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| European Mineralogical Union | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Mineralogical Union |
| Abbreviation | EMU |
| Formation | 1976 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Geneva |
| Region served | Europe |
| Language | English, French |
| Leader title | President |
European Mineralogical Union
The European Mineralogical Union promotes research and education in mineralogy and related geoscience fields across Europe. It brings together national mineralogical societies, research institutes, university departments and individual scientists to advance studies in crystallography, petrology, geochemistry, tectonics and allied subjects. Through meetings, publications and awards the Union fosters links among communities centered in institutions such as the Natural History Museum, London, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, ETH Zurich and the University of Cambridge.
The Union was founded in 1976 amid broader European cooperation that included organizations like the European Geophysical Society, the International Mineralogical Association, the Eötvös Loránd University network and national academies such as the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Early meetings featured representatives from the British Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Finland, Universidade de Lisboa, Universität Wien and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and reflected concurrent developments at laboratories including the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, CNRS, Helmholtz Association and Forschungszentrum Jülich. Landmark initiatives involved collaborations with the European Commission framework programs, the Royal Society, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the European Research Council. Over decades the Union partnered with conferences hosted at venues such as the University of Barcelona, University of Milan, Universität Freiburg, Sorbonne University and the University of Warsaw.
The Union is organized through an executive board and commissions that mirror structures in bodies like the International Union of Geological Sciences, the European Federation of Geologists and the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. Leadership has included officers drawn from universities including Utrecht University, University of Oslo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and research centers like the Institute of Geology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Committees coordinate with institutions such as the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institut Laue-Langevin, Diamond Light Source and agencies like the European Science Foundation. Governance follows statutes comparable to those of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Geophysical Union while interacting with funding bodies like the Wellcome Trust, Horizon 2020 mechanisms and national ministries such as the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain).
Membership comprises national unions and societies equivalent to the British Society for Geology Applied to Medicine, the German Mineralogical Society, the French Mineralogical Society, the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology, the Spanish Geological Society and the Hellenic Geological Society. Individual members and institutional members include departments from the University of Freiburg, University of Edinburgh, Universität Heidelberg, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Bergen. Affiliated organizations include the European Association of Geochemistry, the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, the Nordic Geological Winter Meeting organizers, the Icelandic Geoscience Society and museum partners like the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien and the Naturmuseum Senckenberg.
Programs cover topical commissions on mineral spectroscopy hosted with facilities such as the SOLEIL synchrotron, training schools akin to those run by the European Space Agency education office, and short courses modeled after initiatives at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Collaborative projects involve field workshops linked to the Alps, the Carpathians, the Iberian Massif and the Scandinavian Caledonides as well as laboratory networks that include the European Research Council consortia, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and national research infrastructures like the National Oceanography Centre. Outreach partnerships have been established with museums such as the Natural History Museum, Vienna, science festivals like the Cambridge Science Festival and education programs of the European Space Agency.
The Union administers awards paralleling honors from organizations like the International Mineralogical Association, the Royal Society, the Geological Society of London and the European Geosciences Union. Its prizes recognize early-career researchers affiliated with universities such as Imperial College London and Université Grenoble Alpes, mid-career achievements similar to awards given by the National Academy of Sciences (US), and lifetime contributions comparable to medals from the American Geophysical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society. Recipients often hold positions at institutions including the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Ecole Normale Supérieure, University of Leiden and the Politecnico di Milano.
The Union disseminates research through newsletters, proceedings and thematic volumes analogous to series published by the Cambridge University Press, Elsevier and the Springer Nature imprint. It collaborates with journals and publishers such as Mineralogical Magazine, European Journal of Mineralogy, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Nature Geoscience and Journal of Petrology and engages editorial boards drawn from University College London, Leiden University, University of Geneva, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the University of Louvain. Communications use platforms similar to those of the European Research Council and the OpenAIRE initiative and coordinate social outreach with societies like the Geological Society of America.
Biennial meetings and thematic workshops have been staged at venues including the University of Granada, University of Vienna, Technical University of Munich, University of Porto and the University of Ljubljana. Specialized symposia are organized in cooperation with the European Geosciences Union, the International Mineralogical Association, the European Association of Geochemistry and national academies including the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Field meetings frequently occur in regions such as the Pyrenees, the Apennines, the Sudetes and the Massif Central and attract participants from institutes like the Smithsonian Institution, the Max Planck Institute for Mineralogy and the US Geological Survey.
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