Styrelsens årsberättelse inklusive ekonomisk berättelse
- Revisionsberättelse
- Fråga om ansvarsfrihet för styrelsen för föregående års förvaltning
- Ändring av föreningens stadgar för att inkludera en 4:e medlem i valberedningen (första omröstningen).
- Val av ordförande för föreningen
- Val av övriga styrelseledamöter
- Val av en revisor och en revisorssuppleant
- Val av valberedning på tre personer
- Fastställande av eventuell årsavgift
- Ärenden, som styrelsen förelägger årsmötet
- Övriga frågor som med motivering inkommit till styrelsen senast fyra veckor innan årsmötet
- Mötet avslutas
Väl mött!
Styrelsen
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Swedish Systematics Association
Date and place
Monday 24 November 2025 at 16:00, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Frescativägen 40, Stockholm. The meeting will take place during Systematikdagarna 2025.
Agenda:
- Meeting opens
- Election of meeting chair, meeting secretary and two attestors
- Question: has the meeting been advertised according to the statutes
- The board’s yearly report, including financial report
- Auditor’s report
- Question about discharge of liability for the board for the previous year’s administration
- Changes to the associations statues to allow a 4th member in the nomination committee (first time voting)
- Election of chairman of the association
- Election of other members of the board
- Election of one auditor and one deputy auditor
- Election of nomination committee consisting of 3 persons
- Decision on annual membership fee (if any)
- Other matters which the board submits to the meeting
- Other matters submitted to the board at least 4 weeks prior to the meeting
- Meeting ends
Welcome!
The board
Registration for Systematikdagarna 2025 has opened
You can now register for Systematikdagarna 24-25 November 2025 in Stockholm.
The meeting is open for anyone interested in systematics; amateurs, working systematists, and users of systematics in any form. The conference includes a social programme on Monday evening with glögg mixer and dinner. Prizes will be awarded to best student talk and poster. The day before the conference a meeting for early career researchers will be held at Stockholm University.
More information and registration
Welcome!
27th YOUNG SYSTEMATISTS’ FORUM
Friday 14th November 2022, 9:30 am GMT
ZOOM Online
The annual Young Systematists’ Forum represents an exciting setting
for Master’s students, PhD students and young postdoctoral researchers
to present their work, often for the first time, to a scientific
audience interested in taxonomy and systematics. This well-established
event provides an important opportunity for budding systematists to
discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive
environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also
encouraged to attend.
Prizes will be awarded for the most promising talk and flash
presentation as judged by a small panel on the day.
Registration is FREE.
https://systass.org/events/ysf/
When you register you will be asked to supply your name, contact
information and tell us whether you wish to give a full talk or flash
presentation. Please also tell us your academic stage – e.g., Masters,
PhD or postdoc and affiliation. Abstract submission and registration
are separate portals, both on the YSF event page.
Spaces will be allocated subject to availability and for a balanced
programme of animal, plant, algal, microbial, molecular and other
research. Non-presenting attendees are also very welcome – please register
as above.
Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail in English and in Word format
no later than Saturday 18 October 2025. The body text should not
exceed 150 words in length. Title, authors, and their professional
affiliations/addresses should be included with the abstracts. If
the presentation is co-authored, the actual speaker must be clearly
indicated in BOLD text. The file should be in editable format (.doc or
.odt, not pdf) and titled Surname_First-name_YSF2025.doc, for example
Doe_Jane_YSF2025.doc.
If you have presented a talk at the YSF before, we ask that you submit
only for a flash presentation, as speaker slots are limited and we want
to give as many people a chance as possible. If you are a postdoc, please
be aware that we might not be able to give you a chance to present here,
as the aim is to give more junior researchers their first experience in
a supportive international setting.
All registered attendants will receive further information about
the meeting, including abstracts, by e-mail one week in advance. This
information will also be displayed on the Systematics Association website
(www.systass.org).
If you have questions, feel free to contact us at ysf@systass.org
Last year’s meeting was very dynamic, with wide international
attendance and great interactions.
We’re looking forward to meeting you online!
