• News: Leadership change: Michèle Heurs hands over to Oliver Gerberding as ET Germany’s National Representative

    19.05.2026 Leadership change: Michèle Heurs hands over to Oliver Gerberding as ET Germany’s National Representative After three years in office, Michèle Heurs hands over her role as German Representative in the ET Forum of National Representatives to Oliver Gerberding. Oliver was unanimously appointed to this role by the German Research Unit leaders. Formally, the National Representative (NR) has two mandates: Read more

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  • The RING project in Germany – 1 Postdoc and 14 PhD positions in Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy

    12.05.2026 The RING project in Germany: 1 Postdoc and 14 PhD positions in Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy we would like to draw your attention to the 4-year RING project recently funded by the German Research Foundation (extendable to 8 years). The project has strong overlap with gravitational wave detection research on instrumentation. The project aims at pushing the sensitivity and stability limits of rotational motion sensing with ring laser technology into new realms using approaches from quantum optics and metrology. The ultimate goal is to enable ring laser observations as a complement to classic space-geodetic methods towards more precise, high-rate estimation of Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP). Furthermore, we plan to develop…

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  • The RING project in Germany: 1 Postdoc and 14 PhD positions in Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy

    we would like to draw your attention to the 4-year RING project recently funded by the German Research Foundation (extendable to 8 years). The project has strong overlap with gravitational wave detection research on instrumentation. The project aims at pushing the sensitivity and stability limits of rotational motion sensing with ring laser technology into new realms using approaches from quantum optics and metrology. The ultimate goal is to enable ring laser observations as a complement to classic space-geodetic methods towards more precise, high-rate estimation of Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP). Furthermore, we plan to develop (trans-) portable ring lasers fit for weak, broadband 6 degree-of-freedom ground motion observations towards better understanding…

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  • Gravitational Waves at the Fin del Mundo, January 11-22 2027, Universidad Central La Serena

    Gravitational Waves at the Fin del Mundo, January 11-22 2027, Universidad Central La Serena Join us for the 4th Gravitational Wave School in Chile (January 11-15), continuing a proud tradition of training a new generation of latin-american scientists in this growing and exciting research field. This time, the event will be followed by the international conference Gravitational Waves at the Fin del Mundo (January 18-22), inviting world-leading experts in strong-field gravitational physics and astrophysics. School Website

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  • Ringdown in Lisbon, October 19-21 2026

    Ringdown in Lisbon, October 19-21, 2026 In the last year, the realm of black hole quasi-normal modes have been more vibrant than ever. The large number of updates is recognisable in the rise of a vibrant, young and motivated community that is pushing the boundaries of where we can test the nature of black holes with gravitational waves observations. The aim of this workshop is to give a space to this community for relaxed discussion session and fostering the birth of collaborations. Workshop Website

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  • Call for postdoctoral positions at Université Paris-Saclay

    06.05.2026 Call for postdoctoral positions at Université Paris-Saclay The Graduate School of Physics at Université Paris-Saclay, France, is launching the second call of its new postdoctoral fellowship program: UPSaclay-STAR-φ, supported by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND. The program will recruit up to 41 international postdoctoral researchers over two calls, for 24-month projects in one of the 40 laboratories of the Graduate School, working on various fields from fundamental to applied physics. The CMS group of CEA-Saclay IRFU (contact: julie.malcles(at)cea.fr) is a possible host group, among others. The application deadline for the first call is July 15, 2026 at 5pm and the expected start of fellowships early 2027 (flexible). Read more

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  • Postdoc Position in Relativistic Astrophysics in Warsaw

    06.05.2026 Postdoc Position in Relativistic Astrophysics in Warsaw The Relativistic Astrophysics group at the CTP PAS, led by prof. Agnieszka Janiuk, Center for Theoretical Physics PAS, Warsaw, Poland, would like to offer a 3-year full time postdoctoral position, within the project “Dynamics of processes around compact stars”. Application deadline: June 20th, 2026 – 12:00 CEST. The primary responsibilities include scientific research related to the scope of the project. Additional duties will include consulting some of the tasks conducted by PhD students in our team. There are no teaching duties, as we are research institute of the PAS. Read more

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  • 8th Black Hole Nepal Meeting, October 12-16 2026 in Kathmandu

    8th Black Hole Nepal Meeting, October 12-16 2026 in Kathmandu The 8th BH Nepal meeting: Many Faces of Stellar-Mass Black Holes, which will take place in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 12-16 October 2026. The aim of the conference is to bring together theorists and observers to discuss recent progress in the study of stellar-mass black holes, their formation and evolution, and their observational signatures across the electromagnetic spectrum and beyond. Meeting Website

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