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auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2026</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Konstanz, Germany </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><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">20th<span
style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> July 2026 – 7th August
2026</span> </span></b><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Deadline to apply: March 15th, 2026</span></b><span
style="font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none"></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span
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none"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a
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"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
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
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">. </span><span lang="DE"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"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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<p class="MsoNormal"
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line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">KSCB 2026 faculty : </span></b><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none"></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
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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>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
2.0pt;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Einat Couzin-fuchs ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">David Garcia ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
lang="DE"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:DE"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="DE"
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Liang Li ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
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="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:19.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-19.0pt;line-height:normal;
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Katrin Vogt ( University of Konstanz )</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">In case you have any questions, please contact: </span></b><b><span
lang="DE"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:DE"><a
href="mailto:ahmed.el-hady@uni-konstanz.de"><span
lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ahmed.el-hady@uni-konstanz.de</span></a></span></b><b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><br
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<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">All
the best regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Ahmed
El Hady</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">On
behalf of the KSCB organizational committee </span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Dr. Ahmed El Hady<br>
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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