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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">20th<span
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2026</span> </span></b><b><span
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none">Deadline to apply: March 15th, 2026</span></b><span
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href="https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/about/"><span
style="color:blue">The
Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour (KSCB)</span></a>
will take place
between <span style="color:black;background:white">20th<span
style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> July – 7th August 2026</span> </span> at the
Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of
Collective Behaviour
(CASCB) at the </span><span lang="DE"
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none;mso-ansi-language:DE"><a href="https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/"
target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"
style="color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">University
of Konstanz</span></a></span><span
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none">. </span><span lang="DE"
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none;mso-ansi-language:DE"><a href="https://www.konstanz.de/start"
target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US"
style="color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Konstanz</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> is a vibrant, small city
located
on the border between Germany and Switzerland, on the shores of
the Bodensee
(Lake Constance). Over three weeks, students will delve deeply
into the topic
of collective behaviour with lectures, hands-on tutorials, and
projects, making
it a unique and unforgettable experience. </span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">The
school faculty
will cover collective behaviours across a variety of species
from cells, worms,
drosophila, fish to non – human primates and human. A set of
tutorials delving
into state-of-the-art quantitative methods used to study
collective behaviour
will complement the lectures. At the end of the school, students
will work on
independent projects guided by our resident faculty and tutors.</span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">The Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour is intended for
graduate
students, doctoral researchers, and early postdoctoral
researchers. We consider
applicants with strong quantitative background including but not
limited to
physics, computer science, mathematics and engineering.
Applicants with
biological and experimental background will be considered if
they demonstrate
in their application extensive quantitative and mathematical
background as the
focus of the school is quantitative study of collective
behaviours. </span><span
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Accommodation
will
be provided and paid by the organizers. A limited number of
travel support will
be provided and a registration fee will be due (500 Euros) once
the student is
admitted to the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour. The
registration fee
will be waived to those coming from underrepresented minorities
and those in
need of financial support. </span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">The
submission of
applications for the fourth Konstanz School of Collective
Behaviour is
currently open until March 15, 2026. We will inform the
applicants during the
month of April whether their application was successful </span></p>
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"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">For
further
information about the school and the application procedure ,
visit our website:
<u><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/application-procedure/">https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/application-procedure/</a><br>
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none">KSCB 2026 faculty : </span></b><span
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Anastasia Bizyaeva ( Cornell University, USA) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Iain Couzin ( University of Konstanz / Max Planck Institute of
Animal
Behavior)</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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none">Einat Couzin-fuchs ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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none">David Garcia ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Dan Gorbonos ( Holon Institute of Technology, Israel and Max
Planck
Institute of Animal Behavior)</span></p>
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lang="DE"
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:DE">Stefan Krapitscka ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Zachary Kilpatrick ( University of Colorado Boulder, USA) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Yonatan Loewenstein ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Ran Nathan ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel ) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Mor Nitzan ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Britta Renner ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Allyson Sgro ( Janelia Farm Research Campus, Virginia, USA) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Joshua Shaevitz ( Princeton University, USA) </span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin ( Max Planck Institute of Animal
Behavior)</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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El Hady</span></p>
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behalf of the
KSCB organizational committee </span></p>
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Principal Investigator<br>
Cluster for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of
Konstanz<br>
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior<br>
Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz<br>
Room ZT 907<br>
Postbox 687<br>
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