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ClimBEco PhD courses

The ClimBEco graduate research school offers PhD courses every year. Some are in-depth disciplinary while others cross disciplinary borders.

Generally, ClimBEco PhD courses consist of one intensive study week with pre-reading before and an assignment after. Some exceptions apply. The courses are free of charge and open to all PhD students that meet the admission requirements; priority will be given to PhD students enrolled in the ClimBEco programme. Potential costs for travel and accommodation in connection to participating in ClimBEco courses can be covered for the PhD students who are enrolled and actively attending the ClimBEco programme. Please inform the ClimBEco staff at your university before applying to courses at another university (UGOT participants contact Kong, LU and other participants contact Cheryl).

Here is a document with the instruction on how to book travel and accommodation:
Travel instructions for ClimBEco PhD students (PDF, 157 kB, new tab).

Below you find the information about:

 

ClimBEco PhD courses Autumn 2025

Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Research

10-14 November 2025, Lund University (3 ECTS)

This course gives an introduction in how interdisciplinary environmental research can be conducted. As a research area, environmental science is based on the notion that complex environmental problems typically demand an interdisciplinary approach to be holistically understood and potentially solved. In this context, interdisciplinarity denotes both collaborative efforts between scientific disciplines and between scientists and a variety of societal actors. During the course we will revise why interdisciplinary research across these dimensions is needed and how it can be pursued.

  • Course syllabus (PDF, 177 kB, new tab)
  • Host: Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, LU
  • Registration is now closed.
  • Course coordinator: Richard Walters
  • richard [dot] walters [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (richard[dot]walters[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)

 

Arctic in a Changing Climate

24-28 November in-person lectures
pre-reading 17-21 November and report writing 1-10 December

University of Gothenburg (5 ECTS)

The course provides PhD students with a broad holistic knowledge of the Arctic and how the Arctic system is affected by ongoing climate change, including feedbacks to the global climate system. Lectures and seminars will take an Earth System perspective and cover current hot topics in Arctic research.

  • Course description, requirements, syllabus and application available the course website (gu.se)
  • Host: Department of Earth Sciences, UGOT
  • Registration is now closed.
  • Course coordinator: Céline Heuzé
  • celine [dot] heuze [at] gu [dot] se (celine[dot]heuze[at]gu[dot]se)

ClimBEco PhD courses Spring 2026

Bayesian Analysis and Decision Theory

19-20 January and 2-3 February (in-person in Lund on both occasions)

Lund University (5 ECTS)

The course gives an introduction to the principles behind Bayesian decision analysis and how to quantify and treat uncertainty in quantitative assessments. Upon completion, students should be able to give an account of science theoretic arguments behind principles to quantify and treat uncertainty in knowledge production and decision making, as well as to reflect over the limitations and arguments for such principles to specify a decision problem and to produce knowledge to support the decision problem.

  • Course syllabus (PDF, 240 kB, new tab)
  • Host: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University
  • Register for the course through the webform page (cec.lu.se)
  • Register by 15 December
  • Course coordinator: Ullrika Sahlin
  • ullrika [dot] sahlin [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (ullrika[dot]sahlin[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se) 

Boreal Forest Resilience

2-6 March, 2026, Lund University (3 ECTS)

Boreal and hemiboreal forests are expected to be particularly exposed to climate change due to the extreme changes predicted at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. In Europe, these forests are traditionally managed as monospecific even-aged coniferous forests which are more vulnerable to environmental changes. This vulnerability calls for action to better understand the risks connected to climate change, the barriers to management change and thereby identify adaptation strategies to increase forest resilience.

This course is designed for graduate students that wish to adopt a multi-disciplinary perspective in defining solutions to increase the resilience of boreal and hemiboreal forests at the landscape level, while considering ecological and social challenges.

  • Course syllabus (PDF, 593 kb, new tab)
  • Host: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University
  • Course registration will open shortly.
  • Course coordinators: Adrian Gustafson and Hakim Abdi
  • adrian [dot] gustafson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (adrian[dot]gustafson[at]nateko[dot]lu[dot]se) and hakim [dot] abdi [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (hakim[dot]abdi[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)

 

Global Elemental Cycles and Environmental Change

16-20 March 2026, Lund University (3 ECTS)
 

On the completion of the course, participants shall be able to (1) demonstrate advanced understanding of biogeochemical cycles, their drivers and global change in ecosystems; (2) describe in detail specific elemental cycles with the transformations and movement of chemical substances in an integrated perspective; and (3) describe the coupling of biogeochemical cycles.

  • Course syllabus (PDF, 371 kB, new tab)
  • Host: Department of Geology, LU
  • Course announcement (PDF, 446 kb)
  • Course coordinators: Daniel Conley and Johanna Stadmark
  • daniel [dot] conley [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (daniel[dot]conley[at]geol[dot]lu[dot]se) and johanna [dot] stadmark [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (johanna[dot]stadmark[at]geol[dot]lu[dot]se) 

Courses at the Bolin Climate Research School, Stockholm University

PhD students currently enrolled in the ClimBEco graduate research school are eligible to attend courses offered by our collaborator, the Climate Research School of the Bolin Centre for Climate Research.

Contact ClimBEco's coordinator before applying to a course at the Bolin Centre.
cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (cheryl[dot]sjostrom[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)

 

 

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Last updated: 23 Oct 2025 | cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se