SENSE organises two Summer Schools in 2007

SENSE will organise two International Summer Schools in 2007. One before and one after The Amsterdam Conference 2007.
Only a selection of PhD students will be able to enroll in these Summer Courses, based on their motivation and CV.



The Amsterdam Conference 2007 is an international conference on "Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability".

S460 Earth System Governance

28 May - 8 June 2007

This course aims to help students to better understand the causes of global change in an integrated manner and at the same time to develop options for the governance of a transition to more sustainable development paths at the national and global levels. It will bring together insights from the modelling, integrated assessment, and sustainability science communities and from the social science, governance-oriented research communities. This course is primarily meant for PhD students from the social sciences.

For this course a selected number of people will be invited to participate. When you enroll, you will be added to the list of potential participants. You will be informed within a few months about the selection procedure, and additional information that we may need from you to make the selection possible.

Course website and enrollment http://www.sense.nl/courses/course/S460

S310 Understanding Global Environmental Change: Pressure, State and Impact

18 - 24 May 2007

This course aims to provide an overview of scientific knowledge with respect to the most important processes in the climate system. The educational objective will be to learn and understand the climate system. The emphasis will be on the environmental pressure caused by human activities, the state of the environment, and the environmental impacts. This course is primarily meant for PhD students from the natural sciences.

Course website and enrollment http://www.sense.nl/courses/course/S310

Don't miss this opportunity and apply as soon as possible!