Evolutionary Biology Workshop in the Alps
20 - 26 June, Arolla, Switzerland
Faculty:
David Haig (Harvard University)
John Pannell (University of Oxford)
Jerome Goudet (University of Lausanne)
Tadeusz Kawecki (University of Lausanne)
Target participants: PhD students, advanced master students
This workshop, based on a concept developed by Steve Stearns and John Maynard Smith, takes place in a small Alpine village (Arolla), which will allow you to focus while being able to enjoy the landscape and the Alpine flora.
The main goals of this course are to develop the following skills: developing your scientific ideas through discussions in groups, thinking critically and expressing oneself clearly, turning a general idea into a research project, writing a research proposal and defending it.
It is you, the students, who will be in charge in this course. You will be divided in groups of 4-5 students. In those groups, you will work on your ideas. You, as a group, will decide what the important questions in broadly defined evolutionary biology are, you will choose one, and attempt to develop a proposal for a research project that will address it. The faculty will visit the groups during the discussions to answer your questions, provide coaching and give you feedback on your projects, but they will generally take the back seat. Additionally, the faculty will give informal talks about their research and be available for discussion with individual students. At the end you will present your projects to other participants, and we will party.
Costs: CHF 420.- for room and board.
More information
at the course webpage.
To apply, send a single file (pdf or rtf) containing a short motivation letter, a cv and the name of your scientific advisor to
tadeusz.kawecki@unil.ch.
Deadline for application: March 1, 2010
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