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CLIMADEMIC Summer School 2025

How climate change can drive the emergence of future pandemics

Explore the complex relationship between the Earth’s changing climate and pandemic dynamics at the 2^nd CLIMADEMIC Summer School, hosted by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research at the Robert Koch Institute in collaboration with the  Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), the University of Potsdam, and the ELLIS Network.

The primary objective of the CLIMADEMIC Summer School is to equip a new generation of researchers with a sound understanding of the interconnectedness between climate change and human health to address global public health challenges. The lectures will provide an extensive overview on cutting-edge methods in climate research and epidemiology, and explore how artificial intelligence can be applied to answer cross-domain research questions. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge base, acquire new skills and become part of a growing global network.

Join us for an intensive week of learning and interdisciplinary exchange with leading experts!

Programme

This year, the CLIMADEMIC Summer School will focus on three main themes:

• Climate modelling and impacts on health and society
• Infectious disease epidemiology and climate change dynamics
• AI approaches in climate sciences

Click here to read the full programme.

Target audience

The CLIMADEMIC Summer School is aimed at international PhD students and PostDocs with academic backgrounds in climate research and modelling, epidemiology, public health, machine learning, and data science.

Benefits of participation

The CLIMADEMIC Summer School offers participants an exciting five-day programme on cutting-edge topics, interactive discussions, and exchange with experts and peers from around the world, as well as a certificate of successful participation.

Registration

The CLIMADEMIC Summer School offers 40 spots for participants.

The participation fee includes access to all curriculum-based activities, daily lunch, and refreshments. Travel and accommodation expenses are to be covered by participants.

Standard fee: 450 €

Reduced fee (members of partner institutions & ELLISNetwork): 150 €

We look forward to welcoming you to the CLIMADEMIC Summer School 2025 in Berlin!

Contact information

Robert Koch Institute
Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research (ZKI-PH)
Ludwig-Witthöft-Str. 14
15745 Wildau
Germany

Email: zki-ph@rki.de
Website: www.rki.de

About the CLIMADEMIC project

The CLIMADEMIC project aims to identify, systematise and predict the coupling mechanisms between the Earth's changing climate and the dynamics of pandemics. State-of-the-art numerical climate models and datasets are being used in combination with the latest findings in infection biology, disease dynamics and bioinformatics. Artificial intelligence and causal inference methods are being used to bridge the interdisciplinary gap between the different research branches and to reveal the governing inter-dynamic processes as formalised causal expressions. It is anticipated that this enables the prediction of the evolution of pandemics under different future scenarios of climate change. The CLIMADEMIC project thus aims to provide a new level of understanding of global and regional climate-related threats to human health, which is a prerequisite for the development of mitigation strategies.

Further information

• The CLIMADEMIC project: https://www.fona.de/de/massnahmen/foerdermassnahmen/nachwuchsgruppenklima-umwelt-gesundheit.php
• The Ellis Network: https://ellis.eu/
• Impressions of the first CLIMADEMIC Summer School in 2024 on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7224751917724303360

This Summer School is financially supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under grant No. 01LN2210A (project: CLIMADEMIC).