LILY is pleased to announce its co-organisation of an international summer school bringing together early-career researchers, practitioners, and students to address one of the most pressing challenges at the intersection of public health, ecology, and climate science.
One Health Approaches to Climate-sensitive Infectious Diseases and Nature-based Solutions will take place from 17 to 28 August 2026, across two leading research institutions: Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.
About the Summer School
Intensifying climate change and the growing adoption of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are reshaping ecosystems and altering the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases in ways that demand interdisciplinary responses. This two-week programme has been designed to equip participants with both the theoretical foundations and the practical tools needed to study and address these complex, intertwined challenges.
The curriculum covers a broad range of methodological approaches, including ecological fieldwork, laboratory training in diagnostics and virus characterisation, and modelling workshops spanning statistical, process-based, and machine learning methods. Participants will also engage with topics such as citizen science, genomic surveillance, phylogenetic analyses, socio-ecological modelling, Nature-based Solutions, and science communication. The programme concludes with capstone project presentations, offering participants the opportunity to apply and consolidate their learning.
The summer school brings together an exceptional faculty of over twenty speakers and instructors from institutions including Erasmus MC, Heidelberg University, CEAB-CSIC, Leiden University, the University of Helsinki, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the University of Primorska, among others.
A Collaborative Initiative
The summer school is jointly organised by Erasmus MC and Heidelberg University, with LILY, PDPC, and the IDAlert project as a co-organising partner. It reflects the kind of cross-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration that lies at the heart of the LILY project’s mission. Selected lectures will be made available following the conclusion of the summer school, extending the reach of the programme to the wider research community.
For more information about the programme, speakers, and schedule, please visit 🔗 onehealthsummerschool.eu.
