Birch Ekebo
6 Nov –
 17 Nov

6-12 November distance learning; 13-17 November at Östad säteri (https://www.ostadssateri.se/)

Ph.D. course: Enhancing forest resilience for an uncertain future

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Birch Vindel

Do you want to get an in-depth understanding of management strategies to increase resilience under global change? Then join us for this PhD course!

The purpose of the course is to achieve an in-depth theoretical understanding about forest resilience under climate change, and to develop analytical skills for evaluating forest resilience. The course addresses different aspects of forest resilience:

  • Concepts-from gene to landscape: impact of climate and management strategies to increase resilience
  • Socio-economic and political analysis; risk assessment
  • Novel data and inter-disciplinary approaches to study resilience

For more information on the course please read the course syllabus. Register to the course here

 

Facts

Time: 2023-11-06 - 2023-11-17
City: 6-12 November distance learning; 13-17 November at Östad säteri (https://www.ostadssateri.se/)
Organiser: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
Last signup date: 15 October 2023

Programme

During the course students will have:

  • Pre-course assigned readings from provided scientific literature in forest resilience related to the topics in preparation for the intensive in-door and out-door classes during the course week 
  • Individual oral presentation of the students PhD project
  • Individual short assignment where students will present a forest resilience issue of the students’ choice representative of the region which they come from in relation to the literature provided
  • Lectures from invited national and international guests/experts in the various fields related to forest resilience
  • Focussed group discussion topics within lectures
  • R lab sessions focussed on quantifying resilience using specific packages such as persistR- working in groups with assigned data
  • Field excursions to discuss experimental design for forest resilience to various forest disturbances
  • Final group presentations

List of confirmed teachers

Kristina Blennow SLU, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Sciences
Adam Felton SLU, Faculty of Forest Sciences
Emil Sandström SLU, NJ-faculty
Christian Messier UQM - Université du Québec à Montréal
Johanna Witzell Linné university
Laura Nikinmaa TAPIO consultancy

Preliminary schedule of the course week at Östad Säteri

Monday November 13

12:00-14:00 Arrivals and lunch

14:00-17:00 Presentations of own research and introduction to assignment

18:00 Dinner

19:00 Group activity

Tuesday November 14

08:00-12.00 Lectures

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Exercise/Excursion

18:00 Dinner

Wednesday November 15

08:00-12.00 Lectures

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Exercise/Excursion

18:00 Dinner

Thursday November 16

08:00-12.00 Lectures

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Own work

18:00 Dinner

19:00 Group activity

Friday November 17

08:00-12.00 Panel discussion and summarizing

12:00-14:00 Lunch & Farewell

14:00-17:00 Travel back home

Fees: there are no fees for the course.
Transport: We organize transport from Alingsås train station to Östad säteri in connection to your arrival and departure. We are looking into organizing transport for a limited number of participants starting from SLU Alnarp on the morning of Nov 13. More information will come after the registration deadline.

 

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