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Courses 2022
Urban Environmental Politics
top courseAs the planet’s land use and human population become increasingly urban, environmental problems and politics of cities are evermore critical for improving socio-environmental relat...
The Anthropocene: Ecologies, Tensions, Futures
top course online courseThe Anthropocene - or Human Age - is a proposed geological and cultural epoch, marked by wide scale human intervention on our planet. But what are the costs of such 'dominance' for...
Urban Geoscience: the London Perspective
top courseUrban geoscience encompasses the geological aspects of the built environment in the context of construction materials and, the underlying bedrock that affects the stability of buil...
Our connection with a fast-changing Arctic
top courseThe Arctic Centre will host a Winter School, aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics and PhD studen...
Sustainable Business: Strategy & Innovation
online courseOur global challenges like climate change, social inequality and economic development mean that sustainability is more than a buzzword: The concept is being operationalized by comp...
Climate and Energy (Level 2)
top courseWhat is the evidence for anthropogenic climate change? How can we generate low-carbon electricity from nuclear and renewable sources, and how can we make our transport infrastructu...
Image analysis for plant phenotyping
blended courseAre you looking for a complete overview of image analysis techniques for automatic plant phenotyping? The Winter School will provide a mixture of underlying theory and practical ha...
Past courses
Courses 2021
Cultures and Geographies of Energy Transitions
online courseThis course brings together people with their own local stories of the struggles and success of people and communities transitioning towards a sustainable energy system. Participan...
Crisis and Transition: Environmental Humanities in a Global World
online courseIn this summer school, we will investigate social and cultural aspects of the environmental crisis and sustainable transitions. Specifically, we will explore how methods and theori...
From Lab to Soil to Truck: Mediterranean Greenhouse Horticulture
Located in the heart of the highest concentration of medium technology plastic greenhouses in the world, the University of Almeria (UAL) has been recognized as the best Spanish uni...
Anthropogenic and Natural Soil Landscapes in European Russia: From Sea to Sea
online coursehe 3MUGIS summer school is an annual event, which addresses current environmental consequences and opportunities of urbanization with special emphasis on soil functions. The event...
Greenhouse Horticulture
Important information We aim for a Summer School onsite. However if this is not possible due to corona outbreak regulations we will organize an online edition, with reduced course...
EU Food Law
online courseLegal issues concerning food quality and food safety are rapidly developing. Food standards are being developed and applied at the national level, at the EU level and at global lev...
The Global Energy Transition in a Fossil World
online courseThe need for a global transition to a low-carbon energy sector is contested by few, but opinions on what this means in practice and on how to get there vary widely. This course wil...
Dairy Nutrition and Health
online courseAre you interested in engaging with experts who have both scientific knowledge and practical experience in the world of dairy? Do you want to know more about dairy products, in rel...
Hands-on Advanced Methods and Techniques in Plant Science and Biotechnology
The Danish and global plant production is facing major challenges. The rapid population growth, the increased consumption of animal products and the use of crops for energy purpose...
Using Citizen Science to Fight Mosquitos
online courseThis course will use the problem of disease-vector mosquitoes as a way to introduce students to citizen science, disease ecology, and statistics.
Diagnosis of Plant Disease
The course will introduce you to common plant diseases in crop plants. It is based on short introductory sessions followed by practical exercises, in which you diagnose plant disea...
Sustainable Energy Transition
online course021 Summer School in e-learning mode GEM 2021 Edition will take place in an innovative e-learning mode. On Mondays, from August 30th to October 1st 2021, students will have online...
City Branding
blended courseCourse description: 1. Territorial marketing: environment, subjects and objects (1 ECTS) 2. Territorial brand: architecture and attributes (1 ECTS) 3. Territorial brandin...
Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food
online courseAre you aware of the challenges and opportunities in the agrifood sector? Are you eager to get to know the innovations and trends in the agrifood sector? Would you like to have a v...
International Summer School on Managed Aquifer Recharge
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we now welcome your registration for the Summer School 2021. The two-week course offers M.Sc./Ph.D./young professionals the opportunity to study b...
GoGreen with Russian
The "GoGreen with Russian" course is an activity-based programme which aims at representing different features of flora, fauna, landscape, climatic and ecological conditions of bot...
Energy & Climate
online courseThe oil crises of the 1970s provoked debates about the finite limits of energy resources and triggered an increase in energy efficiency and innovations in the production of alterna...
Tourism facing Covid-19: New Realities
blended course1. Tourism Economics (1 ECTS) - Economy of a tourist destination; - Economic assessment of the tourism projects at the regional level; - The economic foundations of the touris...
