Student Competition ERRAC PAG, EURNEX, EUROPE’S RAIL

Call for abstracts

Target candidates: former master students and PhD students in the field of railway studies (who graduated their studies in 2024 or 2025).

The graduated students are encouraged to send an abstract of their thesis or work (max 4 pages – see the template at the end).

Eligibility condition: the Master or PhD thesis defence took place in academic year 2023-2024 or 2024-2025

Scope: The main goal of this competition is to highlight excellent scientific results in the railway domain and to facilitate the access of young practitioners and scholars to railway industry and the specific environment in the railway domain.

Scientific & Event Committee:

• Armando Carrillo, PhD, General Secretary EURNEX, Germany
• Simon Iwnicki, Emeritus Professor, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Andrew Smith, Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• Zili Li, Professor, University of Delft, Netherlands
• Ernesto Garcia Vadillo, Professor, University of Basque country, Spain
• Juan de Dios Sanz Bobi, Professor, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
• Sebastian Stichel, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Florin Nemtanu, Professor, Polytechnica University of Bucharest, Romania
• Juliette Marais, Research Director, University Gustave Eiffel, France
• Marion Berbineau, Research Director, University Gustave Eiffel, France
• Anna-Lina Ruscelli, Professor, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
• Birgit Milius, Professor, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
• Tatiana Molkova, Professor, University of Pardubice; Check Republic
• Renata Barcikowska, Professor, Polish Railway Research Institute, Poland
• Angela Difebbraro, Professor, University of Genoa, Italy
• Ronghui Liu; Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Important dates:

31^rst    March 2026

• Abstract of the work (max. 4 pages including bibliography and figures)

18^th May 2026

• Selection of finalists (4 proposals will be selected – 2 Masters and 2 PhDs)

18^th June 2026

• Public presentation/poster – award ceremony ERRAC plenary 18 June 2026 in Brussels