Statistical Approaches to Developmental and Growth Data of Children and Adolescents
We successfully put into practice this summer school and say THANK YOU to everyone involved!
Potsdam – Gülpe, Germany
from 15 July to 20 July 2019 (Monday to Saturday)
The Summer School includes
- an initial statistical seminar at the University of Potsdam (Monday morning), transfer to Gülpe in the afternoon
- a “retreat working week” at Gülpe (Monday evening to Friday evening),
in the middle of nowhere (52.7335°N, 12.2115°E), with both intensive work and cheerful social activity - Soiree on Friday evening - final presentation
- after breakfast on Saturday transfer back to Potsdam
- instructions for a relaxed weekend in Potsdam or Berlin
We expect that
- every participant brings her/his own data (modern as well as historical) from her/his home university to be analyzed during the Summer School in cooperation with the other participants and teachers
- every participant presents the analysis of her/his data at the final seminar on Friday afternoon
- every participant prepares a manuscript to be published open access in a peer-reviewed international journal within the next 6 months
- every participant should read the book “Auxology – Studying Human Growth and development” before
Special information
- Where: Potsdam University and Ecological Station of Potsdam University in Gülpe (65 km west of Berlin in the “emptiness”)
- When: Monday 15. July 2019 at Potsdam University until final breakfast on Saturday 20 July 2019 in Gülpe
- Who: Master-, PhD-Students or PostDocs in Physical Anthropology, Human Biology, Biostatistics.
Participant fee: 450 Euro
The fee includes accommodation and food during the stay at the Ecological Station of Potsdam University (Monday to Saturday) and the transfer from Potsdam to Gülpe. If you need help for accommodation before and after the retreat, we will be happy to support you. Please let us know in time.
Conditions for Participants
You need cheerfulness, your own data set, your own notebook, a linen and a sleeping bag. If you are interested in watching birds, please bring a binocular.
The number of participants is limited to 15. The application includes short curriculum vitae, your publication list, your motivation, and a short description of your data set that is being analyzed during the retreat working week.
If you are interested, please send your application as soon as possible, but not later than 15 April 2019 to
- Dr. Christiane Scheffler, University of Potsdam, Human Biology
christiane.scheffleruuni-potsdampde