The Transformational Leader & the Sustainable Development Goals
online courseBe a transformational leader – be part of the solution! This online course, based in the 4th most sustainable university in the world, explores leadership and contemporary challeng...
Urban and Regional Infrastructures
The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association in cooperation with the University of Vienna is inviting applications for the ARL International Summer Scho...
Bridging ICTs and the Environment - Monitoring Climate Change Impact Using GEE
online courseEvery hour numerous satellites generate hundreds of images of Earth surface, capturing multiple aspects of anthropogenic activities as well as environmental processes. For many yea...
Bioeconomy
How can we transform from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy ? What challenges are we facing ? Which technologies, methods or concepts could help in the process ? What are our s...
The Future is Sustainable – it's in our Hands!
online courseScope The Summer School is designed to enable students to build system- and transformative knowledge, and to develop their capacity to act in the face of complex challenges throug...
Insects as Food & Feed
online courseThe field of rearing insects for human food and animal feed is new and exciting. There are many challenges in bringing insects on the market. How can we rear insects in a sustainab...
Discovering the Environment - Gran Sasso Fan Camp
blended courseAll the programmes offer the opportunity for individuals, groups, university cohorts to living life in Italy, in Abruzzo, flavoured by the most renowned of the Roman Emperors, Hadr...
Modelling and Forecasting Energy Markets
online courseIn the last two decades, energy markets operators have witnessed major structural changes that have had a profund impact on how prices are determined on the market. Events like mar...
Bridging ICTs and the Environment - Mapping the World with QGIS
online courseGeographic Information Systems (GIS) became essential tools not only in academic research but also in our daily life. GIS includes (but not limited to) mechanisms of geographic dat...
Agrobiodiversity
Are you interested in agrobiodiversity and learning about resilient food systems with an international group of young people? In this International Summer School, you will learn ab...
Personnel Assessment: Tools and Techniques for Future HR Managers
The course will focus on the conceptual and operational bases to use the different tools, practices, and approaches related to the management of human resources, with particular re...
Sustainable protected horticulture: soilless and hydroponic growing systems
Do you know about greenhouses? Do you want to know more about how to maximize the positive environmental impact of greenhouse cultivation? Have you ever visited a commercial protec...
Wastewater and Biosolids Management
online course6th distance education e-learning International Summer School and Workshop on “Wastewater and Biosolids Management” (WWSS21)
Advanced Water Cycle Management
The Advanced Water Cycle Management Course is an international course designed to upgrade your water management skills and provide you with an overview on and substantial knowledge...
Food Processing
Food and drink manufacturing is a fast moving and dynamic industry with excellent opportunities for career development in a range of technical and scientific roles. Here at NTU...
Crisis and Transition: Environmental Humanities in a Global World
In this summer school, we will investigate social and cultural aspects of the environmental crisis and sustainable transitions. Specifically, we will explore how methods and theori...
Genomic Prediction in Animals and Plants
online courseThe course focuses on the quantitative genetics and statistical background of different genomic prediction models, covering also estimation of variance components, theory on genomi...
Sustainable Development Academy
The Sustainable Development Academy allows participants to engage critically and effectively with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students will learn abou...
The Humanities and the Global Environmental Crises
online courseThe Anthropocene, the age of humans in the history of the earth system, poses unprecedented challenges that demand radical rethinking of socio-economic models, on the one hand, and...
Feed Ration Planning in Dairy Cattle Herds
The course will handle feed supply, including crop rotation, crop production, effects on self-supply, and optimization of feed allocation within and among animal categories/groups,...
Confronting Climate Change
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that “climate change is clear”. Both the scientific community and the governments participating in the IPC...
Bioactive Molecules in Agroecology
Thousands of molecules influence the biological interactions in ecological systems. The overall objective of the course is that the students achieve understanding of the importance...
Mountain Ecosystems and Resource Management
online courseTo build the capacities of future leaders (researchers, students, practitioners and scholars) we have announced a 10-days international program namely FSc MER 2021 or “Summer Field...
Courses 2020
Frontiers of Environmental Principles and Research
Subjects covered: • natural hazards and risks, • paleclimatology and paleoenvironmental reconstructions, • erosion and soil protection, • nature conservation and biodiversity...
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a worldwide-used methodology for the compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts associated with produc...
Climate Change: Causes, Health Impacts and Responses
Climate change poses serious challenges for humans around the world. Global warming is perceived as one of the biggest global health risks of the twentieth century which could have...
