Analytical Paleobiology School

The Summer School 2026 will take place from August 17 to September 4.

↪ Application closed, call opens in late fall.

Our 3-week school aims to introduce graduate students (preferably PhD candidates, masters with exception) to a range of analytical methods that are foundational to or at the cutting edge of paleobiological research.

Topics, taught by rotating expert instructors, will include e.g., probability theory, maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, resampling techniques, correlation and regression, multivariate statistics, methods of measuring biodiversity, morphometrics, phylogenetic methods, spatial and time-series analyses and other related topics. The school will also provide practical hands-on training in statistical programming and data analysis and visualization in R.

With our course we want to educate students and increase their international connection.

There is no registration fee.

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee (Wolfgang Kiessling, Adam Kocsis, Rachel Warnock, Barbara Seuss)

More information on the Analytical Paleobiology School:

About us.  Organizing Committee.  Participants.  Instructors.  Apply.  Program/Schedule & Working Materials

Questions? email us: pal-synthesis@fau.de