HydRoData: Summer school about Hydrology and Data

HydRoData: 2025 Summer School about Hydrology and Data organized by the Unesco Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction

The UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction is organizing a summer school about hydrology and data in hydrology (measurements, data manipulation, analysis, visualization, modelling, etc.). Focus will be on R programming language.

After successful completion of summer school, participants will be awarded with a 2 ECTS certificate.

Date and venue

Summer school will take place from 1 to 5 of September 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Participants are encouraged to arrive in Ljubljana a day earlier, as summer school schedule starts on Monday morning (1 September).

Lectures in the scope of the summer school will take place at the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, at the Department of Environmental Civil Engineering.

Who can attend?

Summer school is primarily dedicated to PhD students. Post-docs and MSc students are also welcome to apply. The maximum number of participants is 20.

Language

English

Registration

Registration is open. Apply1,2 to summer school by registering HERE.

1If the number of applicants exceeds 20, we will carry out a selection process.

2In the case of less than 10 applications, summer school will not be held. In that case, we will notify you.

Registration deadline: 16th of May 2025.

The registration fee: 350 EUR.

Fee is to be paid after a receivement of an invitation letter, which will be sent out along with payment details. Your registration will be confirmed only upon receipt of the registration fee.

The registration fee includes:

  • Course materials
  • Lunch and coffee breaks
  • Social event
  • Field trip (transportation and lunch)

Topics covered

The main topic of the HydRoData summer school is data in hydrology: obtaining and monitoring the data; data manipulation, analyses and hydrological modelling.

For more specific topics, see preliminary schedule below.

Lecturers

Summer school will be organized by members of the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction:

  • Dr. Matjaž Mikoš
  • Dr. Mojca Šraj
  • Dr. Simon Rusjan
  • Dr. Nejc Bezak
  • Dr. Klaudija Lebar, klaudija.lebar[at]fgg.uni-lj.si (for more information)
  • Dr. Katarina Zabret
  • Dr. Tamara Kuzmanić, tamara.kuzmanic[at]fgg.uni-lj.si (for more information)
  • Mark Bryan Alivio
  • Mojca Vilfan

As invited lecturers several experts from Slovenia and abroad will be involved:

  • Dr. Juraj Parajka, TU Wien, Austria
  • Dr. Vesna Zupanc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Dr. Mihaela Triglav Čekada, Geodetic Institute of Slovenia & University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Dr. Matej Radinja, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Blaž Kogovšek, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia
  • Cyril Mayaud, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia
  • Filip Štucin, Slovenian Environment Agency

Important dates

Registration deadline: 16 May 2025

Notification about successful registration: 31 May 2025

 

Draft schedule

The Mura River in Slovenia - photo by A. Koren.

2023 and 2024 EDITIONS

In September 2023 and 2024 the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction successfully organized first two editions of summer school about hydrology in relation to data. Special focus was given to R programming language. 2 ECTS were provided after the attendance of the summer school. Some photos from the two summer schools can be seen below.