Northern Europe Hub
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 […]

Molėtai Astronomical Observatory 1.65 m telescope.
Northern Europe Hub
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, […]

Northern Europe Hub
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 […]

Northern Europe Hub
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 […]

Northern Europe Hub
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 […]

The Europlanet Northern Europe Hub

The Northern Europe 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 the Europlanet Society.

The Europlanet Society 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: TBD (contact person: Harri Haukka)
  • 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
— 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 […]


— August 4, 2021

Transnational Access Insight: Investigating Fingerprints of Life on the Greenland Ice Sheet In this guest post, Laura Sánchez García of the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA) describes her recent trip […]


— April 29, 2021

Asteroid Photometry – Europlanet Virtual Summer School 16-27 August 2021 Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure is pleased to announce the virtual summer school Asteroid Photometry that will take place virtually hosted by Vilnius University (Lithuania) and A. […]


— February 5, 2021

The first projects to observe at the Europlanet Telescope Network were granted in December, and the first successful observations were now already taking place in January at the Moletai Observatoria in Lithuania.