• Earthquake engineering and seismology
• Seismic vulnerability and risk assessment
• Non destructive testing, structural diagnostics
• Geophysics and micro-geophysics for engineering
• Structures monitoring and remote sensing. Real time seismic monitoring
• Volcanology and applied geology
• Geomagnetism and gravimetry
• Geophysical methods for environmental applications
• Geophysical investigations at pollution managements and waste disposal
• Project management

• Airborne photogrammetry and LiDAR
• Laser scanning and close-range applications
• Object-based image analysis and super-resolution mapping
• Technologies and facilities of remote sensing data processing
• Digital photogrammetric technologies for geo-applications.
• Digital aerial cameras. Direct georeferencing methods, airborne GPS/IMU.
• Acquisition and applications of satellite imagery.
• Project management

• Theoretical cartography, map projections, map design and production
• Digital cartography and GIS for sustainable development
• Geographical Information Systems. Specialized GIS and applications regarding water, air quality, biodiversity, mineral resources, soil and land use
• Mobile GIS
• Spatial data infrastructures (NSDI and GSDI), development, standards. Spatial data exchange
• Cartography and satellite imagery for the managemenet of natural resources and the environment
• Virtual models, 3D and geovisualization in cartography
• Geovisualization of temporal data
• Geovizualisation in landscape planning and assessment
• Research and development, new products and cartographic systems
• Project management

• Algorithms, compilers, architectures
• Programming languages and techniques
• Data modeling, complex and expert systems
• Graph theory, hybrid methods and numerical computation
• Networking, parallel systems and simulation
• Software development and engineering
• Computer aided design (CAD), distributed and embedded systems
• Grid computing, Industrial applications and Marketing
• Project management

• Web-based geospatial data and GIS services
• Multi-dimensional (2D, 3D, and 4D) spatial data modeling and data quality
• Integrated multi-sensor navigation systems
• Spatial data fusion and integration algorithms
• Integration of environmental modeling and GIS
• Wireless GIS solutions for disaster management
• Remote sensing for disaster monitoring, mitigation and assessment
• Data and systems interoperability for handling emergencies
• Project management

• Micro and nano-structured materials and devices
• Micro and nano particles and applications
• Computational nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Simulation, design and modeling
• Soft micro and nano technologies and applications
• Energy technologies and applications
• Green nanotechnology, environment and society
• Environmental Risk Assessment and Decision-Making for Nanomaterials
• Project management

• River basin and stream systems
• Groundwater resources, spatial distribution and quality
• Hydrological modeling
• Water quality and purge technologies
• Water use, standards, management and permitting
• Flood risk management
• Water scarcity and droughts
• Hydraulic problems of water systems
• Water planning and monitoring
• Project management

• Marine physics and chemistry
• Marine biology and ecology
• Genetics and marine biotechnology
• Cumulative effects on marine and ocean ecosystems
• Pollution prevention and environmental monitoring of marine and ocean ecosystems
• Marine geology and archeology
• Ocean technologies
• Marine cartography, navigation and ocean mapping
• Cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution
• Project management

• Development of forest area
• Reforestation and deforestation
• Forest health and development of salvage felling
• Forests in special protected areas and wetlands
• Sustainable forest management
• Multifunctional forest management and planning
• Monitoring of forest ecosystems
• Ecological, habitat and landscape evaluation models
• Forest ecosystems as an indicator of climate change
• Project management

• Soil balance
• Hazardous elements in agricultural soils
• Organic pollutants in agricultural soils
• Inputs into the soil
• Environmental risk assessment and health impact of contaminated sites
• Soil erosion and anti-erosion measures
• Soil desertification and protection
• Management and reclaiming of lands
• Project management

• Sources of air pollution and dispersion of the pollutants.
• Emissions of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants
• Emissions of gases affecting the Earth’s climate system
• State of the ozonosphere (stratospheric ozone) and ozone layer protection
• Air pollution, monitoring and prevention. Modeling of air quality
• Carbon capture and storage
• Urban air management
• Effects of air pollution on ecosystems
• Climate change and variability: causes and consequences
• Climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation
• Climate change monitoring and modeling
• Project management

• Power and renewable energy systems
• Solar technologies and applications
• Wind power plants (wind farms): economic and environmental impacts.
• Geothermal energy and technologies
• Energy-to-Waste
• BioEnergy - BioGas and BioFuels
• Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
• Energy efficiency and management
• Project management

• Globalization of nuclear research and development
• Nuclear knowledge management
• International nuclear technology transfer
• Nuclear risks management and quality assurance
• Radio-active waste management and transportation
• Ecological and environmental impacts of nuclear energy
• Energy security and risk assessment
• Ecological economics applied to nuclear energy
• Nuclear policy and legislative framework
• Investment in nuclear technology
• Project management

• Ecology, environmental protection and Earth strata preservation
• Environmental problems of mining and industrial landscape
• Natural and managed ecosystems. Nature conservation and sustainable use
• Integrated costal zone management
• Ecological Engineering - ecosystem management, protection and restoration
• Effects of globalization on natural resources
• Waste treatment and management. Advanced recycling technologies
• Management of industrial wastes
• Waste water treatment processes, technology and infrastructure. Waste water reuse.
• Innovation for less polluting emission processes
• Methods and tools for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). Best available techniques.
• Methods and tools for strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA)
• Cumulative environmental assessment
• Green competitiveness as a business strategy
• Deposit Free Industry
• Environmental monitoring and adaptive management as a tool for mitigation measures and decreasing uncertainties in the development process
• Project management

• Recycling of industrial wastes (metallurgical, mechanical, chemical, of a power plant, after mining and mineral processing activities, food industry)
• Recycling of municipal refuse, hospital, agricultural, radioactive wastes
• Recycling of spoils and demolition waste
• Recycling of car wrecks
• Recycling of plastics
• Recycling of other wastes
• Introducing new technologies for electronic processing
• Alternative processing of tail wastes with the aim of maximum of recycling and/or reclaiming
• Project management

• Economic and environmental objectives
• Economic instruments in environmental policy
• Practical tools and applications for conducting and monitoring of environmental performance. Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). Life cycle assessment
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Environmental expenditure of enterprises
• Eco-innovations for sustainable development
• Natural resources management
• Planning and assessment
• Environmental evaluation and decision-making
• Social issues and environmental policies
• International and domestic financing strategies for the environment
• Public-Private partnership and environmental objectives
• Project management

• Graduate Education and Innovations
• Distance learning (e-learning) – methods, tools and applications
• Curriculum development, course content and educational systems
• Methods of assessments and tools in teaching / learning
• Vocational Education and Training
• Geo-Science education
• Accreditation of university education and credit systems
• Educational and training initiatives under the EU Lifelong Learning Programme
• Mobility in university education and research. EU Seventh Framework Programme
• Intelectual property rights in Geo-Sciences

• Environmental legislation regarding water, air, biodiversity, land use, mineral resources and waste. EU, other countries and international legal frameworks, documents and procedures.
• Horizontal environmental legislation. EU, other countries and international case law related to the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA).
• International cooperation and institutional arrangements for intergovernmental and/or private sector management of environmental effects
• Integration of environmental consideration in sectoral development policies
• Environmental and social consideration in international cooperation
• Environmental strategies and policy
• Cohesion policy and regional development. Operative programmes regarding environment, regional development, transport, agriculture, industry and human resources
• EU funding for the Environment: LIFE+, the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, Funding Eco-Inovation
• World Bank requirements and procedures for project funding. Case projects
• United Nations Development Programme: practice in project proposals, project development and implementation
• United Nations Environment Programme: initiatives and case studies