The AtlantECO and Mission Atlantic projects are organising the 2025 edition of the Synergy Summer School, taking place in beautiful Ischia, Italy, from the 30th of June to the 4th of July 2025.

The summer school aims to stimulate discussions around the most important theoretical and experimental challenges in the context of open ocean seascape ecology. That is, to introduce the ocean fluid dynamics into current theoretical frameworks (community structure, biogeographies, niche concept, effectiveness of the active tracer response, persistence and fitness, possible functional redundancy, stability of the metabolic machinery with respect to species turnover, etc.) and in the design of new multidisciplinary studies.

Scientific directors of the school are Daniele Iudicone, Patrizio Mariani, Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli, Meike Vogt, Alejandro Maass, who, together with the instructores, will train the participants around the main topics of the school:

• Complex System Theories and theoretical ecology
• Biophysical coupling / Ocean Physics / Climate dynamics
• Advanced Data analysis (combining heterogeneous data)/ Niche modelling / Bioinformatic /  etc

Application 
Attendance is limited to 50 participants from EU and outside EU, with focus on participation from countries in the projects. 
Applications are open until 12th April 2025 via the form here 

Travel scholarship 
A travel scholarship will cover travel expenses for 3 students from European countries and 1 student from outside Europe.  A specific Application form for the travel scholarship is available here: https://forms.gle/W6PnDfQeuvrTa6d5A