This event offers an intensive, interdisciplinary learning experience focused on land-use and land-cover change (LUCC). All PhD and Master’s students and other early-career researchers affiliated with BUP participating universities are invited to apply.

• Host/Location: Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
• Duration: 10-17 August 2026
• The subject: ‘Observation, Modelling and Acting for Sustainable Land-Use in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity’
• Application deadline: 15 March 2026
• Online application is available here.

The event will integrate Earth observation, spatial data integration, and modelling approaches with the analysis of actors, policies, and governance processes shaping land-use decisions under conditions of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Across the program, participants will engage with:

• Land-use observation, including satellite remote sensing, in-situ surveys, and drone-based data
• Spatial data processing and modelling, including scenario analysis, agent-based models, and modelling cards
• Telecoupling frameworks for analysing multi-scale land-use dynamics
• Governance instruments and decision-support approaches connecting data and models with policy contexts
• Participatory research and living-lab methods, including citizen science and co-design

There is no participation fee for the event, and lunches and coffee breaks will also be covered. Participants are, however, expected to cover their travel and accommodation. 

The summer school concludes with group presentations, synthesis discussions, and graduation.

Read more about the summer school on the Europe-LAND website.