Sustainability Transitions: Design, Diplomacy and Data
Sustainability Transitions: Design, Diplomacy and Data (8 ECTS) 80 hours of class; 40 hours of teaching; 10 hours of site-visits; 20 hours of presentations from external experts...
Young Scientists Summer Program
Every summer from 1 June to 31 August, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) hosts up to 50 doctoral students from around the world in its Young Scientis...
International Winter Ecological School (IWES)
The IWES includes course of Winter Zoology of Vertebrates, Winter Biology of High Plants, Winter Hydrobiology and Winter Entomology, each of them consisting of field excursions, la...
MEDEA - Mediterranean Diet, Biodiversity and Functional Food
The First Edition of MEDEA Summer School is a collaboration between the University of Milan-Bicocca as promoter and many Institutions localized in the Eastern part of Sicily around...
Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation in Northern Ecosystems
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The course contains three different themes: (1) Nature of climate change: Climate change prediction...
Ecology: Living Landscapes in the West of Ireland
This course offers students practical experience of the natural environment in the west of Ireland. It provides students with survey skills to identify natural resources, and deve...
Food Waste in Italy
online courseIn Italy, food is celebrated, and many Italians cite the pleasure of eating and sharing meals as core cultural values.However, even with its long history of attention to r...
Global Environment, Energy and Risk
UNESCO defines global citizenship as a “sense of belonging to a broader community and common humanity”. Global citizenship education, in this context, concerns learning to recogniz...
Masterclass Artistic Research
online courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course will be held online. The Masterclass Artistic Research GLOBE PLAYHOUSE – EXPANDED ANIMATION WORLDS is an invitation to Master and PhD s...
Entrepreneurship in the CE (PhD Summer School)
online courseThe Winter School offers the PhD Students and Young Researchers an unique opportunity to acquaint to various elements of the circular economy (CE) implementation in the raw materia...
The Future is Sustainable – It's in our Hands!
Scope Worldwide demonstrations against climate change show that the demand for sustainable development is becoming louder and louder. Though some of the sustainable development go...
Regional Environmental Diversity Across the UK
In ancient times our access to food, water and safety influenced where our early ancestors chose to live. More recently the natural environment influences the location of our towns...
Courses 2019
International School on Marine, Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems (ISMFCE)
The training program includes such courses as life cycles and biodiversity: arthropods, freshwater invertebrates, vertebrates, plants; ecology, life cycles and biodiversity: marine...
Sustainable Food Supply
Turn your research into practice with our two-week PhD Autumn school on Sustainable Land Use. Sustainable food value chain has economic, environmental and social impacts contribute...
Summer School Green Genetics
The Summer School Green Genetics consist of a great mixture of lectures, WUR research facility visits, company visits, a company market, some practical, hands on training and a net...
5th distance education e-learning Summer School on "Wastewater and Biosolids Management"
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 5th distance education e-learning Summer School on "Wastewater and Biosolids Management" (WWSS19), taking place in Patras, Greece, July 22...
Dynamics of City Development
For the first time, the Centre international de formation européenne organizes a programme in Albania. The programme will take place in SHKODER, the most touristic Region of Albani...
Valorization of by-products from agri-food supply chains for the development of functional ingredients, foods and nutraceuticals
The growing interest for the establishment of a circular economy model to reduce the production of wastes forces to investigate novel approaches and technologies for the valorizati...
Integrated Management, Sustainable Tourism, and Promotion of Biosphere Reserves
The Summer University seeks to provide a high-quality training to post graduate students, young scientists, and practitioners from Biosphere Reserves from Europe and the Mediterran...
WIN! Water Innovations Summer School
The WIN! Water Innovations summer school in Tartu (Estonia) between August 12-23 will be a vibrant mixture of interactive sessions, field trips, and group work in a unique setting,...
Improving Health at the Interfaces Between Environment, Plants, Animals and Humans
A healthy environment, including healthy soils, plants and animals, is essential for human well-being. One Health is an interdisciplinary framework that helps us to understand the...
Future of Food: Feeding Tomorrows World
The International Spring School "Future of Food: Feeding Tomorrow’s World" offers key notes, various lectures, and workshops covering main trends in nutrition and food research. T...
Jean Monnet Module in EU Environmental Policies and Law (POLLEN)
The POLLEN Jean Monnet Module aims to foster excellence-in-teaching in EU Environmental studies and consists of a two-week course of 43 teaching hours (staggered hours) covering th...
Limnology Lake Constance and Danube River
IN this Course you learn (1) how to catch and Analyse Plankton samples from lake Constance, (2) about the re-oligotrophication success in restoring the lake, (3) the actual Researc...
