THEMATIC AREAS

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE
Water treatment
Wastewater treatment
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Water and wastewater reuse
Desalination
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
Case studies of macro- and microplastic pollution in coastal waters and rivers
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
Sustainable water resources management with nature-based solutions
Viruses during wastewater treatment: effective removal technologies and risks associated with exposure within the treatment plants and after disposal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Solid waste management
Food waste and food loss
Hazardous waste management
Biowaste
3Rs and energy recovery in industrial waste management
Microplastics in the marine environment
Electric and electronic waste
Waste Strategies Development
Construction and demolition waste
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BIOECONOMY
Sustainable development in insular regions under tourism pressures: an integrated approach
Bioplastics
Sustainable supply of raw materials
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
Sustainable production and management of biomass
Recycling of materials for new products
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and circular economy
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES
Spatial environmental planning
Environmental impacts of tourism and Sustainable tourism development
Sustainability & the SDGs
Marine environment and coastal management
Beach erosion of island beaches in Eastern Mediterranean (Greece and Cyprus): Assesment, monitoring and management
Water management in arid communities/places
City Metabolism or Areas Metabolism
Life cycle analysis (LCA)
15- and 30-minute cities
Transportation and the environment
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
Environmental data analysis and modelling
Environmental Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
Smart cities
IoT-based environmental monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZEN SCIENCE
Citizen Science in Environmental Monitoring
Participatory Science for Environmental Protection
The impact of citizen science on environmental attitudes, behaviour and knowledge
Vulnerable groups and citizen science
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
Environmental odour, monitoring and control
Air pollution
Marine Litter - Accumulated experience and new perspectives
Emerging pollutants
Heavy metals in the environment
ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT
Biodiversity conservation
Ecological effects of Environmental change
Agroforestry, Forest and Agricultural Sustainability
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES
Process understanding through innovative sensors and remote sensing
Μodel hypothesis testing, diagnostics, and causality
River systems in diverse climates and environments
Estimation and prediction under past and future conditions (climate, population, land use change)
Prediction in ungauged basins and prediction under uncertainty
Operational and impact-based forecasting, and data assimilation
Floods, Droughts and Water Scarcity
Water and climate services - challenges and user-tailored developments
Water policy, Management and Society
Water, Energy and/or Food Nexus
Hydrological education and cooperative experiments (exchange programmes and virtual laboratories)
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Human biomonitoring
Urban environment and health
Pollution control and contaminated sites
Drinking water and health
Antibiotic resistance
Air pollution and health
Climate and health
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Waste-to-energy
Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy
Gas emissions control and utilization
Renewable energy sources
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change impacts, vulnerability and risks
Climate change adaptation
Climate finance
Ozone-depleting substances and climate change
Mitigation policies
Net Zero emission transition
Carbon market