Program / Schedule, Working materials
📚 Module 0: download 
the preparatory materials
Schedule & Course Material 2026
as soon as we have the timetable set up we will post it here
Schedule & Course Material 2025
| Dates | Module | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| August 18 | Introduction to the course. Computers, programming and R recap | A. Kocsis |
| August 19 | Community diversity | W. Kiessling, A. Kocsis |
| August 20 | Fossil record databases & biases, Sampling standardization | W. Kiessling, A. Kocsis |
| August 21 | Counting-based Diversity dynamics (PM) | W. Kiessling, A. Kocsis |
| August 22 | Paleogeographic reconstructions and bioregionalization | A. Kocsis, E. Dowding |
| August 23-24 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| August 25-26 | Spatial sampling standardization Niche and species distribution modeling | B. Shipley |
| August 27-28 | Bayesian Phylogenetics | J. Barido-Sottani, L. Mulvey, R. Warnock, R. Wu |
| August 29-30 | Morphometrics | R. Felice |
| August 31 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| September 1-2 | CMR | L.H. Liow |
| September 3 | Layeranalyzer | L.H. Liow |
| September 4-5 | Pyrate, AI methods to reconstruct diversity | D. Silvestro |
Schedule & Course Material 2024
| Dates | Module | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| August 5 | Toolset |
A. Kocsis |
| August 6-8 | Basic paleodiversity analyses |
W. Kiessling, E. Dunne, A. Kocsis |
| August 9 | Disparity & traitspace |
T. Guillerme, E. Dunne |
| August 10 | Phylogenetic comparative methods |
T. Guillerme, E. Dunne |
| August 11-12 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| August 13-14 | Bayesian Phylogenetics |
R. Warnock, L. Mulvey |
| August 15-16 | CMR methods |
L.H. Liow |
| August 17 | Time series analyses |
L.H. Liow |
| August 18 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| August 19-20 | PyRate and AI-based diversity |
D. Silvestro |
| August 21 | Paleogeography |
A. Kocsis, E. Dowding |
| August 22-23 | Spatial Subsampling and Niche modeling |
E. Saupe |
Schedule & Course Material 2023
| Dates | Module | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| August 21-22 | 1. Toolset |
A. Kocsis, E. Dunne |
| August 23-25 | 2. Basic paleodiversity analyses |
W. Kiessling, E. Dunne, A. Kocsis |
| August 26 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| August 27-28 | 3. Phylogenetic approaches |
R. Warnock |
| August 29-30 | 4. PyRate and AI-based diversity |
D. Silvestro |
| Aug 31 – Sept 1 | 5. CMR methods / 6. Paleogeography |
I. Smith (L.H. Liow*), E. Dowding |
| September 2-3 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| September 4 | 6. Paleogeography |
A. Kocsis |
| September 5-6 | 7. Niche modelling |
T. Smith (E. Saupe*) |
| September 7-8 | 8. Geometric morphometrics |
R. Felice |
Schedule & Course Material 2022
| Dates | Module | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| August 22-23 | 1. Toolset |
A. Kocsis, N. Raja |
| August 24-25 | 2. Paleodiversity analyses |
W. Kiessling, E. Dunne |
| August 26-27 | 3. Geometric Morphometrics |
M. Weinkauf |
| August 28 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| August 29 | 4. GIS Basics in R |
A. Kocsis |
| August 30-31 | 5. Global diversity dynamics |
E. Dunne, A. Kocsis, C. Reddin |
| September 1-2 | 6. Capture-Mark-Recapture methods |
L. H. Liow |
| September 3-4 | – BREAK – | 😀 RELAX 😀 |
| September 5-7 | 7. Phylogenetics |
R. Warnock |
| September 8-9 | 8. Niche modelling |
E. Saupe |
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