Climate Change Impacts on the MED-Agro-Food Chain
The Summer School links theory with application. It is built on an intensive programme of keynote lectures, workshops, excursions and project work. Overall, participants will incre...
Courses 2018
Institutional Economics and Agricultural Development
USAMV Bucharest and its partners within the ENHANCE consortium invite highly motivated postgraduate students (Master or PhD), researchers from agro-economics disciplines, and young...
Instalaciones Solares Térmicas y Fotovoltaicas: Modelado y Aplicaciones al Diseño
This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors...
Social Change and Sustainable Development
The 2018 Summer School of the International Graduate School (IGS) North-South will focus on “Social Change and Sustainable Develpment”. The course will delve into the following ten...
European Summer School - Creating Forest Experiences
Do you want to meet people from all over Europe? Do you want to implement your own forest project? Do you want to raise your voice as the future generation? What’s it about?...
Blue Economy, Water Research & Climate Change
Blue Economy, Water Research & Climate Change
Academic Courses in Environmental Science
Environmental Science takes an interdisciplinary view of the environment, embracing and integrating a wide range of subject areas. Incorporating the systematic scientific study of...
Energy Union
This two-week executive training course wishes to embrace the logic of the Energy Union, thus putting energy consumers – i.e. businesses and households – at the centre of European...
Modelling Sustainable Farming Systems Under Climate Change 2018
Climate change is threatening agricultural productivity worldwide while world food demand is steadily increasing. Such global challenge is framed by UN sustainable development g...
IT Fundamentals of National Park Monitoring
Do you study a subject in the fields of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Computer Science or Engineering? Are you also interested in working in a national park or biosphere reser...
Summer School on Environmental Crimes
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI) are organizing the third edition of the...
Into the Wilderness! Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Black Forest National Park
This summer we'll come together at Black Forest National Park to enjoy and experience wilderness first-hand! We're offering you a diverse program which includes: - hiking into th...
White Biotechnology Based on the Use of Environmental Microorganisms
This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors...
Food Hygiene
Program of the summer school is focused on expanding the standard of practical and theoretical knowledge and skills of students of the veterinarian faculties in branch of veterinar...
Tecnología de Invernaderos: el Modelo Almería, ejemplo de éxito y reparto de riqueza
This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors...
Horticultura Protegida Sostenible: Sistemas de Cultivo sin Suelo e Hidroponía
This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors...
Integrated Pest Management: Certification of Product Quality
This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors...
Winter School 2018: ECO2 – Arctic Climate Safety and Security
The Winter School provides you with the most intensive study tour you can get! This study tour takes place above the Arctic Circle covering 3 countries (Norway, Finland, and Sweden...
Courses 2017
Balancing Bio-resources and energy production
The eseia International Summer School 2017 “Balancing of bio-resources and energy production” aims to cover fundamental aspects and to reveal solutions in the quest for innovations...
Nachhaltigkeit entdecken: Sommerakademie im Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb
In an interdiscplinary group young people from Germany and other countries come together learn more and to dicuss th topic of sustainable landscape management in middle-Europe.
Sustainability and Risks – How to deal with risk issues in sustainability research?
This year's Summer School examines the interlinkages between sustainability and risk issues throughout all disciplines. In an inspiring interdisciplinary setting we will discuss an...
Introduction to the Circular Economy, Economics and Management of Natural Resources
Resource supply risk can be turned into economic opportunities. Students will learn basic knowledge about economics and management of eploitation of natural resources. This is nece...
Wastewater and Biosolids Management
The Hellenic Open University (HOU) is organizing the 3rd distance education e-learning Summer School on "Wastewater and Biosolids Management " (WWSS17), in the context of the Postg...
Life cycle approaches to sustainable regional development
The series of LCSS -Life Cycle Summer Schools - is dedicated to exploring the applicability of life cycle approaches to sustainable regional development. It seeks to integrate the...
Weak signals and emerging issues in ecological transition
The COTE Cluster of Excellence organises its fifth Summer School on "Weak signals and emerging issues in ecological transition" in Bordeaux, France (03-07 July 2017). The Summer Sc...
Understanding and Managing Climate Change: Coping with Sea Level Rise ea Level Rise
Students will explore and become familiar with the following topics: Causes and consequences of global environmental change and Sea Level Rise: available records, models and futu...
Climate-KIC PhD Summer School Catapult: Sustainable Production Systems
Turn your research into practice and create climate and business impact with our PhD Summer School on Sustainable Production Systems. The industrial sector uses a large part of raw...
