EUROPEAN SLEEP RESEARCH SOCIETY

Promoting Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine in Europe

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eSleep Europe Virtual Congress

The premier virtual scientific congress dedicated to advancing the science and practice of sleep health and research.

eSleep Europe Congress

In October 2023, ESRS hosts the virtual version of the ESRS Sleep congress that showcases the best of sleep research and sleep medicine.

Sleep Europe Congress

Journal of Sleep Research

An international scientific journal which publishes original research papers in all areas of sleep research and sleep medicine.

Journal of Sleep Research

Sleep Science Friday

Stay in the loop with the latest Sleep Science News and ESRS Updates – the most recent publications and interesting research.

Sleep Science Friday

Apply: 01 December 2025 - 31 January 2026

The Sleep Medicine Examination for Somnologist and Somnologist-Technologist Certification will be offered as an online only examination in November 2026.

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eSleep Congress Basic Animal Track

The final chapter of eSleep brings the spotlight to animal models and the neural and behavioural mechanisms driving discovery in sleep science.

Sleep Europe 2026

First Programme Highlights Now Available!

ESRS Sleep Science School

Learn and connect by the shore – immerse in a week-long learning experience with international sleep experts in Fréjus, featuring in-depth lectures and exchanges on Advancements in Sleep Research.

APPLICATION OPEN from 1 March – 24 April 2025

eSleep Europe Virtual Congress 2025

Free for Members of ESRS and of Supporting Organisations

eSleep Europe Paediatrics Track

12 June 2025 | 12:00- 17:00 CEST

Making Conference Travel More Sustainable by Compensating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

ESRS-ECRN webinar - 06 July 2023 at 12:00 – 13:00 CEST with Fridolin Hanel.

eSLEEP EUROPE 2023
Virtual Congress

Abstracts Submission
Extended Deadline: 31 May 2023
Compete for the Best Abstracts Awards

eSLEEP EUROPE 2023
ESRS Virtual Congress

EXTENDED DEADLINE
FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
31 MAY 2023

Best Abstract Award

Best abstract per each Track will be awarded with a complimentary registration to Sleep Europe 2024.

Please register before you submit your abstract proposal.

ESRS Sleep Awareness Month For Europe 2025

LATEST NEWS

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Sleep Science Friday • News • Sleep Science Friday

REM sleep quality is associated with balanced tonic activity of the locus coeruleus during wakefulness

by ESRS
November 28, 2025

Sleep Science Friday • News • Sleep Science Friday

Agreement between parental reports and accelerometer measures of sleep duration in primary school children

by ESRS
November 21, 2025

Join Pyjama Day: Raising Sleep Awareness Across Europe

by ESRS
November 20, 2025

Sleep Science Friday • News • Obituary

A Centenary Tribute to Michel Jouvet (1925-2017)

by ESRS
November 14, 2025

News • Sleep Congress

Exploring the Sleeping Brain: Nobel Laureate Edvard Moser Announced as First Plenary Speaker for Sleep Europe 2026

by Ana Rocha
November 14, 2025

ESRS Newsletter • News

ESRS Newsletter November 2025

ESRS President’s November highlights new Sleep Medicine certifications, Dr Monisha Ravikumar’s recognition, the ECN × EDIC survey, and the upcoming eSleep Europe Technology Track.

by ESRS
November 12, 2025

SLEEP MEDICINE TEXTBOOK (2^nd ed.)

NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND DIGITAL

The Sleep Medicine Textbook 2^nd edition published by the ESRS in 2021, provides a state of the art, significantly expanded comprehensive, all-in-one educational material (15 sections, 92 chapters and over 1,000 pages) structured around the actualized Sleep Medicine Catalogue of Knowledge and Skills – Revision. (Penzel et al. 2021, Journal of Sleep Research). Written by experts in the field and published by the ESRS, it provides an European approach to sleep medicine education, and represents the knowledge-base for the ESRS-endorsed sleep medicine examinations.

UPCOMING ESRS EVENTS

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CORPORATE MEMBERS

ESRS thanks its corporate members for their support.

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ESRS MISSION

The purpose of this society is to promote research on sleep and sleep-related areas, improve the care for patients with sleep disorders, and facilitate the dissemination of information regarding Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine.

ESRS Job Board

The ESRS Job Board features the latest job offers in Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research in Europe and beyond. We especially encourage all early-career researchers to take a look. Members are welcome to submit job opportunities free of charge. Non-members, contact us for more information.