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The aim of this symposium is to exchange ideas and experiences in aquatic mesocosm research and to map future research directions in a broader context. We, therefore, welcome contributions ranging from local process studies to regional-international scales and cross-domain interactions. Mesocosms are a well-established technique filling in the gradient in approaches from strictly controlled laboratory experiments to observational studies of natural ecosystems. Mesocosm studies have yielded a critical understanding of local ecosystem-processes. However, increased coordination across geographical distances as well as domains (terrestrial, atmosphere, etc.) presents challenges and opportunities. This symposium, therefore, covers a range of aspects related to the technique itself, its use to understand the structure and function of various aquatic ecosystems, and to study their response to perturbations and hazards, both natural and anthropogenic. Networking with other related RIs and networks is also a scope of this symposium. Initially planned to take place in October 2020 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, due to COVID-19 pandemy, the Symposium had to be re-scheduled and finally held virtually, in April 2021. Adjusting to a new normal, a state-of-the-art platform will be used to ensure the maximum possible degree of interaction. A total of 53 oral presentations (including 5 keynote ones) and 36 posters from Europe, North and South America and Asia are included in the program of the Symposium; with more than 300 registrations at the moment this preface was written, attendees from all over the world will interact and discuss about important topics of the aquatic research.