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Summer School

IDEAL Summer School on Human Pressures on Aquatic Ecosystems

 

When: Sun 12.07. – Fr 17.07.2026
Where: Rathewalde, Saxonian Switzerland, Germany

Application Submission

CV and short letter of motivation (max. half page) should be sent not later than 1st June 2026 to the following e-mail address:
ideal@tu-dresden.de
We will notify the acceptance latest by mid of June, first come first serve.

Organising Committee

  • Kateřina Berchová, Michal Bílý, Vojtěch Macháček, Martin Vojík, Victoria Zueva, Dana Komínková (CZU Praha)
  • Karim Al Souki, Petra Musilová (UJEP Usti nad Labem)
  • Sara Schubert, Annika Schubert, Uta Hofmann, Markus Ahnert, Jakob Benisch (TU Dresden)

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Location & Venue

Rathewalde is a small village in the Saxonian Switzerland, close to the National Park, not far away from the famous Bastei-bridge.
The workshop venue is the Open House Rathewalde, with a meeting room and access to a small stream a few minutes away for the practical workshop sessions. There is a well equipped kitchen and a spot for a bonfire, where we will prepare food together.
Surrounding landscape and nature offer possibilities for active recreation between workshop sessions. Free time between working sessions would allow visiting the national park, hiking, rafting, etc.

Background and Objectives

Are you a motivated student? Would you like to learn how to assess the impact of human activity on streams? Would you like to study in an open, cooperative and non-competitive environment?
If so, the IDEAL Summer School is the perfect opportunity!
The summer school offers theoretical and practical sessions on:

  • Invasive species at/in rivers
  • Hydromorphology features of rivers
  • Online monitoring and sampling technologies of water quality and quantity in rivers
  • Emerging contaminants and analytical concepts

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The summer school offers students the opportunity to learn, discuss and hands-on practice of various measuring principles in a setting that provides additional opportunities to study and share knowledge beyond the course curriculum.

Programme

Morning sessions will be devoted to oral presentations and short lectures. The afternoon sessions will include hands-on field workshops on the following topics:

  • How does water quality measurement and waste water treatment look in real life?
  • How should water and sediment samples be taken?
  • How do sensors work?
  • How to assess invasive species and biological water quality parameters?
  • How to analyze micropollutants?

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Websites

Info and updates will be given at:
https://idealsncz.eu/en/education-programmes/for-students/summer-school/