The biennial ESEB congress is one of the largest conferences in evolutionary biology with about 1400 – 1700 participants. The congress usually takes place in August in Europe.
Guidelines for Congress Organisers: Download the guidelines
Code of Conduct: Download the Code of Conduct
Upcoming ESEB Congresses
In 2025, the congress will take place in August in Barcelona, Spain, organized by Toni Gabaldón and hosted by the the Spanish Society for Evolutionanary Biology. For further details please visit the congress website at https://eseb2025.com/ .
Past ESEB Congresses
2022 – Prague, CZ – organised by Lukáš Kratochvíl
Program 2022 | Abstracts 2022
2019 – Turku, FI – organized by Craig Primmer
Program 2019 | Links to live streams and recordings: https://www.rajulive.fi/stream/eseb/
2017 – Groningen, NL – organized by Leo W. Beukeboom
Program 2017
2015 – Lausanne, CH – organised by Nicolas Perrin
Program 2015 | Abstracts 2015
2013 – Lisbon, PT – organised by Octávio S. Paulo
Program 2013 | Abstracts & List of Poster 2013 | Recordings
2011 – Tübingen, DE – organised by Nico Michiels
Program & Abstracts 2011
Please note that the web-domain of the 2011 congress was taken over by an anti-evolution organization. ESEB unfortunately has no means to change this and disapproves of the presented content.
2009 – Torino, IT – organised by Cristina Lorenzi and Gabriella Sella
Program, Abstracts, List of Poster 2009
2007 – Uppsala, SE – organised by Jacob Höglund, Jon Ågren, and Mats Björklund
Program & Abstracts 2007
2005 – Krakow, PL – organised by Jan Kozlowski
Program 2005
2003 – Leeds, UK – organised by Roger Butlin
Program & Abstracts 2003
2001 – Aarhus, DK – organised by Volker Loeschcke
1999 – Barcelona, ES – organised by Antionio Fontdevilla
Program, Abstracts, Participants 1999
1997 – Arnhem, NL – organised by Jos van Damme
Program & Abstracts 1997
1995 – Edinburgh, UK – organised by Nick Barton
Program, Abstracts, Participants 1995
1993 – Montpellier, FR – organised by François Catzeflis
Program & Participants 1993
1991 – Debrecen, HU – organised by Gabor Vida
Program 1991 | Abstracts 1991
1989 – Rome, IT – organised by Valerio Sbordoni
Abstracts 1989
1987 – Basel, CH – organised by Stephen C. Stearns
Preliminary Program 1987 | Program 1987 | Participants 1987
Next Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology
The congresses are held every six years jointly together with the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE).
The 3rd joint congress will take place virtually from June 27–28, 2024 and in-person from July 26 – 30, 2024, in Montreal, CA.
More information is available at https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/
Past Joint Congresses
- 2018 – Montpellier, FR – organized by Ophélie Ronce and Yannis Michalakis
Program 2018 - 2012 – Ottawa, CA – organised by Howard Rundle and Andrew Simons
Program 2012