Scientific events

Published on March 02, 2026
Join us on March 12 from 2:00 pm.

The Centre de Géologie de l’Oisans (CGO) is once again organizing a meeting and training session hosted by ISTerre.
Open to everyone
This afternoon event is open to all. Master’s students (depending on availability), PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers are especially encouraged to attend and exchange on science outreach topics.
There will be opportunities to get involved with the CGO through outreach days or conferences, a great way to enrich your professional experience (…)

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Published on February 19, 2026
March 23–27, 2026, in Pont-en-Royans

An internal meeting of the DOVE project will take place from March 23 to 27, 2026 in Pont-en-Royans (Isère, France). The event is organized by Pierre Valla, Christian Crouzet, Romain Delunel and Markus Fiebig.
This seminar aims to foster scientific exchange among project members, review progress, and discuss field observations.
🗓️ Program Monday, March 23, 2026 DOVE project meeting — 15:00–18:00
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 DOVE project meeting — 09:00–18:00
Wednesday, March 25, (…)

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Published on January 30, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 – ISTerre, Grenoble

ISTerre is organizing a scientific workshop dedicated to critical metals, bringing together the community to discuss recent advances, innovative exploration approaches, and research perspectives.
The event will also open the discussion on upcoming projects, particularly in the context of the FACET projects call, with a round-table discussion at the end of the program.
📧 Contact : Emilie Janots - emilie.janots univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
📅 Date : February 10 – from 2:00 PM
📍 Location - (…)

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Published on January 23, 2026
Tuesday, 3 February 2026 – ISTerre Grenoble, Dolomieu Room

The second scientific day of the ANR MADALPS project will take place on Tuesday, February 3 at ISTerre Grenoble. This event will be an opportunity to review the project’s progress, share results, and discuss future scientific directions. All colleagues, whether formally involved in the project or not, are welcome to attend the presentations and discussions.
📅 Date : Tuesday, 3 February 2026
📍 Lieu : ISTerre Grenoble, Dolomieu Room
📧 Contact : christian.sue univ-grenoble-alpes.fr (…)

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Published on January 21, 2026
CNRS Thematic School on Low-Temperature Thermochronology

The 2026 edition of THERMONET School celebrates its 10th anniversary and offers a practical and in-depth training in low-temperature thermochronology (methods : OSL, (U-Th)/He, fission tracks, Ar/Ar).
Objectives :
To share the latest technological and methodological advances. To foster scientific exchange and networking between participants and laboratories. https://www.thermonet.cnrs.fr/lecol...
This training is intended for researchers, engineers, PhD students, and (…)

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Published on January 19, 2026

In June 2025, a workshop was held to celebrate the remarkable career of Jean Virieux in Earth sciences.
The presentations focused on : Seismic source modeling Seismic wave modeling Ray and wave-based tomography.
Find here the presentation videos, available to revisit the workshop and its scientific discussions.
➤ Understanding dynamic rupture Raul Madariaga Hugo Sanchez Reyes
➤ High frequency asymptotics, successes and perspectives Guust Nolet Alessandra Ribodetti Gilles Lambaré (…)

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Published on January 15, 2026
Registration deadline : 20 February 2026

STEP Doctoral School – Université Grenoble Alpes
The Volcanoes Team of ISTerre offers a doctoral-level course within the framework of the STEP Doctoral School at l’Université Grenoble Alpes., focusing on fundamental and applied aspects of volcanic geophysics. The course is designed to provide tools that are directly applicable to doctoral research projects.
Main Topics Volcanoes and magmatic processes Volcano deformation Seismo-volcanic signals Hydrothermal systems Machine (…)

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Published on September 05, 2025
Registration Now Open : September 19–21, 2025

The Karst 2025, organized by the French Karstology Association, will take place from September 19 to 21 in the Northern Vercors (Sassenage, Autrans, Villard-de-Lans, Saint-Nizier).
This iconic massif, shaped by millions of years of karstification, will be explored through field excursions, cave visits (Cuves de Sassenage, Gouffre Berger, Grotte Favot, and more), and spectacular panoramas. The event will also provide an opportunity to share recent research findings, including an ongoing PhD (…)

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Published on July 22, 2025

From June 25 to 27, 2025, more than 80 volcanology researchers, both established and in training, took part in a scientific meeting on the Bourget-du-Lac campus of the Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), organized by researchers from the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre).
French volcanology is opening up to the Francophone world
These meetings are driven by the Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior section of the French National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (…)

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Published on July 09, 2025

The Laboratory of Internal Geophysics and Tectonophysics (LGIT) was founded half a century ago in Grenoble. It brought together a small group of young geophysicists and tectonophysicists who would lay the foundations for the development of the physics of Earth’s interior at the University of Grenoble.
Fifty years later, the scope of research and teaching has greatly expanded, but we would like to pay an informal tribute to the founders of LGIT.
This tribute will take place at ISTerre (…)

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