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BIO9905CEES1 - Effect Studies and Adaptation to Climate Change

Course content

Individuals and institutions across the Nordic region are becoming increasingly aware of how heavily ecological and physical systems are linked to social, economic and political systems. Understanding these connections is now becoming even more critical as global threats, such as climate change, threaten to fundamentally alter the balance between these systems. Thus, there is a need to educate young researchers to combine ecological, physical and social perspectives. This course will serve this function by combining expertise from a range of disciplines for a comprehensive look at climate impacts on biological and social systems across the Nordic region. This course is organized by a cross-disciplinary partnership between three new Nordic Centres of Excellence (NorMER, NORD-STAR and TUNDRA) to educate graduate students on a wide range of climate issues facing the world today, with a particular focus on the Nordic region.

Learning outcomes

This course has 2 primary components: (1) the education of young researchers on the ecological and social impacts and adaptation of climate change in the Nordic region through lectures and activities organized by and with top researchers on climate and climate impacts, (2) Training young researchers to combine physical, biological, and social science perspectives to better understand the methods and tools for addressing climate change impacts and adaptation. Specific themes include: (1) physical and chemical climate change processes, (2) climate change impacts on Nordic marine ecosystems, (3) climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, (4) climate change policy and action.

Admission

This course is primarily intended for PhD students admitted to a program at a Norwegian University or University College. For registration please contact the student administration office in the Department of Biology .
PhD students from other faculties at UiO and other universities (than Oslo) must in addition apply as a Visiting PhD Student
Space priority is given to students involved in one of the three Nordic Centres of Excellence NorMER, Tundra, and Nord-STAR.

Prerequisites

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Teaching

This is an intensive course over five days (May 7th-11th).Here you can find the Lecture plan
...The first four days involve lectures organized by theme (before lunch), and afternoon group workshops during which students develop interdisciplinary lectures. Day 5 lectures are given by the students. Within two weeks the students will submit a paper, on a topic to be determined at the course.

Exam information

Students are graded on their participation in the group workshops, their lecture presentations and the submitted paper.

Assessment and grading

Students are awarded either a passing or a failing grade. Read more about the grading system .

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