This summer school offers hands-on training in mathematical and computational modelling applied to evolutionary biology and ecology. You’ll get the opportunity to build modelling skills using modern mathematical approaches and widely used computational tools such as individual-based simulations.
Along the way, we’ll tackle questions about the evolution of social behaviour, life-history, and interactions between species. The aim is to help you:
- Get comfortable with the fundamentals of modelling for evolutionary biology, especially invasion analyses
- Grasp key concepts behind adaptation
- Learn how to turn a biological scenario into a formal model
- Practise communicating modelling results to other biologists
Participants will learn to analyse complex evolutionary and ecological dynamics and to choose the model best suited to their research questions.
The Summer School 2025 will be held from 1 to 6 September in the main conference room of the Château de Dorigny at the University of Lausanne. Lectures will be given by Prof. Charles Mullon (charles.mullon@unil.ch) who is also the main contact person for any questions or discussions. The course will be supported by teaching assistants Ewan Flintham, Iris Prigent, Thomas Lesaffre, and Vítor Sudbrack. In addition, research seminars will be delivered by Prof. Sara Mitri and Prof. Laurent Lehmann.
The program is available here as a pdf.
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Group work on 4 and 5/9/2025Presentations on 6/9/2025