7th December 2022
The Inter-University Research Seminar on “Action Research” was successfully held on the 6th of December 2022. Herewith EPIEM wants to thank Dr. Marco Formentini from the University of Trento for delivering this great seminar! We hope to see you again at one of our EPIEM events in the future!


24th November 2022
The Inter-University Research Seminar on “Advanced Statistical Modelling” was successfully held at the Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology on the 18th of November 2022. Herewith EPIEM wants to thank Dr. Manuel Woschank from the Montanuniversität Leoben for delivering this great seminar! We hope to see you again at one of our EPIEM events in the future!


2nd November 2022
Our EPIEM network partner, Prof. Anabela Carvalho Alves was one of the names on the “World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022” list. More information you may find HERE.


1st October 2022
Prof. Anabela Alves and Prof. Carina Pimentel together with two more colleagues co-edit a special issue titled Lean Thinking and Industry 5.0 Synergies: Case Studies, Industrial Scenarios and Future Perspectives in the Journal Applied Sciences.


28th September 2022
Manuel Woschank will be participating in the EURECA-PRO Review Week in the next few days as part of the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production Initiative, where he will be working on Research Lighthouse Mission 5 “Process automation and Industry 4.0” for Montanuniversität Leoben.


31st August 2022
Advance notice: Our EPIEM Research Design Seminars & Workshops will take place again in the winter semester 2022/23. Updates and details can be found HERE.


7th July 2022
It is a great honour and pleasure for EPIEM to announce that our President, Prof. Bernd M. Zunk, has been elected to the highly prestigious “Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V.“. Congratulations!


20th June 2022
Many thanks to all participants and supporters of the 15th EPIEM Conference on the occasion of the IEM/OM Multi-Event for Research and Education from 1 to 4 June 2022 at TU Graz. You all made the event a great success! You all made the event a great success! Details you may find under this password-protected link!


3rd May 2022
Announcement: The event “Doc School – Day: PhDs meet Professors” will take place on May 31st, 2022 at Graz University of Technology. In this event, PhD students will get feedback on their thesis and learn how to publish their research in highly ranked scientific journals. Details you may find HERE.


11th April 2022
Registration is still open for the 3rd European Operations Management Association Central and Eastern European Research Network Workshop in cooperation with EPIEM, which will take place at Graz University of Technology from 1 to 4 June 2022. You can find more details HERE.


10th March 2022
Call for Papers for the “1st International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation (ISIEA2022)” to be held at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) on June 21-22. Details you may find HERE.


8th March 2022
Announcement: The GIN Conference on Logistics – New Technologies & Effective Circular Economy will be held on July 6-8, 2022 (2 days conference & 1 day for industrial visit), at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes & Cambrai, FRANCE. Details you may find HERE.


10th February 2022
Prof. Alves, our “Coordinator Teaching Activities”, co-edited a book called Training Engineering Students for Modern Technological Advancement published by IGI Global in 2022. More details about the book could be found HERE.


3rd February 2022
CFP: Submit your paper to the Special Track at the R&D Management Conference 2022 on Innovation and digitalization for sustainability leadership to be held in Trento (ITA) in July (9-13). Submission deadline: February 28th, 2022.


2nd February 2022
Call for papers ICQIS 2022: Announcement of the 3rd International Conference on Quality, Innovation and Sustainability between 3rd and 4th of May 2022. The main aim of the ICQIS2022 is the dissemination of knowledge and the exchange of good practices among researchers and professionals in these domains. So, authors are encouraged to participate in the conference and to submit a paper. Details of the event can be found HERE.


1st February 2022
The Inter-University Research Seminar on “Novel Research Methods” was successfully held online on the 27th and 28th of January 2022. Herewith EPIEM wants to thank Dr. Klaas Stek from the University of Twente for delivering this great webinar and all participants as well as Amila Omazic & Lukas Holder for co-hosting this event! We hope to see you again at one of our EPIEM events in the future!


20th January 2022
Call for papers ISM 2022: Announcement of the 4th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing between the 2nd and 4th of November 2022. Authors from IEM academia and industry are invited to join the event and submit a paper. Details of the event can be found HERE.