Connectionists: Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 ( Application open)

[Ahmed El Hady]

*Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025*

*Konstanz, Germany *

*Deadline to apply: April 15th, 2025*


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The Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour (KSCB) 
<https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/about/> will take place between 
/21st July 2024 – 8th August 2025/ at the Cluster of Excellence Centre 
for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) at the University 
of Konstanz <https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/>. Uni Konstanz is a 
University of Excellence and ranked #1 young university in Germany 
with “Collective Behaviour" 
<https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/> as one of five 
research foci. Konstanz <https://www.konstanz.de/start> 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.

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.

Accommodation will be provided and paid by the organizers. A limited 
number of travel grants 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.

The submission of applications for the second Konstanz School of 
Collective Behaviour was open until April 15, 2025. We will inform you 
on May 15, 2025 whether your application was successful

For further information and application, visit our website: 
_https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/application-procedure/ 
<https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/application-procedure/>

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*KSCB 2025 faculty : *


    ·Iain Couzin ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , Konstanz)

    ·Peter Dayan ( Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen)

    ·Ilya Nemenman ( Emory University , USA)

    ·Yonatan Loewenstein ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

    ·Aneta Koseska ( Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology of Behavior,
    Bonn)

    ·Francesco Ginelli ( Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy)

    ·Thejasvi Ravindra  Beleyur ( Max Planck Institute of Animal
    Behavior, Konstanz)

    ·Liang Li ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz)

    ·Giovanni Reinna ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz)

    ·Einat Couzin-Fuchs ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz )

    ·Ofer Feinermann ( Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Israel)

    ·Naama Brenner ( Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

    ·Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
    , Konstanz)

    ·Wataru Toyokawa (Riken Center for Brain Science in Tokyo).

    ·Raphaela Heesen ( University of Konstanz, Konstanz)

    ·Caroline Schuppli ( Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , Konstanz)

*Contact: **ahmed.el-hady at uni-konstanz.de 
<mailto:ahmed.el-hady at uni-konstanz.de>

*

All the best regards,

Ahmed El Hady

On behalf of the KSCB organizational committee



Dr. Ahmed El Hady
Principal Investigator
Cluster for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of Konstanz
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz
Room ZT 907
Postbox 687
Tel.: +49 7531 88-4742
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