COST Action Conference 2026

SMILES Conference

Islands at a Crossroad: Rethinking Ecosystem Services in Small and Medium-Sized Islands

24-25 June 2026

Brussels

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Management commitee

 
 

Prof. Ali KAVGACI

Turkey
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
 
 

Prof. Anna Klamerus-Iwan

Poland
University of Agriculture in Krakow
WG3 Leader
 

Dr. Aristides Moustakas

Greece
Natural History Museum of Crete
 
 

Ms. Aylin Ulman

Turkey
Mersea Marine Consulting
 
 

Prof. Benjamin Burkhard

Germany
Leibniz University Hannover – Insitute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
WG6 Co-Leader
 

Prof. Bojan Srdjevic

Serbia
University of Novi Sad
 
 

Dr. Byron Baron

Malta
University of Malta
 
 

Dr. Catarina Fonseca

Portugal
ccE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
WG5 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Cristina Suárez

Spain
Universidad de Alcalá
 
 

Dr. Damian Łowicki

Poland
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
 
 

Dr. David Cook

Iceland
University of Iceland
 
 

Dr. Dejan Mandzukovski

Macedonia
Department for Forest Management Planning, PE “Nacionalni šumi”, North Macedonia
 
 

Ms. Dimitra Theochari

Germany
ATP Architects and Engineers – ATP Hamburg
 
 

Prof. Doriana Matraku

Albania
Universiteti I Tiranes
 
 

Dr. Draško Holcer

Croatia
Croatian Natural History Museum
WG1 Leader
 

Prof. Emilio Padoa Schioppa

Italy
University of Milano-Bicocca
WG2 Leader
 

Dr. Evangelia Drakou

Greece
Harokopio University
WG1 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Fotios Xystrakis

Greece
Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos – DIMITRA
 
 

Dr. Georgios Zittis

Cyprus
The Cyprus Institute
 
 

Dr. Giovanna Pezzi

Italy
University of Bologna – University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
 
 

Dr. Hai-Ying Liu

Norway
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
 
Action Chair

Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzakis

Cyprus
Open University of Cyprus
WG5 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Irene.Christoforidi

Greece
Hellenic Mediterranean University
 
 

Dr. Javier Martínez-López

Spain
University of Granada
 
 

Prof. Jose Rato Nunes

Portugal
Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre
 
 

Dr. Joseph Tzanopoulos

United Kingdom
University of Kent
 
 

Mr. Jozef Šibík

Slovakia
CENTRUM BIOLÓGIE RASTLÍN A BIODIVERZITY SAV, v. v. i.
 
 

Ms. Laura Abraham

Belgium
Botanic Garden Meise
 
 

Dr. Liana Ricci

Ireland
University College Dublin
 
 

Dr. Marina Antic

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Institute of Genetic Resources, University of Banja Luka
 
Action Vice-Chair

Dr. Mario V Balzan

Malta
Ecostack Innovations Ltd
WG4 Leader
 

Prof. Mart Külvik

Estonia
Estonian University of Life Sciences
 
 

Prof. Mary Kelly-Quinn

Ireland
University College Dublin
WG3 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Mirela Mango (Tase)

Albania
Department of Tourism – Aleksander Moisiu University
WG3 Co-Leader
 

Prof. Nazli Demirel

Turkey
Istanbul Universitesi
 
 

Dr. Negar Ahmadpoor

United Kingdom
Anglia Ruskin University
 
 

Dr. Noemi Rota

Italy
University of Milano-Bicocca
 
 

Dr. Paraskevi Manolaki

Cyprus
Open University of Cyprus
 
 

Dr. Pavel Cudlin

Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute Academy of Science of the Czech Republic
 
 

Dr. Peter Mackelworth

Croatia
Institute for Tourism
 
 

Prof. Raimonds Ernsteins

Latvia
University of Latvia
 
 

Prof. Rannveig Ólafsdottir

Iceland
University of Iceland
 
 

Dr. Ricardo Correia

Finland
University of Turku
WG2 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Roxanne Suzette Lorilla

Greece
Harokopio University
WG1 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Selim Bayraktar

Turkey
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
WG4 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Shiri Zemah-Shamir

Israel
IDC Herzliya
WG5 Leader
 

Prof. Sonia Quiroga Gomez

Spain
Complutense University of Madrid
 
 

Dr. Stoyan Nedkov

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Academy of Scienses – National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography
 
 

Prof. Stoyan Nedkov

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Academy of Scienses – National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography
 
 

Prof. Tenna Riis

Denmark
Aarhus University
WG6 Co-Leader
 

Prof. Theano S. Terkenli

Greece
University of the Aegean
 
 

Prof. Tzvetan Zlatanov

Bulgaria
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
 
 

Prof. Vladimir Stojanović

Serbia
University of Novi Sad
 
 

Dr. Vytautas Narusevicius

Lithuania
Lithuanian Ornithological Society
 
 

Dr. Wendy Fjellstad

Norway
Nibio – Norsk Institutt For Biookonomi
 
Grant Awarding Coordinator

Dr. Xana Álvarez

Spain
University of Vigo
WG4 Co-Leader
 

Dr. Zorica Srdjevic

Serbia
University of Novi Sad