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ClimBEco PhD courses

The ClimBEco graduate research school offers PhD courses every year. Some are in-depth disciplinary while others cross disciplinary borders.

Generally, ClimBEco PhD courses consist of one intensive study week with pre-reading before and an assignment after. Some exceptions apply. The courses are free of charge and open to all PhD students that meet the admission requirements; priority will be given to PhD students enrolled in the ClimBEco programme. Potential costs for travel and accommodation in connection to participating in ClimBEco courses can be covered for the PhD students who are enrolled and actively attending the ClimBEco programme. Please inform the ClimBEco staff at your university before applying to courses at another university (UGOT participants contact Christine or Kong, LU and other participants contact Cheryl).

Here is a document with the instruction on how to book travel and accommodation:
Travel instructions for ClimBEco PhD students (PDF, 157 kB, new tab).

Below you find the information about:

 

ClimBEco PhD courses, Spring 2025

Data Analysis: Statistical Learning and Visualization with Project

20 January - 21 March 2025, Lund University (7,5 ECTS)

This is a PhD-course in applied statistical learning, i.e. about using statistical techniques, such as modelling and prediction, to analyse real datasets, and making correct interpretations and conclusions. It is hosted by the graduate school COMPUTE and shared with ClimBEco.

Please note that this course deviates from the usual timeframe for ClimBEco courses, meeting semi-regularly over two months.

  • Course syllabus and description (compute.lu.se)
  • Host: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, LTH
  • Application to the course (compute.lu.se)
  • Application deadline Extended to 8 January 2025
  • Course coordinator: Linda Hartman
  • linda [dot] hartman [at] matstat [dot] lu [dot] se (linda[dot]hartman[at]matstat[dot]lu[dot]se) 

 

Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals

February - March 2025, Lund University (5 ECTS)

The course is online and supported by the Development Research School

This course provides a critical introduction to the governance of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. It emphasizes the challenges of implementing the 2030 Agenda with a special focus on low-and middle-income countries and poverty reduction. The development of the 2030 Agenda and the current status of the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals will be discussed. Different theoretical perspectives and concepts related to governance will also be introduced and applied on empirical examples stemming from global, national, and local levels of sustainable development governance. Doctoral students will be asked to connect their own research projects to the themes of the course and to bring in their perspectives on the 2030 Agenda from different disciplinary backgrounds.

Please note that this course deviates from the usual timeframe for ClimBEco courses, meeting once a week for two months.

  • Course syllabus and literature list (developmentresearchschool.lu.se)
  • Host: Department of Political Science, LU
  • Course application is now closed.
  • Course coordinators: Magdalena Bexell and Thomas Hickman
  • magdalena [dot] bexell [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (magdalena[dot]bexell[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se) and thomas [dot] hickmann [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (thomas[dot]hickmann[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se) 

 

Environmental Biophysics – states and processes in plant canopies

17-21 February 2025, University of Gothenburg (3 ECTS)

The course is largely based on the book “An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics” by GS Campbell and JM Norman. In addition, a number of further relevant aspects of abiotic conditions in plant canopies not directly covered by the book are included in the course, such as mechanistic ecosystem-modelling, measurement techniques, horizontal gradients of e.g. temperature and humidity in the landscape and the response of plants to different qualities of light.

 

Methods in Research Synthesis in Environmental and Climate Science

2-4 April and 23 April 2025, Lund University (3 ECTS)

This course is on research synthesis methods in environmental science. It shall provide the student with practical hands-on experience through active participation in the formulation and development of a publishable systematic review and meta-analysis. Teaching consists of a 3-day compulsory in-person session consisting of lectures, seminars, and group workshops, followed by individual exercises and a final hybrid in-person/digital presentation at the end of the course.

  • Course syllabus (PDF 263kb, currently only in Swedish)
  • Host: Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, LU
  • Register to the course through the webform (cec.lu.se)
  • Deadline to register 10 March
  • Course convenor: Liam Kendall
  • liam [dot] kendall [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (liam[dot]kendall[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)

 

Nature-based solutions at the Climate-Biodiversity-Health Nexus: Social and Natural Science Perspectives

7-11 April 2025, Lund University (3 ECTS)

This course incorporates social and natural science perspectives on nature-based solutions (e.g., environmental psychology, ecology, physical geography, epidemiology, human rights and governance). It thereby aims at broadening disciplinary boundaries and provides a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the climate-biodiversity-health nexus and proposed solutions within it (i.e., nature-based solutions). It aims at evaluating these solutions critically and fostering an understanding of challenges, trade-offs, and synergies when trying to solve complex global issues.

  • Course syllabus (fukurser.lth.se)
  • Host: Environmental Phychology, Dept of Architecture and Built Environment, LTH
  • Register for the course through the webform
  • Deadline to register 17 March
  • Course coordinators: Maria Johansson and Marlis Wullenkord
  • maria [dot] johansson [at] abm [dot] lth [dot] se (maria[dot]johansson[at]abm[dot]lth[dot]se) and marlis [dot] wullenkord [at] abm [dot] lth [dot] se (marlis[dot]wullenkord[at]abm[dot]lth[dot]se) 

Courses at the Bolin Climate Research School, Stockholm University

PhD students currently enrolled in the ClimBEco graduate research school are eligible to attend courses offered by our collaborator, the Climate Research School of the Bolin Centre for Climate Research.

Contestation of Global Governance

3 February - 19 May 2025, Stockholm University (7,5 ECTS)

Hybrid participation is an option, but be prepared to participate in class. There are no lectures but rather interactive seminars.

In this class, we will discuss cutting-edge research from interdisciplinary scholars, covering various fields, including international law, International Relations, philosophy, political science, and psychology. Students will both gain a broader understanding of global governance research and go more in-depth in the analysis of specific strands of the literature.

  • Course outline, syllabus and registration see the course page (su.se)
  • Host: Stockholm Center on Global Governance, Stockholm University
  • Application deadline: 15 December 2024
  • Course coordinator: Lisa Dellmuth
  • Further information ssgg [at] su [dot] se (ssgg[at]su[dot]se) 

 

Contact ClimBEco's coordinator before applying to a course at the Bolin Centre.
cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (cheryl[dot]sjostrom[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)

More information about the courses at the Bolin Climate Research School – bolin.su.se

 

Joint PhD Seminars on Environmental Challenges

Contact

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