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.
Upcoming ESEB Congresses

The meeting will take place from 14 – 19 Aug, 2022 in Prague, CZ, organized by Lukáš Kratochvíl.
Visit the ESEB 2022 congress website for further updates.
In 2025, the congress will take place in August in Barcelona, Spain, organized by Toni Gabaldón.
Past ESEB Congresses
- 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 - 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
The congresses are held every six years jointly together with the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB).
The next joint congress will take place from 26 – 30 July, 2024, in Montreal, CA.
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