10th International Student Summer School in Human Biology
"Human Growth - Data Analyses and Statistics" from July 3rd to July 10th 2027
Timeframe
July 3rd, 2027 to July 10th, 2027
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:
680 EURO
Application deadline:
March 15th 2027
The Summer School includes
- A get together on Friday evening
- A “retreat working week” at Gülpe (Saturday morning to Friday evening) in the middle of nowhere (52.7335°N, 12.2115°E), with both intensive work and cheerful social activity
- Soiree on Friday evening- final presentation
- After breakfast on Saturday, July 10th transfer back to Potsdam
- Instructions for a relaxed weekend in Potsdam or Berlin
- The fee includes accommodation 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
- 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
- every participant presents the analysis of her/his data at the final seminar (Soiree) on Friday afternoon
- 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)
- every participant should read the book “Auxology– Studying Human Growth and Development” before
For further information or any support needed please send an email to
Prof. Dr. Christiane Scheffler, University of Potsdam, Human Biology
christiane.scheffler@uni-potsdam.de or check the website