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7th International Student Summer School in Human Biology

"Human Growth - Data Analyses and Statistics" from July 4th, to Thursday, July 11th 2024

Participants 2019
Photo: Christiane Scheffler

Timeframe

July 4, 2024  to July 11, 2024

Location

Potsdam University and Ecological Station of Potsdam University in Gülpe (65 km west of Berlin in the “emptiness”)

Language

English

Target group

Master-, PhD-Students or PostDocs in Physical Anthropology, Human Biology, Biostatistics or from related subjects

Participant fee: 

550 EURO 

The Summer School includes

  1. A get together on Thursday evening
  2. A “retreat working week” at Gülpe (Friday morning to Wednesday evening) in the middle of nowhere (52.7335°N, 12.2115°E), with both intensive work and cheerful social activity
  3. Soiree on Wednesday evening- final presentation
  4. After breakfast on Thursday, July 11th  transfer back to Potsdam
  5. Instructions for a relaxed weekend in Potsdam or Berlin
  6. The fee includes accommodation in a youth hostel the night before, accommodation and food during the stay at the Ecological Station of Potsdam University, the transfer from Potsdam to Gülpe, and the fee for open access publication.

We expect that

  1. every participant brings her/his own (modern as well as historical) data from her/his home university to be analyzed during the Summer School in cooperation with the other participants and teachers
  2. every participant presents the analysis of her/his data at the final seminar (Soiree) on Wednesday afternoon
  3. every participant prepares a manuscript to be published open access in a peer-reviewed international journal within the next 6 months (see below the publication list from former International Student Summer Schools)
  4. every participant should read the book “Auxology– Studying Human Growth and Development”  before

Application

The number of participants is limited to 12.

If you are interested, please send your application as soon as possible, but not later than April 15th 2024 to

PD Dr. Christiane Scheffler, University of Potsdam, Human Biology
christiane.scheffleruni-potsdamde


The application includes:

  • a short curriculum vitae
  • your publication list
  • your motivation
  • a short description of your data set that is being analyzed during the retreat working week.

What else should you bring:

cheerfulness, your own data set, laptop, linen and sleeping bag, swimsuit and if you are interested in watching birds, bring a binocular

 

Timeframe

July 4, 2024  to July 11, 2024

Location

Potsdam University and Ecological Station of Potsdam University in Gülpe (65 km west of Berlin in the “emptiness”)

Language

English

Target group

Master-, PhD-Students or PostDocs in Physical Anthropology, Human Biology, Biostatistics or from related subjects

Participant fee: 

550 EURO 

For further information or any support needed please send an email to

PD Dr. Christiane Scheffler, University of Potsdam, Human Biology
christiane.scheffler@uni-potsdam.de or check the webiste

Invitation 2024