YSF 2025 Organising Team:
Ellinor Michel, Ana Serra Silva, Kalman Konyves, Peter Mulhair,
Katie Collins, Pablo Muñoz-Rodrguez
Organised by
The Systematics Association
With additional sponsorship from:
The Natural History Museum, London, Kew Botanical Gardens, CRC Press
Workshop: Identifiering av små juveler – svenska glanssteklar (Chalcidoidea)
Datum: 24–26 oktober 2025
Plats: Station Linné, Öland
Vackra, fascinerande små insektsjuveler – så kan man sammanfatta glanssteklarna. Med närmare 2000 svenska arter fördelade på 28 familjer är de en av våra mest artrika insektsgrupper, och nya arter hittas löpande. De flesta glanssteklar är inte större än några mm och har ofta en vacker metallglans, vilket gett dem sitt svenska namn. Majoriteten av arterna är parasitoider på olika insekter, varav vissa fungerar som naturliga skadedjursbekämpare. Trots att man kan hitta glanssteklar i praktiskt taget alla terrestra miljöer är de för allmänheten i det närmsta helt okända – vilket är något vi vill ändra på!
Under en helg i oktober kommer vi därför att bekanta oss med glanssteklarnas vanligtvis dolda miniatyrvärld. Denna workshop är den första i sitt slag i Sverige, och under den kommer vi att gå igenom hur man identifierar Chalcidoidea som grupp, vanliga förväxlingsgrupper, samt hur man identifierar alla de 28 svenska familjerna. Fokus kommer ligga på praktisk bestämning av djur. Under workshopen kommer vi att arbeta med svenskt malaisefällematerial på Station Linné – den som vill är dock välkommen att ta med sig sitt eget material för bestämning.
Workshopen är gratis att delta i, och mat och boende på Station Linné ingår under hela helgen. Vi börjar med intro till Chalcidoidea på fredag eftermiddag (15:00), och workshopen avslutas söndag eftermiddag (15:00). Ledare för workshopen är Christer Hansson och Emma Kärrnäs vid Lunds universitet. Anmälan görs här. Sista anmälningsdag är den 30 september.
Observera att det endast finns 12 platser, så vänta inte med att anmäla dig! Vid platsbrist kommer vi att prioritera deltagare utan tidigare erfarenhet av Chalcidoidea. Vid frågor eller funderingar kontakta Emma Kärrnäs (emma.karrnas@biol.lu.se). Vi hoppas genom denna workshop sprida vår entusiasm och kunskap om insektsvärldens små juveler, och ser fram emot att träffa dig på Öland i oktober!
Intendent / Botanist Bergius Botanic Gardens and Stockholm University
The Bergius Botanic Garden seeks a (Swedish-speaking) botanist. For further information about the position and how to apply, see here:
https://su.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:842514/where:4
Application deadline: 2025-09-01 .
Systematikdagarna 2025
Save the Date! Sprid vår fina affisch i dina nätverk. Mer info och registrering kommer efter sommaren. Glad Sommar så länge!
Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to take part in the XX Eurasian Grassland Conference which will take place in Oulu (Finland) at the beginning of July 2025. Registration is now open. You can access the registration form at the web-page https://edgg.org/egc2025, where you will now find full details about our 7 plenary speakers and mid- and post-conference excursions. To benefit from early-bird prices, we encourage you to register before 13th June.
PhD position on the Ecology and Evolution of Plant Thermal Tolerances
We are looking for a PhD student for a fully funded project entitled ’Plant thermal tolerances across scales: from a single tree to global trends’. The student will mainly be based at the University of Aberdeen (UK) under supervision of Lesley Lancaster, with research visits to Aelys Humphreys in Stockholm (Sweden) and fieldwork in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil included.
For further details and how to apply, please see: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/plant-science-cdt-plant-thermal-tolerances-across-scales-from-a-single-tree-to-global-trends/?p180269
Application deadline 8 June. Applications from international candidates are warmly welcome!
PhD student position plant phylogenetics and biome formation in Madagascar, Stockholm University
PhD student position on ”Reconstructing Madagascar’s biome history using plant phylogenetics”. You will join my new research group focusing on the evolutionary biogeography of plants at the DEEP department of Stockholm University (SU), Sweden. 4-year position with salary & benefits.
Info & application here: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:826108/where:4/
General info on doctoral studies at SU: https://www.su.se/english/education/top-reasons-to-choose-su/our-courses-and-programmes/phd-studies-at-stockholm-university-1.690164
Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions!–
Jan Hackel
Associate Professor/Universitetslektor
Evolutionary and Systematic Botany
Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP)
Stockholm University