ALTER-Net Summer School (France)

This is a notification that applications for the fourth ALTER-Net Summer School on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services" will be accepted till 30 June 2009. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to Ph.D. students or colleagues who may be interested in the summer school.

For more information on the summer school visit: http://www.pik-potsdam.de/alter-net/

And the application form can be downloaded from: http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/education/alter-net/application_form_2009.pdf


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ANNOUNCING THE 4th ALTER-NET SUMMER SCHOOL 5-17 SEPTEMBER 2009

ALTER-Net Summer School 2009
"Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services"
5-17 September 2009, Peyresq, France
now open for applications!


The summer school will be held at Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France and is organized by the ALTER-Net Summer School Secretariat at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany.

Conveners:
Allan Watt, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK Wolfgang Cramer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Uta Fritsch, EURAC research, Bolzano, Italy
Sabine Lütkemeier, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Set-up of the Summer School:
ALTER-Net will organize it´s fourth summer school from 5 to 17 September 2009 in Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France. The topic this year is "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".
The school is a unique opportunity to explore this important issue with 32 like-minded post-graduate students and young scientists mostly from Europe. About 23 speakers will give presentations on this subject in the morning and late afternoon. In the afternoon working groups will apply what they have learned in their case studies study with different themes.

The Summer School Objectives:
The ALTER-Net Summer School will contribute to durable integration and spread of excellence within and beyond the network, with a view to promote interdisciplinary approaches.

The 2009 Summer School will focus on:
* Biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe;
* Ecosystem processes, function, services and benefits;
* Resilience of social and natural systems;
* Valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
* Linking biodiversity research with policy and the public.

Costs:
A registration fee of 850,-€ is being charged which includes the lectures, excursion, housing and meals.

Housing:
Housing will be mostly in two- or three-bed rooms with shared bathrooms.

Eligibility:
Applications are solicited from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in disciplines working on global change or vulnerability assessments from EU or associated countries. Fluency in English is required.

To Apply:
Online information and the application form is available at:

http://www.pik-potsdam.de/alter-net/

Deadline:
All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be
postmarked no later than 30 June 2009.

For any further information please contact the Summer School Director: Sabine Lütkemeier
Sabine.Luetkemeier@pik-potsdam.de





Dr. Sabine Lütkemeier <Sabine.Luetkemeier@pik-potsdam.de>
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Research Domain I: Earth System Analysis, ALTER-Net
Telegrafenberg A 51, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, Phone: +49-331-288 2538