Northern Europe Hub
February 12, 2026

Europlanet Committee Funding Scheme Call – 2026 Europlanet has opened a call for funding proposals of up to 5000 € to support the activities of its members. Proposals should be submitted by […]

Northern Europe Hub
October 29, 2025

‘Impact, Industry Engagement, Research Security and Dual Use’ Workshop at Industriens Hus, Copenhagen Around 30 representatives of a diverse range of research infrastructures gathered at Industriens Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark and […]

Northern Europe Hub
September 25, 2025

Tumbleweed Rover Tests Demonstrate Transformative Technology for Low-Cost Mars Exploration  Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025) Press Release A […]

In this illustration, a tardigrade swims in an icy moon's subsurface ocean, surrounded by bubbles from vents in the sea floor.
Northern Europe Hub
July 25, 2025

Europlanet Astrobiology Workshop 2025 Dates: 18-20 September 2025 Deadline for registration: 31 August 2025 This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the fascinating world of tardigrades and their relevance […]

Moletai Astronomical Observatory, venue of the Europlanet Summer School 2019. Credit: Reka Denes
Northern Europe Hub
May 7, 2025

Results of Europlanet Society Committee Funding Scheme 2025 The results have been announced of a call by the Europlanet Society to support funding proposals of €1000 to €5000 from its Regional […]

The Europlanet Northern Europe Regional Hub

The Europlanet Northern Europe Regional Hub was established in 2019 to promote planetary science and related fields for the benefit of the Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish and wider European community, within Europlanet.

The Europlanet Northern Hub (EPSC 2022, Granada, Spain) (Left to right): Stefanus Schroder (Sweden), Erika Kaufmann (Sweden), Maria Hieta (Finland), Maria Genzer (Finland), Harri Haukka (Finland, Chair), Grazina Tautvaisiene (Lithuania, Vice Chair ), Veikko Makela (Finland), Jonathan P. Merrison (Denmark, former Chair), Edita Stonkute (Lithuania), Heleri Ramler (Estonia), Stas Barabash (Sweden) and Yoshifumi Futaana (Sweden).

Committees and national representatives

Members of the Committee of the Northern Europe Hub are:

  • Chair: Harri Haukka (Finnish Meteorological Institute) – harri.haukka@fmi.fi
  • Vice-Chair: Grazina Tautvaisiene (Vilnius University) – grazina.tautvaisiene@tfai.vu.lt
  • Outreach Officer: TBD
  • Early Career Officer: Iaroslav Iakubivskyi (ESTCUBE)
  • Early Career Officer: Nils Prieur (University of Oslo)
  • Industry and Policy Officer: Carlos Viscasillas Vazquez (Vilnius University)
  • Diversity Officer: Arnas Drazdauskas (Vilnius University)
  • Amateur Astronomy Officer: Veikko Makela (Ursa Astronomical Association)

National representatives to the Northern Hub;

Useful Links

Northern Europe Hub News
— February 12, 2026

Europlanet Committee Funding Scheme Call – 2026 Europlanet has opened a call for funding proposals of up to 5000 € to support the activities of its members. Proposals should be submitted by […]


— October 29, 2025

‘Impact, Industry Engagement, Research Security and Dual Use’ Workshop at Industriens Hus, Copenhagen Around 30 representatives of a diverse range of research infrastructures gathered at Industriens Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark and […]


— September 25, 2025

Tumbleweed Rover Tests Demonstrate Transformative Technology for Low-Cost Mars Exploration  Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025) Press Release A […]


— July 25, 2025

Europlanet Astrobiology Workshop 2025 Dates: 18-20 September 2025 Deadline for registration: 31 August 2025 This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the fascinating world of tardigrades and their relevance […]


— May 7, 2025

Results of Europlanet Society Committee Funding Scheme 2025 The results have been announced of a call by the Europlanet Society to support funding proposals of €1000 to €5000 from its Regional […]


— November 12, 2023

Meet the New Board Members of the Europlanet Society The results of the elections of the Europlanet Society Executive Board were announced at the Europlanet General Assembly on Friday, 10 […]


— August 10, 2023

Europlanet Summer School 2023 is Underway The Europlanet Summer School 2023 is being hosted by Vilnius University’s Moletai Astronomical Observatory (MAO) in Lithuania from 8-18 August. For the first time, […]


— May 4, 2023

Get involved the Europlanet Northern Regional Hub Activities The Europlanet Northern Regional Hub will be at the Europlanet Research Infrastructure Meeting (ERIM) 2023 in Bratislava from 19-23 June. The Northern Europe […]


— May 3, 2023

Asteroid Research Training Workshop (Hybrid) The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) project and the Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu are pleased to announce the international training workshop “Asteroid […]


— September 1, 2021

Regional Hubs at EPSC2021 Let us show you how the Europlanet Society and its regional hubs can serve you. We will present you the benefits of joining the hubs and […]