The PHUSICOS project is organizing a 10-day-long, hands-on summer school focused on Nature Based Solutions in mountain areas, 5 – 15 September 2020. The training program will consist of three days at their demonstrator case in the Pyrenean and 7 days at their concept case in the Bavarian Alps.
Deadline to apply is 31 May 2020.
The summer school will covering the following topics:
- Introduction to NBS
- Policy and decision-making mechanisms
- Collaborative Landscape planning
- NBS assessment
- River restoration as NBS
- Riparian regeneration
- River and Society
- Hands-on learning via case site visit
- NBS Future perspectives
Participants will be introduced through long field trips to two case studies: The Isar Restoration in Germany and Bastan river restoration in France. The training program will consist of field visits, but also lectures, inspirational discussions with local stakeholders, and independent project work on a case site. The summer school will provide the opportunity of enhancing the interactions and exchanges between science, policy, business and society to mainstream the available knowledge into policy and practice.
See a detailed preliminary summer school program here.
Venue
The School will start in Lourdes (France) on 5 September 2020 in the afternoon and end in Freising (Germany) the 15 September 2020 around midday. Both cities have an airport. Travel between Lourdes and Freising will be organized by TUM.
Applications
Applications are welcome from students or a young professionals interested on NBS, including scientists, government regulators, various industry sectors, spatial planners, engineers, architects, technical experts, market actors, as well as graduate students. The deadline for application is 31 May 2020. Applications are to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Remember to attach your curriculum vitae to the application form.
Admission & Attendance
Admissions will be communicated two weeks after the application deadline by e-mail only. The school will certify the attendance. Reading material will be distributed in advance. Applicants will be selected from multiple target groups in order to reinforce knowledge transfer and facilitate co-design between different expertise.
Fees and services
There is 300€ registration fees for the participation in the summer school to cover travel between Lourdes and Freising. All participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements to join and leave the summer school and cover some of their dinners. The school will provide accommodation, travel cost to the excursions, coffee breaks, lunches and some dinners for free. It is noted that the participants will pay the overnight stay taxes for the hotel.
Further info
For any request, please contact:
- Aude Zingraff-Hamed (Technical University of Munich): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Gerd Lupp (Technical University of Munich): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Eva Garcia Balaguer (Observatoire Pyrénéen du Changement Climatique) : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
