URBAN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION!!

A 2 weeks long intensive course will be running each Fall  in English (90 hours). Lectures will be held in the morning (9:00-11:15), practicals in the afternoon (11:45 – 16:15).

Lectures: 3 ECTS; lectures & practicals: 3+6 ECTS

Open to students from  the University of Warsaw & to the entire 4EU+ Community! Dates for registration [lectures & practicals] are provided ahead of class starting dates. Registration for lectures (wykład / OGUN) will be available via USOS (dates to be determined). Please email Marta Szulkin directly if any difficulties with registration are encountered.

Classes are run in English. We will cover a wide range of topics pertaining to urban biology – from bacteria to vertebrates , with insights from ecology, genetics and evolution. Practicals  will focus on quantifying the urban space, synthesising knowledge and outlining fundaments of research project design in the urban environment.

Handbook: Urban Evolutionary Biology (Szulkin, Munshi-South & Charmantier Eds. OUP 2020)

Run by Prof. Marta Szulkin (Anthropocene Biology Lab (https://abl.cnbch.uw.edu.pl/), Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw).

Signing up:   University of Warsaw students – via USOS.

4EU+ students – directly by email (marta.szulkin”at”uw.edu.pl with “Urban Course” in subject line).

2025 Update: There will be no classes in academic year 2025-2026. Classes will resume in Fall 2026 (academic year 2026-2027).