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 in relation to data (measurements, data manipulation, analysis, visualization and modelling, etc.). Special focus will be given to R programming language. 2 ECTS will be provided after the attendance of the summer school.
Date and venue
Summer school will take place from 1 to 5 of September 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
It will be co-organized by the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering while most of the activities will be done at its Department of Environmental Engineering.
For booking airport transport shuttle you can use the following web-page: Nomago.
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 will open soon. Registration deadline: 10th of May 2025.
Notifications about acceptance will be send in May 2025.
If the number of registered participants exceeds 20, a selection process will be necessary. PhD students with previous experience in R software will be given priority in the selection process.
There will be a registration fee of YYY EUR. You will be contacted about the payment of the fee after completing the registration form and selection process (May 2025).
The registration fee will be used to cover the following expenses:
- Course materials
- Lunch and coffee breaks
- Social events
- Field trip
Your registration will be confirmed only upon receipt of the registration fee.
Topics covered
The main topic of the HydRoData summer school is data in relation to hydrology: obtaining and monitoring the data; data manipulation, analysis and hydrological modelling. More specifically, the following topics will be covered:
- Introduction to hydrology and data
- Field measurements of various hydrological processes such as surface and subsurface runoff (e.g., discharge, water level), sediment transport (turbidity), infiltration, meteorological measurements, rainfall interception and soil moisture measurements, using remote sensing data etc.
- Introduction to R programming language
- Data manipulation, (spatial) analyses, visualization using R
- Low-flow analysis using R
- Hydrological modelling using R
Course instructors
Summer school will be organized by members of the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction:
- Prof. Dr. Matjaž Mikoš
- Prof. Dr. Mojca Šraj
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Simon Rusjan
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nejc Bezak, nejc.bezak[at]fgg.uni-lj.si (for more information)
- Assist. Dr. Klaudija Lebar
- Assist. Dr. Katarina Zabret
- Assist. Tamara Kuzmanić, tamara.kuzmanic[at]fgg.uni-lj.si (for more information)
- Assist. Mark Bryan Alivio
- Ms. Mojca Vilfan
As invited lecturers several experts from Slovenia and abroad will be involved:
- Prof. Dr. Juraj Parajka, TU Wien, Austria
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vesna Zupanc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mihaela Triglav Čekada, Geodetic Institute of Slovenia & University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Assist. Dr. Matej Radinja, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Dr. Blaž Kogovšek, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia
- Mr. Filip Štucin, Slovenian Environment Agency
Important dates
Registration deadline: 10 May 2025
Notification about successful registration: 31 May 2025
Draft schedule
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.
