*New* Summer School on “Frontiers in Telecoupling and Metacoupling: Research for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges” (06/15/26)
Posted: 6/4/2026 (Conference)
Join the International Summer School on Geography and Sustainability 2026 this August 9-16 online ( via Zoom) or in person at Beijing Normal University. This theme is “Frontiers in Telecoupling and Metacoupling Research for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges” (e.g., biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity, energy insecurity, pollution, shocks such as disasters and war, disease spread, and degradation of ecosystem services and natural resources). Topics include integrated frameworks, methods and tools for operationalizing the frameworks, applications to address global challenges, and skills in doing high-impact research and writing peer-reviewed papers.
- Curriculum consists of lectures, hands-on exercises, discussion, and research projects.
- Instructors are relevant experts, including members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, as well as authors of papers in Science and Nature family journals and PNAS
- Target audience: Master’s students, PhD students, Postdocs, and other researchers
- The school will be hybrid – online ( via Zoom) or in person at Beijing Normal University (a top university in China). It will be held from August 9-16, 2026. The registration fee can be paid in multiple currencies (the fee for online participation is 600 RMB, equivalent to about US $90). For in-person participation, international participants can apply for funding from the organizer.
Date: 08/09/2026
Deadline: 06/15/2026
Location: Beijing Normal Univerisity