Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you about the first workshop for the "Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation" Special Topic Network (STN), funded by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, which will take place on 14-15 October 2024. This workshop will be held at the Linnaeusborg on the Zernike campus of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Registration for the workshop is free, and can be arranged through our website (https://internalconflictsSTN.wordpress.com/ ). The deadline for in-person registration is August 15, 2024; note however that in-person spots are limited and may fill up before then. In-person participants will be asked to give a (short) talk about an internal conflict of their choosing*. This can be something that you work on, but also something that you would like to know more about. We would like these talks to be more like the "introduction" section of a manuscript than the "results" section that we typically see in talks, but this is not a strict requirement; instead, see this as an opportunity to switch up your usual presentation routine. As a whole, we would like to use these presentations to survey the field of internal conflicts. We expect talks to take approximately 10 minutes, but will provide exact details once we know how many people will be attending in person. * Opting out is possible, but discouraged! We intend for this to be a low-stakes, easy-going thing, like a potluck of talks. We will also host a number of group discussions - both general and in "breakout room" format - to work out specific goals for the STN. One aim for these discussion sessions is to decide on the possibility of writing a large review paper, generating a special issue, or some similar alternative on the study of internal conflicts and how these affect organismal adaptation. Other potential topics include the atlas of internal conflicts, and we hope to identify some topics organically based on talks and chats at the workshop itself. We understand that traveling across the globe to attend these meetings can be an impediment for many people for many reasons, and additionally that travel-related emissions represent a major component of the associated ecological footprint. Therefore, we will set up a live stream of the talks so that people can join the workshop virtually. Additionally, we aim to host an online group discussion to allow people to contribute there as well. We do not intend to host talks by virtual attendees at the workshop. If you would like to present your work virtually, please get in touch with us to see if there is a possibility to do so in one of our seminars instead. We look forward to seeing you in October. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us through email ( internalconflictsSTN@gmail.com). Sincerely, The STN organising committee Martijn Schenkel, Arvid Ă…gren, Manus Patten and Nina Wedell ESEB-funded Special Topic Network "Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation" https://internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/ https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/special-topic-networks/ Internal Conflicts STN (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)