Description

As climate impacts and equity become more central in policy discussions, there is a growing need for researchers to understand how integrated assessment models can capture and address these issues. To support this, the PRISMA project, supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 101081604)  is hosting a Summer School for young international scholars, advanced PhD students, and early postdocs. The program will feature approximately nine lectures from experts in the field, hands-on sessions with integrated assessment models (IAMs) and data analysis, and group work in the afternoons focused on model development and analysis.

 

Lecturers

• Prof. Dr. Detlef van Vuuren
  PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and Utrecht University
• Dr. Marina Andrijevic
  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Dr. Nico Bauer
  Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• Dr. Elina Brutschin
  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Dr. Mark Dekker
  PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
• Dr. Panagiotis Fragkos
  E3 Modelling (E3M)
• Dr. Yann Robiou du Pont
  Utrecht University
• Dr. Bjarne Steffen
  ETH Zürich
• Dr. Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst
  Utrecht University

Target audience

Advanced doctoral students (e.g., from the 2nd year onwards) and early-career scientists (e.g., early post-docs) from universities, research institutes, or other organizations (such as private companies, government agencies, and NGOs) whose research focuses on using computational methods to study environmental and climate related issues (for instance, energy system models, climate models, ecological models, macroeconomic models).

Applicants should be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages (or similar): Python, Julia, R, or Matlab.

Aim of the course

The objective of the summer school is to create a community of young scholars from a broad range of disciplines (climate, ecology, economy, energy, political science) actively working on modelling human activities and the earth system in an integrated framework commonly referred to as Integrated Assessment Modeling.

Study load

One week full-time in Utrecht (The Netherlands).

Structured as follows:

• 10 lectures about IAMs, including an introductory presentation on IAMs and their role as input to global stock stake and policy analysis.
• Interactive poster sessions where the student will be invited to present their research or relevant work.
• Hands-on session on the IAMs scenarios (data analysis and visualization).
• Group work on model development/analysis.
• Social events