Below, upcoming courses in the field of ecology are shown. Besides the courses that are directly related to ecology, methodological courses as well as skills and competence courses relevant for ecologists are shown. Please note that the courses listed are planned and, except for those with a fixed date, the time frame in which the course may be given can change. The courses are organised by various parties:
- Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS)
- Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC)
- Research School Ecology and Evolution (RSEE)
- Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE)
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Note: If you would want more information or if you know of a course that is not yet listed, please contact Sanja Selakovic (sanja.selakovic@wur.nl) or Claudius van de Vijver (Claudius.vandeVijver@wur.nl).
Upcoming ecology courses will follow when new dates are available
23
Jun
Resilience of Living Systems
23 - 27 June 2025Resilience is the capacity of a system to maintain or recover certain functions while undergoing shocks and stresses. It emerges from the many interactions between people and natural and/or artificial system components, and the capacity of people to adapt. During this course, the participants become acquainted with different resilience concepts and their application from an interdisciplinary perspective. Accordingly, we will address how resilience theory can be used to tackle fundamental and societal issues from a socio-economic and bio-physical perspective and will provide a critical reflection on the relevance, use, and applicability of the concept of resilience. The objective of this course is thus to connect resilience concepts to viable applications by offering an efficacious analytical/computational approach.
1
Sep
Soil Biology Lab Skills Course for Assessing Soil Functions
1-5 September 2025This course will provide the participants with an overview of a range of methods related to the five soil functions and will provide detailed practical training in a subset of measures.
29
Sep
Theoretical ecology
29 September - 3 October 2025This post-graduate course on Theoretical Ecology will focus on bifurcations in dynamical systems and participants will learn quantitative approaches to assess qualitative changes in biological systems that occur when conditions change.