IT Fundamentals of National Park Monitoring
Do you study a subject in the fields of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Computer Science or Engineering? Are you also interested in working in a national park or biosphere reser...
Winter School on Environmental Crimes
The course will provide participants a fundamental understanding of what environmental crimes are and on how law enforcement bodies and judicial systems are responding. The existin...
VIU International PhD Academy - Global Challenges Series: WATER
The first Global Challenge proposed for 2017 relates to the issue of water, addressing different aspects: ecological, eco-toxicological, economical, sociological, cultural, politic...
Methods and strategies to monitor and manage human impact on urbanized protected areas (UPAs)
The PhD summer school is a five-day event during which students work in interdisciplinary teams on one NPHK case related to management problems. They are supported by keynote speak...
Energy and the Environment in the Mediterranean Sea
The programme highlights the impacts and vulnerability of the Mediterranean energy system in the face of the inevitable climate change in the region. It also shows how development...
Courses 2016
Creating, managing and preserving of cultural Landscapes - Wer schaf(f)t Landschaft?
This summer course offers a diversified 6 day programm on the topic of sustainable landscape management in the Swabian Alb biosphere reserve (southern germany). Together with up to...
Managed Aquifer Recharge
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) represents the intentional recharge of surface water to aquifers. MAR can be applied for seasonal water storage, restoration of overexploited aquifer...
Environmental Management in a Changing World: Coping with Sea Level Rise
The Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University) and Venice International University offer a Summer Program that provides training in key topics about the impact of sea lev...
Integrated Land Use Systems
The rapidly growing world population is placing increasing pressures on agricultural and forestry production systems. However, conventional intensification of production systems to...
Energy Efficiency
Subtitle: International Project Management - From Theory to Practice From the generation of the first project ideas to the successful implementation of projects in intercultural a...
Climate-Smart Agriculture- From fundamentals to application
This course addresses the interlinked challenges of agriculture and climate change in a holistic manner approaching CSA from various perspectives including animal & plant sciences,...
Courses 2015
Douro - Environment, Resources and Sustainability
This course is about environment and sustainable development in Northern Portugal, one of the most populated European regions, especially focused in the city of Porto and Douro, bo...
Food Marketing,Consumer Behavior and Quantitative Methods of Market Research
The Department of Business Administration of the School of Management and Economics of the Technological Institute of Thessaly ( previously TEI of Larissa ), in cooperation with th...
Life Cycle Approaches to Sustainable Regional Development
The objective of the Summer School is to provide advanced training to undergraduate students, doctoral, post-doctoral students and young professionals, including researchers of les...
Environmental Management in a Changing World: Coping with Sea Level Rise
The Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University) and Venice International University offer the second edition of a Summer Program that provides training in key topics about...
Nudge Global Leadership Challenge
How can we achieve a sustainable society? What kind of leadership is needed? Who are the leaders of the future? How do we identify these leaders? What tools can we provide to enabl...
Short course - Building Information Modelling and Energy Analysis Tools
In this short course, we will provide you with skills and knowledge about how you can combine Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies with energy analysis tools in order...
The Future of Environmental and Human Health Exposure Modelling of Chemicals
The MERLIN-Expo software is a new tool for the assessment of human exposure to environmental contaminants, and will play a central part in this summer school in the teaching of sub...
Innovator Catalyst - Boosting sustainable economy in rural areas
This particular programme forms part of the Climate-KIC Innovator Catalyst series and is aimed at experienced professionals with the enthusiasm and potential for influencing organi...
Courses 2014
Implementation of Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewater - Why and How?
Do you want to be at the forefront of developments since you are already working or plan to work in the field of phosphorus recovery? In the frame of the P-Rex project a summer sc...
Basics of Inferential Statistics for Political Scientists
This is a refresher course in basic concepts of inferential statistics. Although mathematics will be minimized, at least one course in college level algebra is assumed. Understandi...
Courses 2013
Introduction to Organic Agriculture
If you are concerned about where your food comes from, what’s in it (or on it), or simply interested in how organic can contribute to benefit our shared environment, promote fair r...
European Environmental Studies
In the field of environmental policy the EU has clearly defined objectives such as confronting global climate change, protection of biodiversity and human health, and sustainable r...
Courses 2012
Advanced Energy
Energy is a fundamental resource that makes modern life possible. It is an essential element of productivity, growth and quality of life. With global energy consumption projected t...
Courses 2011
The Organic City: method or metaphor?
Almere is a New Town created 30 years ago; it has plans to double its size within the next twenty years. A large part of this extension will be planned by using experimental method...