Long-term Course Planning

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PE&RC long-term course planning

Note: If you have questions about the courses below, please contact Claudius van de Vijver (claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl) or Miriam van Heist (miriam.vanheist@wur.nl).

Methodological Courses Expected Recurrence
Statistical Courses    
Basic Statistics 13 May 2024 Twice a year
Linear Models 4 June 2024 Annually
Generalized Linear Models 19 June 2024 Annually
Mixed Linear Models 13 June 2024 Annually
Meta-Analysis 2025 Every two years
Multivariate Analysis 10 – 12, 15 and 16 April 2024 Annually
Bayesian Statistics 1, 2, 4, 5 July 2024 Annually
Geostatistics December 2025 Every two years
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) January 2025 Every two years
Design of Experiments May 2024 Twice a year
     
Modelling Courses    
Essentials of Modelling February 2025 Every two years
The Art of Modelling (introductory course to modelling) To be determined Every two years
Advances in Crop Modelling (considered also as an in-depth course) To be determined Every three years
Companion Modelling To be determined Every two years
Introduction to Machine learning 2023 Every two years
Statistical Uncertainty Analysis of Dynamic Models 2024 Every two years
Uncertainty Propagation in Spatial Environmental Modelling 2024 Every two years
     
Programming Courses    
Introduction to R and R studio 

2, 6, 9, 13 September 2024

Three times a year
Intermediate Programming in R 14, 16, 18 and 21 October 2024 Annually
Dynamic models in R: Programming, parameter estimation and model selection To be determined Every two years
Tidy data transformation and visualization with R 4, 8, 10, 12 July 2024 Annually
Introduction to Zero-inflated models with R 2024 Every three years
Python Programming for PhDs To be determined Annually
     
Other Methodological Courses    
Hands-on Digital Soil Mapping May 2022 Annually
GIS in Practice Autumn 2024 Every two years
R and Big Data 2025 Every two years
World Soils and their Assessment To be determined Annually
Genome Assembly 2025 Every two years
Towards FAIR Data Management To be determined Annually
     
Topical (in-depth) Courses (links to the latest edition of the courses) Expected Recurrence
Insects and ecosystem services  2026 Every three years
Advances in Intercropping 2025 Every two years
Animal Movement Analysis 2024 Every three years
Aquatic Ecology To be determined Every three years
Chemical Communication To be determined Every three years
Climate-Smart Agriculture To be determined Every three years
Consumer-Resource Interactions 2024 Every three years
Crop Modelling and Climate Change   2026 Every two years
Crop Physiology To be determined Every two years
Environmental Signaling in Plants To be determined Every two years
Grasping Sustainability March 2024 Annually
Life History Theory 2026 Every two years
Linking Community and Ecosystem Dynamics 13 - 18 October 2024 Every two years
Microbial Ecology 17 - 22 November 2024 Every three years
Participatory plant breeding and Seed Systems 2025 Every two years
Principles of Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics 2025 Every three years
Resilience of living systems 2026 Every three years
Resource Use Efficiency 13 - 17 May 2024 Every three years
Root Ecology 2025 Every two years
Soil Ecology 2025 Every three years
Spatial Ecology 2024 Every three years
Theoretical Ecology 2025 Every three years
     
International on-site courses (courses held in specific countries)    
Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods April 2024 ? Every two/three years
Land Dynamics in an Era of Change 2026 Every three years
Human-Induced Land Degradation To be determined Every three years
The Science of Conservation 2024 Every three years
Forest Management and Biodiversity across Europe 2025 Every two years
African roads to Sustainable Agroecology To be determined Every two years