The activities of EURAS focus on:
promoting standardisation research,
a critical evaluation standardisation research in the interest of scientific education,
improving opportunities to publish research results,
supporting the development and professionalisation of standards education.
The Euras 2021 Conference will be help at RWTH Aachen University from 6-8 September 2021.
Please check out the Call for Papers and other conference information.
The European Commission Standardisation Researchers Network aims present an overview of research and education on standardisation. The EC-SRN is also a communication channel for the European Commission concerning standardisation research and education on standardisation. The EC and EURAS agreed to use the EURAS website for this purpose. The EC co-funded the development of the website.
EURAS, the European Academy for Standardisation e.V., was founded in Hamburg in 1993 by researchers from various academic fields (e.g. economics, engineering, social sciences, law, and information sciences). EURAS is a registered society under German civil law, and a non-profit organization. The foundation of EURAS was prompted by a common desire to promote and achieve progress in the academic treatment of standardisation, involving the widest possible range of disciplines.
The society's activities focus on :
Objective: "EURAS' objective is to promote research, education and publication in the field of standardisation."
EURAS offers a platform for exchanging information, collaboration and dissemination. It does so by organising annual EURAS conferences and publishing the conference proceedings, the EURAS Yearbook and other publications.
The conferences draws academic researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, representatives from national and regional standards bodies, representatives from government agencies and company representatives, who share an interest in standardisation. In principle, conference presentations can address any aspect and field of standardisation. In the past, there have been lectures on standards for IT and telecom, scientific methods, accountancy, water quality, gas, infrastructures, etc.
While EURAS emphasizes the need for increased European co-operation, it is internationally oriented and welcomes the participation from and collaboration with colleagues from other regions.
EURAS wants to promote interdisciplinary research on standards of all kinds and in all fields. In the past, papers at EURAS Workshops addressed standardisation of scientific methods, IT and telecom standards, accountancy standards, standards for water quality, standards for gas, infrastructure standards, etc.
To support researchers, EURAS provides
by means of EURAS Workshops (this includes organising discussants for paper presenters where possible), the EURAS Workshop proceedings, the EURAS Yearbook, the EURAS Newsletter and the mailing list.
Collaboration among EURAS members has led inter alia to interdisciplinary EU-funded research projects and articles.
The EURAS workshop proceedings
Only the proceedings of the EURAS workshops held in 2001, 2003-2008 are still available. The tables of contents and the orderform for the EURAS Workshops can be downloaded from the downloads page.
Standardization is a much neglected topic in higher education. EURAS wants to help change this situation and supports the development of standardization curricula by providing a platform and opportunities for the discussion, development and exchange of teaching material.
Collaboration among EURAS members has led inter alia to interdisciplinary EU-funded education projects and articles.
EURAS actively participates in and supports the International Committee for Education about Standardization (ICES). EURAS president Henk de Vries is Vice-Chair of ICES. He also represents EURAS in the CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Joint Working Group on Education about Standardization and in the Working Group Education and Training established by the International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN).
EURAS current projects:
In addition, EURAS developed a white paper, 'Academic Standardisation Education in Europe', which can be downloaded from the download page.
Due to the current Corona crisis, the EURAS Board and the Adam Smith Business School of the University of Glasgow decided to postpone the 25th EURAS Annual Standardization Conference.
It is not expected that the situation will be back to normal soon, hence the decision to postpone the conference to 2022.
EURAS will publish papers that were accepted for the conference in its 'EURAS Contribution to Standardisation Research' series. Accepted authors will receive a copy of these pre-proceedings. Details about how other interested parties can obtain a copy will be posted here shortly.
The 2021 edition of the EURAS Conference will be held in Aachen, Germany from 6-8 September. The conference will be held back-to-back with the SIIT Conference.
The EURAS Membership is available for researchers and other professionals in the field of standardisation in academic research and education. The EURAS Membership is free of charge and is continued automatically unless cancelled. When EURAS communication fails to rearch the e-mail address provided, the membership will also end.
EURAS offers a platform for exchanging information, collaboration and dissemination. It does so by organising annual EURAS conferences and publishing the conference proceedings and other publications.
EURAS Members receive 10% discount on the conference fees when membership exists prior to the opening of the conference registration (e.g.1 May - Date may vary).
To obtain access to the password protected part of the EURAS website, membership is a prerequisite.
To apply for the EURAS Membership, please register for membership. When registering for EURAS membership, you may also register to become part of the European Commission Standardisation Researchers Network.
For further information, please use the contact form.
The European Commission Standardisation Researchers Network is an initiative of the European Commission to increase the access to standardisation research and standardasation researchers. The network consists of promotional facilities for researchers and the communication channels for information from the European Commission to the research community.
Registration is free of charge.