With the kind support of the A. S. Onassis Foundation (2023 grant), the research project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024), in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organise a lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism.

The Centre of Maritime History in the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Rethymnon announces the Sixth International Conference of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network (MMHN), which will take place at the Centre of Maritime History of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Rethymno from the 27th to the 31st of May 2024.

A pioneering, national-level study, was conducted by the research group of Paleogenomics and Evolutionary Genetics of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

The European program THEATRE2SEA focuses on the specialized teaching of the developments within the European Union, regarding environmental pressures imposed on Mediterranean coastal communities. However, what makes THEATRE2SEA attractive and interesting is its innovative teaching method. THEATRE2SEA proposes an alternative, more engaging way of teaching and communicating both with the academic public and with other social groups as well.

Our “Cosmos”, the Universe, contains billions of galaxies, each of them having billions of stars, with most stars having several planets turning around them. Since the distances among the stars are astronomical, unlike the explorers of planet Earth, who sailed across the oceans to discover new worlds, it is impossible for one to become a new age explorer of the Universe in one’s lifetime.

A new study led by the Technical University of Berlin, with the collaboration of FORTH and other European Universities and Research Centers, sheds light on the serious environmental injustice associated with heat stress in 14 major European cities.

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C), Unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Primorski Tehnološki Park of Slovenia, participated, once again, in the "EUSAIR POPRI youth" initiative this year. The "EUSAIR POPRI youth" competition is part of the European Commission's Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and promotes the education and training of young people in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) and its Biomedical Research Institute based in Ioannina, organized an Open Event, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 for the presentation of the new construction project of the Institute's new building on the Campus of the University of Ioannina, and the signing of the Contract with the Contractor.

Τhe Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, is organizing the 2^nd International Conference and Consortium Meeting of MIGRAMEDIA (Migration Narratives in European Media: Teaching, Learning, and Reflecting)

MIGRAMEDIA is a multilingual ERASMUS+ KA220 initiative.

On Monday, May 13, 2024, the FORTH’s Friends Association organized an event entitled: "Science, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and democracy" at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The event was organized in memory of late George Grammatikakis, who had served as a Professor and Rector at the University of Crete.