The heat flow summer 2026

The IHFC Heat Flow Summerschool 2026 is over!

We enjoyed staying together in one accomodation, discussing topics in lectures and in the evening in an informal and open-spirit way.

Thanks to all sponsors, lecturers and all participants, this was a wonderful experience!

The accompanying workshops were deepening the process of in-depth understanding and of community building as well. Here, a great "Thank you!" for all presenters and for all the discussions!

We are looking forward for a new Heat Flow Summerschool in 2028. Details will be announced next year.

The following activities took place:

  • May 09–15: 6-day summer school on heat flow determination and interpretation (Mon-Fri, at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye)
  • including: 1/2 day workshop on heat flow data publication (Thursday)

Content and Objectives: The heat flow summer school is aiming to provide comprehensive training on heat-flow determination and evaluation with particular reference to early-career scientists, young researchers, and encouraged students with pretensions to focus on this topic in their future career. The basic idea is to give opportunities to be trained on techniques of heat-flow determination and to extend the network of researchers interested in heat flow and related research topics. The participants will be involved in discussions and working groups and they will learn tools to resolve challenges in their daily work on heat-flow research. The summer school will comprise lectures, short talks, different discussion formats, and interactive group activities. We also intend to stimulate the participants to engage with institutions and the public in their home countries to improve science awareness on heat flow, help to develop informed opinions, and enhance the transferable skills of scientists.

Content

  • Five-day summer school on training master students and/or early career scientists in heat flow-determination and evaluation (preliminary program here-> program)
  • Lectures, short talks, different discussion formats, and interactive group activities held by international recognized heat-flow specialists (find a list of agreed experts here ->Foto + CV)
  • Providing tools to develop strategies to resolve challenges in daily work on heat-flow research
  • Field work for temperature profile at a local borehole and laboratory thermal properties estimation

Lecturer:

  • Prof. Graeme Beardsmore (University of Melbourne)
  • Prof. Elif Balkan-Pazvatoğlu (Dokuz Eylül University)
  • Dr. habil. Sven Fuchs (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)
  • Prof. Kamil Erkan (Marmara University, Türkiye)
  • Dr. Taygun Uzelli (Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye)
  • Dr. Ben Norden (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)

Programm

Overview of detailed topics.

Summary

  • Venue: Dokuz Eylül University (İzmir, Türkiye)
  • Application deadline: 2026/01/25   23:59 CET CLOSED
  • Organizer: International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC)
  • Co-organizer: Dokuz Eylül University (İzmir, Türkiye), TF VIII of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP)
  • Attendees: Early-career scientists, Young researchers, and students.
  • Language: English
  • School fee: Free of charge
  • Supported by: IHFC, IUGG, IASPEI, IAVCEI, ILP, WHFP project, GFZ Heat flow group, www.heatflow.world

Local Organising Committee The organisation of the summer school will be carried out by the team from the Local Organising Committee under the leadership of Asst. Prof. Dr. Elif Balkan-Pazvatoğlu, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir together with

  • PD Dr. habil. Sven Fuchs, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potdam, Germany
  • Dr. Ben Norden GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • Dr. Samah Elbarbary, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potdam, Germany
  • Dr. Florian Neumann, MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany
  • Dr. Taygun Uzelli (ECS), Geothermal Energy Research and Application Center, IZTECH, İzmir Türkiye.

Scientific Committee

  • Dr. Raquel Negrete-Aranda, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE - CONAHCYT), Tijuana-Ensenada, Mexico
  • Prof. (asst.) Elif Pazvatoğlu, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye
  • PD Dr. habil. Sven Fuchs, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potdam, Germany
  • Dr. Ben Norden, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • Prof. Graeme Beardsmore, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Prof. (assoc.) Kamil Erkan, Marmara University, İstanbul, Türkiye

Sponsoring

The above mentioned activities are sponsored by: